Room 1&2 MVS 2019

Earlier in the term North Harbour Hockey came to teach our children some hockey skills. It was quite tricky to hold the stick and move the ball, but we preserved and show lots of improvement.

Today we had a visit from the West Harbour fire fighters! It was great to meet them and hear what they had to say about fire safety. They taught us that when we hear a smoke alarm, we have to get low and get out. They also reminded us to plan with our families what our safe meeting place will be once we're out of our house.  We were lucky enough to go inside the fire engine and have a look at what they keep in the storage areas on the side of the truck. Here are some photos of us with the fire engine and the fire fighters too!

Last week on Tuesday we were learning how to keep a beat using percussion instruments. We had lots of fun using the maracas and wooden blocks but our favourite instruments were the triangles and the drum! We sang lots of different songs with our instruments like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Incy Wincy Spider. It was a great morning! Here are some photos of our class enjoying using the instruments. 

Yesterday we had Jump Jam but it was a very special Jump Jam! We had two visitors, Clifford and Geronimo! It was lots of fun and we loved it at the end when we got to meet them. We did some writing about our exciting morning. Our favourite parts where when they gave us high-fives and when Clifford did a dab. Here are some pictures of us meeting Clifford and Geronimo.

This week we had a visit from Constable Lorena who taught us all about road safety. On Tuesday we learnt how to stop, look and listen when we cross a road. On Wednedsay we learnt about how to sit safely in a car. Some of the things Constable Lorena told us about were making sure we sit in the back, making sure we have a car seat, and making sure we wear our seat belts and hear them click! Here are some photos of us with Constable Lorena's police car:

Yesterday we had lots of fun making very messy slime. We got it everywhere! On the floor, on our hands, and all over the tables! But we did lots of learning and have done some great writing about it too. One thing we wrote was a poem of descriptive words - check it out when you're next in our classroom!

After reading lots of books about cats and drawing lots of pictures of cats, we turned ourselves into cats!  We did this by making masks out of paper plates, tissue paper and pipe cleaners. Being cats was lots of fun ... we didn't want to stop!