Changes in Room 8

When we came back to school some things had changed around in our classroom so we had more room to work together. We can now all fit easily around the computers and there is more room to move in our library corner. We also have a new reward system in Room 8. We are collecting points for our whole group working together on things like, being respectful, getting on with our tasks, following instructions and being good friends. We also have a cool new classmate Xavier. Xavier has come to NEVN from Port Chalmers School. He has already made friends with Lochy and they have been having a great time together playing with a basketball and rugby ball in the playground. We also have a great new College Teacher, Miss Pretorius. She is going to be in Room 8 for the rest of the year! We can't wait to get to know her and to have her teach us some new things.

Toys and Games

We have been learning about toys and games. We learnt that lots of the toys we like today have been around a very long time. We went Toitu to learn about toys and games with Danny. We played a gmae of marbles and learnt how to flick them. Danny took us to an olden days hut where a long time ago four children lived, on rainy days they could only stay inside, they played marbles and with a yoyo. At the end we had some free time to play with dominoes, jack straws, puppets, skipping ropes, yoyo's, dolls house, washing line, ironing board, tiddlywinks and bingo. Ben's favourite part of the whole trip was the hut, Ryan and Jack liked the marbles, Lola liked dressing up, Harriet liked playing puppets, Nanaia liked bingo, and Troy like the dominoes!