The Bee Dance

We have been connecting to books that we read.  To show our understanding of the Big Book Bertha and the Beeman we created our own bee dance.


We planned it, illustrated at least three dance steps, wrote the steps out and narrated the dance all on kidpix.

Here is Rittivong's Bee Dance:

What SoUnD do all the words have in common?

Check the homefun page for the video of Miss Tait saying a list of words that all have the same sound somewhere in them.  Comment on the sound and the letters that make that sound.

Groups of ten to 100

We know that if we have groups of ten they make a big number.  Every time we have ten ones, we bundle them up and make one ten.


Here we are making groups of ten and finding out what the number is for those groups.

Recounting our holidays

We wanted to get pen to paper!  This was all about getting our ideas down.

Using 'doing', 'hearing', 'feeling' and 'seeing' we recounted one or two special events that we took part in during the holiday.  Come in and read about our experiences.

I was riding my bikeI was speeding
My chains were going click, click, click
My wheels were going bsesesss.
I was tired because when my legs go around I get tired
I was seeing the grass waving.
By Hayley

I was playing racing car games
and I went through first to last stage
I was hearing the racing thing
I was excited because I went up a stage
I saw flash cars and motor bikes.By Tyson

Playing with my boogie board on the beach
I was playing with the sand
I heard the waves splashing
I heard the stick making a funny noise when I pulled it
So when I went in the water I felt so giggly
I saw the big waves
I saw the bushes shaking from the wind.By Richard

I went fishing and I went rock climbing
Hearing the fish splashing in the water and hearing the rocks when I climbed
Feeling that the fish was going to come out of the bucket and feeling scared
Seeing the fish moving and seeing that I went so high.By Ronan

The Fun of Maths

We have already learned how to play three new maths games: Salute, Addition Snap and Star Jump Addition.  Have you got cards at home?  We'd love to teach you how to play.

Split a deck into two piles (of numbered cards).
Two people flip them at the same time then add the two
numbers. The first to call the answer (if all agree it's correct
gets both cards - the player with the most cards wins).

Split cards into two piles, two players walk around their set
while a third person calls STOP, they flip the card they are closest to, bring
it into the middle and the first to add it wins, the other swaps
with the caller. 

Getting to know one another

It didn't take long for us to get to know one another.  During the signature hunt on Wednesday we found out that we have much in common including reading great books, watching hilarious movies and swimming during the holidays.