Author's Chair

Brayden has been working really hard during Write to Self time. He is really good at writing the letter B in his name and now he is learning how to write the other letters in his name. Keep up the great learning, Brayden!

Music Pattern

For Friday Surprise Day, we continued our exploration into patterns. Today we used music to create a pattern. Can your child explain their pattern? Can you make a new pattern together?

Brayden's Post on Monday, 3 April 2017

Today during play time, Brayden decided to work on his goal of learning how to write his name. Brayden can write a capital B and an r. Today, we were practicing on how to write an 'a' too. You are working so hard on your goal Brayden.

Comparing Houses

On our Friday Surprise Day we have been looking at a variety of houses and what makes them similiar and what makes them different. Our buddy and I made a house out of playdough.  We didn't peek at our buddies house while we created them but when we finished we compared our houses.
"Our houses are different because Romeo's house has a tunnel and Argam and Brayden's doesn't. Brayden's house has a door and so does Romeos and that is same.   All our houses have walls and that is the same.

Listening To Stories

I am listening to stories written by Lynley Dodd on the iPad.

The Boat Challenge

Here is a picture of Brayden with his boat. 

I made my boat out of paper and wood. My boat has a climbing bit.

My boat didn't float the right way. It fell into the water. 

My Puppet

Here is a picture of Brayden and his puppet, Earl. Te Kakano made puppets for Friday Surprise Day and our Whakangahau. We had to think about all the parts our puppets would need. We also had to show persistence to make sure the parts stayed on and looked how we planned it. 

"I put the eyes on with the glue and one eye fell off. It was hard. The yellow bits are the pants."