Tuesday 26 February 2019

Japanese Day

We had some special guests come in to talk to us about Japan.

Chizuru's and Sofia's mum came to visit Ahuriri they shared their knowledge about some Japanese things:
Kimonos



Origami






The bullet train



 Making sushi



Sumo wrestling

Friday 22 February 2019

Playing with Number

Mathematics is an important part of our play programme at Halswell.  Teachers set up drama based play activities for the children, to engage them in number and grow a love of maths.  This week we focussed on The Currant Bun Shop. The children then explored the idea of take away, counting to 5, making groups of 5 and beyond.  They embraced the idea of running a shop, so then we needed a bank to give out the money.  Children were able to expand their shops to practice their counting at a higher level.  We all enjoyed shopping at the Ahuriri Mall!

















Thursday 14 February 2019

We LOVE the Library!

This week we visited Mr McCallum in our library.  We love to go to the library.  Mr McCallum always shares a couple of his stories and they usually make us laugh.  We have been learning about how to use the library, how to issue and return a book the next week.  We can keep the book for seven days and share it with our families at home.

There are lots of great places to read books in the library, there are bean bags and comfy seats.  We will visit the library every Wednesday but we can also go at second lunch time on our own!



























Friday 8 February 2019

We feel so lucky to have these wonderful children as new learners in Halswell School.  Parents, you can be extremely proud of how your child settled into the Ahuriri studio for their very first week.  All the children listened, shared, followed instructions, created, played and absolutely shone all week.  

It has been great to chat with each child as we moved through a range of activities.  We are really looking forward to getting to know more about our new super studio learners as the year passes.