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.

I Know That

We read a story called "I Know That". We wrote some stories about some facts that we know. You can click on them to make them larger.

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!

Making a Tiger

Today  in  discovery  I  made  a  tiger. I needed to colour it  in. Next I had to staple it together.
By William G

A Random Act of Kindness Day

Today I helped Braden when he fell over. I helped people be friends.
By Kaed

Today I helped Terepai, Iplayed with Georgia and I helped Tayla find the balls, cicket balls and bats.
By Jamie

Today I saw Jamie carrying all the cones. I asked Jamie if I could carry the cones for her.
By William

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

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.

At Market Day by Kaed and Willy

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

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.

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!