Reading Must Do/Can Do time

We are learning how to stick at our reading activities to get the most out of them.  We had some great learners using our reading phones today.  These help the children to listen to themselves reading which is a big skill to learn.  This helps you to know when you have made a mistake and encourages the learner to go back and try again.  We love how many of these children are ones who have only recently started at school.  Ka pai Joseph, Phoenix, Kristina, Fatima, Bishwaditya, 

 Alex and Tom were also fantastic at making a story board out of our felt characters.  They were talking about where to place the pieces, what was going to happen in the story and negotiating with each other through this process.  What great skills you are both showing!

Ilam Kindergarten Visit

This morning we had some lovely visitors from Ilam Kindergarten visit us at school.  Two of our friends are going to be coming from there soon to start at school - Brietta and Arthur.

We had a great morning together, showing them that when they start school there are lots of things that are the same between kindy and school but some things are different.  

We hope they enjoyed their time with us!