A visit from Erika's Mum

Vicki came to Room One today to talk to us about her job. She works at the hospital as an anaesthetist technician. She showed us what would happen if we had to go to hospital for an operation. Vicki read us a book then let us use a stethoscope to check our heartbeats.

Guess what?  We were all alive and well because our hearts were beating!!

She also gave us bandages, special plasters, gas masks, injections, hair nets and shoe covers.

Look at us now!!

Thank you Vicki and Erika, now we know what we will see if we go to hospital for an operation. We will be put to sleep and all fixed up by the Doctors and people like you. 

Geometry in Room One

Busy trying to make the most shapes out of twenty sticks.

 We named our shapes and also counted the 'perimeter' of each shape.

Fire Safety

Today we had two firemen come and talk to us about what are toys ( balls, little cars, dolls etc. ) and  what are tools ( hammers, screwdrivers and MATCHES and CANDLES ).

We also learnt how to shout Fire! Fire! really loud and crawl out of a house if we see/ smell smoke or hear a smoke alarm.

Get down 

Get out

And Stay out!!

Science in Room One: Making Oobleck

Using cornflour, water and some food colouring we made Oobleck. We had to decide whether it was a solid or a liquid. You may want to try this at home and find out which it is???

Anzac Art in Room One

New Zealanders died in many wars but lots died in the First World War and their dead bodies lay in a poppy field where the fighting took place at Gallipoli. So now we use a poppy as a symbol that we are remembering ALL the soldiers that fight to keep our country (and our friends countries) safe and free.

Remembering the Anzacs.

Anne showed us the World War 1 doll she made and explained about why soldiers needed to wear woollen clothes and had to wear a number. Try asking your child for the answers.

We had a look at the crosses outside Room One and saw the soldiers number and name. There is a cross at a school around New Zealand for every soldier that died in World War 1.

Our retelling of The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The 3 Billy Goats ate grass. The big goat went over the bridge. The troll jumped from under the bridge. Big Billy came over. Big Billy kicked him in the eye and killed him.
Retold by Zac

The 3 Billy Goats ate all of the grass.We don't have much grass here. They want to go over the bridge.The big Billy Goat ate the troll and were happy they had heaps of grass.
Retold by Audrey-Anna

Once upon a time there was 3 Billy Goats that  only ate grass. The 3 Billy Goats went over the bridge. They saw a big fat troll. The big goat kicked the troll off the bridge. The 3 billy goats got over the bridge on the other side of the bridge they saw a table and on the table there was a piece of cake. They liked it.
Retold by Aquilino

One day all the grass was all gone. On the other side there was grass. It started to rain and the little Billy Goat went over the bridge. A troll ate the Billy Goat up.
Retold by Torin

The 3 little Billy Goats went on the bridge. They walked over the bridge and they found some grass.
Retold by Alexi

The 3 Billy Goats went to find some grass and then went over the bridge and the troll took his baby to under the bridge and the troll looked after the baby. The mummy troll would be happy, very happy.
Retold by Jayden

The 3 Billy Goats are at the grass and they are eating the grass and they are going over the bridge.
Retold by Reef

The 3 Billy Goats went to find some grass and they felt a bit weird because they were scared as.
Retold by Zalyus

The 3 Billy Goats went over the bridge and the little one went first. then the middle one went over then the big one went on the bridge.
Retold by Casey

The 3 Billy Goats went to find some grass. Then the big goat went over the bridge and he let him go and he said Thank you. Then the monster came and told him off. Then the little goats went over the bridge. Then the big goats bowled him over.
Retold by Max