Hockey Time

Nic from Auckland Hockey came and taught us some basic hockey skills.

Here is a video of us having fun giving it a go!

                

Cheetah Poems

Here are some of our cheetah poems based on this slow motion video.

         

Cheetah

Sprinting like a golden bullet,

Long tail floating in the air,

Legs knotting into a huge ball,

Stretching legs as long as rope,

Greatest speed of lighting,

Speedy Cheetah!

By Sophie S

The Cheetah

Powerful balanced tail,

Visible strong leg muscles,

Bright gold shooting bullet,

Fast as the speed of light,

Very firm steady head,

Leaping, pouncing, creature,

Metal like feet digging in the ground,

By Max

Cheetah

Looks like a golden dart,

Long body stretching,

Sprinting like the wind,

Powerful paws,

Balancing tail,

Steady head,

Cheetah!

By Craig

Cheetah

Golden spotted machine,

Bunching its hind and front legs together,

A bullet of muscle,

A  hard rock head,

Steady tail,

Black, golden, white

Cheetah

By Grace

CHEETAH

Strong speedy cheetah,

Stretching, leaping, pouncing, flying, body

Ripping the ground with powerful claws,

Faster than a horse,

Powerful balanced tail

A golden animal bullet,

Striking it’s prey with a

 Crunch!

By Michael

Scooter Saftey

Thank you Ms Hadlow for making our scooter safety video

         

Trip to Mt Hobson

Dance in Schools Performance

Dance In Schools

We have been working hard on our Hip Hop and Salsa dances.

One more practice tomorrow before our performance on Friday!

Chinese Class

Here is a snippet of what we did in Chinese today. 

Liu Lao Shi brought in some traditional Chinese objects for us to learn about.
We also started learning a song to help us remember some of our phrases. 

Huts For Our Buddy Class

Today we made huts for our buddy class. 

We had lots of fun making the huts, and even more fun reading to our younger buddies in them!

We were lucky with the weather as we had just packed up and got inside before it started raining. 

Huts!

After learning about different styles of huts, different types of knots and how to lash sticks together we put our skills to the test and gave pole and tarp huts a go! 

Art - Salt Dough Stars

Shapes Around VAS

Describing 3D Shapes

We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes and how to describe them.
Watch our video to see some of us describe the 3D shapes we made. 

                

Mad Hutters

This terms Inquiry is Called Mad Hutters.

Watch this space to see all the cool things we learn.

Waitaramoa Reserve

Room 19, 20 and 21 walked down to Waitaramoa Reserve.

We were looking out for creatures in food chains.

We found great examples of producers (plants that make their own food), primary consumers (herbivores) secondary and tertiary consumers (carnivores).

We even found some decomposers breaking down creatures into nutrients which help the producers grow again.

Each group took some pictures - here are a few

Can you work out whether these are producers, consumers or decomposers?

          

Eric Carle Inspired Bug Collage

Observational Drawing

We have been looking at what makes an insect an insect.

We have learnt that an insect has 6 legs, its body is divided into 3 parts 

(head, thorax, and abdomen). 

They also have a pair of antennae and usually have wings.

We had a closer look at some insects and did some observational drawings. 

This is where we look very closely at a picture and try and draw exactly what we see.

                          

Wild VAS

Our inquiry for Term 1 is 'Wild VAS and Beyond'.

This is an inquiry into ecosystems in our local environment. 

Here are a few snaps of Team 20 exploring our own forest at school to find evidence of living things or things they have left behind.