WALT create a wearable piece of artwork

WALT create a wearable piece of artwork.

Our art focus over Term 2 and 3 has been creating a piece of
art we can wear. Miss Donnell introduced us to a song in The Little Mermaid called 'Under the Sea' which was the focus of our art work.

We created our artwork by sketching sea animals in our books and tracing them onto laminated sheets. We coloured them in and created patterns using vivids. Miss Donnell glued them on to tutus and t-shirts for us to wear.

Check out my awesome art piece!

WALT identify different phenomena in our solar system.

WALT identify different phenomena in our solar
system.

Room 4 have been learning about the solar
system. This term we have been focusing on
the planets. We have been learning about a
different planet each week and videoing some
facts. Here is a fact I have chosen about my
planet.

Principal's Award Assembly

At our end of Term Awards assembly, Michael received a Principal's award. Michael has been striving to achieve his personal best all year and it has been great to see his confidence grow.

Ka pai Michael!

WALT explore and share ideas about music from a range of sound environments

WALT explore and share ideas about
music from a range of sound
environments.

Room 4 were lucky enough to have Mrs D come 

into the classroom to teach a music lesson 

about sound. First we clapped along to the 

rhythm of 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. 

After we had learnt the pattern, we used clave 

sticks to tap along to the pattern. It was great 

using the sticks as some of us had used them 

before! 

WALT sketch self portraits

 Room 4 have been learning about drawing self-portraits. We started by sketching a picture of our face and neck.
Then we used pastels to colour ourselves in. The last part was the border! We used corrugated cardboard to design a cool pattern around our portraits. Check out my awesome work!

'This is me.'

Diwali Divas

We have been learning about celebrations around the world.  One of the celebrations we explored was Diwali.  We learnt that it is known as the festival of light and one of the parts of this festival is lighting diva (pronounced "diya").  We made our own diva using clay and tea-light candles and then we decorated them with paint and glitter.  Happy Diwali everyone!

"The evil king has lots of swords", said Michael.

Reaching 70 Ticks

Michael has been working hard at school to show the school values.  When he gets caught being respectful, responsible or resilient Michael gets a tick.  This week Michael made it to 70 ticks and he got to choose a reward to celebrate this.  Michael chose to raise the school flag.  He seemed to really enjoy this responsibility and many of his friends came to support him as he did this.

Bunnings visits Elm Park

This week we were lucky enough to have Bunnings come and visit us and put together a fun day where students got to build a project.  Nga tamariki had an absolute blast hammering, glueing, problem solving and painting to create a masterpiece.  Here is a brief snap-shot of the fun:















"I am hammering louder.  I like the sharp shells."

Baking Cookies

During mat time we read the story "The duckling gets a cookie".  This led onto a discussion about what types of cookies we like and what kind of baking we do at home.  Nga tamariki decided it would be fun to make some special cookies at school.  After baking the cookies we decided to share them with others, just like the duckling did in the story.  It made us feel happy to see people smiling when we gave them the special treat we had made.

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