Buddy Reading with Room 12

This term we were lucky to go to Room 12 for our buddy reading.  We looked at their work on the chrome book and read some of their blogs.

Thank you room 12 for having us!

Inside the Sensory Bag

We have been learning to write descriptions and we have been trying to use our sense of sight, touch, feel, hear and taste while doing this.

Today was a bit tricky because we had to use our sense of touch only to describe the object in the sensory bag.  We were a bit worried about what might be in the bag but Mrs Raj said it was safe to touch.

We put our hand inside the bag and felt around.  It was a bit strange as we couldn't see what it was.  We then had to write our descriptions.

Kiana's Description

Inside the Sensory Bag

When I put my hand in the sensory bag, I felt something spiky because it was sharp.  When I put my hand in the sensory bag, I felt something furry because it had small, smooth spikes.  Inside the sensory bag, I felt something rough because it felt like it had dirt on it. Inside the sensory bag, I felt something warm because it had fur on it.  Inside the sensory bag, I felt something cold.


Paea's Description

Inside the Sensory Bag

When I put my hand in the sensory bag, I felt something smooth because I felt the fluff.  It was hard because I couldn't bend it.  It was warm because of the fluff.  It was ticklish because of the spiky things on it.  It felt like a flower because it was curvy and fluffy.  It was pointy because it felt like a stick because at the bottom, there was a long stick.


Pearl's Description

Inside the Sensory Bag

When I put my hand in the sensory bag, I felt something hard.  It was also spiky, big and heavy.  It felt like a toy spider.  It felt like it had wings, legs and fur.  The legs felt pointy because my hand kept getting poked.  I think it felt like these because it felt like a spider.

This was what was inside the sensory bag.  It is a fake succulent plant.

Traffic Lights Art

Red means Stop

Orange means Slow down

Green mean Go

We used red, orange and green paper to make our traffic lights.  We know what these colours on the traffic lights mean.

We worked in pairs to make our traffic lights.

We also read a poem about the traffic lights.

Traffic Lights

Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,

on the corners shining bright.

Red means STOP and green means GO.

Orange means go very SLOW.

Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,

on the corners shining bright.

(author unknown)

Day 3 of Road Safety

Today was the day we got to practise what we had learned from Constable Taina.  She took us for a hikoi so we could cross the road, look out for traffic and notice the sneaky driveways.

It was a bit challenging crossing the road by ourselves with the traffic coming down the road.  There were cars parked on the road which made it even harder for us to look out for the traffic.

We also noticed the zebra crossing on the road at the pedestrian crossing with the orange signs.

Road Safety Prize Winners

As part of the Road Safety week, our class had been given 2 water bottles and 5 bags.  The students were put in a draw and the winners got to select their own prizes.

Sapapalii, Helen, George, Kiana, I'Ola, Paea, Eco

Road Safety Week Day 2

Sneaky Driveways, Car Parks, Car seats and Seatbelts

Constable Taina explained to us that sneaky driveways are driveways where we can't see up the driveway.  This could be because of the high solid fence or hedges.  If we are walking along the footpath, she told us to slow down and look at the driveway for cars that might be reversing.

Car parks are another dangerous place with cars and people walking, sharing the car park.  She told us to watch out for cars that might be reversing or driving in the car park.  We have to look for the white lights at the back of the car to check if it is reversing.  We should only walk past a reversing car if the driver says so.

To keep safe in the car, we should always put our seatbelts on and make it 'click'.  The law says that children who are 7 years old or younger should always sit in a car seat.

Belts On,

Phones Off,

Make it a habit.

Road Safety Week with Constable Taina

Day 1

Constable Taina visited our class this week to teach us about road safety.

She taught us some road rules:

-we should be over 8 years old to cross the road by ourselves.
-the road is for the traffic and the footpath is for the pedstrians
-if we are walking on the footpath, we should keep our eyes to the front, keep our hand to ourselves and walk on the footpath close to the houses.
-we should never play on the road.

We then went to the netball court to practise our walking.  We had to look right first then left then right again and we also had to listen for the traffic before stepping out.

She also told us to stay away from the kerb.

Practising our crossing