Room 19 had a busy and fun this week with learning literacy. We learnt about the letter S, A and T this week and here are some of the words the children choose to represent that learning:
Aroha nui,
Mrs. Futcher
In Maths today we were learning about making graphs. We shared our most favourite ice cream in Room 19. Chocolate ice cream is the most favourite. 9 children like it. 5 children like rainbow ice cream. 4 children like Goody Gum Drops.
We also make a picture graph of the eye colours in Room 19. Most of the children have brown eyes and only 3 children have blue eyes. Our teacher for today, Miss Haerewa was the only one with hazel eyes.
Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers/Guardians, Students and Whanau,
This is just a friendly reminder that if we stay in level 1 this week, the family, food and fun night will go ahead on Thursday the 25th of February (this week).
Come along with a family picnic or buy food at Papakura Central School and meet up with your Childs/children's teacher (Me!).
There will be swimming in the school pool, fun on the bike track - bring your own scooter or bike, or borrow one of the schools and other fun events.
I am looking forward to seeing you all. Until then take care and be safe.
Update: Please note - this event has now been cancelled - I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Mrs. Futcher
Room 19 Junior Teacher
Papakura Central School
Hey Room 19!
Here is my Wacky Wednesday Picture that I found in my house today (Wednesday, 17th of February, 2021), its a lemon tree inside!!
Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers/Guardians, Students and Whānau,
Here is the link to our Virtual Literacy Classroom: Mrs Futcher's Virtual Literacy Classroom
When you click this link, you will be taken directly to a set of google slides. When you click on the activities inside the "classroom" (such as the laptop, books or pictures), you will see links to different learning tasks, pop up which you can click on. On the bookshelves are some assorted instructional texts to listen to and read together. I have added some images below to give you an idea of how the links work, but to access the slides you will have to click on the link above. Please make sure you are in Google Chrome.
This classroom does work best on iPads, Laptops, Desktops, and Chrome Books, but they will also work on android and apple phones.
I hope you have fun with these activities, we have loved putting this resource together for all of us to enjoy and use. Please email me if you would like to know your child/children's reading level group.
Here is also the link for the YouTube Wacky Wednesday book we read today in our google meets for those of you who want to see it again: Wacky Wednesday Read Along Book
Until tomorrow (Thursday, 18th February, 2021), take care, stay safe and have fun learning on this Wacky Wednesday!
Nga mihi,
Mrs. Futcher
Room 19 Teacher
Year 1 and Year 2
Junior Team
Papakura Central School
Kia Ora Parent's/Caregiver's/Guardian's, Students and Whānau,
Thank you for signing up for Classroom Dojo, downloading the app and being so awesome/helpful in our transition to Class Dojo.
Please find the link below to access our class feed. You will be able to create a parent account via the invite I sent to your email address and see our class stories.
The best part of Class Dojo is that it gives the children ownership over their own learning. We encourage you to look at adding things to the children's portfolio. It's a great resource for them to look back on over the year.
Thank you also to those students and parents who joined us this morning for our first distance learning morning meet. If you would like to join us tomorrow, the link is:
Room 19 Google Meeting with Mrs Futcher
If you haven't already - please subscribe to this blog, so you can stay up to date with all the goings on in Room 19.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all soon. Take care, stay safe and have fun learning!
Nga mihi,
Mrs. Futcher
Room 19 Teacher
Kia Ora Parents/Guardians and Whānau,
I hope you all enjoyed the first week back at school, as much as I did. I am delighted to be your child's/children's teacher and it was lovely getting to know your child/children. I am looking forward to meeting all of you on Thursday the 18th of February 2021 at the Papakura Central Family Food and Fun night.
Just a friendly reminded, could you all please make sure that your child's/children's stationary is into me as soon as possible and that he/she has a book bag for school starting this week, so we can begin guided reading at home and in the class.
Room 19's class swimming is every day except Thursday's in the school's heated swimming pool. This activity is part of the School Curriculum, so could you please send me a note if your child is not swimming for any reason.
Please also make sure that your child's/children's name is on their school uniforms, togs, towels, hats, shoes and any other items, as there was a little confusion this week when some students were getting changed as to what items belonged to whom. Lastly every child needs to have a hat for Term 1, as the sun is very damaging, even on a overcast and cloudy day. In Term 1 and Term 4 this is Papakura Central School stipulation.
Have a great Valentines Day (and rest of the weekend) and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning for the start of week 2.
Arohanui,
Mrs. Futcher
Room 19
Junior Teacher
Papakura Central School
