Navigate Your Journey.

Term 3 was an exciting term of learning for Room 8. Our learning pathways topic was 'Navigate Your Journey'. We explored the history of  Polynesian wayfinders and learnt about the navigation and settlement of the Pacific.

We worked with a buddy to present our learning in the form on an information report and a diorama.
Some of the skills we learnt along the way were:
-  Forming open ended questions
-  Selecting infomation - from books, the internet, videos
-  Skimming and scanning when reading information
-  Summarising main points
-  Indentifying key words
-  Note taking
-  Report writing
-  Teamwork - participating and contributing

Here is a peek at what we have been up to....

Learning in Room 8...

Excuse the mess....we're LEARNING!

In Room 8 we have been busy! 
Researching, planning, discussing, drawing, creating, taping, gluing, painting......

We look forward to sharing our masterpieces with you when we are finished. Watch this space 😊

Nexo Knights!

What a fantastic surprise the Senior and Middle School kids at BMPS had last week! Each student go their very own Nexo Knight lego set! 

These were gifted to us from Eat My Lunch. Eat My Lunch is an AMAZING company who provide our school and schools all over NZ, with lunches for those who don't have any. 

It is their 2nd birthday, but we were the lucky ones that got the presents. How awesome is that?!

In Room 8 we got to test our literacy skills by carefully reading and following the instructions. We worked cooperatively when we got a bit stuck on the tricky bits and had a whole lot of fun sharing and playing with our creations.

Thank you Eat My Lunch for helping to keep kid's tummies full so they can focus on their learning. We appreciate you! 

Roots of Empathy

Room 8 are very fortunate to be part of the Roots of Empathy this year.

Roots of Empathy is a program delivered in 11 different countries. It's aim is to promote empathy. Empathy is understanding and caring about how others feel. Empathy helps us to develop our social skills, manage our emotions and care for others.

To find out more about Root's of Empathy you can check out their website here.

In Room 8 we have the lovely Ally come each Tuesday afternoon to teach us about empathy and caring for a baby. Every third lesson we have a baby visit, which is VERY exciting.

We are lucky to have baby Veihana as 'our' baby. Veihana comes along with her grandmother Akauta who works in the office at Bairds Mainfreight Primary. During her visit we get to sing to her, play with her, observe her temperament and notice the milestones she reaches. We discuss her needs and the things that she needs to help her grow and develop. We interact with her and see how she responds in different situations.

Here is a sneak peek into our Roots of Empathy baby visit.

Assembly!

In Room 8 we LOVE spending time with our buddy class :) We sing, we read, we draw, we talk, we play...

On Friday we both hosted our school assembly. As part of this assembly, room 8 shared a short movie we made which re-tells the story of Ranginui and Papatuanuku.

 We would like to share it with you :)

!00% attendance in term 1

A huge WELL DONE for 100% attendance in term one to these people.

Love the smiles 😊😊😊

Keep it up for term 2!

Art Exhibition 2017

Well that is the BMPS Art Exhibition for 2017 done and dusted for another year!
What incredible young artists we have at our school.

Here is Room 8's pastel, chalk and dye sea creatures in case you didn't make it to our exhibition.