Financial Literacy

On Wednesday we had Amy the ASB lady come to visit us, to teach us about money. She told us the names of different coins and notes, and how we can look after our money by keeping it in safe places and not just lying around. She also talked about how we exchange money to pay for things we want.
Here are some photographs of her talking to the children.

100 Days at School

We have now had 100 days at school this year (just over at the time of posting this blog!) and we celebrated with a treat. We have been adding one cube to a chart each day since the start of the school year and practising counting the daily total in ones, or in tens and ones each day, as we have added more cubes.
Here are the photos of our treat. We were only able to eat the biscuits when we had made the number 100 correctly!

Ferrymead Trip

We had a wonderful day last Wednesday when we visited Ferrymead. Continuing with our Change Theme this term, the visit has sparked our interest in changes through time from around 100 years ago to the present.
We took part in four different activities including, going to the movies, making a biscuit in the bakery, cleaning a house with items similar to those in the past and taking part in school activities. We had to do these activities in clothes like children a long time ago as well.

Hockey Skills

Last term we were lucky to have  a member of Selwyn Sports Trust team to come and work with the whole school to improve our hockey skills. Here are some photos of us practising the skills we learned.

Airforce Museum Trip

As part of our Change theme this year we have been studying physical changes in Science. To further develop the concept of physical phenomena we went to the Airforce Museum to help us understand how planes fly. This involved some practical investigation, looking at different types of planes through time and a scavenger hunt around the museum. We did lots of learning and had fun at the same time!