I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes.....I saw the sign!

I might be the only one singing the Ace of Base song "I saw the sign" as I read the title of this blog however it is very relevant to our Karearea class at the moment as we have been learning about the ways in which signs communicate important information to us.

Our Karearea class went walk-about this week and looked at the signs that 

'TELL US WHAT TO DO', 

'WARN US TO BE CAREFUL' and the signs that 

'INVITE US TO SAFELY MOVE THIS WAY'.  

We were so surprised to realise that signs give us such a lot of information and they often use few, if any, words.  We looked at signs from other countries and delighted in the fact that we understood them.

Have a look at some of the signs we were very interested in and ask us what these mean.  

Here is the Ace of Base song I was humming whilst typing this blog....... I SAW THE SIGN

Grandparents Day

It was a very special morning at Wentworth Primary yesterday.  

Our Grandparents and whanau came into school.  It was a pleasure sharing our classroom with our family and it was lovely hearing about some of the experiences our grandparents had when they were at school.  

We were shocked and bemused at the notion of 'the cane' as a form of discipline.  

One grandparent shared some photos of their school, calf club, milk bottles and dress-up day.  

We heard a little about school in China......we were surprised to hear that there were 60 children in ONE class!  

We loved hearing about waiting outside before school, having to sing the national anthem whilst the NZ flag was raised and then marching into class.  Very different to our morning!   

One of our Karearea class members was delighted to receive a video message and a letter from grandparents whom are overseas.  This certainly made a few eyes in the room moisten.......mine definitely!

Thank you to the Karearea families for visiting with us today.  We are privileged to have you in our lives and you are such an important part of our learning journey.  Thank you for taking the time to share our morning with us and feel free to stop by ANYTIME!

Yoga in Wonderland!

Our Year 1 and 2 classes participate in Physical Education lessons together.  Today we visited Alice's Wonderland through Yoga.  

We developed our concentration and listening skills.  We followed complex instructions to manipulate our limbs into yoga positions thus enhancing our kinesthetic body awareness.  We stretched and laughed our way through our PE session.........we even finished the session with some mindful breathing and relaxation.  An excellent way to end our first day back for Term 2.

See if you can see our cat and mouse poses!

Mini-camp FUN!

Our Year 4, 5 and 6 students went to Shakespeare Lodge for a four day camping trip...........not to be outdone, our Year 1, 2 and 3's all decided to have a mini-camp here at school.  

Tents, pancakes, egg toss, egg and spoon races and an egg hunt topped off a fun-filled day.

Have a look at our day!

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns......one a penny........two a penny......hot cross buns!

Our budding Year 1, 2 and 3 chefs were master bakers today!  

Hot cross buns were the order of the day and the finished product was delicious!  

We learned to follow a recipe, to measure quantities and then we attempted to write some simple instructions outlining our method.

Have a look at the fun we had!