Phases of the Moon

Mrs Batchelor was very creative on Friday and children researched the phases of the moon using digital devices. They also used Wheelie biscuits to represent the different phases of the moon. Of course they could eat the biscuits afterwards. The children thoroughly enjoyed this activity.

School Cross Country

Last Friday was our School Cross Country. The children in Room 10 did extremely well and we have 9 children representing our school in our class as well as 2 reserves.
9 Year Old Girls       5th- Saelor   6th- Khaira
9 Year Old Boys      1st- Alex      7th- Jayden
10 year Old Boys     3rd- Nathan  5th- Joshua
11 Year Old Girls    1st- Jessie     5th- Charley   6th- Holly W
11 Year Old Boys    5th- Jared     7th- Ukeaba
Congratulations and good luck!!
They will be representing our school at Barge Park on Tuesday.

Space Website

Here is a link to the Science Kids website which has some fun activities to help you learn more about space.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/space.html

Ripper Rugby

This week Paul, Bruce and Justice have been coaching Years 3-6 in Ripper Rugby. There is an inter-schools ripper rugby tournament at Kensington on Thursday. Go SFX!!!!

Out of this World Immersion

Our concept for Term 3 is Out of this World. On Wednesday each whanau had rotations where children could create art and crafts based on Matariki. Puriri whanau organised a parade on Thursday where each whanau could share what they had created. These are some of the things that Karaka Whanau made.

Out of this World

Our Concept for Term 3 2015 is Out of this World.

We are learning that ……

There is only one earth!

Looking out of this world we can reflect on the earth’s unique ability to sustain life.

God created a unique universe for us to care for.

Patterns of Nature

These are two examples of our artwork "Patterns of Nature." It is based on Andy Warhol's work. We used pastel and each square represents one of the patterns of nature- exploding, packing, meandering, spiral, branching. Every thing you see in nature may be a form of one of these patterns.

Hockey Skills

We are very fortunate that our school is next to the Hockey Stadium. All classes had the opportunity to participate in hockey skill sessions wit Brad from Northland Hockey. Brad is an excellent coach and our skills certainly improved over the 4 hockey sessions.

Tessellations

For this pattern work we started off with a square piece of cardboard. We cut out the top and right hand side making sure there is a gap between the two corners. You move the bottom piece to the top and tape it, then you move the right cut to the left hand side and tape it. Then you tesselate the shape making sure there are no gaps.

Zentangle Fish

Zentangle patterns are multiple patterns within a shape. Each section has a different pattern. They are also the 5 patterns of nature. It is also about being creative.

Colour Patterns

As part of an independent inquiry looking at pattern, we made colour block artworks by taking photos of various objects in the environment of the same colour. Here are some examples.

Autumn Diamante Poems

We wrote diamante poems about Autumn. A diamante uses a noun, 2 adjectives, 3 verbs, a 4 word phrase, then 3 verbs, 2 adjectives and 1 noun to finish.

Quilt Patterns

As part of Immersion for Pattern we designed some quilt squares. The patterns we used come from the 5 patterns of nature- exploding, meandering, spiral, packing, and branching.

What in the World?

These quizzes have been taken from a Kids National Geographic magazine.
Can you guess where these patterns are from?
Try to work out they are to find the answer to the question at the bottom of each page.

ANZAC

As part of a ceremony to commemorate ANZAC, our school was given crosses representing real soldiers who fought and died in World War 1. Mrs J read out the name of each soldier while a cross was laid at the foot of each cross. Father Peter blessed each cross.

Kawau island Camp

Please enjoy this little slideshow with photos taken while at camp at the end of term 1.
Kawau Island 2015 on PhotoPeach

Pattern

Our concept for Term 2 is Pattern. We are learning that patterns help us make sense of the living world.
Also we can marvel at the wonder of the patterns God created.
It is a science based concept focusing on the living world.

My Story My Culture

As part of My Story My Culture, we used either pic collage or comic life to inform others about the culture we belong to. We took a photo of ourselves, wrote a greeting in that language, found photos of famous landmarks, traditional food, a dance, the flag, a map and 10 facts about that culture.
Here are some examples.

Surprised faces

This artwork is based on the artwork “The Scream” by Edvard Munch.

He created four versions in various media, mainly pastel and paint. THEY HAVE BEEN A TARGET OF THEFT MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

We used crayon and pastel to create our faces with a surprised look aND BLEW DYE THROUGH A STRAW FOR OUR HAIR.

Textured Hearts

Our school motto is "To Love, To Learn, To Serve." This term we focus on To Love. We made a Y chart to think about what To Love looks like, sounds like, feels like. We then made textured hearts using crumpled hand towels, paint and pastel.