We have been learning about symbols and what they mean. Here are some that Rm 4 children brought along to share. Can you recognise any?

For Mothers Day we made some "Handbag" cards. When you opened the flap there was a pop up inside and our messge to our mums was written on this!! A silver painted pasta bow was the clasp on the front of the handbag and a pipe cleaner was the handle. They looked sooo cool!!

Here are some of our Mothers Day messages.

Mum, you are like a beautiful snuggly cat because you are so warm. EK

Mum, you are like a master chef because you make awesome chocolate cake. BH

Mum, you are like a lolly because you are really sweet. AMW

Mum, you are like a kingfisher because you like to eat fish. SH

Mum, you are like a race car because you like driving fast. HW
I love you mum, you are a star! RE

Room 4 have a cool new Activboard in their classroom. Here we are watching a flipchart about Signs and Symbols. We think our board is amazing! Have you got an Activboard in your classroom? What things can you do on it?

Snake and Lizard Voicethread

We read the story Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop in Book Week with our buddy class room 11. Snake and Lizard had many adventures and we chose our favourite part of the stories to illustrate.

Book Week with our Buddy Readers

This week is book week at Shelly Park. We met with our buddies and Mrs M and Mrs P talked about everything that is going to happen this week - we are going to learn lots about NZ Authors. We did a brainstorm and we didn't know many. These are some of the books that we hope to read during Book Week..

During Term One we visited The Zoo, Cockle Bay Beach and reserve and Tahuna Torea. We have learned about many New Zealand native fauna and flora.

This is a picture trail of many native New Zealand flora and fauna that we know. How many of these do you know the names of?

Kimberley and Emma's Photostory

We learned how to make photostories with Ms F and the Digikidz. We talked about things we do at the weekend then we went out and took some photos. We tried very hard to remember what to do on our own so that we can help our friends use Photostory. When we got stuck we looked at our how to help sheets. Then we worked with a partner in room 4 to help them make a Photostory. Hayley and Cooper the Room 6 Digikidz came to help us. Watch this space for some of the group's fabulous work coming soon.