Monday, May 25, 2015

Week 6 Words and Singing!!

This weeks words are: 

what
my
her

Get practicing these words. See if you can write them on paper, in the air, in your bath water. EVERYWHERE!!!


I found this lovely photos on the classroom camera.
Hey! It's Joel. Looks to me like he has been a very clever chicken.............(or maybe that's BELLBIRD).
Thank you for sharing this great trophy with us!!


Well done to the Bellbirds who sang in the Junior Choir preschool visit today. It was fun.



You represented Ashley School extremely well.

Have a lovely week birdies.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Future Clean Greenies!

Today we planted a new garden area in front of our rooms.



We were helped by the  'Clean Greenies'.
They showed us how to prepare for planting
 and how to place the plants successfully into the ground.




Thank you to Mrs Standen for organising this.
Thank you to for the 'Greenies' who were very patient with us.
The Bellbirds feel excited to have such a nice garden space.
We will take responsibility for caring for this newly planted area.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Wonderful Week 5 Words!!

Wow it is Monday again!!!!


Here are our fantabulous, wonderful, amazing and very useful words for this week.

there

all

out


Have a go and practice them with Mum, Dad, Nanna, Pop, the cat, dog or budgie!!


Have fun

Friday, May 15, 2015

Interesting Discoveries Today...

We are often faced with interesting challenges.
Today we found out how to make small explosions
 using water, vinegar and baking soda.
Thanks to Joel for his idea.


When we made boats using walnut shells we found that they didn't always float!
Why?
Where were we going wrong?
Too much weight with the playdough? 
Mast too tall?
Sails too big or small?
Bellbirds always persevere!
Eventually we got them to float!


Next we were challenged to make paper planes that would fly.
How will we fold them?
Will they look like a plane?
Could we get them to fly a reasonable distance?
Would they be competitive in the big "Fly Off"?



Late this afternoon some of us competed against other children
 to see how far our planes would fly.
What a lot of fun.
A lot of cheering and clapping.
Thanks to the Senior boys who made the competition possible.


Another challenge today was to blow ping pong balls
through the paint using straws.
Well! Mmmmm!
The paint was thick!
We didn't seem to have enough puff?
What solution did these Bellbirds come up with?
Yes you guessed. Just roll the balls over the paper.

Bellbirds enjoy challenging themselves.




Monday, May 11, 2015

Kids Can Cook!!!

Oh yes they can!













I think a picture tells a thousand words here don't you??

The Bellbirds got to learn about French food today. 

Crepes.

We ate crepes with grated apple, chopped kale and chard inside.
Most of us really liked it.

It was very new to all of us, but we also enjoyed learning about New Zealand kai (food).


Well done Isaac!!

Well done Isaac!!

 What a proud little Bellbird this one is.

Player of the day for his soccer team.

We loved seeing your trophy.

Thank you so much for bringing it to share with us.

Tino Pai

Cross Country, Mondays, Fitness, Fun and WORDS


Cross Country on Friday was the best fun. We loved the mud,water, hay bales and cheering from the rest of the school and staff. What a great event. Thanks to the parents who could come and support us.
 It was really fun!!
 Muddy puddles
 Jumping hay bales



The Seniors were such a great help getting through the course.
.

It's Monday again!!
That means fun and fitness.
Spot the Bellbird!!




Kash arrived this morning very excited about his weekend game of rugby.

You can probably see why.

Keep an eye on this Bellbird. Is he a future Crusader?




A new week also means new weekly words.

me

be 

have

Keep going Bellbirds. Hard work = more fun!!

Monday, May 4, 2015

Words words words!

Words are wonderful!

Mondays are pretty wonderful too.

Monday is all about catching up again after the weekend, fitness, coordination and WORDS.

Thank you for your support over our need to fit more writing into our weekly plan. Today we were introduced to our three new weekly words.

we

back

she


Well done for practising last week's words: then,them,with.

Where will you find these words each Monday? Take a look in the little phonics notebook in your child's reading folder.

Good luck for another fabulous week Bellbirds