Our Assembly

On Friday it was our turn to host assembly. We made up a play about caterpillars turning into butterflies. We showed our art work. We read some of our "Who am I" questions and challenged the school with our fraction problems.

We had to get into the right order on a number line.

Jacob read his "guess who?" clues. Lots of people had a guess.

The butterflies ate nectar from the flowers.

Swimming

We could float like a ball.

We learnt how to float by ourselves.

We practised our breathing.

We listened carefully to our swimming teacher.

Some people could do freestyle and backstroke and kick like a dolphin.

We could sit on the bottom for ages!

We had swimming races to pick the objects up from the bottom of the pool.

Animal Hunt

We searched in different habitats to find what lived there. We found some animals and took photos. We had to look carefully and by sneaky so the animals didn't go away.

Solomon took a photo of a bird singing in a tree.

This slater curled up into a little ball. It reminded us of a hedgehog.

We found a worm in the garden. We had to dig a little bit to get it.

This stick insect only had five legs when we found it. We wonder if it can grow a new leg.

Anna was at school. She was looking for insects too!

The  bee liked the yellow flowers best. It is getting nectar.

We had to wait for the butterfly to land. It was flying from flower to flower.

Habitats

We found out that habitats are special places where animals like to live. We had a look around our school and found some habitats that small creatures might like. We took some photos. We made sure we held the camera still and used the close up focus. If your look closely at our photos you will see we found some animals as well.

Circles of Life

We brainstormed and recorded our ideas about what we think "Circles of Life" means. Here are our ideas.

Kapa Haka

  Havana and Tayla went to the Michael Fowler Centre last night. There was 1007 kids there. We were in the Kapa Haka Group. It was fun and exciting.
by Tayla and Havana.

Calendar Art

At the beginning of Term 3 you will be able to order calendars, diaries and cards featuring the original art work of your child. These would make great gifts for grandparents, aunties and uncles. You have a choice this year, either Sunflowers or Houses on a Hill. Choose your favourite!

Nonstop Nonsense

Here are some of our thoughts about the show.

I liked the part when the old lady married the man. - Havana

I liked the queen because she sounded funny. She is the girl who sucked her fingers. I lilked the cooking person. - Litania

The best story I liked was the Birthday Burglar - Tayla

I liked the Nonstop Nonsense show because it was interesting. The girl who was telling the story was Margaret Mahy. - Georgia

I liked it when the people said "oooo Mum!!" It was funny because they said it in a funny way. Me and Taryn laughed. - Jade

I liked the Birthday Burglar because it is about a person who steals birthdays. My feelings are it is interesting. They used actions and did great jobs. - William Y

Using the Bluescreen

This time, no body !

These colours worked well.

We did our shows in front of the bluescreen. Some of our shots worked and others were not so good. We found out that pink and some blues turn invisible so some of our puppets had see-through bodies, and holes in their heads. We well remember that for the next time we use the blue screen. 

Our Reflections

We looked at some of our puppet shows. We put on our thinking hats to reflect on our work. Here is our thinking. Remember to click on the picture to make it bigger.

Giving a performance

Giving a performance - lino
What are the things that we need to remember to do when we are performing?Click on the link and add a sticky!

Our Favourite Things

Market Day by Tayla, Havana and Terepai

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

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!

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!

Using lines and designs.

Why Tui Block Needs a New Playground

Making Clay Faces