Who are all these crazy people?

Jasper gets a bath!!

Jasper has been on so many adventures already and he can be a bit of a messy puppy, so he was VERY ready for his first bath!  Jerome was very excited to see Jasper as soon as he came home and would not leave his side.  Bathtime came and Jerome insisted that they have a bath together!  Check out Jasper teaching Jerome backstroke :-)

Our Little Shop

Our Little Shop is growing!  Thanks to Mrs Katherine Glass we now are overflowing with New World minis and we are open for trading!  The kids have loved using the toy money and miniature shopping trolley!

Staveley Term 4, 2013

We now have 16 in our class (17 if you count Jasper the Giraffe). 

 Here we are on a very windy day!

Our Beautiful Spring Art Work

Following our Spring Walk, we used pastel and dye to capture what we saw on our walk - blossom, tulips, daffodils, new leaves and buds on trees.  Here is how they turned out.

Spring Walk

On Monday, Bushside and Staveley went on a Spring Walk around the Garden of Harmony and along McMillan St.  We saw some beautiful sights - daffodils, blossom, tulips and lots of new growth on the trees.  Here are some photo's we took.  We have been writing this week about what we saw and created lovely pastel and dye pictures.  We will post them here once they are finished.

Junior Ski Trip

Wow, what an amazing day we had!  The weather turned on some gorgeous sun for us.  Here are some of the lovely photos that Mrs Lamont took :-)

Meet the Gang!

Learning Websites

SUGGESTED WEBSITES:

starfall  -  fun activities for pre reading skills.

storyline - books being read aloud. Accompanying activities.

cricketweb/early years - predominantly maths activities

interactive english games and activities - huge variety of fun activities

bitesize - literacy, maths, science games and activities

topmarks - literacy and numeracy - great games across all strands and levels.

zoodles - variety of age appropriate games and subjects

knowledge adventure - numeracy and literacy fun games and activities for the skills students learn in Year 1 and beyond

Teddy Bears Picnic

We have been looking forward to our Teddy Bears Picnic all week! We made Honey Crackles (Because bears love honey).  We also had tiny teddys and gummy bears - Yum!  We invited Highbank and Bushside to join us.  We played "Wake up Father Bear" and sang some songs too.  Finally we took them on our Bear Hunt.  What a fun way to finish the week in Staveley.

Going on a Bear Hunt

We went on a Bear Hunt!!  We had to go through:

• long, green grass - swish, swish
• a deep, long river - splish, splosh
• thick, oozy mud - sqelch, squelch
• a cold, windy storm - woo, hoo
• a deep, dark forest - stumble, trip
• a dark, scary cave -  tip, toe

Then we saw.......a cold, wet nose....... two big, dark eyes.... two soft furry ears...It was....A BEAR!!!

We ran out of the cave, through the forest, through the storm, into the mud, through the river, back through the grass, into the classroom, shut the door! Phew!  We are not going on a Bear Hunt again!