The giraffe who can't dance

Once upon time there was a giraffe called Gerald.He had knobbly knees. Gerald could eat leves from high trees but when he tried to dance and run be just fell over.So at night he walked back from the juggle dance and he heard a whisper in his ear.A cricket was there and he said you only need your own music.The cricket picket up his violin and played a tune.Then Gerald felt his hooves shaking and his knees swishing then his tail flicking and finally he was dancing!

By Holly

Goats for Oxfam

Earlier this term the year 0-2 team collected money to buy a goat for Christmas for children in Papua New Guinea. We were hoping to get enough money for one or two goats but we actually raised enough for 8! 
Today we received a card from Oxfam thanking us for our donation.

Athletics Day

fireworks by Holly

Fireworks make a Ioud booming sound in the sky.They are made out of fire.Fireworks are big and round.Fireworks are different colours. They look like sparkling dust when they explode.

Our Rangoli Art

On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Reid taught us.  We got to do some wonderful pastel rangoli patterns.
Miss Dippie was so impressed when she got back from her course. She thought Mrs Reid must've been busy colouring all afternoon.

We learnt that Rangoli Patterns are a special part of Diwali and are placed on doorsteps to welcome people during the festival. Usually they are made from coloured sands, petals or rice.  We made our with pastel so we can put them on the wall.

Super Star

My superhero is called Super Star.My superhero wears a red cape and a purple dress. She has green lace up shoes.Super Star can run around the world in 1 second and Super Star can go invisible. Super Star can run and walk on water.

By Holly

Production Photos

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Blowing Bubbles

This week the Planets read an article about how to make bubbles.  They learnt what they needed to make bubbles so today in Discovery we made some.

To make bubbles you need:

8 tbsp of dishwashing liquid
2 tbsp of water
1/2 tsp of cooking oil

Mix it together.

We made some bubble wands from paper clips. We discovered that the best containers for bubble mixture were shallow ones because it was easier to get the mixture.

Our Calendar Art

Check out our amazing, colourful Calendar Art!

Ngā mihi

We are learning our ngā mihi ... How to greet someone.

Here is a puppet pal showing how to greet two people.

To say hello to two you say tēnā korua.

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Our beautiful Sun artwork

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The Book Week Parade

Today the whole school got dressed up for the Book Parade.  The theme was traditional tales.
We all went to the hall and watched each class parade around the hall with their buddy class.  We saw some excellent costumes like, the Gingerbread Man, Three Blind Mice, Robin Hood, some of the 7 Dwarfs, the cards from Alice in Wonderland, Billy Goats and the Big Bad Wolf.  The teachers got dressed up too. Miss D was the Queen of Hearts, the Year 7/8 Teachers were Cinderfella and the Ugly Step-Sisters. Mr Cole painted himself blue and was the Genie in Aladdin.  Lots of parents came to watch. We all had lots of fun.  There are prizes for the best costume in each team.

Our Visit to the Rapaki Marae

Today the Year 1's went to visit Rapaki Marae on the bus.
First, when we got there we had to wait outside to be welcomed in.  After that we could go into the Wharenui (or Meeting House). 
Then, Nuk spoke to us about the Marae, the area and the people from the Marae. He spoke to us in Maori and then English.
Next, Grant and Paul spoke for us and thanked Nuk for letting us visit the Marae.  We sung to say thank you, and sang Tutira Mai to them.  Then we all lined up and did a hongi.  Some of us felt a bit nervous, but it wasn't so scary after all.
After that, Nuk showed us different of the Wharenui and told us the different stories of the tukutuku patterns and carvings.  He showed us which carving was his Ancestor.  Nuk also showed us some beautiful birds that were on the ceiling of the Wharenui.  Next, we went for a walk down to the sea, and we learnt some stories about the big mountain behind the Marae. It is special to them, like Rapanui (or Shag Rock) is special to the people of Sumner. 
Then we had lunch. After lunch we went into the Wharenui and drew picture of some of the beautiful patterns, carvings and decorations inside it.
Finally Skye and Joel thanked everyone for letting us visit and share their Marae with us.
We all had a great time at Rapaki Marae!

Balloon dancing

This term our focus is dance, drama and visual arts as we get ready for our production. It's afternoon we are being balloons and moving to different music.

Pyjama day

Today is pyjama and wacky hair day.







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PE with Mr L...

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Writing

Today for writing we are writing in creative clusters.  This is where we work together in small groups to retell part of a story. We are working together to tell different parts of our big book, "Grumpy Rhino."

Eric Carle style Ducks

We read the book Lazy Duck and we all thought it was great! Then we read Eric Carle's book The Artist who painted the Blue Horse. We made our own Lazy Duck art using his style of art work. We had to paint the all the paper and then cut out the shapes to create our duck. Eric Carle Styled Art on PhotoPeach

The art exhibition is tonight. Today Room 2 had a sneak peak with all the other children. Here are some photos and our story about looking at the art. The Art Exhibition on PhotoPeach

Discovery Today

Today we went to Room 6 and made some musical instruments.  We made some drums and maraccas.  The drums were called tom toms.   The maraccas had rice and pasta.

By Evie