Discovery time - working together and taking turns

The activities were chosen to promote the Key Competencies of relating to others and managing self.

Bowling to promote turn taking and working as a team to decide who would set up and who would be the bowler

The scooter boards were popular - but there are only two.  The children did a great job waiting in line and having one turn around the course.

Working together to complete a picture

Deciding who would be the shopkeeper - taking turns

Working together to complete a puzzle

Working together to complete a picture retelling Incy Wincy Spider.

Great teamwork girls - you worked really hard today!

Patterning

In maths today the children worked together to create and continue sequential pattern.

The problem:

In a class there are 20 students. They are wearing jerseys of 3 different colours – blue, green, and red. The class was lined up in a way that the pattern of jerseys was:

blue, blue, green, green, red, blue, blue, green, green, red...

Each group had a set of jersey to create the pattern.  Once they had created the pattern and answered questions they were asked to create their own sequential pattern.

 

Kiwi and Tui assembly

Today room 7 hosted our Kiwi and Tui assembly.  

We showed our 'baby' portraits and read our stories all about what we could do when we were babies and what we can do now that we are bigger.

Well done room 7!

Not a box

This week the children from room 6 and 7 have been sharing a book called 'Not a box' written by Antionette Portis.  

Use the pictures below as a guide to ask your child about the story - they have loved it!  

They wrote a story and completed some artwork that is now proudly displayed in the classrooms.  Check it out below!

 They used their imaginations to come up with ideas.  

The children were asked to use describing words to make their stories interesting to read. 

I'm sure you'll agree they have been very creative!

The end of our second week already!

I have had a great time getting to know all the children in Room 7 and the rest of Kiwi syndicate.  Today we finished our week with a discovery time.  

The children love the opportunity to choose activities and to interact with different children or re-kindle relationships from last year.  

As a teacher it is such a positive time to step back and observe the key competency skills outlined in the first photo below, and model them to help the children develop these very important skills.

Check out all the creative, engaging, imaginative activities in the photos below.

Water play

Turn taking at the easel.

Working together at the trains

Imaginative play

Getting creative with the play dough

Working together

Jack-in-the-box turn taking

Learning to persevere

Balancing

Lots of smiles

Working together and taking turns

Choosing an activity to suit us

Being creative

Playing together