Scott

Scott is really enjoying school. His stories are really cool, even if he does beat me in mini golf all the time. He even knows his shapes better than Dad. Dad needs to come back to Room 3 to learn his shapes.

Sophie H

To Sophie H
It was great to come and see your school work today. You are doing really well with your reading,writing and maths! We are very pleased you are learning heaps of things. Keep up the great work. Mum and Dad.

Bella H

I loved what a good job you did on your Mihi today.
My favourite part though was your story writing, I laughed at your stories, they were really funny, especially the one about me flooding the bath.
You are doing a fantastic job learning about geometry.
And of course, your art work is amazing.!
Keep up the fabulous work Bella.
Love Mummy.

Mac

Great to be guided by Mac through what he is doing in Room 3. So much progress in less than one term. Felicity

Maddie

We are so thrilled with your learning this year Maddie. Your learning conference was fantastic we are so proud of you, especially for memorising and telling us your mihi so well. Love Mum and Dad

Anthony Henare-Lill

Anthony is a very bright and smart boy. We are proud of his progress and we think he is a wonderful drawer. Anthony has a fantastic imagination and we love his stories. Well done Anthony.

Olly

Hi everyone, Olly is doing really well with his reading (especially when he looks at the words, sounds them out and joins the sounds together - rather than just guessing !). He also writes really good stories - especially about his accident at home. Love Mum and Dad.

Will

Wow - what fantastic learning in Team 3!!!! Thank you Will for letting us come into your classroom and share the wonderful maths, writing and Maori you have been doing. We loved seeing your cool calendar art and my favourite was when you read a story to everyone. Keep up your great work Will!!!!!

Lewes

Lewes loves school and enjoys learning new things and spending time with his friends. We are thrilled at how well he is doing.

Andy

Today I showed my parent about what I have learned in the school.

I wan fun^ ^

Alexander Acton Adams

Alex is making great progress with his reading and recognising words. We are very proud of you! He seems to be naturally adept at maths.

Bella F

Bella enjoys reading and playing with her friends. She loves drawing and is excited to come to school each day.

charlotte Kirwan

"It is fun at school!" That's what Charlotte says. She seems to have taken to it like a duck to water, making friends and clearly enjoying her experience so far. We are all so pleased to be part of such a lovely class and school environment. It's been a great start to what will hopefully be a long and wonderful relationship with learning.

Phoebe Young

Goodness Phoebe, you are doing so well at school! You are now reading the yellow books with very little assistance, you know all of your shapes and how many sides they have. You also know your Mihi very well and can recite it unassisted. I loved your creative storywriting as well. Comment from Phoebe: i like doing my storywriting.

Ideas for reading at home

Here is a presentation from our recent Parent Talk Time "Reading at home with early readers", led by Jennifer Doak and Sandra Howat:

For further information as well as downloads, please check: www.fendalton.school.nz/parenteducation

Fendalton School Wearable Arts Trip

Maddie- I liked the under water thing because all the creatures glowed. I also liked the bus ride because the bus went fast.

Scott- I liked how they had a gorilla because he was taking people away.

Andy- I liked the buzzy bee because it moved about.

Phoebe- I liked the costumes because they had pretty stuff on them. I also liked going on the bus because it went a bit fast.

Lewes- I liked the honey bee because it was cool.

Jackson- I liked the glow in the dark sea creatures because I like all sea creatures especially the ones that glow.

Laiba- I Liked the butterfly because it was pink. I also liked sitting on the bus because it was fast and scary.

Bella- I liked the people dressing up because it was cool.

Sam- I liked the red people because i knew one of the people who dressed up. I also liked the Kapa Haka group because it was noisey when the sticks were banging.

Max- I liked the gorilla because he tried to find the girl, and he took one of the boys away.

Reuben- My favorite part was the Kapa Haka group because it was cool.

George- I liked the colours and the pictures on the wall.

Charlotte- I liked the music. I also liked the costumes because it was pretty.

PMP

We are having a great time during our PMP sessions and this term there are more challenges as the activities get harder. Have a look at our imovie to see what PMP looks like and the activities that we are currently doing.
This is only possible because all of the parents that come along to help each day. so we would like to say......
Thank you so much!!!!! You are awesome!

Inquiry- Heroes- Starship Hospital

Our pyjama day was a great success. We managed to raise $142.20 for
Starship Hospital. The children loved dressing in their P.j's and sharing
their lucky dip with Team 1 and 2.

Not long now!

It's not long now until we have a new fancy junior play house. Here are some photos of the build:

Junior Swimming Survey

Keeping Healthy

As part of our inquiry, we have been learning about how our body works and how and why we get sick. In class we did an experiment with Mrs N and Miss Kennedy to learn about germs and how germs are spread.

Mrs N put some flour on our hands and we had to gently blow the flour off to see where it (the germs) go when we cough. We then talked about how germs can get into our body through cuts, our mouth, eyes and ears. We brainstormed all the ways that we can help stop the spread of germs.

During writing, we wrote instructions on how to keep healthy and also filmed our ideas so we could share our learning with others. Come and have a look at our movie to see how you can keep healthy over winter.

Welcome Scott and Sophie to Team 3.

eam 3 and 4 have been making creative hats. These fun hats are being used
when we sing our 'Silly hat Store' song!

I have made a chocolate ice cream hat. Raphael

I have made a musical hat. Jonathan

I have made a robot hat. Hugo

I have made a Wall.e robot hat. Josh

I have made a chocolate hat. Jason

I have made a binocular hat. Andy

I have made an aeroplane hat. Lauren

I have made a tissue cake hat. Renee

I have made a ghost hat. Phoebe

I have made a fun hat. Rosie

I have made a strawberry hat. Liaba

I have made a strawberry cake hat. Maddie

Welcome Lewes To Team 3. He loved working with Jonothan today!

Junior Play House

Click here to go to the play house page on FOS Live...

Welcome Dongkyu and Maddie to Team 3!

number line

We have been learning numbers 1-20. Check out Pheobe walking the
number plank. She is counting the numbers out loud as she walks the plank.

picnic

After visiting the library we had a picnic at the local park.

Library visit

This is pheobe and Rosie enjoying their time at the library.

library

In the first week of school Team 3 and 4 visited the Fendalton Public
Library. The children look like they are enjoying a story together.