Policeman E

Protector ck ...Caylee (c) and Ella (k) work together to protect the vowel from the creature! The vowel says its short sound. We call it, it's weak sound.

Policeman E (Sian) jumps over Protector ck and says the vowel, "Oi you! Say your full name." The vowel (Isabella-Hope says its letter name. "A"

 Because the vowel says it's strong sound, it doesn't need protecting now, so Protector ck isn't needed anymore. The /k/ sound is just written with a K. C walks away.

Now the word is bake and Policeman E is super silent! 

It's fun to play with sounds!

                                           Making our own Policeman E's

Policeman E at work while we read our big book, 'The King's Cake'

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May Calendar Challenge

Congratulations entrants! 
Our May calendar animal was in fact a plains zebra. They live in East and Southern Africa.











Below are Johan and Sian's entries. They were away on show day.

We had a special guest attend our Calendar Challenge show today, Sarah from D3. She was (and still is) a pro at Calendar Challenges. We loved her creativity and the experience that she brought to our show. She is so clever to have figured out how to make her entry a puppet show!

 

 Inside the box... Sarah's secrets revealed!

Sound of the Week: /f/

Fingerprint fish!

I love how we come up with ways to help each other in A5 💗 These clever kids created a a conga line to help put on our art shirts!

Other ways to spell /f/

Sound of the Week: /y/ and what he says when he gets up to mischief!

slinky

Sound of the week /k/

Protector ck

 Protecting weak vowels!

Cross Country

Here are a few snaps from Aroha Team's Year 2 Cross Country races!

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