Cross-country
We were so lucky with the weather last week for the cross-country.
Well done to all those who participated.
It really showed on the children's faces that all the practise had been worth while, with nearly all Room One children finishing with a smile.
Places were:
5 year old boys  1st Lachlan Slingsby
5 year old girls   1st Amelie Henderson
                           2nd Ella Third
                           3rd Emily Goodeve
Go Room One!
Thank you to Mrs Ford, Mrs Cameron and Mrs Hawkins for the photos.

Girl's cross-country

boys cross-country

Fire Station Visit

Published stories

I have got a wobbly tooth.
It will be my second tooth
to come out.

Alicia

 

The fire fighters told us

How to get out of a burning

house.

Maddi

 

I got some flowers for Mum.

They were yellow.

They were very pretty flowers.

I got them yesterday.

Zalia

 

 

 

 

I have a ruler and pencils.

They are Ben 10 pencils.

I got them for my birthday.

Tiki

 

I got a hot wheels car.

I played with it in the lounge.

It can do back flip wheelies.

Jaram

 

I went to Chipmunks

 and I went zooming

down the slide.

Deakon

 

 

 

 

I got a beautiful Eve’s Princess Pony book.

The snow is reflecting off the bright blue sky and the sun is so bright yellow.

They explore a magical world where there are some snowflake fairies.

Ella

 

I like my kangaroo

My nana brought

back for me.

Charlotte

 

 

I have a nana

She is sick.

Kahanui

 

On Saturday I went to the observatory.

I saw Eta Carinae.

We saw a telescope. It was shaped like a tree trunk.

I saw Saturn. Saturn was yellow with rings around it.

Through the telescope I saw a whole galaxy of stars.

Ella

One Friday Morning

This Friday for Discovery Learning we looked at the legend 'Te Ika A Maui' which is part of our production.
We looked at the Key Competency:

Relating to others Sharing,

taking turns, cooperating,

asking to join in, including

others.
Of course no KC can happen in isolation

Thinking Problem

solving and showing initiative were very much in evidence.
I was extremely pleased and proud of the children and their efforts. 

Discovery Learning 7 june

Publishing June 5

I went to the swimming pool
with my friend Blake.
Lucia





I have a new game.
Keiran





I got Star Wars Lego
in the holidays.
Mitchell

Today's Publishing

 

When my mum went to take me to school today,                              

She couldn’t find her car keys.

Violet

 

 

I fell off my scooter

on the way to school.

Lachlan

 

I saw the snow on the mountain.

It looked like soft white pillows.

Kaitlyn

 

 

I did some writing at home.

Emily

 

 

 

Discovery learning week 6

Monarch Butterfly

Phonics

Each day we have a 15 minute dedicated phonics time where we listen to the sounds that a letter makes and look at how to form that letter.
So far we have covered l, t, o, s, m, r, w, h.

The emphasis is on the sound the letter makes e.g. "l", "l" lemon

                                                                                  "t", "t" tiger

Studyladder

I have just joined Room 1 up for Studyladder!

Studyladder is an online english literacy & mathematics learning tool.

 

When I heard other teachers talking about Studyladder, I initially thought it would be too advanced for new entrant children, but having had my 5 year old granddaughter Mena to stay on Friday night and watching her on the program, I had to change my mind.

 

At home you just need to Google Studyladder.

I will paste each childs Username and password into their notebooks.

Have fun!

 

Discovery Learning

On Friday morning we started our Discovery Learning sessions.

These might seem like play to the children and hopefully they are good fun, but they are also an excellent way to cover and explain the Key Competencies with junior children.

Last week we were looking at the Key Competency – Relating to Others.

This as the name would suggest includes such things as:

Sharing, taking turns, cooperating, asking to join in, including

others, handling conflict, helping & supporting others, respecting others, establishing relationships.

 

As you can see these are all things we value in our classrooms and are important to establish at this time of year.

Swimming

Can you spot youe child amongst these water babes?

20013

Hi Everyone,
We are having a great start to the new year.
Tina Johnson had the children in great routines during the first few days which made it very easy for me when I came back.
As always we have an open door policy at Frankley School, and this along with being in partnership with you as parents to do the best for your children, is what makes teaching at Frankley so enjoyable and rewarding.
Often a few words before or after school are just as important for New Entrants and their parents as the organised interview time. For a longer chat Tuesdays or Thursdays after school are usually better for me as I have meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Parent helpers are always welcome in the class room but bear in mind how well your child has settled into the class room before you volunteer, as a child who is still uncertain about leaving you can be quite clingy in the class room, making helping others next to impossible and perhaps detrimental to the settling process.
With this wonderful weather we are swimming every afternoon. This year we are focusing on confidence in the water. We have always done this but after a visit from Cecile of STATE Swimming New Zealand we have been encouraged to put a n even greater emphasis on this aspect.