Lions Rule, OK?

As part of our Animalia theme, we painted lion heads.  First we used proportion to outline the shape of the head, just like we did when we sketched our self portraits.  We also learned how to blend paint using  a palette and to apply it so that the colour varies, just like the different greens in a tree's leaves.

Matthew C's lion head

Go to the Visual Art page, if you would like to see more Lovely Lions.

Our Marvllous Mums

In May, everyone wrote a description of their Mum and attached it to their Mothers Day card.  Later we illustrated our descriptions and displayed them on the wall so everyone can see how beautiful and special our mothers really are.  Look in the Writing page to see all our descriptions.

Weka Team Assembly

At our Weka Team Assembly we celebrated Miranda, Ivana, Rhys, Brooke, Matthew C and Ella who have all started to link their handwriting with diagonal ligatures.  They displayed their writing to the rest of the Weka Team.  They have previously all attained the Basic Handwriting Certificates and can slope their handwriting smoothly and consistently.  Congratulations!  There are a few other students (you know who you are!) who are almost at this stage in their handwriting and will be linking very soon.

Pirates versus Mermaids

The Junior production, Pirates versus Mermaids, was performed in the Picton Centre in Howick.  We had one dress rehearsal and three performances in the Centre.  Everyone did a fabulous job!

Getting Ready for our Production

There were plenty of practices, singing, dancing and face painting we prepared for our time to go on stage in the Junior School production.

They went to Room 31 as boys and came back . . . as pirates!

Dastardly pirates!

Beautiful mermaids

People with speaking parts go the 'special treatment'!

Skip Counting in Twos

The Loop the Loops used number lines and peg boards to show how they can count in multiples of two.

Kapa Haka

Several students are in the Kapa Haka group that meet on Thursday lunchtimes.  The group performed in front of the whole school in their new Kapa Haka costumes when we had our Groups and Clubs Assembly.  Year 3 performers were in the front row.