Valentines Day
Last week, we welcomed Jana Sly (Garren’s Mum) into our classroom. She came in to teach us how to make love bugs, as a special treat for Valentines. The Warriors had so much fun making them! We also...
View ArticleIfugao
As part of our Unit on Celebrations and Traditions, we learnt a little about the Ifugao tribes of Northern Philippines. We looked at their landscape, work life, music, dance, costumes and traditions....
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Chopsticks
We read the book Cleversticks together as a class. The book is about a child called Ling Sung who notices, when he starts school, that there are some things which his classmates can do which he can...
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Kimonos
Today, Kyrie’s mum, Tomoko, came in to teach us about the traditional dress in Japan. We saw lots of beautiful pictures and were shown how to put on a kimono. Ms Cara Chan acted as the model.
View ArticlePlant Specialists
This week, The Warriors became plant specialists! First, we split into 5 different groups, with each group researching a different part of a plant (e.g. seeds, roots, stem, leaves or flower). Having...
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Random acts of kindness
The Warriors have been working hard to try and make a difference at ISM for No Impact Week. On Monday, we read a book about acts of kindness which gave us an idea to try in class. Any time that we do...
View ArticleHero Stories
Earlier in the semester, we were visited by a Grade 9 class who interviewed us to get ideas for a creative story. Today, they came back to visit and brought with them a finished story which they wrote...
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Seed Detectives
The Warriors have been learning about different types of seeds. We noticed that they can be big or small and that they differ in colour. Having looked at the seeds, we noted down the names, made some...
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Scavenger Hunt
To find out more about plants, The Warriors went on a plant scavenger hunt around the classroom. Their task was to find the answers to 18 different questions. We worked in pairs to find them and...
View ArticleGrade One Slideshow
Today we had our final Grade One assembly. We watched a slideshow of all the great things we did over the year! Click here to view the embedded video.
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Welcome to Grade 1!
Wecome to the Grade 1 blog! Below is a video made by the Grade 1 teachers to introduce ourselves and explain why it’s more fun in Grade 1! We watched this together as a class and the Fireblazers loved...
View ArticleThis is me!
This week we read the book ‘How Full Is Your Bucket’. The story talks about a boy called Felix who has an imaginary bucket floating above his head. When good things happen, his bucket fills up, but a...
View ArticleLearning backpacks
To relect on how we learn best, The Fireblazers created learning backpacks. Our Grade 4 buddies came in to help us write and think about our answers. When we finished, we mounted them on bodies and...
View ArticleMath
Over the last few weeks, The Fireblazers have been learning about number sense. Take a look at some of the activities we’ve been doing in class.
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