Thank you for an awesome two terms! Keep up the hard wok in your classes

Samoan Language Week

Monday:  We researched and discussed why people move to and away from Samoa? Push/pull factors we wrote these in our inquiry book

Tuesday: We researched and shared about Siapo and started explanation writing about it.

Today we had a specialist art teacher Bianca come and teach us about Siapo designs and we created our own printing blocks and prints.  We made a class print and a group print each.
Here's our photos:

First Bianca told us about the different designs from different countries and showed us examples:

We then got to design our own on a sheet in pencil:

We then transferred our design from paper onto foam:

We then used ink and printed onto paper, making one with a group and a class one:

Martial Arts - Life Skills

Room 12 have been privileged to be doing a Martial Arts Course with Nigel learning about life skills.

Our first lesson was about Respect:
-Respecting ourselves
-Respecting each other
-Respecting our environment

We also got taught to always try our best.

To always aim high if you can think it you can do it!

Warming up:

Provocation - "Looking back to look forward"

Provocation - "Looking back to look forward"

W.A.L.T - Identify & Explain Push, Pull factors.

We worked in groups to research, discuss, record push and pull factors for Christchurch and New Zealand.  We then shared back to the class.

Numeracy

Some of our learning from the past weeks

Numeracy
Room 12 doing the daily basic facts

 Iziah & Falute W.A.L.T - Solve multiplication problems 2s & 5s with materials

Welcome back to Term 2

Museum Trip

On Friday we went to the Air Force Museum in Hornby.  We did lots of learning with Chris in his awesome classroom upstairs.  He talked to us about ANZAC what it means, what it is about - it was sad and some of the real photos were not so nice.  Also what our defence force does other than fighting wars.  We talked and learned about WWI in Europe and WWII in the Pacific.  We did lots more learning too, here are some photos of us doing the scavenger hunt:

Tuesday we had Kiwi Sport and we learnt:
Hedgehog Roll
Teddy Bear Roll
Pencil Roll
Pencil Pose
Starfish Pose
and more...

Here are some photos -

We then had to make a performance with two different rolls and two different poses Miss Peters took videos we will add them soon.