Matariki Celebrations

Today we celebrated Matariki, the Maori New Year at Nelson Central School.  In Kahikatea we spent the morning rotation around a range of activities. these including making Matariki stars, playing traditional games such as string games and an outdoor game called Te Uru and using Rako.  We then had shared kai for lunch.  In the afternoon we had a whole school celebration assembly.  Our syndicate performed the Jump Jam song Kotahitanga. Check us out below! 

Getting crafty and creative

Yesterday we have had a bit of fun getting crafty and creative and our afternoon evolved into our own little discovery time..

Whilst we were printing our robots  Sally gave us some choosing time.  The Cheeky Crocodiles carried on making their traditional Maori kites which they had started as part of their reading activity.  Sally was very impressed how they persisted and overcame some of the challenges they faced.

A group of children made their own crazy loom bracelets and necklaces.  Ella S was extremely generous sharing out her bands with others.  Again Sally was very impressed at how they were all relating to others, our current key competency focus.  There was lots of great co-operation and negotiation.

 

Some boys decided to make paper aeroplanes.  They quickly discovered that the smaller ones flew further than the larger ones.  They had lots of fun making smaller and smaller ones to see which one flew the furthest.  

Cross Country

Today the big day finally arrived.... our annual school cross-country. We had been training hard for six weeks for the event. After a rainy week it turned out a beautiful winter's day. We all did our best and Sally was proud of us all and the effort we put in. 

 Well done to Room 5's place getters. 
Year 3 Girls 
2nd - Klara 
5th - Ruby M 
6th - Anna 
 7th - Emilia 
8th - Amba 

Year 3 Boys 
2nd - Cullen 
10th - Lucus 

Year 4 Girls 
1st - Floss 
3rd - Tavie 
7th - Cooper 
8th - Ruby R

A is for Art, B is for Booklets, C is for Cross Country

A is for Art. This week we finished off our start prints. We made our blocks by drawing a star design and then indenting the shape by poking lots of little holes in it using the end or our pencil. We think they look pretty cool all mounted and on display. 

 B is for Booklets This week we also finished our little Information Report booklets on our chosen animal. We learnt how to find images using Google that are not under copyright laws. 

 C is for Cross Country We have continued to train hard for our cross country which is just a week away. We are getting faster and fitter each week. 

TEKKIE BREKKIE

This morning before school Cooper,Floss and Ruby R taught the teachers how to use the app Little bird tales. We were nervous at first but then we got happier. Lots of teachers came to the Teekie brekkie. We had lots of fun. Dr Potaka took lots of photos of us.  Then he interviewed us in his office.  HE'S GOING TO PUT US IN THE NEWSLETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Cooper,Ruby R & Floss!!!

Let's get 3D!

Today we had fun with our little buddies using an amazing app called Colar Mix.  It turned our special colouring in pages downloaded from the Colar Mix website into amazing animated 3D images.  This app is available in both Android and Apple and can also be used on your smartphones.

Museum, measurement and mmmm..... chocolate cake!

We have had another busy week in Room 5 this week.  We kicked off the week by a visit to the Museum on Monday.  We visited the Christchurch Earthquake exhibition as part of our inquiry topic.  To find out more check out our blog posts on our individual blogs.

  

On Tuesday we sadly said farewell to our student teacher Roxy.  She has been in our classroom one day a week for the last 6 weeks.  We were sad to see her go but we loved the cupcakes that she made for us.

In Art this week we had fun printing our leaf string prints.  Most of us think the results were worth our persistence last week.

In Maths we have been learning all about measurement.  On Thursday we had fun seeing how many cups of water it took to fill a variety of containers.  To celebrate the end of our measurement unit and to also help Sally celebrate her birthday we baked a yummy chocolate cake!

Pirates, printing, persisting and performing

We have kicked of Term 2 with a lot of fun! On Monday when we arrived at school we found Sally dressed in a Pirate costume. Our Maths had a bit of pirate theme. Captain Blook A.k.a. Sally had a treasure chest to bury but she needed to measure out the correct distances and then draw it on her map. On Tuesday we had fun drawing out the measurements for Captain Bloods new pirate ship on the front courts. 

 On Tuesday after lunch we discovered that we could not enter our classroom as it was under inspection to see if it was Earthquake safe. As a result we had to have our writing lesson outside in a tent with just a small amount of resources that Sally was able to gather up for us. It was challenging as there were not enough pens and paper for us all. Room 7 joined us for a bit and we quickly discovered that it was very challenging due to the noise, because we were uncomfortable and hot. 

In art this week we started our new topic of print making. On our cardboard block we each created a leaf design using string. We all found it challenging to begin with, but we were proud of our results after we persisted with it. 

Today a large number of us performed as part of the school choir singing the song Malala. We were filmed performing this and our video will be combined with others from around the world to make a music video for this song.

Wrapping up Term 1!

It's been a short week, but boy we have managed to cram a lot in. We kicked off the week with a fun miniball session with Gus from the Nelson Giants.

  

 We also finished off our corrugated cardboard art.  This artwork demonstrates some of the techniques of tinting, shading and warming colours that we have learnt about this term.    

To celebrate the end of term in reading we have practiced and performed plays.

  

We celebrated Easter today by playing our Easter themed board games that we have made as part of our homework over the last two weeks

Today we also celebrated ANZAC day by having a special assembly.  We had a special guest from the RSA come and speak to us and Logan Ford came and played the Last Post for us.  All this action wraps up a busy Term 1 in Room 5!

  

Retells and Rights

Today we posted our little movies of our retells that we wrote earlier in the term.  We used a great little app called Little Bird Tales.  Check out each of our stories by clicking on our individual blogs.

Here is Tessa's retell of Tricking the Tiger.

• Click to view my tale.

Today we also finished our big posters on Children's Rights.  These are based upon UNCROC.  The United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child. Together as Kahikatea Syndicate each class has made posters to show these rights.  Check out our great artwork in our hallway.