For the past two terms we've been working on a technology project called 'A Treasure for my Treasure'. We've worked with Mrs Nair and Mrs Davidson to plan, design, and make a special treasure for a special person. Ask us to tell you all about the process! It started in Term 1 when we explored the properties of different materials and decided on the resources we'd need to make our treasure. Then we had to think about who we were making it for and design something meaningful for them. After that we worked on our treasure - we needed plenty of adult help to cut the metal and use the power tools (thanks to all our wonderful parents who helped out over our 4 technology days - we couldn't do it without you!!!). We filed, painted, and touched up our treasures. We also needed to explore geometrical nets as we designed a box to hold our treasures. We decorated our boxes and had to consider and figure out how we would fasten the lid. Did you get a special treasure from one of us? What did you think of it? Who would you make a special treasure for?
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We created beautiful stars and practised our ruler skills all at once! We can show you how to make one of these stunning stars - just ask us!
We had to carefully line our ruler up on two dots, hold it strongly with our other hand, and then push our pencil against the edge of the ruler and draw a line between the two dots. Using a ruler properly can be quite tricky. Some of us noticed pictures and shapes in our stars as we were creating them. Mariana noticed a kite as she was ruling, and Tiger noticed a bird's head with an open beak. We know that astronomers and star gazers also notice pictures and shapes in the night sky. These pictures and shapes can end up naming constellations. Can you think of any? After we'd ruled up our star shape, we used colours and patterns to decorate our stars. Mrs T then backed them onto cardboard and has put them on display in Room 12. You should pop in and see the finished stars! We're immersing ourselves in Matariki (Māori New Year) at the moment. We'll post more about that later. Right now, we want to tell you all about the diamante poems we've created about the Matariki stars. Diamante poems are shaped like diamonds (obviously). To get this shape there is a word limit on each line. Because we have a limited number of words to choose from, we have to think very carefully about the words we choose to use. We brainstormed a huge list of amazing verbs, nouns, and adjectives that relate to stars and Matariki, and used these within our poems. Some of us even managed to include language features like similes and alliteration. It was fun publishing and decorating our poetry. We're really proud of them. Mrs T has put some on display in the library and hall foyer to share with our school community. You could have a go at writing your own diamante poem in the comments below! We're really enjoying learning to play the recorder during Music. We have been working on having the correct finger placement (left hand at the top) and a good blowing technique. We've learned to play a few different notes (B, A, G, E, C, D) and can use these to play a range of tunes. We're also learning to read music and compose our own short pieces of music to perform for our classmates. In the video below you can see us playing 'A Little Melody'. This was the first session we learned this song, but look how beautifully we play it already! We're reading a book by Kid President in class at the moment. Kid President's mission is to make the world more awesome. He and his brother have created a whole heap of inspiring YouTube clips as a way of passing on their message that we should all be more awesome to each other. Today's chapter started with "Put down your phone!" We took that to also mean laptops, iPads, PlayStation controllers, Nintendo controllers, tablets and so on. This message was first put forward by Kid President in his clip "An open letter to all Moms" (KP is American, hence the funny spelling of 'mum'). We watched the clip and added some of our own ideas. Watch the clip below and then keep reading for our extra messages to our mums. We also want our mums to:
- Put down your computers and laptops and spend time with us (work can wait!) - Play with us more - Get some more credit cards (Mrs T isn't so sure about this one...) - Stop being bossy and let us make some mistakes (we learn from them!) - Know that being a super mum just means doing super stuff with us - Be awesome and amazing! - Stop tidying and have some fun - Be a teacher and teach us lots of new things What's your advice for all the wonderful mums out there? We've been working on writing Information Reports about native New Zealand birds in Room 12 with Mrs Anderson (we'll put on a post about these once they're finished). As part of this, we've created some stunning Flox-inspired watercolour pieces of art. We used some special coloured pencils - they are watercolour pencils that you draw with, and then paint over with water to get a watercolour effect. We think they look stunning! What is your favourite native bird? Every Thursday since the start of term, we've headed up to the hall after morning tea for our session with the Gymnastics Instructors from the YMCA. We've LOVED, LOVED, LOVED gymnastics! We've learned all sorts of different skills and techniques and had loads of fun along the way. You can see a few examples of the activities we've done and the equipment we've used in the photos below. Ask us to tell you all about our favourite part. Did you do gymnastics when you were at school? |
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