Meri Kirihimete!

Last week, was the end of the 2011 school year. Thank you to everybody who has viewed our blog and left us comments. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. We look forward to sharing more of our learning with you in 2012!

We have done so many fun things this year. Here is a slideshow of some of the highlights of 2011.

The Wheels on the Bus

Last week on Friday, the junior school went into the city to take part in a special concert at the Auckland Town Hall. We also had a look around the Aotea Square and saw some amazing performers. We really enjoyed the bus ride, especially singing on the bus.

Here are stories by Gurleen and Jordyn

Here is a slideshow of our trip

The Pig, By Merciful

Merciful is making great progress in storywriting. Here is a story she wrote about a pig.



The Picnic

On Tuesday, A1 invited our class to a picnic. We had a great time. We made fruit kebabs to take along and A1 brought fairy bread and corn chips. It was a beautiful sunny day. Thank you A1! Here is a video of our picnic with some stories written by Ubaid, Leilah and Paki.

Happy Halloween

On Friday, A3 and A4 celebrated Halloween. We cooked mummy heads, escaped from zombies, ate friendly ghosts and ran away with some pumpkins. Here is a slideshow of our celebration.

The Incy Wincy Spider

This week, we have been reading the poem Incy Wincy Spider. We have made two videos. The first video shows the illustrations we created for the poem.

Here is a video of Room A4 reading the poem.

Term 3 comes to an End

After three long terms, we are now enjoying a well deserved break. We will see you back here in two weeks. Go the ALL BLACKS!

Rainy Day, By Merciful

Merciful is an amazing artist. Here is a picture that she drew for her story.

And here is Merciful sharing her story.

Portraits

Check out our fantastic portraits that we created with Mrs Wheeler, using vivid and dye!

Lion Paintings

Here is a slideshow of the lions we painted.

The Lion King

We had to use our tickets to
get into the movies

Last Friday, A4 and A3 finished off their study of lions with a special screening of The Lion King.  

We used plastic money
 to buy lollies and popcorn

We sat down to watch the movie

Here are illustrations and stories by Crystalive and Tuan about their experience.

Our New Sandpit

  A block's new sandpit is almost finished! Last week, a truck arrived with our sand and it got stuck in the mud. When we finally got the sand, we helped to shovel it into the new sandpit. Here is some footage of our busy day.

We will keep you posted.

I am a Lion

On Thursday, we illustrated a male lion's face using KidPix. Here is a slideshow of our art along with our poem of the week about lions.