Rooms 1-4 Are Going!

We have started the next stage of the rebuild process.  All the classrooms from Room 1- 4 have been emptied and are fenced off in the first stage of preparation for being pulled down. 
We also got a new container to hold some things while we wait for the new building.

Tin foil, String and Sharpie Art

The last activity we did for art this term was tin foil, string and sharpie art.  This is a great one for making sure we have a 'Growth Mindset'.  Even if we feel we are not good at art YET we could all achieve success with this art.

First we drew a pattern, it could not be too complicated.  Then we had to put string on our pattern.  This was the messy bit.  Once we had done that we covered our pattern with tinfoil and pressed down so we could see the string lines.  We then chose 3 colours of Sharpie to colour in with.

This art looks bright and amazing on our classroom wall.

Check the Clues - Maths

On the last Thursday of the term we tried a new activity in maths called Check the Clues.  This involved us working in a group and reading our clue.  We had a 100's board and crossed off the numbers that the clues told us to.  It was quite hard work but we managed to work out all the answers.

Shared Lunch

On Thursday we had our shared lunch for the term.  We had to bring something healthy to eat.  Our families were welcome to come and join us.  Unfortunately the weather was poor so we had the food in Room 4 and ate in Rooms 1-3.

Health Forum

We were lucky enough to be invited to the Health Forum in the Gym.  This was a morning run by the health leaders from the High School and from Hornby Primary.  The health leaders had all chosen different modules to present and we were allowed to choose two to attend. 

The modules we had the choice from were
Emotional Intelligence (this involved matching cards and learning new names for emotions)
Emotional Intelligence in Art (this involved drawing portraits, doing origami or mindfulness colouring in)
Diabetes and St Johns (this was a chance to learn some basic first aid and to learn information about diabetes)
Sport Problem Solving (this was about solving problems in games and discussions about rules, one of the games was Sneak Up Granny)
Filipino Dance (this was where we used some traditional Filipino dance moves to modern music)

We also all did some fitness activities together and did some reflection about our morning.  There was a great morning tea provided for us too.

The Egg-citing Egg Hats

We had to be really creative in buddy class in week 9.  Our task was to make a hat out of newspaper and sellotape.  The hat had to hold an egg.

After we had finished our hat we had to go through an obstacle course with all group linked up.

Unfortunately 4 groups did not get all the way through.

Maria Gill - Duffy Assembly

We have been lucky enough to have a visit from an author called Maria Gill.  She has written a lot of non-fiction books.  She believes that. "...reading a book is like having a super power as it transports you to other worlds." 

She has been inspired by famous New Zealanders in her writing and asked us questions to see if we could figure out who she was talking about.  We also had some people go up the front to act out a book she has written about what happens in the forest with the kiwi eggs.  Mrs Gill also spent some time talking about animals from in the war.

At the end of the assembly we were given our Duffy Books.  We had a great time reading them in class and have now taken them home.

Narrative Writing

We have been learning to write narratives using picture prompts.  Some of the things we have talked about are the structure and language features.  We have used this image to help us with the structure.

We have also spent some time talking about descriptive language and hooking the reader in.  Here are some of the story starts that relate to this picture:-

The wind raced like a cheetah. Flashy bright lightning bolts lit up the blue rumbling
water. Loud thunder roared like a lion hunting. Pirates held hands as they took
their last breath. Tears came down from their eyes as they sank into the deep ugly
sea. by Talisa

The lightning struck the sea and made the sea like a Tsunami. I saw some old pirates in a old pirate
ship all the flags was ripped in half. Most of the pirates didn’t survive because they were struck by
lightning multiple times on the ship. by Nuu

Ten years ago my uncle got stranded out at sea. There was a super storm. The lightning struck the boat
like a humongous, heavy hammer. Waves were rocking the boat from port to starboard. It was like a
tidal wave. There was a loud wind howling like a wolf. The thunder roared like a cracking whip, it went
through the side of the boat. by Xaviar

Students from Thailand

This week we have been lucky enough to have 2 visits from a group of High School students from Thailand.  Thailand is a country in Asia with over 65 million people.  It is next to Cambodia. The first time they came was on Wednesday and they taught us a traditional game on the court.  We taught them how to play Octopus too.


They came back to school on Friday to show us some dances and also to show us their Muay Thai kick boxing.

Cross Country

On Wednesday this week we went over to Kyle Park to do the Cross Country.  The Cross Country helps to teach us to be resilient and to try our personal best.  It was hard work running the distance and by the end of it we were all tired.

Our Final Rugby Ready Session

Today was our third, and final, rugby ready session.  We spent time working on how to tackle.  This included wrestling others to the ground.  We learnt about being strong in the core and head position when we tackle.  It is really important to go 'cheek to cheek'.  Here are some photo's of us enjoying today's session.

Get New Zealand Writing Package

Wow!  Wow!  Wow!

We have received our fantastic package of poems and poster from our buddy school for 'Get New Zealand Writing'.  Our school was Knighton Normal School in Hamilton. 

Not only did they do their poems and poster, but they also made cards saying they were thinking of the Christchurch people and telling Christchurch to stay strong.

We spent sometime today reading their poems and talking about all the great language they had used in their poems.
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