Swimming in November

Time in the pool with Room 16.

Watch >>HERE<<

Continuous Improvement and Money News

In our pursuit of continuous improvement we reviewed the first videos we made and discussed ways we could make them better.  We talked about making sure that each person in the group had the facts shared that they had researched.  We also talked about presentation and ensuring that we were acting sensibly, speaking clearly and presenting ourselves well.  Lastly we discussed camera angles and how to ensure that the iPad was held steady during recording and that the microphone was picking up our voices.  We are super proud of these videos!


Juliet, Jordan, Chelsea, Andy and Amelia's group video LINK


Liam, Josh, Charlotte, Brad and Michelle's group video LINK



MacKenzie, Tony, James and Parinaz's group video LINK



James, Judy, Maria and Jade's group video LINK



Chloe, Oscar, Ben, Emily's group video LINK

Dance Challenge Video

After a few technical difficulties, here is the video of us dancing with students from Somerville Intermediate during their E-mazing Race on Friday.

LINK

Letter Art

Our Blank Canvases

Our Finished Letters

Our letter art was so much fun to create and share.  Here is the process we went through to create our art.  >>HERE<<

Once again, thank you to Mr and Mrs Aitken for cutting out all of our letters to begin our project!

Here is a video of us getting ready to take our letters to the hall for the Art Expo.  If you can't view it click >>HERE<< to be directed to the video.

Our letters on display in the hall.

Michelangelo Art

Today we joined our buddy class to learn about Michelangelo and how he painted the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City.  We talked about how he spent approximately 5 years laying on his back painting scenes onto the ceiling of the church in the 1500's.  After our discussion, we joined our buddies under their tables to try creating our own art while lying on our backs!  It was a lot of fun but our arms definitely got tired quickly.

Here are a few pictures of us creating our masterpieces and here is a short movie about our afternoon.

Kakapo Cultural Kaleidoscope

On Friday all of the Year 5 students visited each teacher in their Year 5 classrooms to take part in our cultural kaleidoscope.  Each teacher shared facts about their culture, or another culture, and then they did an activity together.

In Room 3 the children learnt about Canada and made inukshuks.
In Room 5 the children made Chinese lanterns.
In Room 6 the children learnt the importance of being able to tie knots and plait as they made New Zealand pois.
In Room 16 the children learnt about Holland and made a windmill.
In Room 17 the children learnt about South African bead crafts and made their own.

All of the children as well as all of the teachers had a tremendous day and really enjoyed visiting the other rooms and getting to know each other in our team.

The children in Room 3 were given an ipad and microphone and were given turns at taking video footage, photographs and doing interviews of their day.  It has been put together into a movie to share our day with you.  Watch the embedded video below or click HERE to view.  (Sorry for the sound quality - to quote Parinaz in this video 'It's really good to learn new things and this is one of my new things')

Generations Morning Interivews

 Jack, Tony and Josh did a great job interviewing our guests during our Generations Open Morning. Watch the movie of their interviews.


Watch the embedded movie above or click HERE  (sorry for the sound quality - a work in progress)

Let the Paper Mache Begin!

Today we began to paper mache our letters.  They certainly are big and will take us awhile to finish but we are excited about our project!

Watch us in action HERE

Te Tahawai Marae

Today we went to Te Tahawai Marae (The Edgewater Marae).  We had a fantastic time learning about the Maori culture and this marae in particular.  Charlotte spoke the karanga greeting on behalf of Room 3 and 16.  Once we were inside the marae, Tobey spoke the whaikorero and presented the koha on our behalf.  Following the powhiri we shared hakari together as is the Maori custom.  After we had eaten, Room 16 went to learn more about the Marae and Room 3 learnt about the kowhaiwhai patterns and got a chance to make our own. Then we learnt how to use the pois and sang a song using them.  Afterwards we switched places with Room 16 and we got our turn to learn about the Marae and look at and touch the beautiful carvings.  We had an excellent afternoon experiencing a Marae.

You can view a video of our afternoon by clicking here, or watching below.