Matariki

Yesterday we played some Matariki games. The tiaha stick was for strengthening your wrists. We had to try and try until we could use the sticks properly. It was fun at Matariki game time.

On Friday we are going to have a shared lunch to celebrate Matariki. Remember to bring some lunch to share. Parents are welcome too.

Drama

We went to drama. It was very exciting. Michael was the teacher. Michael if Forrest's Dad. It was fun at drama because we acted. It was fun when we played "You" because Michael kept on walking with his hand out straight. Michael had a want that made us turn into a giant, frog and Jack from Jack and the Bean Stalk. Michael is funny. We are looking forward to next time!

Shadows

We stood really still and drew around our shadow. The first time we did it, the sun was behind the clouds and it did not work. The second we went around the back and it was sunny and it worked. They looked skinny, long and black. We drew them twice. The second time they looked different. It looked longer. It was going to a different way to your first shadow.

We think they looked different because the sun has moved.

What is a shadow?

We read a book about shadows. We are going to make some shadows, tomorrow. We asked some questions like does the sun come up everyday? Does the sun come up even when it's cloudy. The sun is hiding behind the clouds. We think we still have shadows even when it's cloudy and the sun is hiding behind the clouds.

Do you still have shadows at night time when it's dark? Your homework is to find out!

Fractions

We are learning about fractions. Last week we learned about halves. This week we are learning about quarters. Ask me about them at home!

Cross Country

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The Incredibles Art

This week we have done some art. We are doing Eric Carle art. We painted the background which is the sky and the garden for our flowers. We had white, yellow red and blue paint. We mixed all the colours to make brown. It was tricky to have the right amounts of colours to make it go brown. We think we did a pretty good job!

Next, we are going to stick the flowers on our paintings and make some bugs to go in our garden. We can’t wait to make our bugs!

Student Lead Conference Practise

Today we have been practising our student lead conferences. It was exciting because we are going to tell our parents what we learnt. We went in pairs with buddies and we talked about what we have been learning in our portfolios. We tell our mum and dads what we did, what we were learning and getting better at, how you know you are getting better at it and how I can keep getting better. It was fun practising. We are getting better at it.

Ronald MacDonald

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Today we had a big surprise. Ronald MacDonald came to Russell Street School. He came to Russell Street School because he wanted to teach us about road safety and to find his red and white sock.

Ronald MacDonald had a big book. The book was about finding his lost sock. He had to cross roads and driveways in the story. We helped Ronald MacDonald cross the roads safely. We learnt to stop, look and listen when we are crossing the road or a sneaky driveway. Ronald MacDonald had a song and it was called Make It Click. It was about putting your seatbelt on when you get in the car.

When he left he said “hasta la vista, baby!” Ronald was really funny!

Our new class member

We have a new member in our class. Her name is Calais. Sophie and Charlotte have been great friends because they play with her at brunch and lunch. She has just moved from Wanganui. She is very cool. Welcome to The Incredibles, Calais.

Cross Country Practice

Today we did cross country practice. It was fun. We have to run around the whole school without stopping. You have to run slowly so that at the end you can run really fast. If you ran really fast at the beginning you wouldn't be able to run all the way and you would go slowly at the end so you won't be able to come first, second or third. When Lou claps that when you go. The whole school did the cross country practice.

First day of Term 2

Today at school it was the first day of term 2. It was really exciting to be back and to see our friends at school.

We started the day with a big book and a poem. We chose a Incredible Person who was Vincent. Congratulations Vincent! We had Discovery Time. We had lots of fun activities. It was exciting at Discovery Time.

After Discovery Time we wrote about our holidays. We talked in our buzz groups before writing. We had to include lots of detail. Adding detail is important because if you just write one thing it is not enough because we don't know what you did that much and the person reading your story wouldn't understand your writing.

Here are some photos of us concentrating on our writing.