Alana's Blog

A visit from Annwyne and her fine feathered friends! By:Tracie Phua   We had an injured bird the previous week and one of our lovely mothers brought it to the Birdwing Centre at Rothesay Bay. Thanks Julie (Luke’s mum) for letting us know that they were happy to visit schools to talk about injured birds […]

By:Kelly Norton Today Sam and Alana began using the paint brush and water to write their names.. Alana you explore how with the water and brush the sounds of your name emerge… Sam decides to work with at the carpentry bench, and I notice that you continue to explore this medium, spontaneously painting the rocks […]

Created on:11/02/2015 3:18:39 p.m.By:Karin Zapatero Kia ora everyone!   Happy new year 2015, and welcome to the children who attended the school holiday programme. Also, a especial welcome for our new entrants, Cooper Evans, Finn McGrath, Gloria Fan and Kian Anderson. Here are a few pictures of what your children were doing…   Some children really enjoyed the […]

By:Karin Zapatero Alana was keen to work with the Sandpaper letters today. So 3 letters were chosen to work with. During the three period lesson, Alana was introduced to the sound of the letters and shown the correct way in tracing them using both the index and middle fingers. Alana was able to remember the […]

By:Tracie Phua Alana was invited to prepare the favourite bread at Titoki, the Raisin & Cinnamon bread. She was patient and took turns with her brother Sam and Renee to get all the ingredients into the mixture. Using a tablespoon, Alana carefully scooped 2 of them from the milk powder container and poured it into the bread making container.  She also […]

By:Karin Zapatero Alana made a spring roll during the school holiday’s programme.           Working with the Human Body puzzle     Alana was shown to place the spindles in the box in an orderly way. Then, patiently and with a smile on her face she continued until the end! Cutting cheese for morning […]

By:Karin Zapatero   Alana and her friend Amelie decided to help in the Practical Life area by folding our classroom’s washing. Alana fetched the clean laundry basket by her table and Amelie asked if she could work with her. Then, together they started folding the towels and cleaning cloths. Alana was very careful and took great care of […]

By:Britta Kastler This is a video of Alana singing the peace song that I wanted to share with you all for quite a while but haven’t got around to it, so here it is. She has been singing this song over and over and I think it is so beautiful! Thank you all for teaching […]

By:Tracie Phua   Alana has been busy this term …   exploring the Maori colour puzzle,   practising the button frame       visually discerning and building a muscular memory of lengths with the red rods visually discerning dimensions and practising her pincer grip with the cylinder blocks.   These are just a few […]

Created on:5/09/2014 9:53:25 p.m.By:Tracie Phua Alana, you had already worked with the sand paper numerals and practised writing numbers on the chalkboard.   You had also worked with the red rods in the sensorial area, arranging the ten red rods from the longest to the shortest.   Today, I invited you to work with the […]