Anthony Browne Portraits

We used Anthony Browne's book, Little Beauty as inspiration for our portraits. We noticed that he created some of his illustrations with a very simple pencil sketch and a detailed background. We used this idea to create some pictures of ourselves and here are the results.

B6 and A4 get Crackin'

Last Friday, A4 and B6 decided to cook some of the vegetables growing in the gardens. They used the vegetables and herbs to make a frittata. Here is a slideshow of how they made their frittata.

The Three Little Pigs

We have been reading about the Three Little Pigs. On Friday we watched Walt Disney's Silly Symphony version of the story. We decided to make our own video of the story using illustrations and instrument sounds.

Flight Inquiry

Our inquiry topic for term 3 was flight. Here is a video outlining a few of the activities we did and what we learnt.

 Enjoy the rest of your holiday, we will see you in term 4

Wally Turns 7!

On Friday, Wally the giraffe turned 7 years old. A3 invited us to a special surprise birthday party. Wally did not suspect a thing. We had so much fun at the party. Here is a video of the highlights.

To the Rescue!

As part of our study of flight, we have been talking about imaginary characters that fly. The children in B6 were particularly interested in superheroes. We created superheroes by importing pictures we took into Microsoft Paint and adding detail.



We experimented with different camera views

 

We thought about how superheroes pose

 

Here is a slideshow of our finished superheroes.

 

 

Tahi is one

Here is our last video showing you what we learnt during Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. We already knew how to count to ten in Maori, but now we know how to count up to 100 in tens. Check out our video.

No hea koe?

As part of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, we learnt the phrase: No hea koe? (Where are you from?) and the reply,              No _____ ahau ( I am from _______).

We spent time looking at world maps and locating where we come from. Not only did we learn about where New Zealand is, we also found out about other countries on the map. Here is a video of our learning.

A4 No More!

Our new computer pod

Not only have we moved into a new classroom, but we have a new name. We used to be A4 and now we are B6! There is a new class in A4. Here are some photos of our new classroom all set up.

Shane on our new Mimio!

100 Days of School!

All year we have been counting the days we have been at school and on Friday we reached 100 days! So we had a 100 Day Party. We invited A3 to come along. B6 made a 100 day cake and A3 made honey crackle.

We did a lot of 100 day activities at the party, check out this video.

What you think the world will be like in 100 years? 

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week), the theme is 'Arohatia te Reo – cherish the language'. Today we talked about the Maori vowels: A E I O U. We have made a video based on this YouTube video. 

We took photos of the Maori vowels, in our classroom and around the school and recorded ourselves singing the vowel song.

Holiday Move!

 Hello A4, while you are on holiday spare a thought for your teachers who are hard at work setting up the new classrooms. When you get back to school they will be all ready for the beginning of Term 3. How exciting!

Matariki Celebration!

On Friday, we had a Matariki celebration with A3. Matariki is the Maori new year. To mark this special occasion, we flew kites and prepared and ate a big feast of root vegetables, apple crumble and cake.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Last Friday, we decided to have a teddy bears' picnic.

 Noelani and Paki from A3, helped us to record our ideas about the picnic on the ipad. They did a great job.

Bong Trees

We have been creating bong trees. We took our inspiration from the poem The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear. Here is an animated version of the poem that we found on You Tube. Look out for, "The land where the bong tree grows."

Here is a slideshow of the bong trees we created, using metallic paint.

The Botanic Gardens

Last Friday, as part of our study of plants, we visited the Auckland Botanic Gardens. We learnt so much from the educators. We took a set of cameras and most of us got a chance to take some photos. Here is a slideshow.

Here are some comments from the children about the trip.

Going Nuts!

Last week, we were talking about the letter p. So Miss Lepou brought in some peanuts for us to try. We had a lot of fun exploring and eating.

They smelled like peanut butter

When we shook the peanuts
something rattled inside

We tried a lot of different ways to open them, like
dropping them on the floor

We tried biting the peanut to open
the shell

When we opened them, we
found out there were
two peanuts inside!

They were delicious to eat!

We're Moving!

At the end of this term we will be moving into a new classroom. Today, Ms Mulrennan took us in to have a sneak peek. The building is not quite finished, but we had a good look around. We are very excited.

Look at all of the light
that comes in

We can see the playground
from our classroom

Watch this space to find out when the official opening will take place.

Vegetable Soup!

Our Garden has grown so much since last term, so we decided to make vegetable soup. It was very nutritious and delicious. Check out our slideshow. 

Whose View?

Last week, we learnt about the different views we can use to take photos. We practiced using a snail's view, giant's view and a baby's view to take photos of plants around the school. 

We got a lot of our ideas for our camera lesson from a teacher named Rachel Boyd: click here to check out Rachel Boyd's wiki