C is for Cupcakes 

This week we looked at the letter C and the sound it makes. The children had great fun learning the Jolly Phonics Castanets song and dancing to the beat but most of all they enjoyed decorating cupcakes with Mrs van der Merwe and Mrs van Zyl the most.

Decorating our cupcake

The taste test

What will we do next?

What have we done the first couple of weeks?

The first few days were spent getting to know our class and our new friends. Waisea and Horatio become great friends and the had great fun practising their balance.

Waisea and Horatio

 Salihah and Suhaylah enjoyed making a Necklace with the beads. 

Salihah

The thing that the children enjoyed the most the first few weeks was the computers in our room. At first some of them found the mouse a bit tricky but now it is second nature to them. We use the website Starfall in our room and the children love learning the letters and their sounds. (www.starfall.com)

  

                                     Riley and Keelyn                Harry helping Riley 

Joshua and Suhaylah

Harry was our computer man for the first week he loved to help his friends when they ran into trouble but even he had to relax and have a play every now and again. 

Harry

Well I am please to report that all the students in Room 10 are settled and eager to learn. They are like little sponges soaking up new information everyday. 

A little about everything in Room 10

Kia Ora    Talofa Lava   Hallo

Malo e lelei  Namaste

Hallo and Welcome to the Room 10 blog! 

The Room 10 students and myself will be using this space to tell you what is happening in our room. The first couple of days we will spent

getting to know one another and the school environment.

Brain food: The children at Reremoana school have brain food everyday

around 10:00. We ask parents to please provide their child with a

healthy snack to eat during brain food. Fruit, nuts, popcorn... are just some of the healthy options.

Homefun: Homefun books will be kept in their book bag and taken home when they have  homefun to complete. Homefun sheets will be given out on Monday of every week. Their will be a few short activities for them to do. Spend about 10 minutes a day going through it. 

Lunch Orders: Will start on Tuesday week 2 of Term 1. Place money in a named envelope with order written on the front. A special basket is next to the math trolley for orders to be placed in.

Sun safety: Please make sure your child brings their hat everyday. Sunblock is available in the class and I will be encouraging the children to 

put some on when going outside.

Dates to remember:

Meet the teacher - Wednesday 15 February 2012

School Gala - 10 March 2012 
The children will be making some wax pictures and vaseline plates that will be displayed on Gala day. If you have flowers growing in your garden can you please dry some out for us and keep them in a safe place till further notice.

My email address is elainevdm@reremoana.school.nz please contact me if you have any questions or to make an appointment to meet with me. 

Thanks Mrs. van der Merwe