Week 8

The children enjoyed a special Mass on Friday celebrating not only the birthday of Mary, but celebrating also joining the St.Mary's whanau.  A big thanks to the parents who came along for the event.

There a a few things happening this week at school, be sure to read the Classroom Notices page so you are up to date with what is happening and what might be happening:)

Rayray, Roman and I enjoyed a walk in the Redwoods this morning- this is an event that I could write about by asking 3 simple questions...When?, Where?, and Who?.  This is what we are working on in our writing.  For example, I could write...

On Sunday morning, Rayray, Roman and I went for a walk in the Redwood forest.  Roman and Rayray were fighting over a stick.

We call this type of story a Recount, it talks about something that has happened, it can be real or imaginary.  By asking those key questions When?, Where? and Who? the children have a map that they can use to help them write simple stories that make sense. We will be working on this in our Monday Recount writing.  

In maths we will be looking at which number is bigger, this will help us to count on from the biggest number instead of starting at 1 each time.  We will be working with cards, dominoes and dice to practice.  Please keep practicing counting backwards from 20...practice makes perfect and it helps so much when counting back to subtract.