Ideas and more ideas for Easter! TOP MARKS The Easter Story and other supporting resources. http://www.topmarks.co.uk/easter/Easter.aspx FANTASTIC AND FUN LEARNING Great website and lovely idea for an Easter sensory bin with ideas on how to use it too! http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/easter-sensory-bin.html LEARNING 4 KIDS Cool Easter Sensory table!  But has lots of other great sensory ideas! http://www.learning4kids.net/2012/03/07/easter-sensory-play-table/ PINTEREST EASTER CRAFTS A great pin board of Easter activities for students with visual impairments. http://www.pinterest.com/wonderbabyorg/easter-crafts-activities-for-children-with-visual-/ LEARN PLAY IMAGINE Lovely Easter Sensory Bin ideas. http://www.learnplayimagine.com/2013/02/easter-egg-sensory-bin.html TWINKL Lots of great activities and resources for Easter and all accessible on the home page of the website. Includes drama activities, Easter eggs hunt cards , PowerPoints and more... \ http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/topics/festivals-and-cultural-celebrations/easter ACTIVITY VILLAGE Worksheets, crafts, games, videos and stories http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/easter SPARKLE BOX Lots of word cards, banner, story visuals, printables and more... http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/faiths-festivals-celebrations/easter/#.UyC01j-Sx8E TEACHING IDEAS Wide range of ideas and resources to help you when you are teaching children at Easter. http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/themes/easter/ ABC TEACH Features hundreds of fun, educational activities including colouring pages, crafts, board games, readings, puzzles, interactive games, and much more. http://www.abcteach.com/directory/holidays-months-and-seasons-holidays-easter-3642-2-1 WOODLANDS SCHOOL, UK Really nice ideas for Easter. http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/teacher/easter.htm TEACH-NOLOGY Lots of Easter worksheets and other activities. http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/easter / KB TEACHERS Nice range of Easter worksheets, games and activities. http://www.kbteachers.com/easter-for-kids/   DLTK Lots of games, puzzles, crafts, recipes and poems: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/ CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO OPEN  Great little animated story about decorating eggs for Easter. Nice way to introduce decorating eggs, choosing colours and designs. The story also includes simple counting and matching games.  SOME SONGS FOR EASTER Here one to start with- The GiggleBellies Eggscellant Easter Chicken Dance! The Silly Chicken Dance Song! CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO OPEN

Youtube playlist of 50 Easter songs and animated stories. Some are a bit twee but well worth a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcb2MSSlpFI&list=RDwcb2MSSlpFI#t=21 Easter Bunny Hop Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7z-aJqTw1U Counting Easter Egg Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfV3ubcnqM Cute Easter song incorporating a bit of letter recognition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZLIiq7B85g

Athletics Day - Competitors Comments

Lauren

I won my running race. It was awesome! I liked the long jump I jumped and landed. We had lunch and cheered for Nathan.

Natasha

I did 100 meters running, shot put and mini javelin. I came second in my race. I felt happy that I came second. It was my first time doing shot put. I was very good at it. It was a fun day. I cheered for my friends.

Keenan

We went in the bus. We all talked and sang songs. We got there and had morning tea. Then I threw the javelin. I threw it hard.

I ran as fast as I could. I came fourth. I felt good. I threw the shot put. It looks like a heavy ball. My throw was good. We had fun at athletics.

Aidan

 When the guy said "On your marks, get set ..." he made a bang noise with his gun. It made me a bit nervous. I did shot put, javelin and ran fast in the 50 meters race.

Michael

I threw the softball very hard. I threw the javelin very high. I ran the 100 meters very fast. I came fourth. I saw my friends Fynn and Allan. I feel supreme, good and awesome.

Bradley

I liked running in the 200 meters running race. I won the race. People thought I was fast, but I thought it was my normal speed. I felt very proud of myself.

I was also very encouraging of other people especially Julia, Jordan and Finn. I thought they did really well.

Joseph

I like throwing the ball in the sky. We run on the track. The running was good.

Brennan

I liked doing the 200 meters. When I got to the finish line I was excited when the people cheered for me. We had lunch in the grandstand and I cheered for my team mates.

Finn

I did long jump in the sand. I did three jumps. I ran so fast and then I won. I got first place. I was happy!  Jordyn took photos of me.

Jordan

The best thing I liked is running 50 meters. The second thing I liked is throwing the softball far. I saw lots of students running I felt scared. But when I saw my classmates running and throwing the softball and mini javelin I felt good.

Sommerville won the 4 x 100 meter relay race.

Mt Smart Athletics Day Tomorrow

Look out !

Athletics Day Tomorrow !

