Teddy Bear Picnic at the Christie Street Park

Here is our shared writing about our picnic. We based it on the book "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" 

We're going on a picnic

We're going to have a teddy one,

We’re excited

What a beautiful day!

Uh-uh!

Road

Busy, dangerous road.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no!

We've got to go across it!

Uh-uh!

Dog poo

Stinky, yucky dog poo.

We can't go on it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no!

We've got to go around it!

Oh cool!

Play ground

A fun, awesome playground

Oh cool!

Slide

A Fast, fun slide

Oh cool!

Seesaw

A Bouncy, uppy downy seesaw

Oh cool!

Tiny cookie teddies

Yummy, crunchy tiny cookie teddies

Swimming

As you are all well aware we are swimming this week. Here are some snaps of us practicing some of the skills needed to be confident swimmers in the water. We have included our published writing about how we feel about swimming  and why underneath our pictures.

'I am happy. I hope that Isabella and Molly are with Sue again. We had fun.' -Molly

'I am happy because I can dive in the pool. I am learning to glide.' -Isabella

'I am happy because I jumped in the water at swimming. Swimming is fun.' -Riley

'I am happy because I can float on my back with boards.' -Peter

'I am happy because I can use boards and kick my feet.' -Te Anu

'I am happy because I can float without boards.' -Ryan

'I like going on the noodles. Swimming is fun. I can swim with my arms. I swam to the other end of the pool.' -Hunter

'I am happy because I can use boards and kick my feet.' -Blake

'I can dunk under the water. I am happy because I can race in the water.' -Jaxson

'I am happy because I like putting my head under the water.' -Reid

'I am happy because I like when we did swimming with Mrs Clarke.' -Zehra

'I am happy because I can put head under the water.' -Caleb

'I am happy because I can put my head in the water.' -Katie

'Yesterday we went swimming. I can put my head under the water. It was fun.' -Cooper

'I am excited because swimming is fun. I can float on my back with boards. I am learning to go under.' -Jack

'I feel happy because I can put my head under the water with my goggles on.' -Kase

Investigating a wasp nest

On Tuesday Mrs Clark brought in a wasps nest that Mr Clark had destroyed at their house. Rooms 1 and 2 put on their scientist hats and took a closer look at the nest.

We were able to see that there were layers to the nest and that these layers were made up of many hexagon shaped cells. We also saw some eggs, larvae and dead wasps in these cells. The nest smelled badly of petrol and decomposing wasps.

Mrs Clark informed us that the queen wasp lays the eggs in the cells. These eggs then hatch into larvae. After awhile the larvae makes a chrysalis (just like a butterfly) and then out comes a wasp. 

We were all very intrigued! 

A couple of cute cuddly visitors