Room 11's Blog 2014: February 2014

Sunday, February 23, 2014

INQUIRY LEARNING;

Our Inquiry Learning topic for term 1 is 'Respect for Rights'. We are learning about the different rights and responsibilities we have. We are going to learn about children living in Kroo Bay and see how our lives are different to theirs.

Here are some of the rights we think we have...
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO:
* an education
* clean water
* healthy food
* be safe
* play and have fun
* clean air
* shelter
* be loved
* medicine
* be healthy

We wrote some questions that we would like to research and find out more information about...

Why do we need healthy food? Asha

Where do children in Kroo Bay play sports? Chloe, Sasha
Why do we need clean air? Luke, Max, Shakyla

Who has toys to play with in Kroo Bay and what kind of toys are they? Lachlan, Grace, Tyler

Where do people in Kroo Bay get their drinking water from? Lily F, Zoe, Archie

Who has cars in Kroo Bay? Chloe, Sasha

Where do people in Kroo Bay get their food from? Asha

Why don’t people have enough medicine in Kroo Bay? Chloe, Sasha

Who plays soccer in Kroo Bay and what sports do they play? Grace, Lachlan

Where do they get food from in Kroo Bay and do they have enough food to eat? Hollie, Lily, Hunter

Friday, February 21, 2014

SWIMMING FUN

The pool is open and Room 11 enjoyed their first swimming session. We hope to be swimming Tuesday - Friday.

Room 11

The improved Room 11 is ready to go... see you all there on Monday morning!

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Self portraits

Notices...

Coming up:

· Hopefully swimming!

· Meet the Teacher. Wednesday 19th in the Library, 7pm

· Moving into our new classroom - we are aiming for Monday February 24th

· Purple Cake Day - March 7th. We will be involved in fundraising for this event. We will let you know how you can help.

· Suter Art gallery trips: Wednesday 19th March (9am) and Tuesday 1st April (9am). I will sent home notices closer to the dates asking for parent help.

Pohutukawa fun

Pohutukawa Syndicate have been getting together this week...
We have had Syndicate assembly. Here are Room 11 showing their amazing self portraits: