The play house is here soon

It's not long now until we have a new fancy junior play house. Here are some photos of the build:

Term 2 Week 9

What have we learnt this week?

* We've been learning the a_e sounds - Anna-Lucy. Make, Rate, Change, Drake, fake, flake etc

* The junior playhouse was being built on Friday this week and the opening will be next Monday. - Annabelle

* We have been looking at the primary and secondary colours with our buddy class and then how to manipulate the colours of the rainbow to make white. - Alex and Miss Kincaid

* We've been doing a poem called the magic e that changes words. - Eliza

* Keenan was our star child this week.

* Miss Kincaid went with the choir again and we got to go to different classes for the morning. - Team 13

* We did our poetry with our buddy class in room 9 today (friday)

* The toilets were broken and they stunk out our classroom for a wee while so we went outside and did jump jam - Miss Kincaid

* At can do time Annabelle, Mary and Cass all decorated and made some magnets. - Mary

Planet Mars - a story by Cass

When we landed on Planet Mars we saw shiny golden stars. Then we saw brave blue aliens and sparkly golden moons. Then we saw shallow blue holes in the deep blue sea.

Then very tiredly we entered the spaceship and zoomed back to Planet Earth and went back to have a long, long sleep. After a long sleep we went zoming back to Planet Mars. Then we came back to Yuske's house and had a nice cup of tea and some biscuits.

Term 2 Week 8

This week we . . .

• have been writing about going on a journey and what we saw.  We had to name 5 nouns (things we saw) and each noun had to have 2 adjectives (describe the things we saw) - Tom
• celebrated Tom's birthday - thank you Tom for the chocolates! - Mary
• cut up some magazines to show what foods we can eat the least, some and most of. - Ryan
• looked at the 'str' blend and words like stranger, strangle, stretch, string, straight, stray, street, straven etc - Annay-Lucy and team 13
• learnt a new jump jam song.  It is called Switch and it is really fast and really fun! 
• learnt how to mix primary colours to get secondary colours with our buddy class - Eliza

Term 2 Week 7

This week Team 13 . . .

Learnt about the blend 'thr' with words like thrill, through, thrush, three, thread, and throb - Anna-Lucy and class

Learnt how to write a diary - Ryan & Reilly

Went to different classes on Tuesday morning because Miss Kincaid went with the choir to Burnside High School - Dan. This was scary says Jackson. It was exciting because some epople got to do some things they haven't done for a long time like PMP - Eliza.

We changed the classroom around and I like it because my tote-tray is on a different side. Sometimes I get confused and forget that I have moved my seat and my tote-tray - Mary.

On Monday only the teachers had to go to school and the kids got the day off - Kyle.

Cass' mum learning to blog.

I think that the class blog looks fantastic! Well done.

Christine Herrington

Junior Swimming Survey

Term 2 Week 6

What did Team 13 get up to in this short week?

We learnt some 'squ' words like squid, squiggle, squash, squirt, squidward, squirrel, squish, squint, squeak, squat, squawk, squeeze, squeal etc - Team 13

We celebrated the Queens birthday on Monday even though it wasn't her actual birthday. - Eliza

We have been learning repeating and sequential patterns for maths. We used the people in our class to make the patterns. - Mary and Ryan

We learnt how to do a Venn Diagram with our buddy class. We compared the true story of the 3 little pigs and the traditional story of the 3 little pigs. - Dan & Tom

Parent Talk Times

Parent Talk Times
All parents are invited to our Friday Parent Talk Time sessions. Most of these sessions are held in the staffroom, with coffee from 9.00 and a 9.10 start. Our next sessions cover: Blogging Basics, Dyspraxia, as well as Handwriting/Letter formation.

Please check the web site for the timetable and to RSVP to let us know you are coming: www.fendalton.school.nz/parenteducation

Term 2 Week 5

What did we get up to this week?

