Finished Stitching

The students completed their stitching and it's on display in the class. Feel free to come in and have a look.

Lunchtime Fun

An Invitation to our Assembly

Tomorrow Room I and Room G are hosting the Friday assembly. You are all welcome to join us at 2 pm  tomorrow. We have been practising this afternoon.

Looking  forward to seeing you there.

Celebration Afternoon

This afternoon we went to the hall to watch Feilding High Schools Kapa Haka group.

They were fantastic!

The Big Slurp

Today we were celebrating School Milk Day

The whole school went outside to drink milk. Here is a video to watch showing how milk gets into the little cartons.

Wondering Wednesday

Why do berries grow on trees?  Te Ata
Why is a fly called a fly? Samuel
Why do we need exercise?  Alice
How does the earth spin round? Abbie
How come we can't feel the earth spinning around? Lily
How come things can be light and heavy?  Maddie
Where does the wind come from?  Oliver
How do cars work?  Jayden M
Why are monkey tails so strong? Lilah
How do babies come out of mothers tummies? Heidi
Why are sisters so mean? Mac
How does air get into water? Jayden N
When are the holidays going to start? Sarah
Did Gods brother make the swear words? Cooper
Why do we get the hiccups? Alex
What is the best way to get rid of hiccups? Mrs G

Film Festival

The Production

I'm so glad you all enjoyed our poem. I am so proud of the students, they were so well behaved and tried their best. They really enjoyed the experience and I can see they have grown in confidence in front of an audience . Thanks to those parents who helped out and those who came to the concert to support us. Here are some behind the scene photos.

Concert

Just finished the concert. Here are a few pictures of students waiting out the back.

Wondering Wednesday

Why do daddy long legs not hurt us? Te Ata

How do we grow taller? Alice

Who was the first person on earth? Maddie

Why are days so short in the Winter?

Why is it hard to kill a fly? Oliver

How heavy is a brick? Jayden M

Why does it take so long for trees to grow? Lilah

How do snails hang upside down? Mac

Why did I have a high temperature? Jayden N

Why do monkeys peel bananas from the bottom? Ella

How do we talk? Te Mahia

Why do lions roar? Warwick

 

Concert

I was so impressed with the way the class behaved today. They were a fantastic audience and waited patiently before they went on stage. Everyone spoke clearly and they were able to be heard at the back!

We are all looking forward to the next couple of days. I hope all parents are coming to the concert to support their child. It's not too late to invite grandparents and friends, tickets can be purchased at the school office.

Stitching

It's great to see how creative the students are getting. They are looking at what their friends are doing then giving it ago, dreaming up their own stitches or asking Liz to show them a new stitch. It is great to see them taking on new challenges.

You are welcome to come to class and check out our growing display of finished canvas work.

Mission 4

Today Room G started Photo Mission 4.
The things they had to find were...

Something orange.
Something shaped like a square.
The letter S.
Something tall.
Take a picture of each other with a shocked face.
Add a speech bubble and say what you are shocked about.

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Film Festival

Here are some short films I watched at the Film Festival.

Sick Plant

We have a sick plant in the classroom. When we looked carefully we saw tiny aphids sucking the plant juices out of the stems. Students have been finding ladybirds and popping them on the plant so they can eat the aphids. We hope it works.

Wondering Wednesday

Questions
Who made words? Abbie
Why is mandarin a language? Alice
Why do deaf people not speak properly?  Maddie
How do our eyes see? Oliver
How come we can blink and still read?  Lilah
How do train wheels go around? Tipene
How do zips work?  Heidi
Why did people in the olden days always wear white? Ella
Where are cars made? Sarah
Where does gas come from for cars? Warwick
How do people take videos of insects when they are so small? Alex
Why do Japanese people love people with blonde hair? Samuel
Why do wolves howl at the moon? Kaden
Why do people have trouble sleeping when there is a full moon? Mrs G

Stitching

Liz was away today so the students got together in class and got creative. Zoe turned up to help. Thank you Zoe for giving up your time, it is appreciated.

A Fantastic Afternoon for Playing Games!

The students decided to work hard so we could go outside and play some games.
We learnt a new game called Ball Throw and ended with What's the Time Mr Wolf?
We are playing lots of running games to get fit for the Cross Country.

What's the Time Mr Wolf?

Ball Throw

Photo Mission 3

This week there are some new things to look for.

Mission 3
Something brown.
Find something M shaped.
The number 5
Something tiny.
Take a picture of each other with a sad face.

Check out these new pic collages.

I love the way they made a 5 with sticks.

Good job getting the tiny stone in focus.

Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to all the Room G dads.

Rats and Rabbits

The students had heaps of fun playing games this afternoon. We were playing Rats and Rabbits.

Wondering Wednesday

Some interesting questions today.

How do stickers stick? Samuel

Why do some people loose their hair? Alice

Why do people get married? Jayden M

How does sleeping and eating make our bodies grow? Heidi

Why does New World only sell Little Shops? Mac 

Why are people different? Eva

How does glue stick? Lily

How come snakes wriggle with a backbone? Jayden N

Why do we have dreams? Te Mahia

Why do our eye lids close? Alyssa

Why do cheetahs run so fast? Cooper

Why do cats tails go up? Warwick

How come your adult teeth come up when your baby teeth haven't fallen out yet? Alex

Good luck finding some answers to these.

Check Out Our Cheeky Monkeys!

Last week were learnt the poem, "On theNing, Nang, Nong" by Spike Milligan
Here are some monkeys we created.

Stitching

Thanks to Warwick's mum for coming in and helping.

Mission 2- Pic Collage

This week we are doing Photo Mission 2

The things we had to find were...

Toes

Something shiny

Something green

Something 0 shaped

and take a  photo of each other with a sad face.

More Photo Missions can be seen in the Picture Folder