Maori Week

Last week was Maori Language Week.  Room 14 joined with Room 21, Room 7 and Room 1 to sing and do Maori art.  Mrs Aldridge made Korus with the students who came to Room 14.  The Koru is a Maori symbol for LIFE, NEW BEGINNINGS, PEACE, STRENGTH, HARMONY and GROWTH.

Kahurangi Group

On Monday the Kahurangi Group came to Everglade School and performed for us.
They sang. They danced.  They told stories.  They used pois and strings. 
We laughed.  We listened.  We said "Korua".  We had lots of fun learning about the Maori culture.

Rachel's Mum

Rachel's mum came into Room 14. She bought in some instruments. 
We played!  We sang!   We moved!  We learnt!  We had fun!

Drama

This week we have been doing Drama in Room 14.
We looked at:

• Freezing in a role.
• Talking in a role.
• Mirroring a partner.
• Making an object with a partner or small group.

Look at the photos.

Graham Braddock Art Course

Today Graham Braddock came and taught us how to draw a picture. 
Things we need to remember are:

• Plan your picture.
• A picture has a beginning and an end.
• When you draw first set the limitations. Next draw the big shapes. Finally draw the smaller shapes.
• The key to begin a good artist is practise, practise, practise.

Here we are at the course.

Airport Trip

Room 14 had a great trip to the airport.  Thank you mums who came along to help us.
We saw lots of planes and we talked about the different people who worked at the airport.
The highlight of the trip was seeing the new All Black Air New Zealand plane take off.

Flight Pictures

Here are some of the aeroplane pictures we draw in Paint.

Mother Day Writing

Here are some of Room 14 Mother's Day Writing.

Jackson said,
"You are as sweet as bubble gum.
You are as pretty as a rose.
Your eyes sparkle like the stars.
You are cool when you are kind to me.
Your heart is happy and sweet.
You are the best.  I love you."

Khushi said,
"You are as sweet as honey.
You are as pretty as a fairy.
Your eyes sparkle like the moon.
You are cool when you bake a cake.
Your heart is loving and lovely.
You are the best.  I love you!

Chelsea said,
"You are as sweet as a candy.
You are as pretty as a flower.
Your eyes sparkle like the sea.
You are cool when you are dancing.
Your heart is kind and sweet.
You are the best.  I love you!

Term 2 Curriculum Focus

Here are Term 2 Curriculum Focus for Room 14
Flight                             Science                                                   Week 1/2/3
Airport                          Social studies/Technology/Science            Week 4/5
Drama - Role Playing                                                                     Week 6
Birds                             Science/Art                                               Week 7/8
Safety in the Home         Health                                                       Week 9
Maori Language Week                                                                    Week 10
Dance - Mirroring/Flocking                                                              Week 11

Holiday Fun!

What to do on your holiday:

• Read books every day.
• Write a story about the things you are doing.
• Practise your handwriting and adding/subtracting objects.
• Tidy your room.
• Help your mum and dad.
• Circle all the words you know in the newspaper.
• Cut out pictures from magazines or old books.
• Colour in and draw pictures.
• Make playdough or mud pies.

Free places to go on your holiday:

• Go to the library and get lots of books out.  (I think you are allowed 25 books per person)
• Visit the museum (small donation needed)
• Visit family and friends.
• Go play at the park or beach.
• Climb a hill.
• Visit the Botannical Gardens or Totara Park.
• Go to the shops, with no money and make lists of things you would like for your birthday or Christmas.

Enjoy your holiday!  Can't wait to see you all again at the beginning of Term 2.

Sketching and Labelling

Room 14 have been learning this term how to sketch with detail and label a picture.
We practised sketching and labelling butterflies and pirates.  Here are two of our pirate pictures.
Keep practising these skills at home.

Rhythm in Music

In music this term we have been learning about rhythm and beat.  We have used instruments, body parts and buckets to play the beat and rhythm.  We can play the beat slow and fast, loud and soft.  We can copy a rhythm and make a rhythm for others to copy.

Pirate Stories

Last week we wrote some awesome pirate stories.  Here are some of them.

Leon's Pirate Story
Once upon a time there was an adventurous and mean pirate.  His name was Captain Cook.  He lived in a good ship.  But then half of the boat went into the water.  Captain Cook was on the boat and he could fight well.  Ohh!  Ahh!  There was a whale smacking the ship.  If there was only one way to save my crew.  I know I could put the life boat into the water.  "Hey everyone, hold on tight"  They were saved.  So in the end they sailed to the island and they had a party.  That was the end of that.

Lincoln's Pirate Story
Once upon a time there was a grumpy and evil pirate.  His name was Jack Henderson.  He lived in a brown ship.  The men found the captain's lunch.  He ate it.  When the captain came back he said, "Where is my lunch?"  He said to the crew, "Feed him to the sharks!"  And he went away.
 He shouted, "Please don't feed me to the sharks!"
The captain thought of it and said, "Yes".
And they lived happily ever after.

Joyee's Pirate Story
Once upon a time there was a smelly and mad pirate.  His name was Smelly Corban.  He lived in a treasure box.  The captain fell into the sea.  Then the shark ate him.  The End.

Construction - Pirate theme

We made pirate ships out of paper, blocks, boxes, lego, and mobilo.
Here are some photos of our ships.

Cross Country

We had a great morning running the Cross Country.  Lots of Mums and Dads came to watch us.
We went up and down the hill.  Around the trees. Between the goal posts.  Zig Zagged around the cones.

Leaped over the river (skipping ropes) and across the stones (hoops).  We ran the best we could.

Pirate Ships and Treasure Boxes

Last Friday we made pirate ships and treasure boxes at school.  What a mess we made with paint, glue, paper, and all sorts of bits and pieces. 

Our treasure boxes looked fantastic!  The pirate ships looked awesome!

Mimio In Room 14

We have a mimio now in Room 14.  This helps us to use the white board and date projector interactively.

Wow!  We all wrote our names on the board with the special pen.

Room 14 - Picasso Art

Last week we draw our own Picasso Art online.
Here are some of our pictures.
Here is the site if you want to do some at home:  www.picassohead.com/