Captain Blood needs a new ship.....Arrrghhhh

Arrgh me hearties.  We been learnin bout measurement tis week.  Cap'n blood needed a new vessel so he got his pirate crew to design a new ship.  The new ship had to be 10m long, 5m high front mast, 4m long rear mast, 1m plank, and 2m flag.  After that we were allowed to draw other features of me ship.  Captain Blood then choose the best ship, but they were all great!

Pirates Hannah, Grace, Benjamin, Mia and Ryan

Me hearties Jonathan, Michelle, Angelina and William

Scurvy dogs Eva, Cynthia, Hannah C, Kaelyn and Deacon

Me crew Amber, Nishil, Michael, Jhanvi, Fifi and Isabelle

The deck scrubbers Zahra, Zeph, Ayla and Jessica

Maze Madness!

This week in maths we have been learning about directions such as forward, back, left, right, north, south, east, west.  First we looked at minecraft mazes.  Then, we gave instructions to a buddy to solve a simple maze.  They couldnt see the maze, so we had to say "forward two blocks, right three blocks" and so on.  

Finally we went outside with a buddy and we got to go through a real maze!  One person was blindfolded while the other had to give instructions to solve the maze.  If we touched the sides or peeked we had to go back to the beginning!

It was awesome fun!

By Mia, William, Grace, Jessica, Cynthia, Nishil and room 16.

Transformation Style!

The other week we learnt about Transformation (Reflection = flip, Translation = slide, Rotation = turn).  We watched a funny youtube clip called Transformation style.


Then got a little Koru template and had to do either flips, slides or turns.  See if you can guess which Koru has been flipped, turned or slid below?

By Amber, Mia, Zahra and Jhanvi.

Skyscrapers Art Gallery Trip

On Tuesday this week we went on a trip to the Auckland Art Gallery.  It is the biggest Art Gallery in New Zealand and we went there because our Inquiry topic is patterns.  We looked at different patterns and symbols in Art.

We got to draw different emotions using lines, looked at lots of different art, create our own juggling art, and we even got to play with lego.

It was a really fun experience to learn about how different artists think when they are making their art.

Come along in week 10 to see our very own Art Gallery in the Skyscrapers block.

By Kaelyn, Ryan, Michael, Mia, Benjamin, Ayla and Room 16

Amazing Artwork!

This term we have been learning about patterns in Art.  Below are some samples of our art that will be on display in our Awhina space in Week 10.  The first artwork we did was Victorian stitching.  We started with some easy stitches and then tried some harder ones.  We then tried some abstract modern art (see below).  We had to paint squares, then circles, and we also tried another piece of art using lines and circles.  Its been great fun and we are looking forward to sharing them with you.

From Isabelle, Jessica, Ryan, Amber and Room 16

Victorian Stitch Art

Modern Art

Modern Art

Patterns in sewing

Our inquiry topic term is patterns.  A patterns is something that repeats itself over and over again.

To learn about patterns we have been doing patterns by sewing using wool, hessian, and big blunt needles.  We have learnt to do lots of different stitches like cross, running, chain, the bumpy walk, snake, candy cane, and many more.  Our sewing is looking amazing and should be finished in a few weeks.

By Jessica, Hannah, Ryan, Ayla, William, Amber, Mia, Zeph, and Room 16

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Barbara Kendall Visit

This week Barbara Kendall came to visit our school.  She is one of New Zealands most famous Olypic athletes of all time.  She has won gold, silver, and bronze olympic medals as well as lots of national and world championship titles.

She showed us her medals and olympic flag.  She also talked to us about how she had an olympic dream, but she actually wasnt good at windsurfing.  Barbara realised that she had to practice lots (for 8 years!!!!!!!) until she got really really good.  She then went and won lots of medals.

She also said how everyone is good at something and you need to keep trying different things until you find the one that you have magic powers in.

Here are what we think we have magic powers in:

Nishil - Cricket

Jonathan - soccer

Ryan - soccer and running

Isabelle - swimming

Jess - rowing

Hannah - swimming, art, animals

Ayla - Netball

Michelle - art

Eva - swimming

Jhanvi - art

Angelina - singing

Zahra - cricket

Kaelyn - swimming, piano, golf

Amber - animals and singing

William - soccer

Zeph - basketball

Mia - maths and music

Cynthia - art

Michael - sewing

Grace - Netball

Benjamin - soccer

Deacon - sports

Here is Jessica wearing one of Barbara Kendalls Olympic medals!!!