Frolicking Frogs

We had a lovely shared big book called Frolicking Frogs and thought it would be a great idea to make our own! Don't they look amazing! Woops - headless frogs - must fix!!! See if you can guess which one is yours!

Some great photos...

Just a bit of a mish mash and more to come! A few moments captured over the last couple of weeks. More photos coming of the children in their fabulous Orangutan Day costumes! Great support for Liam's fundraising to help save the orangutans and raise awareness about the rainforests being destroyed and the devastation this is causing. We have been learning to write the alphabet letters the correct way around and you will see some great letter shapes on the whiteboards. Another morning of Friday sharing - the Bright Bugs just love it!! Sam looks pretty fab with his face-painted monster face from the Feilding Market. Scary!!! Enjoy the movie.

Being little scientists!

Today Clara brought in some beautiful peacock feathers to look at. She found them at Staglands when she was visiting there. Our shared big book this week is all about a peacock getting a job on the farm. Today we observed the peacock feathers ( looked closely) and then we wrote about the feathers. Here we are looking closely with the magnifying glasses. Thanks Clara for bringing along your special feathers.

Athletics Day - Rebecca's Story.

Dear Dad and Jarred,

I went to Massey for Athletics Day. I was so clever at high jump and I jumped over the bar. My favourite part was long jump because I thought it was extremely exciting to jump in the sandpit!

From Rebecca.

Athletics Day

What an amazing day up at the Massey Athletics Track. The weather held out with only a few 'showers', enough for us to get to do all of our activities! The children loved having a go at all the events. It was so great to see such perseverance and positive attitudes all round. There was a good show of whakawhanaungatanga,(positive relationships), with lots of cheering on, support and friendship. A big thank you to our lovely Bright Bug parents/grandparents who came to help and/or support us. As always, we couldn't do it without you. Photos of the day to follow soon, but here are just a few pictures so far of the children's favourite event/s of the day.

What Makes a Good Friend?

We have been learning and thinking about our value for this term - Having positive relationships (whakawhanangatanga). This week we write some stories about what we think makes a good friend.

Atta - "Jaylen is a good friend because he helps people and cares."
Elliot - "Dad is a good friend because he hugs me"
Rebecca- " Riya is my best friend because she always plays with me. She always plays the games that I play. She gives mehugs and plays with me a lot. We go play on the playground."
Heidi- "Mikaela is a good friend because she plays with me and she is caring when I fall over." 
Clara - "Maddie is a good friend because she came to my birthday."
Aaliah- "I like Heidi because she helps me and she does the right thing to me."
Chloe- "Emma is a good friend because she likes playing hide and seek with me. She cares about me. She and I roll on the ground. She makes me laugh."
Angus- " Nelson is a good friend because he makes me laugh. He helps me if I'm hurt. he plays with me and he is caring to other people."
Jaylen- "Connor is my best friend because he lets me play with him everyday."
Sam- "Basil is my friend because everyday Basil plays with me."
Daniela- "Rona is a good friend because she lets me go on the i-pad. She is so fun to play with. She helps me when I am hurt."
Rona- "Spencer is an awesome friend to me because he makes me laugh and lets me play with his lego too. I love playing with the lego."
Mikaela- "Heidi is a good friend because she cares for me and she plays with me at playtime. She loves me and I love her too. She is really beautiful."
Bailey- "Harry is a kind friend because I like him. He plays with me. He makes me laugh."
Keira- " Heidi and Mikaela are good friends because I always play with them. Sometimes I lose them but then I go and find them."
Chelsea- "Rebecca is a good friend because she came to my party."
Nelson- "Alex is a good friend because he went to my pre-school. He is a good friend."
Riya- " Rebecca is a good friend and Chloe too. They are good friends. They are very kind to me."

 Wow Bright Bugs, you are such good friends to each other. You love playing together and I love the way you care for each other and help each other out. It is so great to see you thinking about what helps us have positive relationships - whakawhanangatanga! Tino pai rawa!

Bright Bugs Learning

Wow, we have been doing some fantastic independent learning in the Bright Bugs. During reading time one of our independent activities is to write fast words on the whiteboards. Another activity is to create something at the 'Making Table' that begins with our blend of the week using the lego. You can see Nelson's cool 'ship' and a car that 'shoots'! We have also been working really hard on being independent after lunch, showing kawenga - (responsibility) by coming in and reading a book from the library corner. What a super job Bright Bugs. Josharn has also written a super story with Whaea Lorraine this week on the whiteboard, listening for the sounds he can hear in the words. Our writing this week was all about positive relationships (whakawhanaungatanga) - What makes a good friend?'. We had to think of a friend and then give reasons about the things they do that make them a good friend. Josharn wrote "Riya is a good friend because she likes me."