Westport South School Room 5

Thursday, 4 June 2015

A special visitor!

This morning Mrs Edge came to school with her very special pet...a baby turtle! Mrs Edge told us that the turtle, (named Peewee) hatched from an egg. It's mother Myrtle, laid some eggs in the ground and Mrs Edge put them in a special tank so they would keep warm and survive. The eggs can take between 79 and 80 days to hatch. We learnt that this type of turtle is called a Red Ear turtle. It is a slider which means that if it is crawling up something, it slides back down when it senses danger. This type of turtle can live to 70 years! Mrs Edge let us all hold Peewee. Thank you very much Mrs Edge, it was fascinating to learn all about the turtle and get to hold it! We wrote stories about it too. What can your child tell you about our turtle visit?

Mrs Edge put special water in the tray before she put the turtle in.

There was also special pond weed for it to eat.

Look how tiny it is!

Ambrose

Emma

Kaleb

Jack

Toutouwai

Aidyn

Riley

Olive

Leroy

Kai

Devin

Kane

We were really interested and listened well.

Can you see the red ears?

Our turtle stories

The turtle is here. I love the turtle. The turtle is so clever. It can climb! By Ambrose

The turtle is little. It can climb. By Leroy

The turtle is in Room 6. The turtle sat in my hand. By Emma

The turtle is little. The turtle is with all the kids today. By Jack

The turtle can climb. It can dive. It is a Red Ear. By Devin

The turtle did come to school. By Isla

I am in the school and the turtle is here. By Kai

The turtle is lovely. By Aidyn

The turtle is cool. I like him. He is so cool. By Kaleb

I saw the turtle. By Toutouwai

The turtle is running. By Riley

I am holding the turtle and I am patting the turtle. By Kane

I am feeding the turtle. The turtle is diving. By Olive

Toutouwai is a clever pattern maker!

Look what Toutouwai did with his crayons!

Kaleb is creative

Look at what Kaleb did today! He made his surname with game blocks!

Such clever work Kaleb!

R is for...

Rectangle Robots!

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Imaginative play

A group of children were playing 'Schoolteachers' this morning during literacy time. I saw Amber aka Mrs Duston leading Aidyn aka Mr Hart, with Kaleb and Kai, in the alphabet. They were reciting the letters and sounds.

Rainbow display

When we made rainbows, we discussed the colours that are in them and talked about Roy G. Biv. Ask your child to name the seven colours of the rainbow.

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

R is for...Rainbows

Creativity is not tidy, but look at the results...

Days of the week

We learnt that there are 7 days of the week and they keep repeating just like the patterns we have been making! We also found out that we go to school for 5 days and then have 2 days off. There are some great 'days of the week' songs on YouTube which we sang also.