Sgt Samuel Forsyth VC

As part of our Remembering the Anzacs inquiry, we are researching Sgt S Forsyth VC. On Friday morning we will be erecting a cross in his honour. Every class has a cross representing a different soldier who died during the World War One between 1914 and 1918.

This is a painting of Sgt Forsyth. Click on the image to find out more about him.

ANZAC Day

We are kicking off our learning this term with a focus on Anzac Day.

On Monday we read a text called Dawn Parade. After we had discussed the story we came up with some wonderings that we will work on answering over the next couple of weeks.

What does ANZAC stand for?
Why did the war start?
Why do we have Anzac biscuits?
Why do they carves names in the stones?
Why do we have poppies?
How did the soldiers die?
Why are the poppies red?
Why do countries get mad at each other?
How many wars have there been?
Where do poppies grow?
Why do we have parades?
Why is the parade at dawn?

The idea of war is very scary. I think one of our students was spot on when they commented "They have World wars, why can't they have World loves instead?"

On Friday we will be having a ceremony at school and singing an old song "Pack up your troubles". Below is a clip from Ms Ashby that you can use to practise the words we learnt today that are now in your Home Learning books. The poppies look great Room 17! We will have to try some ourselves tomorrow I think.





Click on the images below to learn more about Anzac Day.

Week 9 Home Learning

There is no home learning sheet this week, but you still need to be reading and practising your basic facts. Check out the Research Groups page and learn more about your native animal so you can complete your focus area fact in class tomorrow.

Orana Park Trip

What beautiful weather we finally got for our trip to Orana Park.

Orana Park Trip

Don't forget our trip to Orana Park is happening tomorrow.

Wear suitable mufti and make sure you bring a raincoat as the weather forecast isn't very flash. You will also need plenty of food in a packed lunch, and don't forget your drink bottle of water.

The bus will be leaving at 9am so make sure you are at school in plenty of time before the bell rings.

The Most Magnificent Zoo

Today we were joined by some of the children in Room 16. We read a poem called The Most Magnificent Zoo which had some very unusual animals in it . We were inspired to create our own mixed up animals - check them out in Room 18 when you get a chance. Some of them look very scary - I hope we don't find these at Orana Park on Monday!

There is also a fun online programme called SwitchZoo which has lots of interesting facts about animals and you can also make some very mixed up animals by choosing different bodies, heads, legs and tails. Click on the picture below to try it out for yourself or download the app.

Relaxed Reading

What a lovely sunny day we all enjoyed this afternoon. Here are a few pictures of the Pukeko Reading Group enjoying their reading in the butterfly garden.