Last Day of Term 1

The day started with a visit from Black Sticks hockey player Amelia Gibson.  Amelia talked to us about how much she enjoys reading, some of the books she has read and how important it is for us to read.  We then finished off making our Easter eggs that we started making with the children from Room 1.

After lunch the school presented the Easter Liturgy to parents, other family members and friends. The part of the Easter story we showed was Palm Sunday.  There are also some pictures of the Last Supper.

We also farewelled Tieri, our lovely friend and classmate who is leaving to live in Canberra, Australia.  We wish Tieri and her family all the very best in their new home.

Pattern Making

We are learning how to create patterns using 4 different colours.  Our first patterns will look like -
A-B-C-D-A-B-C-D-A-B-C-D
Our second patterns will look like - A-A-B-C-D-A-A-B-C-D or A-B-B-B-C-D-A-B-B-B-C-D or another pattern using 2 or more elements together.  The children enjoy making and looking for patterns during their morning tea and lunch time breaks.

Play-based Learning

Learning through working together, talking, imagination, problem solving and sharing.

Patterns, patterns, patterns

This morning we took a walk around the school looking out for different patterns.  Our maths topic for the last 2 weeks of this term is algebra and number so we went on a pattern hunt. Here are some we found.

Room Two physical education

Each Thursday Steve from Sport Canterbury comes to Sacred Heart to teach the children balancing, ball throwing and catching and movement activities.  We have lots of fun with Steve and always look forward to Thursdays.

Health Expo Day

Fun at the Health Expo day - held my the middle and senior school and visited by children from the junior school.  We learned many ways to stay healthy.  The importance of healthy eating, exercise, cleaning our teeth properly, sleep and so on.  Here we are enjoying our learning.