Monday, 29 June 2015

Who Inspires You?


We have been writing about who inspires us in Room 4. We talked about what inspire means and we developed a success criteria to help us with our writing. Below is a picture from our modelling book.



In the comments below tell me who inspires you and give me one reason why.

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Making Numbers

In Room 4 we have been learning to make numbers using tens and ones materials. Have a look at the picture below and write a comment below to tell us what number is shown and how do you know this? 

Monday, 8 June 2015

Abigail's Maths Sharing

Abigail has been busy at home sharing with her Mum what she has been learning in Maths. Have a look below at a picture her mum sent me. Well done Abigail.

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Whole School Cross-country


What a great morning we had at Waipuna Park on Tuesday for our whole school cross-country. The sun was shining and everyone looked fabulous in their house colours. In Room 4 we have been writing recounts about the cross-country. Leave a comment below with your thoughts or feelings about the cross-country. For more photos of the day please visit the sports page. 

Read a selection of our cross-country recounts below:

We went to Waipuna Park on the bus and the whole school came to. We ran around the trees and we went through the log. I was tired. I got a number 7 card and it was fun. 

By Abigail 

On Tuesday the whole of Tauriko School went to Waipuna Park on the bus for our cross-country. When it was my turn to run we all lined up at the start. The man shot the starting gun into the air and we were off running. We ran around the grass, up the hill, over or under the log and through the walnut trees. We could hear lots of people cheering us on. When we came near the finish line I started to sprint. After all my running I cam 2nd in the Year 2 boys race. I felt puffed but I was happy and had lots of fun. 

By Sam and the Exclamation Marks (with Mrs van Dijks help)

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Superhero Squares

The Superhero Squares Maths group have been learning how to add numbers by counting on from the biggest number. They have been using a range of different materials. Have a look at the photo below. What number is shown with place value materials? 
If I add four more what will my number be? Leave a comment with your answer below. 

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Share the Road

Yesterday we had some visitors from the Share the Programme to teach us about how to be safe around trucks. We learnt that there are many blind spots on a truck where a truck driver won't be able to see us. We learnt a little saying to help us: Be safe, Be seen! We also got to sit in the truck and to beep its horn. Madina enjoyed beeping the horn so much that the Tall Poppies had to come out and see what was going on.

Thanks so much for visiting us at Tauriko School!







Thursday, 26 March 2015

McLaren Falls Trip

What an amazing day we had at McLaren Falls last Friday. We did so much exploring of our local bush. Mrs van Dijk's highlight was the waterfall and exploring in the water and mud. What was your highlight from our day out? Leave a comment below to let us know and we will share these in class next week.

Below are a couple of recounts about our day trip and some photos that were taken on the day. We have been learning to write recounts in Room 4 this term and have been making sure we tell the audience who was there, where we went, how we got there and what we did. We hope you enjoy them.



We would also like to say a huge thank you to the parents who came along to help on the day. You made our trip successful and lots of fun.

I went to McLaren Falls on Friday. I walked to the waterfall and I saw some pukekos.
By Blaize

On Friday I went to McLaren Falls. I went on the bus and lots of people from school went to. I saw ducks and trees. At lunch time we sat on the grass. I liked the bush walk. 
By Kyla