Ice Skating
On Daffodil Day, Me and my class went to Te Ahu Center for ice skating.We had to pay close attention to the rules for safety conditions.Once we were all geared up we were ready to skate!At first it was really hard to get use to skating and balancing but we made-do.The Ice skating ring wasn't really ice it was just really hard plastic but the skates were real steel,That's why we had to be careful attention to follow the rules properly and wear gloves to protect hands,helmets to protect heads and get up properly if we slip over.Then there was a competition.....
!GIRLS vs BOYS!Musical Statues,when the music stopped we had to try not to fall over.If we did that would be a point to the boys/girls.Unfortunately the boys won,but the girls still got to get in on the prize... BUBBLES! We had lots of fun, even if we fell over.
Have you ever been Ice Skating?
Word of the Day
Term 3 Wk 7
On our contracts this week we have a new task to complete.
It is called Word of the Day. Word of the Day is a task that we have to complete by using the words on the middle of our contracts there is a list we have to choose from. We must use Dictionary's and Thesaurus' to find the definition of the words, and whether they are adjective,verb or noun.Then once we have found out what the word is and it's definition we copy the word and definition into our personal dictionary's.This new task on our contracts will help us improve and extend our vocabulary for our writing and talking.
Do you know what some of these words mean?
Muddy Cross Country
Term 3
Moment in time Writing
I heard kids screaming,yelling and cheering for the runners.While jumping and sprinting around in piles of squishy,splodgy,slippery mud, that surrounded the whole land.Then as I was preparing to race off I was wondering weather I would make it to zones."GO!" We took off like the wind,zooming,racing and competing against each other.The mud was as slippery as a wet bar of soap, and I thought I was going to slip over in the mud!Huffing and puffing, trying to catch my breath I made it to the top of the hill...
Have you ever been to Cross Country or Zones?
Scrumptious Homemade Bread +Butter
Term 3 Wk 6
In Kakapo class we made some homemade bread and butter.First we were put into groups of five, and then we had to follow and listen to instructions carefully.2x people at a time would go up to a bench and collect measurements of ingredients.Then we mixed the ingredients at a time carefully.The ingredients were put into a plastic zip lock bag and we had to double check that it was secure.Once ingredients were completely mixed we let them sit for a little while to rise, during this time we used salt and heavy cream in another plastic zip lock bag to mix in the cold and create butter.
Once the bread rose we baked it and then it was time to taste test...
We gobbled the bread with some butter and it was DELICIOUS!
We chose to make bread and butter because of science and for how they used to make bread and butter back in the day for history.
Do you know how to make homemade bread?
Passion Learning
In Kakapo we've been working on a project called
"Passion Learning" where we focus on what ever we want to learn about.We do this on Fridays with Mrs Murray,what I am learning about is "Marine Biology". I have a passion for the ocean and all the creatures that live in the ocean. If we have got some interesting information that we would like to share we can create a poster,slide show etc. I am really enjoying Passion Learning so far. It is really addicting and is such a privilege to be able to learn about what ever we want.
What would you like to learn about?
Sandra Silberzweig Chaos Art
Week 1 Term 3
In Wk 1 Term 3 we created some cool,funky pieces of art.Inspired by Sandra Silberzweig herself,her art includes many different patterns,shapes and angles.She also uses many complimentary colours -(opposite of each other) such as orange+purple,blue+yellow,red+green.Primary colours red,blue,yellow and secondary colours : orange,purple,green.
She uses all of these things in her art to create Abstract in her art. The art is very messy to create. We used Indian ink for the outlines and it got everywhere!It even got on the brand new carpet! Then after the outlines, we used soft pastel chalk to add the colour. We smudged the colours together to also create a fading effect.Here is a picture of ours compared to Sandra Silberzweig's.
How do you think they look?
Creative Symmetry
Term 1 Wk 4 we made African Tribunal Art.
Using Symmetry we created the tribunal art with S.C - create a geometric/symmetrical tribunal design using shapes and all sorts of patterns.After creating the designs we used crayons to fill our artwork with colour!We hung them up on the wall and they look amazing!
What do you think of them?
