Welcome to Niall

Today we were happy to have Niall join us. It is lovely having you, Niall and we extend a warm welcome to you and your family.

Turtle

We have learnt to do the 'Turtle' when are are mad, sad or upset. 

1. We cross our arms infront of our chests.
2. We pretend to crawl into our shell

Then we:

• Tell ourselves to stop!
• Take one long deep breath.
• Say the problem and how you feel.
• Say to yourself 'I can be calm'.

We made turtles on Friday to remind us of what we can do to help ourselves.

Anger

This week we discussed what it feels like, and looks like when we are angry. We explored what makes us angry and ways that we can help ourselves to feel better again. We learnt that everyone gets angry at times and that this is okay. We talked about our behaviours when we are angry and what is acceptable and what is not.
You can read our stories here.

Music

Pukeko Nest loved their music lessons and concentrated so hard. They enjoyed using maracas to shake to a rhythm and pop up puppets to listen to the pitch.

Celery

Today we investigated how plants drink. We knew that water was transparent so we dyed the water red and black. Then we were able to see the movement of water up the plant. This was a capillary action. You can see a link to this experiment here.
We wrote about our investigations .Click on CELERY to view. 

Feelings - Sadness

This term we have been talking about our feelings. We have discussed what makes us sad and what we can do to manage our feelings. You can read our stories by clicking the caption below the picture.

Sadness

Holiday

We have written some great recounts of our holidays. You can read about them by clicking the powerpoint below.