Physical Education with our College Teachers

We are very lucky to have College Teachers come into our school and spend time with us.  On this day they took us outside for some games where we had to work together.

Term Four: Being Safe in the Sun and in the Pool

Term Four is the term where we need to wear our hats when outside.  

 Our first day of swimming for term four.  Don't we look fabulous in our togs?  

We loved swimming.  The water was lovely and warm.  We learnt to get into the pool safely.  

The Knighton Way

Our children are always thinking about 'The Knighton Way'.
Here they are showing Persistence and Confidence.

The confidence to hop into the pool, even though they cannot see the bottom.

Some of our children have not been swimming and yet here they are in the pool, looking happy, and very proud of their accomplishments.

The children in Room 17 love doing puzzles. We keep starting this one but never seem to finish it . . . until today.

The children worked together as a team and showed Persistence.

Well done.

Term 4 Newsletter

Motor skills and visual perception

Cutting, Rubbing, Rolling, Matching.

We have been working on our small motor skills.  How we hold our pencil, and our scissors.

Before we cut out the shapes we used our 'crocodile' to add colour by rubbing with crayons.  We had to use both hands, one to hold the paper and one to rub with the crayon.

We use both hands when writing and cutting things.  One to hold the paper and one to hold our pencil or scissors.

We used our hands to roll and mould play dough into shapes.  This is good for the muscles that we use when handwriting and cutting.

We used blocks to build things.  We had to look at a picture and make it using small blocks.

 We looked at pictures and matched them to make a pair.  The pictures were similar so we had to really concentrate.

Making a rainbow.

We added some dye to 3 cups.  Primary colours: red, yellow and blue.

We added paper towels to the cups and then the dye started to travel up over to the empty cups.

We watched all day until we saw new colours being made.  Secondary colours: green, purple and orange.

Bird Feeders

Bird Feeders on PhotoPeach

Dog Safety

Amanda and her dog came to visit us today. 
Amanda told us how to be safe around dogs.  

 


First we had to ask if we could pat her dog.

 

Then we stuck our fist out so that her dog could smell us        

Finally we were allowed to pat her dog under the neck - NEVER on the head.

We were also given a really interesting booklet to take home . . . 
I hope you all read it.