More amazing Advent art!

By Sam (top) Stefanie (middle) Ashley (bottom)

Advent

Some of the advent nativity scenes that the children have made this week.

Celebrating Success

Well done to Danny for a top effort at Moana Pool down in Dunedin. His medal haul was so big he looked like MR T!

Also, well done to Toby for taking out the cup for top 10 year old boy at athletics this year.

                                             

Saints
Due: Friday 14th November
Our current RE topic is ‘Communion of Saints’	Saints are people that did amazing things in their lifetimes for God, and for Humanity.	Your Task Present information to the class on a saint of your choice. You can present your saint using a poster, computer presentation, cartoon strip….basically be as creative as you like!
A high standard of presentation is expected. Make sure that you check your spelling and presentation before handing your work in.		Some ideas You could tell the class about the life and death of the saint, talk about some of the amazing things they did, and why they were made into a saint.

Visiting the Community Gardens

Visiting the gardens as part of bee inquiry work

Seed Bomb's Away!

One of our seed bombs ready to be deposited at the community gardens. The seeds in the bombs will germinate in the right conditions and provide food for local honey bees. 

Interviewing a Bee Keeper

The children interview Marion Shore about her bee keeping and her conservation efforts.

Top Spellers

Well done to Vince and Toby who both scored very highly in the recent ICAS Spelling Test.

Honeybees Inquiry

Just a reminder that we will be heading out to create 'Bee Corridors' over the next few days so please bring in your seeds.

Some very tired children after skipping for an hour to raise funds for the Heart Foundation!

Writing

Ferg sharing his SAS war stories!

Maths-Measurement

Finding the capacity of a tea spoon.

Learning about capacity in milliliters and liters.

Letter Writing

This week we will be reading about communication methods and learning to write formal and informal letters. We are aiming to write to the local council as part of our inquiry around the demise of honeybees. The children will also be bringing some published letters to friends and family home so please encourage them by posting these on.

Happy Fathers Day!

Hope you enjoyed the cards

Happy Birthday and farewell to our lovely Tara, we will miss you!

Tara's cake made by the amazing Maria Dickie!

Clay Art

Some of our very cool clay dinosaurs!

Animal Classification

Animal Classification Pairs Activity from Simon Bishop

Learning about Insects

Thanks to Lucas for bringing in his brilliant bug collection and magazines. Gross, but awesome!

This week we're reading and writing about the Varroa mite and other parasites. Some key vocabulary is parasite, infestation, eradication, classification, invasive, arachnid.

Reading this Week

We will continue our inquiry around honey bees and colony collapse disorder and we will alos be looking at other insect life cycles and characteristics. Our shared book this week is all about gigantic insects and their role in the insect world. Some key vocabulary is adaptation, canopy, colonies, evolved, fossils, mandibles, species, nocturnal, titans, wingspan.

Art-Making Pinch Pots

Check out some of the awesome pinch pots that the children have been making on Friday afternoons.

Journal Plays

Performing a  journal play during reading today.

The Honey Bee

This term we will be doing some inquiry learning around bees and their importance in the food chain. We will look at the physiology and behaviour of bees plus colony organisation and we will also be leanring about pollination and the honey making process, uses for honey and colony collapse disorder and it's implications. Some key vocabulary is pollination, larvae, pupae, hibernation, monoculture, colonisation and supersede.

St Josephs Has Got Talent!

Welcome Back for Term 3!

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic break with the family.

Please see the individual pages for information on some of the learning that we'll be doing this term and remember to keep up with reading, spelling and maths practice at home.

Musical Time!

Hi everyone. The children will be very busy preparing for the school musical this week and they will be performing on Thursday at 1pm and again at 6pm. I hope all of you will be there to support the children and the school.

Costume Requirements: Black trousers, shoes and long sleeve black top. If any one has any small glow sticks that you could donate, that would be appreciated.

Regards

Paul

World Cup Reading

We'll continue with our reading theme of the World Cup this week. Some additional vocabulary to learn is controversial, opposition, substitute, allowance, equaliser. 

Check out some of our amazing robot masks!