Ruggerland

Today in the Red Room, we looked at a new website called Ruggerland. There are heaps of cool rugby games and activities to play. We signed up to play Rugger Maths. You have to get as many points as you can before the Rugby World Cup finishes. Good Luck!

Here are the websites:

http://ruggerland.co.nz/



http://www.ruggerland.co.nz/maths/

GO THE ALL BLACKS!

Folk Dancing

'Bird Dance'

'Jibidi'

'Jiffy Mixer'

This week, we have been learning some folk dances. Check out the videos of us practicing in class. We have been having so much fun!

Book and Movie Character Day

 

At the end of Term 2 we had a Book and Movie Character Day. Everyone came to school dressed as their favourite book or movie character. Dont we look great?

Our Dinosaur Art

This week, we did some dinosaur art. First, we practiced drawing pictures of dinosaurs on scrap paper. We chose one that we really liked and drew it bigger on our white paper. Then, we added a horizon line. We used black crayon to go around the lines and then used two colours to do the background. Lastly, we used crayon to colour our dinosaurs. Once that was done we used dye to finish it all off! Don't they look great?

Maori Language Week

Last week was Maori Language Week.To celebrate this, we learnt out mihi's and a new song. Room 3 and 9 did a special performance at assembly. Dont we look awesome!

Learning Conferences

Over the past few weeks we have been doing lots of practicing to get ready for our conferences in Week 11. We are all looking forward to sharing our learning with our families.

Thank you to all of those people that have arranged a time via our online booking system. If you need need help with this please come in and ask.

Our Assembly Performance

School Assembly - This Friday!

This Friday, we are in charge of running the school assembly along with the children in Room 9. We are very excited about it and have been practicing hard.

During the assembly we will be performing two songs.

These two songs are:

Bruno Mars - Count on Me

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds

We hope you can come and watch our performance!

Term 2 Topic: Space

This term, we have been learning about Space. We thought hard about what we have learnt during this topic and decided to put our ideas on camera. We hope you enjoy watching it!

Next week we begin our new topic: Habitats!

Homework

This week I would like you to write a comment on our blog. You need to write about something your learnt at the Planetarium. Click on the 'comment' button below and write something.
Have fun :)

Planetarium Recounts

After our trip to the Planetarium, we decided to write recounts about our adventure. We talked about how to structure a recount and looked at some examples to help us. After we had finished planning, writing, and editing our recounts, we published them. Here they are!

Planetarium

Our Trip to the Planetarium on PhotoPeach



Today, we visited the Planetarium at One Tree Hill. We had lots of fun and learnt heaps about the sun, the moon and the earth. First, we watched a video about a dog who went in a rocket to explore space. Then we spent some time looking at the exhibitions. Finally, we went into a classroom where we got to see how the earth orbits the sun and how the moon orbits the earth. Our favourite bit was when the lady showed us a clip of the some men walking on the moon!

Check out the awesome photos of us at the Piwakawaka Cross Country

Piwakawaka Cross Country - Part Two on PhotoPeach

Piwakawaka School Cross Country - Part One on PhotoPeach

Study Ladder

Hi guys, below is the link to the 'Study Ladder' website. Remember that you just need to find your name and then type in your own password that you have written down in your home learning book. There are plenty of games and activities to keep you busy over the holidays.

http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/17108/myclass/232480

Have Fun :)

Crazy Hat Day

On Friday, we had a mufti and crazy hat day to raise money for the Guide Dog Foundation. We made our very own crazy hats the day before using black paper, paint and glitter. Some people wore these while others brought their own hats that they made at home. Sara and Panataua won prizes for the best hats. They both won a cookie and got to go up on stage at assembly to show off their creations. Well done guys!  

Our Turtle Talk Facts

Last week we read a non-fiction book called 'Turtle Talk'. It was full of facts about turtles. We talked about which information was the most important and wrote our own 'Did you Know?' facts. You can listen to them here. We hope you learn something new!

Back to Front Portraits

At the beginning of Term 1 we experimented with paint, pastel and paper to create these awesome portraits.  They are pictures of us in our rooms looking into the mirror. Don't they look great!

Supporting Christchurch Red and Black Day

On Friday 4th March, Hillpark School took part in a 'Red and Black Day' to support the people of Christchurch. We all brought a gold coin donation to school. During the day we used our black and yellow thinking hats to talk about all of the bad and good things that happened because of the earthquake. We realised that even though lots of people lost there lives, people were doing all that they could to help each other.