Teach me Tuesday today!

It was teach me Tuesday again today! Today Mrs Millett didn't need to do much teaching, because we had two lessons from room 13 students and one lesson from some UHPS korean parents.

To start, James taught us how to make chocolate mint cookies. We really enjoyed working together to make these scrummy treats! They tasted delicious too James- thankyou. 

Next, Mitchell and Rohan taught us a few basics of playing the guitar. They showed us how to play a few chords and also demonstrated some guitar pieces too.

Lastly, we were very lucky to have some of our parents teach us how to play a korean traditional game called Jegichagi. The Jegi looks like a badminton shuttlecock which is made of a small coin (or cap), a plastic bag and a rubber band. In the game the player kicks the jegi up in the air and keeps on kicking to prevent it from falling to the ground, (much like a hackey sack).

We had heaps of fun with all our lessons! Thanks to James, Mitchell, Rohan, and all the UHPS korean parents who gave up their time to teach us how to bake, play the guitar and play Jegichagi!

Reflecting on Term 1

Can you believe it- we're already at the end on Term 1. We've had such a great term of learning and discovery. Here are some of our reflections of the term.

My reflection- Brianna R

I really liked: poetry and art, Teach me Tuesday and Mrs Millett
I wish I had: learned more about animals and the environment, that we had a class pet
I still need to work on: talking to the teacher
Something I now understand is: how to link letters
I am most proud of: my bird art
A tricky part was: keeping my desk tidy, being neat in my books
Next term I need to: stop talking too much at my desk
I could teach others about: animals and wildlife, survival and walking, tramps and keeping fit

My reflection- James B

I really liked: the bird art that is behind the board and Mrs Millett
I wish I had: learnt geometry this term
I still need to work on: is getting stuff finshed on time 
Something I now understand is: how to put paragraphs in my writing
I am most proud of: my self portrait
A tricky part was: answering reflective questions
Next term I need to: take my instrument to school
I could teach others about: baseball

My reflection- Leanne O

I really liked: the beach trip especially tbe long walk and sand castle competition, Teach me Tuesday
I wish I had: better handwriting skills
I still need to work on: my times tables
Something I now understand is: how to use paragraphs
I am most proud of: my flower art
A tricky part was: Maths, Handwriting and Spelling
Next term I need to: improve my learning
I could teach others about: the human body and netball.

My reflection- Daniel K


I really liked: connections, Teach me Tuesday and Reading
I wish I had: learnt decimals better and made my writing better
I still need to work on: decimals, recounts and paragraphs
Something I now understand is: mammals, connections nad reading
I am most proud of: my line graphs
A tricky part was: making my maths book tidy
Next term I need to: know lots more about decimals, writing and making my maths book tidy
I could teach others about: Tae kwon do

Thanks for a great term of learning!!!

"Johnny Danger" - NZ launch takes place in Room 13!

On Friday we were really lucky to have Peter Millett, aka famous author of the brand new "Johnny Danger- DIY Spy!" visit our class. Peter came fully dressed in his formal spy suit and bow tie. He brought with him a few spy gadgets including a defuseable ticking alarm clock and lie detector test. 

During his reading session we were able to see if we could defeat the lie detector and solve some spy anagrams. James and Eliot were also lucky enough to have the first two books sold in NZ signed too! It was really fun spending time with Mr Millett and we can't wait for another visit. 

Team building in the Tipa team!

Today was our first day at school. At 12:00 we got together as a team to play some fun team building games. Here are some photos from the event.