What did Team Seuss do for the last week of Term 3?

We had a Duffy assembly on Tuesday and Te Rau got a special Duffy certificate for awesome reading.

We had assembly this Friday and Ataahua got our class certificate for being such a super learner. 

We have been reading a new big book this week called “Pirate Polly” and on Friday we got a letter from the pirates and we got to go on a treasure hunt. 

We got a letter from Queen Elsa from Frozen to say thank you for helping them to spread the message about saving water. She sent us some biscuits and we got to ice and decorate them.

In buddy time we watched SpaceJam and we also got to eat some yummy popcorn. Everyone really enjoyed eating the popcorn.

We have started to practise for athletics. We are learning 3 key skills: running, jumping, throwing. Our athletics day is in Week 3, Term 4. 

We had Whanau time on Monday and we got to hang out with our Whanau groups and play games. Kowhai Whanau won for the term. 

What has Team Seuss been up to this week?

We have been… 

Practising our ABCs by doing some puzzles and games

Watching a science show with Richard the scientist 

-We learnt about penguins and how they keep warm

-Richard the scientist made a tornado in a bottle

-Jodi put a plastic cup on her head and the scientist used an air gun to knock it off

-We saw some science tricks 

learning our phonics letters “ou, qu, oi, th”

learning a new rhyming word family (pig)

hanging out with our buddies and getting to know them better by choosing some fun activities to do together. 

playing sport with Arne and practising our throwing and running skills.

reading a new big book called “Ratty Tatty Cat”

doing fitness everyday by dancing to the Hokey Pokey Song and the Birdy Dance

getting ready for our Wearable Arts Extravaganza by practising our performance, getting our costume ready and singing our song. 

We also had a new student visiting us this week. Welcome to Ruby who joins Team Seuss at the start of next term. 

See you all at our Wearable Arts Performance today!!! :) 

Class Notices

We have introduced drop at the door Wednesdays to promote the children's independence. They will be able to come in the classroom by themselves and unpack their bags and get organised for the day.

It is also really important that the children read everynight and they remember to bring their reading folders and books back everyday.

Please help ensure that the children get enough sleep every night, primary aged should have 10 - 12 hours each night.  They have been very busy at school and as we are nearing the end of the term they are feeling the strain of this showing signs they are very tired by being sensitive about little things.

It is also important that the children drink plenty of water so bring along a named drink bottle full with water so they can have a drink when they need to in class time.

We are performing our wearble arts next week so they children will need to bring in a named plastic bag with plain clothes that represent water colours, eg blue, white or green colours.  Every child has been working hard to learn a dance and will be performing at both the matinee and the evening performance so they all need to have these available.   Please look out for notices from the school with more information about our open day and this performance.  Make sure you get your tickets before they run out.

Regards
Cat & Tracie

My day at Northcote School

Check out what a normal day at Northcote School would look like in this video.

What's been happening in Team Seuss this week?

• We have been learning the under the sea song and the actions.
• Our Jump jam songs this week were YMCA and Candy Man.
• In maths this week, we have started learning about shapes, Circle, Pentagon, Square, and Triangle. We also made shapes monsters.
• Part of the wearable arts this week we have started to make our costume. We started on our sea creatures, and designing the cape and the skirt.
• Our letters this week in Phonics were - V, Y, NG, OOoo. Our word of the week was dog.
• Our big book this week was called "Another Mother".
• In buddy time we have been drawing on popsicle sticks and next week we will dye them and create a big piece of art work to share.
• Sport with Are this week was throwing and aiming with tennis balls.
• News this week was our favourite toy, thing to do and food.