Lachlan's Explanation about shadows

Thanks to Zara for filming Lachlan's explanation.

Buddy Time

Today we made rakau sticks and poi with our buddy class. To make a poi we had to have a plastic bag and put fluff in and twist it and then you put the bag around it again. Then you twisted it. You need some string and you have to cellotape it on and then you have to cut the edges of the bag. Then you can do something with your poi.

You can make rakau sticks too by rolling a magazine and then put on the magazine and hold it so it doesn't unfold. You need two people to make it so one person can hold the rakau stick and the other can tape it.

We had to work really well together to make the poi and the rakau sticks. Some of it was really tricky!

Thanks to Jack and Reagan for the photos!

Spider legs

Last week we read Spider Legs for our poem of the week. We all made a poem about like spider legs but we chose an animal part that we might want.

Ross did one called Octopus Arms. He took his time and he did it very neatly, even the writing! We love how you did the writing nice and neat. In his writing he put ideas to help him think of good words that could go in his poem. Bolt liked it too! Kapai to mahi, Ross.

Here is the Spider Legs poem and Ross's poem called Octopus Arms.

Gymastics

Tuesday we had the first day of gymastics this year. There are lots of things; skipping, trampoline, box/vault, beam and the mat. We have two classes in there at once. We do gymnastics with room 8, which is Jocelyn's class. We are in lines with leaders. Gymnastics is really fun. Today we are going to do gymnastics too. It is really exciting!

Photography

We have been learning to take great photos.

Click on the link to see a couple of creative photos we have taken.

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Keep an eye on our blog for more!

Our Rocket Artwork

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Yesterday we did rocket artwork with Michael. We drew our rockets on gray paper, coloured them in and then cut them out. Then we had to draw a sun that was yellow with a smiley face on it. Gracie's sun had a sad face because the rocket was catching it. We glued our rockets and suns onto a black piece of paper and drew stars on the black paper to look like the night sky.

Bye Jane!

Jane was our student teacher for 3 weeks. She left on Friday. When Jane left, she gave us some silly bands and some pencils. We got to choose what colour we wanted. The colours were pink, purple, orange, green, red, yellow and dark blue.

We gave Jane a card.

Jane was a good teacher. We learned heaps of things. I learned that you can't share thirds with ten (Charlotte).

Bye Jane. We loved having you in our class. We all miss you. You taught us a lot. We will miss you and hope you will come and see us soon. I hope you like the thing that you gave us. We liked what you gave us too.

From the Incredibles