Swimming Sports

We had a great day at swimming sports even with our impromptu two hours at Memorial Park. Check out these photos.

Running race

Flutterboard races

Park play

Free swim

Open Freestyle race

Math in Kiwi

I've heard a few rumors lately that we don't do math in Kiwi. This is just to inform you that we do, we do lots of math in Kiwi, it is just not often on paper or in books.  Have a look at these busy mathematicians...

Writing down some of our math knowledge

What we know about the number 12

Identifying numerals

Fly flips eg 5 and what make 8

Subtraction to 20 Bingo

Subtraction to 10 Bingo

Creating our own number equations using dice and an operations spinner

Mrs Benge has been getting us to create and read numbers in the hundreds, we can do one better, check out our 1,000's numbers!!!

Addition and Subtraction board games.

Wow what busy mathematicians :)

Using White boards in Kiwi

In Kiwi we use the white boards alot! Here we are using them during phonics time.

We used them during this handwriting lesson to practise the correct formation of letters before we wrote in our books.












And here we are using them during Math time. Alot of the work we do in Kiwi is on the whiteboards.

Freeing the Skinks

Today we let the skinks go in the gully.  We watched them run into the sticks and dead leaves.  I think they are happy running away instead of staying in a little container.  I hope they find a nice home in the gully.

The Journey Of The Blue Watering Can

A broken, rusty watering can was discovered in the gully at school.  I showed the teacher and we tested it to see if it would work.  It leaked from the spout.  Then we took it to the Discovery Shed and we tried to fix it.  Then the teacher took the lid off and we tried again, but it was no use.  I said my Dad could fix it so I took it home.  Dad and I sanded the can so we could get the chipped paint off.  Then we used a panel beating tool to make it round again.  Then we spray painted it with a red undercoat.  We waited for it to dry, then we put a type of grey glue on the spout where it leaked.  Then we spray painted the watering can dark blue.  We waited for it to dry for about two weeks.  I brought it back to school to show my teacher. 

 She thought it was AMAZING!!!

  

Testing out our new and improved watering can. 

 

Watering plants in the class and the garden.

WOW!  What a great watering can!

Skinks

"I climbed up the tree by my Dad's shed because he said there were skinks up there.  I had a container  tied around my waist with a rope so I could climb down the tree after I caught the skinks.  I found one up the tree and the rest down on the black pallet next to the shed."

We looked on the internet and think this is a Copper skink. It is viviparous, that means it gives birth to live babies.  It is carnivorous which means it hunts animals. They live in forests and backyards.