Thanks to our 'make our lunch' helpers!

Making Our Lunch!

Last week we spent our writing time writing invitations.  We invited our parents to come in and help us to make our own lunch.

We planned our menu and got into groups to decide on the special touches we wanted.

Yesterday was the big day when we made our delicious food!

Maths Strand - learning about time

We have been learning how to order events, including drawing and writing about our favourite time at school.







Mrs Panapa taught us about the days of the week in Maori and we made them into a chain. The order of school events are up on the window in hub 1.

Our Marae Video...

Thank you to all of our awesome parent helpers - we had a great time on the bus and at the marae... we couldn't have done it without you!

Children during their reading session

Aarav,  Zahra and Julia are learning to read silently as part of their reading session,  keep going!!!

Margot and Kyan are improving their ability to read silently. Awesome!!

Sachintha and Annabelle had fun blowing bubbles after reading their book!

Brooke read a story today about bubbles. They went up and up and up!!
Just like your bubbles Brooke.

Te Au Aio, awesome bubble blowing! Some of the others were trying to pop your bubbles.
 

Hailey was able to blow a long line of bubbles, they went up and up and up,  then down and down and down.

Netball today

Today we have some special visitors come in to teach us all netball.  We learnt some new skills and practiced them.  Here are some learners sharing their thoughts.  Click the play button and please be patient, the photos will turn over (they're just a little slow) for you to hear everyone's ideas.

Massive Shifts in LH1 Writing

Magot:

We've all come such a long way in our writing already in LH1!  Margot joined us this year and look at the progress she's made in just two terms.

Feb:

July:  

"I feel happy because I've done better.  I've practiced more.  Now I can write well!  I am learning to use different word beginnings"

Dinesan:

"I feel good about my writing because I used different sentence beginnings.  I gave Miss Holland detail.  I made a connection about reading (compound words) and it helped me to spell the word.  Can you give me a connection sticker at the end of the day?"

Dinesan, I'll do one better, here's a connection sticker for everyone to see!

Tamaki Kindergarten Visit

A group of hub 1 learners were lucky enough to visit their kindergarten teachers and friends to have lunch together.

We talked to the children about what Stonefields School is all about!

 

The seven learner qualities help us with our learning anytime, anywhere. What are they and what do they mean?



We had a great time at the kindergarten and hope to do it again. A great big thank you to all of the parents and teachers at Tamaki who made this happen.

Independent Superstars!

We have an amazing bunch of learners in Hub One!

"I always give my dad a high five out of the school, then I go to the school and go to the classroom and then I put my bag away myself" - Charlie S.

"I put my bag away all myself and my book bag and my drink bottle" - Jacqueline

It's good to be independent because "you will learn doing things on your own because if your parents go away and they help you, you won't know what to do" - Jahvan

"I feel good because I like it when I'm doing things myself" - Margot

"I will do it myself because if my mum does it, my mum will don't be proud of me.  If mummy's be in the car, she will be proud" - Kaichi

"My mummy doesn't help me put my stuff away.  I do it by myself.  I put my bag away and my drink bottle and my book bag" - Emily S.

"I haven't been at school very long but my mummy and daddy don't pack my stuff away.  I do it myself.  They just drop me off and that's why I do it myself every morning" - Aurelia


Here in LH1 we are independent in the mornings.  We do the following things:

• I put my drink bottle away
• I put my book bag away
• I put my school bag away
• I say goodbye to mummy or daddy (or whomever is dropping me off) and then
• I choose some learning or something to play with until the bell goes.

We talked about being self-aware in the mornings and suggested that our more confident learners might even be inclusive and help the younger learners out in the morning if required.

Can you help us to grow the independence of the Learning Hub One students?

Making Connections in Phonics

We've all been learning lots about letter sounds and how to use this understanding in our writing.  Some of the groups have been robotting to help them break down the sounds in words and some have been looking at words with the same middle and end sounds.  Here are some of the rhyming words we've found.  Can you think of any others?

Break Through Round-up!

Dance Group:

Art Group:

Here's Charlie S. to share his art work and thinking with you...

Hub One Herald - the first ever copy!

Extra, extra, read all about it!

Some of the learners in LH1 have become journalists.

We're very proud to be able to bring you the first ever edition of the Hub One Herald.  We put a lot of time and effort into writing our stories and took awesome 'photographs' of our stories.

What do you think?  Would you like to see the next edition of the Hub One Herald?

Click on the newspaper to read it - once it loads, you'll be able to flick through the different articles... click again to zoom in on the ones you'd like to read.

Real Life Learning in Action!

You can't hold a Stonefields learner back!

Check out Charlie and Oliver in their kitchens baking up a storm.  They must have ran home and gotten their noses straight into their recipe books.  Well done, boys, you've really shown everyone that learning doesn't just happen between 9 and 3 at school.

How did they taste?  What was the best part about this home learning challenge?  What was tricky?

We can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

Enjoy our photos and be sure to check back as more Hub 1 learners get in on the action...




Nathan's made a delicious fudge slice and has even shared the recipe with you all...

250 g plain biscuits
75g butter
1/4 cup of milk
1/2 cup of soft brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Crush biscuits in a bowl add vanilla essence
2. Mix sugar, cocoa, milk, butter in a saucepan, once boiling boil for 2 minutes.
3. Add mixture to biscuits
4. Press into a dish
5. Refrigerate and once set ice with chocolate icing