Keep Dunedin Beautiful

Today the children in Kindle 2 went to a performance in the school hall. The message of the Keep Dunedin Beautiful Show was Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Time Capsule

During July we thought about some of the things we do in Kindle 2 in 2015, to learn and play. We took photos of these and added captions. These are going into a time capsule to be opened in the future. Here are some of the photos we used:

I wonder how children will learn and play in the future?

Araiteuru Marae

Today we visited Araiteuru Marae. We went with Room 4, Room 5 and Model 2B on the bus. The tangata whenua from the marae welcomed us, the manuhiri (visitors) on. Ms Spencer was our Kaikaranga (caller) and Jury Arthur was our Kaikorero (speaker). We listened to the speakers, we sang some waiata and then we had a karakia (prayer) and kai (food).  After that we got to do some activities, then we said thank you and went back to school on the bus.

FireWise

Over the past few weeks in Kindle 2, the children have been learning how to be Firewise. They know that matches and lighters are tools, not toys and should be given to an adult if they are found. They have practised what to do if there is a fire or they hear a fire alarm. The fire fighters from Willowbank Fire Station came to school to reinforce the Firewise messages. They came back again the next day to show us the special equipment they use for fires.

 Tony and Justin showed us what a firefighter wears to go into a burning building.

Sean and Nick showed us the fire engine and some of the tools that fire fighters use at a fire.

We all got a turn at squirting the fire hose. It was fun!

Kindle 1 and 2 Assembly

This week Kindle 1 and 2 were the classes of the week for assembly

K..i..n..d  - the first 4 letters of Kindle 1 and 2 spell ‘Kind’

These are the things that Kindle 1 and 2 like about school:

Playing outside

Playing inside

Lunch

Discovery

Being the teacher’s helper

Making things

Playing with blocks

Making things at the making table

Drawing

Maths activities

Listening to stories

Maths work

Colouring in

Fitness

Talking about fire safety

Reading

Printing

Making cards for people

Listening to stories

Using iPads

Using the big screen to learn new things

The Silly Goat Gruff

Today Miss Cochrane read the story "The Silly Goat
 Gruff". In the story, the troll wanted to eat the goats but the Silly Goat Gruff said to the troll "Haha - try and eat me, I don't taste good". He wasn't actually a silly goat!  All the goats made it to the other side of the bridge without having to say "Please can I cross your bridge". The children in Kindle 2 made a bridge for a troll to live under...

Kindle 2 Writers

Wow, look at the Kindle 2 writers - they are:

• drawing picture plans
• thinking about what they will write
• starting their writing by themselves
• writing in the correct direction
• saying new words slowly and writing the letters they can hear
• trying to use capital letters and full stops correctly
• reading their writing to check that it makes sense

Keep up the good work Kindle 2