Japanese Game- Karuta

Origami

Today we had a lesson with Mr Yamasaki doing origami. It was really fun.

Chalk art

On Friday, after morning tea Rooms 7&8 did chalk art outside on the school court. We have been planning the chalk art for 3 weeks and we finally did it. Before we started we had to plan our olympic sport that we wanted to do. It was pretty difficult to get the right angle but we all had to be separated so each other’s work wouldn’t go over each other’s work. Lastly our teacher took a picture of us laying down with the chalk. She stood on an ladder to take a better photo.   

Olympics 2016

Jim Thorpe

Cook Island Language Week

Today after morning tea, some visitors from the Auckland Museum came to our school to tell us about their history and culture. There were some activities that some kids did. They tried tying the 2 wood planks together with string, and some kids tried drilling a hole in the wooden board. Though it wasn’t a normal drill that you get from Mitre 10. It was a special drill that their ancestors used.  It was really interesting watching them and learning about their culture.

Everyday Theatre

Everyday Theatre

Today instead of doing maths,reading and writing Room 7&8 had a theatre day about family relationships. Before we started Katelyn and Julie showed us some scenes of what the theatre is about and they did it as if they were in a video game. After that room 7 went to their own class and did their own thing. We played some games,earned some points and lost some lives. They used a video game because kids these days like to play video games so they made a connection. What I most enjoyed was acting out scenes and watching the other scenes. During the game Katelyn gave us passwords for each level, finally in the end we got the message. EVERY CHILD HAS HOPES AND DREAMS.