Chinese plates

Today we painted a Chinese plate. We painted branches with white paint. Then we put gold paint in a flower shape. We put dots in the middle of the flower. I enjoyed it because I learnt about another country. Ji Won

Today we painted a Chinese plate. The plate was used for serving guests tea. The plate was red for good luck. I liked painting the branches because of their wiggly shape. So Won

Today has been fun because we painted Chinese plates. We used red paper and white, gold and black paint. We painted the branches with white and the flowers with gold paint. We dipped the back of the brush in black paint to make the circle in the middle. Tomorrow we will draw around the outside with vivid. Stephanie

Planting a Daisy

On the first of September So Won and I planted a light purple daisy in the ESOL garden. First we pushed the bark back then we cut the weed mat with sharp scissors. After that we dug a deep hole until it was deep enough to fit the plant in. We took the plant out of the plastic pot and spread the roots out so it didn't go in round. Next we covered the roots with wet dirt and folded the weed mat back. We covered the weed mat with hard bark. Daisies are my Mum's favourite flower and they are a pretty colour. Purple is my favourite colour too.

The ESOL party

On the 25th of August we had an ESOL party and our parents came. We welcomed our parents then played some party games. My favourite game was Pass the Parcel because I got the lollipop last. I also liked the egg and spoon race too. We shared our work with our parents then ate some morning tea. A lot of the people didn't eat the cake. It was fun at our ESOL party.

Origami

We have been making origami and learning about other countries.
We made a mountain and welcome door hanger.
I liked making an origami cup and teaching the preschool.
I really liked them and I want teach my parents.

Visit to Mairehau First Learners Preschool

Today the Senior and Middle School ESOL students visited Mairehau First Learners preschool. We went there to practice our oral language skills by teaching the young children how to make origami cups.

Here are some of our comments about the trip ...

Ji Won "I enjoyed playing with the children because I made new friends, knowing each others name, age and something they liked. The children did not know how to an origami cup. We helped them."







Yusuke "I thought it was hard to ride the little bikes."






Stephanie "I learnt about speaking louder and using a verb at the start of the sentence."






Natsuko "I had to use a big loud voice. I had to help the children."






So Won "I read a story about pirates and they found some treasure."






Samuel "Playing on the playground with the little kids was fun because I made new friends."






Ryan "Helping the little kids was good because I could teach people. I had to talk loud and help them."

Paper folding with Yellow Group

Yusuke: "I made some paper things. My favourite is the Fortune Teller. I am learning about saying instructions."

Stephanie: "We have been folding paper in half and I taught Mrs A how to make a box. We are learning about verbs while we are learning how to fold."

Samuel: "I have folded paper into a Fortune Teller and I have made a cracker basket. We are learning about verbs and adjectives."

How to make a cup

1. Fold the paper in half, corner to corner.
2. Open the paper and fold the paper into the other side.
3. Fold the top corner to the edge.
4. Turn it over and do the same.
5. Open the side to the middle.
6. Do the same on the other side.
7. Fold the triangle down.

Playing games

We have been playing games to help improve our talking in English.

Yellow group learning

Samuel - I am learning about families. We are learning about using adjectives.
Louie - I am learning about families.
Stephanie - we are learning to describe our families. We have talked about uncles, cousins and grandmothers.
Yusuke - We have been talking about cousins.

Rhyming word sentences

We have been learning about rhyming words. We wrote some funny sentences about farm animals using rhyming words . . .

Samuel:
The goat wearing a coat did float in boat.
A goose got trapped in a noose with a moose who was on the loose.

Moiz:
The big pig wearing a wig did a jig.
The duck got stuck in the muck by the truck.

Stephanie:
The funny bunny had a lot of money to buy runny honey on a day that was sunny.
THe cow said wow to the sow right now.

Summer

My favourite season is summer because it is time to eat ice cream. My favourite flavour is boysenberry. My favourite part is playing outside. I like going to the swimming pool. It is time to have Christmas. I get lots of toys and we eat peas, beans and tomatoes.

By Stephanie

The holiday programme

In the first week of the holidays I went to the holiday programme with Samuel and David. We played some games called Midnight, Soccer and Bang. Then it was morning tea time. I had a cookie to eat. Then we played midnight again. For lunch I had sushi. It had vegetables in it. We had a talk about how to be kind to people. I had a great, fun day.

By Stephanie

Tui's Bar Graph

Last week we made a bar graph about how many people there are in our families. We found out that ...
Yusuke has the most people in his family.

Diane, Samuel, Shion, Stephanie and Mrs Willimas have the least amount of people in their families. They all have four.

Yusuke has more people in his family than everyone else in the group. He has five.

Weekend recount by Stephanie

On Sunday morning, I played with Joanne. We played racing inside at my house and it was fun.

Literacy Learning - Term 2

This term we have been learning how to retell a fable or traditional tale in lots of different ways. We have had lots of fun making slide shows of a range of fables, including how the elephant got his long nose. Senior students will share their learning at their visit to Mayfair Resthome.