Pink Friday

On Friday we had a pink day to stand up for bullying. There were lots of creative costumes. Luke and Indi both won prizes for their costumes. Luke wore his little sisters pink cardigan as a cape and Indi all pink - including her hair.
Here are a few photos of our day.

All the children and teachers who dressed in PINK!

The winners of the prizes!

Luke pulling his superman stance, in his small pink cape.

Indi, lady in PINK!

Rippa Rugby

Last week we had Cameron and Pete from Northland Rugby come and teach us some rippa rugby skills. We played some mini games with the ball then we had a game of rippa. The games were lots of fun. We have some very talented and fit rugby players in room one.

Character Description

This week we began exploring narrative writing. Today we looked at Character Descriptions. Here is a collaborative brainstorm we created about good and bad character traits.

Visual Pepeha

 We have been learning our Pepeha. We also created some visual pepeha, using a variety of different mediums. We sketched a portrait of ourselves then we used vivid to draw in our maunga and whanau (which are represented by Koru's). We used dye to colour the background. We cut letters out of magazines to write our names. Here are our finished products.

Volcano Animation

Here is another animation of an erupting volcano. This animation was created using a component of science - vinegar and baking soda.

Hell's Pizza Reading Challenge

We are competing in the Hell's Pizza Reading Challenge this year. The children need to read library books then write a book review on the book they have read to receive a stamp. Once they have collected eight stamps they can trade the card for a Pizza. I am encouraging the children to make good choices of books from the school library for the challenge.  Their book reviews are going to be published on the school library site so others can read them.

Volcano Animations

Here are our final products - Animations of Erupting Volcanoes