An Arty Term!

Welcome back to school everyone!

I hope you all had a great holiday and lots of fun in the beautiful weather we were lucky to get.
This term is going to be busy but exciting. Our inquiry focus is on The Arts, where we will be looking at dance, drama, music, and visual art all around the world! If you have anything at home that you would like to share on this topic, please feel free to bring it in!

Festival of Colour starts in Week 1. We will get a chance to see some of the fantastic shows during the week. This will be a great start to our inquiry topic.


The days are getting colder so please make sure we all have a jacket and/or hat in our bags for those chilly lunch times!

Maths

Hi parents!

Just a quick update about what we are working on in Maths. For the last week we have been looking at time. So far we have covered the days of the week, seasons and months of the year, and ordering events in our day. Next week we will be looking at duration, and reading time in hours and half hours. Hopefully we will get to make some clocks!
It will be great to talk to your child about time when you are at home during the next couple of weeks!
If you want some ideas, you can visit the New Zealand Maths website. You can get to it by clicking on the link to the right of the screen.
Thank you!
Jo McLeary

On Wednesday 25th of March Room 4 and Room 4a went on a class trip into Lake Hawea. We went to visit the fire station where Doug, Brent and Churchie told us lots of interesting things about what to do when there is a fire. We got to try on the fire men's gear, had a look around the fire truck, and got to hold the hose!
We were also very lucky to visit the Lake Hawea Library. Gaye read us some books and told us about where to find different books in the library.
We all got to have a play in the local playground and when we came back to school we made thank you cards for all of our helpers on the trip.
It was a fantastic day!