The Patrick Star's and the Plankton's have been learning about ants and grasshoppers and doing a reading contract on this fable. - Tom

We have been learning how to skip count in 2's using the odd numbers for a change. - Keenan

We have been learning 'spl' words like split, splotch, splendid, splash, splutter, splinter, splish, splosh, splatter, splice etc. - Rose (and class)

We were visited by 2 little mice this morning thanks to Alex. The mice are called Mickey and Minnie. They tickled when they were on our hands, they went to the toilet on some people's hands. They vibrated on our hands. Their feet and their claws were very sharp.

We went to the hall and watched a play. It was called 'Rev it up!' They told us a story about a girl who didn't think she was special but turns out she was. - Leo, Rosa and Dan.

On Wednesday we had Mrs Talaska, she was a fun happy teacher. - Trent

Our parents came in after school on Tuesday and Thursday to talk to our teacher. - Eliza

We had Fendalton Friends on Tuesday, that was very fun. - Kyle We played games and got to know each other - Alex.

We went to our buddy class and drew pictures with them. - Jee-Sung

Term 2 Week 4

What have we been doing this week?

We have learnt how to write a fairytale - Tom

We have read fairytales - Trent

The Plankton's and Patrick Star's have done their fairytale contract - Cass

We have learnt the difference between a repeated pattern and a sequential pattern - Rose

We have been learning about heroes - Jackson

We have learnt new hero songs - Team 13

We have been making our own fairytales that might be a bit different to other ones - Eliza

We have put a fairytale story into the correct sequence - Kyle

Earlier this term we learnt a new jump jam song - Cass


Wow team! We have learnt a lot this week. I wonder what we'll learn next week.

Learning Reports

Friday 22nd May


Dear Parent and Caregivers,

We are pleased to be sending home our new Learning Reports for you to look at and discuss with your children over the next few days. You will notice that the contents page states that there will be a Year 1 Letter/Sound sheet and a FOS Diagnostic Spelling sheet. Please note that these sheets will only be in your child's learning report if applicable.

There are sections of these reports that require you or the children to make comments. You may get your child to write or scribe for them. Ask them to think about what they learned, enjoyed or found particularly memorable about the learning. We encourage you to comment about your child's learning, what you are proud of and any ideas for next steps. Please remember to bring your child's learning report to your meeting.

We look forward to meeting with you, and your child, next week to discuss these in greater detail.

Kind Regards

The Junior Team

Goodbye Hannah!

Dear Hannah

Team 13 would like to wish you a very safe and happy trip to Greece. We wish you and your family all the very best of luck in your new life in Greece and hope you will still keep in touch. We will miss you!

Love from Team 13

Where am I?

Hi Cass, you are a Dalmatian.

Where am I?

People sleep in me, I have a  bed in me.

Sometimes I can have T.V's in me.

There can be toys in me and I begin with a B.

I sleep in me at night  and I have a bedside table.

Where am I by Dan McManus  

what am I?

Annabelle you are a bird.

What am I?

I am a type of dog, I have black and white spots and I sometimes have owners.  I love walking and playing.

What am I?

By Cass Hetherington

What am I?

Sophie you are a sheep.

What am I?

I  have  a beak, I live in a tree and I have feathers.  I start with a "b".

By Annabelle Baken

What am I?

I have wool, people can wear my wool, I play in a field and I say "Baa!"

What am I?  By Sophie Smith in Room 12

Junior Play House

Click here to go to the play house page on FOS Live...

KIA ORA TEAM 13!

Hello team, wow its great to see you have your website up and running! Can't wait to see some of your learning activities appear on your site! Good luck for the Quadathlon - remember to be grea thinkers, dreammakers, team players, communicators - and don't forget to SPARKLE!

Miss J and Team 12

Junior Quadathlon

Hi there

Remember to come along on Thursday 5th March at 2pm to cheer on your little ones as they participate in the Junior Quadathlon.

Please make sure all swimmers have their togs, all runners have their running shoes and all cyclists have their helmets.

See you there!