Bring your...

Winning attitude.

P.E gear and your running shoes.

A packed lunch and a drink.

Be sun smart wear a sun hat, bring sunblock.

Soapbox Derby 2015

Training and Team Selection

The Sommerville Team 

Drivers

Matthew

Conor

Lauren

Joel

Reserve Drivers

Ben 

Joseph

Pit Crew Boss

Julia 

Soapbox Derby Eastern Finals

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Cricket Day 2015

Cricket Day 

Was 

Amazing

Thank you to Parnell Cricket Club.

We had a great day and learnt lots.

What did you say?

ORAL LANGUAGE IS FUN

SHOW & TELL ON FRIDAY

Bring something to show your friends.
Show and Tell is on every FRIDAY morning.

A book, newspaper, drawing, toy, photograph, music CD, email an interesting link from the web.

Do you know how to make a positive comment?

Have a go.

I know you can do it...

Have a go.

Make someone happy.

Have a go.

Make a positive comment.

Quality Blog Comments

For Written Language this week we are reading the Sommerville School Blog sites and writing comments on posts that interest us. 

We are learning to write quality comments. 

Click this link for students top tips for commenting

St Patricks Day - March 17

SONGS and MUSIC FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY Songs for younger students: Potatoes and Cabbage:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRYq3Kla31g  Saint Patrick's Day Song for Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kh1XJNsB-0 Songs for older students: How to write a Limerick:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rN3DGMCsE&index=24&list=RDIA-YGKN7k_o Nice song with pictures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ArWLOYPD8M  IRISH MUSIC Irish Jigs and Reels:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3xeTpgLP5o Traditional Irish Folk Music with Chieftains and the Corrs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtp4adNTP0Y&list=RDVtp4adNTP0Y#t=4 A Woman’s Heart Album ; Amazing Irish woman vocalists and musicians:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjQP9931NhU&list=PLA18D5196B2348A75

ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS!  St Patrick's Day is always heaps of fun! Here are lots of activities to enjoy with your students based on shamrocks, leprechauns, the colour green and more! http://www.pinterest.com/momto2poshdivas/st-patrick-s-day/ http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/st-patricks-day http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/st-patricks-day-sensory-bin-and-activities.html http://spoonful.com/st-patricks-day http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/   http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/  http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/stpatricksday.shtml http://www.thejennyevolution.com/st-patricks-day-sensory-bins/ http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/st-patricks-day http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/ StPatricksShamrockPaperPlate.htm  http://www.kidspot.co.nz/kids-activities-and-games/St-Patricks-Day+56/Make-a-St-Patricks-Day-suncatcher+12761.htm

Gym training is going well.

Birthday

Old People Rule

Happy 17th Birthdays to Natasha and Aidan

Ask Kevin if you want to take the ukulele home to practice.

Exercise Homework

 Exercise with your family and get fit for the

Athletics Ribbon Day @ Mt Smart 26/3/15 

Come along and cheer!

All Welcome

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Adaptive Cricket Day on 19 March

"Howzat?",

Parnell Cricket Club will be hosting it's Adaptive Cricket Day on 19 March and we will be going.  

St Kentigern School students and the Parnell Cricket Club will help us learn more about cricket. The Parnell Cricket Clubrooms Shore Road Parnell will be the main base the outside activities will be held just across on Thomas Bloodworth Park.

Friends and family are welcome. 

Guess what we are learning to play on the ukulele...

Can you sing along?

Click the links below and learn to play some more songs

https://ukutabs.com/t/the-tokens/the-lion-sleeps-tonight/#

http://uke4u.com/playalongs/

Bored?

If your bored in the weekend or after school get a monster to keep you busy.

http://www.moshimonsters.com/home

Edgewater Class Treaty 2015

In our class we have agreed to:

Make good choices.

Be friendly, helpful and happy. 

Respect people and property.

Be ready to learn and focus on your work.

We signed all our class Treaty on the 13th of February 2015.

http://www.helpkidzlearn.com

Sommerville School have provided free access to this site. 

 http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/creative  

Look in your student email account for the secret username and password.

Have fun!

Custard Splodger

Let's get messy with this experimental play activity. Fire custard all over the screen to create a messy picture!

Jigfour

Can you put all the pieces in the jigsaw?

Card Maker - Lite

Make cards for Christmas, Easter, birthdays and Halloween.

Train Tracker

Make your own train set using different track pieces, then watch the train go round and round. Fascinating fun for all ages!

Early Mouse Movements

Paint lots of brightly coloured pictures with this easy to use paint program.

 Plus many more fun activities. Have a go. Check your gmail for the email with the username and password.