Hula Hoop

At lunch today we were all enjoying learning how to hula Hoop!  They were fantastic! However Miss Miller needs some more practice!

How We Show the Olympic Values

Today the students were actors and photographers! They had to think of ways they could show the Olympic Values.  Here are their awesome photos and responses :)

Our Fantastic Description Writing

Today we were describing this beautiful beach image.
We we learning to use our five senses and adjectives to make our writing exciting.



Here is some of our work:

Lola

My tongue can taste the yucky salt water. The extra rough and prickly sand is hurting my feet. The freezing waves are splashing my cold feet. All I can see are two tall rocks. 

Ian:

Big white fluffy clouds in the humongous blue sky. I can feel smooth sand and the chilly sea water. When I hear the freezing wild wind I feel very cold. The smell of the salty water from the ocean is just like a big pot of salt. All the water from the sea is clear because it looked bright blue and sparkly. 

Sofiyyah:

The shiny blue water feels very warm. All I can see is the huge waves splashing. The sand feels very hot because of the sun. The smell of the disgusting salt water is horrible! My mouth tastes the yuk water. My eyes see two tall humongous rocks it is so cool. 

Neel: 

My eyes can see blue sky. My hands and legs can feel the freezing air. My ears hear the waves splashing. 

Our Final Book Report

The students have now finished their book reports and they are amazing!! They have worked so hard and they look fantastic. They are now this week going to share them with one another to help practice for their speeches.

Tongan Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Today we had Yssabella's fantastic mum and grandma come in to help us learn the Tongan version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star :) it is sounding fantastic!!

Daffodil Day

For Daffodil Day Mrs C helped us make these fantastic daffodils to brighten up our doorway.

Book Parade!!

What amazing costumes everyone wore to school today. I don't know how the judges made a decision on any of the characters as they all look amazing! The winner from our room was Suki in her fantastic "The Day the Crayons Quit" outfit. 

Day 2 and 3 of book week

We have been working really hard on making our books reports on our favourite stories. We can not wait to share them with each other.

A wonderful visit from Bella's parents

Today we had a great time with Bella's parents in our buddy class. We were learning to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Maori. The students were fantastic and sounded beautiful by the end of the session.

Making 10!!

This week in Maths we are learning how to solve addition problems by making ten.

Here is Lola and Vivian showing us how.

Here is Neel and Kohtaro.

Book Week Day 1

Today we had a surprise visitor to our classroom to present us with our books for the week. The students loved having a visit and are really excited about all the activities of book week.

We all can not wait for the book parade on Thursday where we get to dress up as a book character.

We have also started writing our book reports about our favourite book to share back with each other on Friday.

Percussion show

Last week we had the fantastic Strike Percussion come to our school to show us their skills. We had an awesom time and we was amazed how they made music with fire. Here are just a few photos of the instruments and fire.

Taonga puoro (musical instruments)

Today we were lucky enough to be able to see and hear a number of Maori instruments. It was a fantastic session and we learnt lots about the history of the instruments and all their different meanings.