Dear Parents and Caregivers

Due to roll increase in the Fledglings we have decided to change the structure of the classrooms.

The structure will be
 The Nest: Elizabeth To'oto'o (Clever Kiwis)
Room 3: Anna Tollestrup (Daring Ducklings)
Room 4: Siobahn Campher (Awesome Owls)

Your child was given a letter today, letting you know their new teacher and room number.
If you have any concerns please feel free to come in and see Anna Tollestrup or Freda Vagana.

Regards

Anna, Elizabeth and Siobahn

on Friday we planted our new seeds for the garden. We thought about what food we would like to eat and decided to plant carrots and lettuces. First we each got a seed, then we got a put and put a bit of soil in the pot. Then we added a small amount of water to make it grow. We think we need to out it in the sun so it can grow strong.

The Brainy Birds did some fantastic reading today. We used our fingers to point to each word and looked at the pictures for clues to some words. We learnt the word 'The' and talked about different animals on the farm.

We made Superhero masks this week. We have be focusing on the different superheroes and thinking about the values and characters they have. Take a look

Duffy Award

Assembly

We had our assembly today. We did so well. Check us out here

Reminder: Assembly Tomorrow. We are performing around 9.10 am. Hope to see you there.

We had so much fun with the parachute today. Last week we tried it at the beach and we thought it would be great to get out again. There were many colours and we laughed when we ran under it.

"It as colourful" said D'Shaun
"I was happy" said Louise

The Birdies went to the Beach

On Tuesday the 24th of February, the Birdies along with the rest of Rowandale School went to the beach. We had an awesome time splashing about in the water, playing on the sand and exploring on the playground.

Here are some of our pictures.

Today we did some great writing about what we need to take to the beach. We all used our sounds to write the letters that we know.

We also got our book bags today. Please read with us every night. For some tips check out Mrs Tolly reading with us. 

Last week we drew a self portrait. We decided to focus on each body part and develop our skills. We started with our eyes. We talked about different eyes and used mirrors to look at our own. Take a look. Don't forget to check out our instagram- http://instagram.com/year0rowandale/

This was our first try. Some of us drew dots for eyes. After looking hard we discovered that there is lots of detail to our eyes.

We have eye lashes 

 Our eyes are oval.

 We have a eyebrow

 We have a pupil in the middle of our eye 

 We had to take our time.

  Use the mirror.

Today we had our branding assembly. We were brave and went on stage to sing our class song.

Swimming 10 Feb

We had our first swimming lesson today. It was cold but we had fun. Take a look at our day.

 Writing tall sticks outside for handwriting. 

We went to visit the pigs !

We met Hettie and Percy. We had to feed them and pick up their poo. We put on gloves and got spades. The pigs were hard and had fur. Take a look.

Meeting Hettie and Percy

WRITING EXPERIENCE

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Hello Whanau

Welcome to our blog. Here we will post notices and pictures from our day at school.

Today we visited the chickens and then wrote a story about our visit. We had to chase the chicken for Mrs Tollestrup to catch it and it was funny. There were no eggs today, so we will head back tomorrow to check.

Getting in 1 line to go visit the chickens 

 We all touched the chicken 

It was soft 

 Mrs Tollestrup chicken hunting with Aaron.

 Story time on the mat.

 For maths today we looked at statistics, we each picked our favourite ice block and then put the colour we chose on the picture chart.  It was really yummy.

 "It was chocolate" said Jamez

                                                   "I liked the brown one"said Sophie

4 people liked the brown one. What one would you like?