Collaborating through art!

We are learning about changes in art. We are discussing words like MEDIUM and STYLE and DIGITAL ART. Today we practiced drawing stars so we can ad them to what we did yesterday. Check out our collaboration. 

A Hovering Visitor

We were so lucky to have a visit from a helicopter! Mrs Clarke's husband Shaun is a helicopter pilot and Shelly is a paramedic. They work together to help hurt people in the Wakatipu. It was so exciting to wait for the chopper to land on our school field. We use experiences like this to inspire us in writing time. 

Children's responses:

Olivia: It was noisy. Helicopters start with 'h' Miss Eve. (It's our sound of the day!)

William: It was cool going inside it and I liked the propellers.

Elsie: I thought it was weird that they didn't have a boot in the back of the helicopter because when I saw my first helicopter they had a boot where they put all their stuff. 

Thomas: It has a spinning thing on the back and on the top. On the top it had a lot of things. The rescue helicopter comes when you need it. 

Tim: I liked going through the helicopter. When I went up the steps and when I went down the steps myself. 

Thank You Beau

Thank you Beau and his whanau for bringing in a delicious rhubarb cake for us to share. Happy Easter everybody.

Moulding Little Minds

We got curious about making Playdough with Ms.Carmel. What fun! We have been seeing how we can mould it into various shapes including our phonics, birds nests and spirals. This involves pulling, rolling, twisting, pressing and smoothing. 

A New Space

After the weekend we noticed a change at school. A new path has been paved to the courts which have lines for netball and tennis (there are tennis nets up too). At the brain food break we sat on the smooth river rocks and rehydrated ourselves at the water fountain. We have to remember to sit and eat our snack so we have time to internalise our learning which is the purpose of our brain break.

Kimi Akau Mahi Pai

  

We chose our Mahi Pai (good learning actions) for our Kimi Akau community. Our Tiki is looking out for people who are showing Mahi Pai.

He chose Chase to get the first Mahi Pai in Kimi Akau for good listening. 

Today Tiki was watching out for people who were working together, sharing and helping each other. Look at us sharing our equipment and colouring our own tiki.

We sang the Taniwha song with Ms. Eve. We are going to make our own Taniwha to protect our learning habitiat.