Resolution Room

My name is Clare Gow and I am delighted to be the Resolution Room teacher for 2017.

The energy and excitement is bursting in the classroom, with 21 smiling faces refreshed for an exciting year ahead!

Term 2 was very busy with some exciting writing about the beautiful Gingko Tree and its falling leaves.

We enjoyed a lesson from Firefighter Shane and also an afternoon visit to the local Tahuna Fire Station with Mr Pollard to end our Firewise unit. This was a very beneficial two-week focus for Resolution Room in which the children developed knowledge, attitudes and behaviours to keep them safe around fire. It also encouraged important conversations between the children and their families to familiarise themselves with home evacuation plans in the case of a fire, and identify their ‘safe meeting place’. 
 
Term 2 school-wide focus was LAND, and from this concept Resolution Room explored ‘MOO-ZEALAND’ - looking at the production of our dairy farms, and how we take the ‘Grass to the Glass’. It was an awesome opportunity for the students to consolidate their learning when we visited the William’s dairy farm in Patetonga in Week 8.Thank you to DairyNZ for supplying us with Rosie Packs and Fonterra for providing us with some yummy dairy products.

As well as our reading, writing and maths in Term 3 we are practising big ball skills, participating in rippa rugby, poem recitals and singing songs for the Cultural Festival. The school wide concept for Term 3 is SKY and the Resolution Room children have brainstormed some ideas around this and have chosen to investigate the solar system. 
 

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