Check out our Team Seuss superstars!!!

These children have all worked hard to learn their alphabet sounds, letter names and jolly phonics blends. Some children have learnt all of these things and have finished their alphabet certificate!
Keep up the awesome learning :)

What have Team Seuss been learning this week?

Term 4 Week 8 (30th Nov - 4th Dec)

We have ...

• performed our assembly items in front of the whole school and our parents - Xavier
• been doing a special art project as a surprise for our families - Ataahua & Jamal
• been swimming with our buddies - Jamal
• written an invitation to our parents to come to our assembly - Caitlen & Ataahua
• been learning how to swim with floaties - Maddie
• been learning to gain confidence in the water - Xavier
• continuing to learn to read the calendar every day - Jamal & Kaila
• been counting down the days until the end of school with our chocolate advent calendar - Jodie and Caitlen
• noticed the beans growing and they now have flowers on them - Maddie & Jodie
• been continuing to learn our jolly phonics - Ataahua
• watched the senior performance in the hall - Rishika
• Practicing our christmas songs

ALSO check out how many of us now know all the letters of the alphabet or all the jolly phonics sounds.

Assembly Reminder!

Don't forget that Team Seuss are on school assembly this week.  We have been practising our songs and rakau sticks to show you.  

We hope to see you all on Friday at 9.05 in the school hall

What has Team Seuss been up to this week?

Term 4, Week 7 23rd - 27th November

We have

• learning to read the calendar - Jamal
• been swimming and we have been getting more confident in the water - Levi
• had a buddy swim with Room 8 - Deklan
• been doing some new jump jam songs this week. Our songs were 'who let the dogs out' and 'grease lightning'.  - Kaila, Xavier & Shyla 
• been practising our Christmas carols every day with Room 3 & 4. We are practising these for Northlands mall and the Cathedral. - Cameron & Jhade
• been reading with our groups and reading our Christmas carols - Caitlen
• been learning to read a play called "The Dragon" - Shyla, Natel, Ataahua
• had our junior Kapa Haka to practise for next weeks assembly - Maddie
• had discovery time where we practise using our CARE values - Jodie
• been doing some learning outside under the tress because it was so hot inside - Ataahua
• received a new letter from Barnaby Bear and he is in Italy - Deklan, Te Rau 
• learnt about how people celebrate Christmas in Italy and how to say hello - "Ciao" 
• been singing our Tena Koe song every morning - Cameron
• been watching our beans grow even taller. They are now taller than the bamboo sticks - Caitlen 

Don't forget there are lots of exciting things happening in the next 3 weeks.  Make sure you check the bags for any notices.  

9th December @ 10.30-11am - Cathedral Visit to sing Christmas Carols

10th December @ 4.40-5.30 - Fish and Chips Carol Singing at Northcote School 

14th December - Northlands Mall Christmas Carol Singing

Check out some of us swimming in Team Seuss!

What has Team Seuss been up to this week?

Term 4 Week 6 16th Nov - 20th Nov

We have ...

• been learning our numbers in maths - Maddie and Jodie
• been reading books - Shyla
• been continuing to learn new christmas carols like Snoopy's Christmas, Santa around the world, Grandma got run over by a reindeer and Winter Wonderland - Caitlen, Jodie, Ataahua, Shyla, Maddie
• been learning our jolly phonics and writing the letters f, b, ai - Xavier
• been reading Billy McBrown - Axel
• been learning to write our names on the whiteboards and we have been learning how to illustrate christmas pictures - Phoenix and Axel
• been writing letters to Santa - Shyla
• had a letter from Barnaby who is in France at the moment and he taught us how to say Merry Christmas in french 'Joyeux Noel' and he taught us to say 'Feliz Navidad' in Spanish last week. - Kingston, Caitlen and Ataahua
• been learning how to read a calendar - Alexander
• been learning how to swim and have confidence in the water - Pheonix and Levi
• been watching our beans continue to grow because we have been watering them and looking after them - Jodie & Caitlen
• been learning our routine for our Assembly in 2 weeks time - Maddie

Dont' forget Team Seuss are on assembly in 2 weeks so come along and watch us perform.  You wont' be disappointed.

Team Seuss

Here are our beans after 6 weeks

Where are the places that Team Seuss have been this week?

Term 4 Week 4 2-6th November 2015

This week we have . . .

• been learning christmas carols, my favourite is Santa you're too fat - Rishika
• received a letter from Santa and he has asked us to write back so we have been learning how to write letters - Ataahua, Caitlen
• been painting with our buddies.  We drew our hands and then painted around our hands. - Jodie
• been making fireworks pictures.  We coloured in a sheet of paper with lots of bright colours, then we painted it black and then we scratched it with the end of a pencil - Xavier, Shyla and Caitlen
• been learning all about Guy Fawkes.  He is a man called Guy Fawkes who tried to kill King James I of England, he was caught and the King was saved.  The fireworks are our way of celebrating the King being saved. - Maddie, Caitlen, Jodie and Shyla
• been learning our number in maths - Jamal
• been learning how to read a calendar every day - Levi
• been learning new jump jam songs like YMCA & 5, 6, 7, 8 - Kaila, Caitlen
• been learning silly sentences and d, n & m for jolly phonics - Jodi
• been attending our school assembly that Room 4 put on - Shyla
• been presenting our news like news readers about our favourite characters - Jamal & Caitlen

Our beans are continuing to grow.  What a great week of learning.