Presenting William

The Maestro - Mr Stuart

Mr Stuart gave us a concert on the piano. He told us about the keys and showed us how the piano works inside. Mr Stuart has been playing the piano since he was 6 years old and he practised every day.

Playing the Drums

We have been very busy this week. The Drum Bus came to school and showed us how to play drums. We heard different styles of music like disco and hiphop. Some people got to try to play the drums. It would be fun to learn.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at Te Papa

We went to see the orchestra today.
William G - I liked the violin because it was shorter and it had a higher sound.
Litania - I liked the double bass because of the low sound.
Braden- I liked the hippopotamus story. The music went lower and then higher.
Dante - The lady told us how the violin goes high and low.
Jacob -The viola is bigger than a violin, the cello was bigger and the double bass was the biggest!
Jamie - The french horn was really curly and it had a loud sound.
Krishan - The clarinet was a bit like the flute. You pressed the keys to make different sounds.
Did you know that most instruments get better as they get older but the clarinet doesn't. You have to buy a new one every few years.

William and Krishan Make a Movie

Willam and Krishan had the camera for a day. They could choose to take photos or movies of anything that they thought would be interesting. Here is their movie, what do you think?

Mrs Hurnen playing her flute.

Mrs Hurnen came to show us her flute. She told us how it worked and played tunes for us. We liked the sound it made.

Having Fun by Litania

We had a jelly and a juicie.  It was fun. I got  heaps  of  money.  I got lots of toys.   My  sister   sold  popcorn. 

Market Day by Solomon

I bought a gun toy,a chocolate milk shake and some popcorn.

Market Day by Tayla, Havana and Terepai

Me ,Tayla and Havana bought a book , lollies, a spider, and a bag. Terepai  helped  us.

At market day by William and Nathan

At market day Nathan and William Y have fun.  Nathan bought two toys, an orange drink, and a icecream . Nathan played with his two toys. William y bought a orange drink, a milkshake and popcorn. We had fun at the playground.                                                                    

At Market Day by Kaed and Willy

At market day Kaed and Willy  brought  lots of  toys, lots  of  sweets, and lots of  tickets. 

Zooburst Pop-up Books

Here is a new programme we can use. Would you like to have a go?

Portrait Poems

Read our portrait poems using interesting similes. Double click on the picture to make it easier to read.

     

Encore (Performing Arts)

We have spent some time learning how to sew the gloves for our puppets. Alexi and Sydney-May came to help us and did a wonderful job. Thanks girls.

We all helped each other.

We are proud of our work!

Encore (Performing Arts)

We have painted our puppet heads and added the features. Take a look at these.

A Portrait Poem

This is Williams wonderful writing. You can make it bigger by clicking on the picture.

Similes

We have been practising using interesting similes and describing words. Here are some colour similes. We published them on paint. What do you think?

Puppet Art

We made our clowns look like dancing puppets on strings. We are proud of them. What do you think? We would love to get some comments.

Encore (Performing Arts)

We are going to make our own puppet show. We have lots to do! Our first step is to make our puppets. This is what we have done so far.....


Step 1
We had to screw up a ball of paper and tape it to the end of a stick. Then we ripped strips of paper and put them in paste then paste them over the ball to make a head.




Step 2
We made bumps for eyes and noses and ears and made sure the strips covered all the bumps so they won't fall off.




Step 3
We covered all the newspaper with white paper.

Keep an eye on our blog to see what we do next!