EOTC - Eastern Beach

On Tuesday we went to Eastern Beach. While we were there we got to complete 6 activities

- Archery
- BMX
- Kayaking
- Beach Games
- Paddle Games
- Compasses

 We had such a good time. Thanks to all the parents that helped out with transport and supervision.

EOTC - Bike Day

On Wednesday in Week 5 the Yr 4 and 5 students biked from school to Moore Park. The weather held out for most of the day but we did get wet.

At Moore Park we played cricket, soccer and did a bike course. When we returned to school we had a team relay. Group 2 won!

Halloween Art

On Halloween we completed some halloween writing and art. Here is our art work. It is displayed on the wall. Come and have a look.

Technology

In Room 7 we have been making stationery holders for technology. Before starting our final design we had to make a prototype to see if our design would work. We constructed this out of paper.

Next we made our final product. We had to measure and rule our design on the inside piece of fabric. After this we decorated the outside piece of fabric. It was difficult to cut the felt and to use the hot glue gun to stick our designs on. We then had to sew on a button and hair tie and finally we used the blanket stitch to sew our two pieces of fabric together.

We encountered a couple of problems along the way. We had to get the stationery slits the right size so that the stationery wouldn't fall out and we had to put an extra button on to make it roll up tighter.

We are really proud of our stationery holders and look forward to sharing them at student lead conferences.

Te Reo Art

                                      te reo art 


     In Room 7 we have been learning maori words. We made a poster of  a person and we named the parts of the body in maori.  Here are some examples of the words we learned.

Makawia/ hair
Karu/eyes,
Waha/mouth,
Ihu/nose,
Ringarainga/arms,
Hope/waist
Waiwai/legs.

We also learned maori numbers
Tahi/ 1 , Rua/2 , Toru/3 , Wha/4 , Rima/5,  Ono/ 6 , Whitu/7 , Waru/8 , Iwa/9 and last but not least  TEKAU/10.
              

By Jayde and Leche

Guy Fawkes Day

 Firework writing and art

Room 7 has been creating a story about guyfawkes and has made scrafitto art based on the fireworks we see.

Our SC was...

* Use good vocabulary

*Four describing words that you don't usually use

*Good punctuation

Here is some of our writing                                 

BOOM! BANG! CRACKLE! Multi-coloured fireworks shoot up into the atmosphere putting on a show for their mesmerized fans. Fireworks are dancing around in the chilly night sky. Heaps of smoke lingers around me andit wonders around the street, finally getting some recognition. I can't stop looking up to the sky. If I blink, i'll miss the most epic one!

By: Holly

Bang,boom,crackle,there are spectacular colours everywhere.I notice in the distance there are all types of fireworks. The smoke   lingers in the colourfuL sky.I here the neighbours launching fireworks at the speed of a rocket ship. My family sees the fireworks dancing in the night sky.The sparklers ignites making it look like it is cooking a sausage. BY RILEY.

ALSO in room 7 we are doing sgraffito. We had to colour an A4 size of paper with pastels. We had to make sure that there was no white spaces. We painted over the colour with black paint and then scratched off the paint to reveal the beautiful colours. 

Athlectics Day

ATHLETICS DAY

Room sevan had a fantastic athletics day on Friday 26 of October.

Lots of children had to do 1500 meaters it was tiring but lots of people persevered to complete  the race.

The YEAR 4s 

Most of the Year 4s had a successful day at the athletics day. Andre, Mitchell, Johanri and Daneka broke some records.

It was a great day. 

Silver beet

In room 7  we have been planting silver beat in the new school planter boxes. The Room 7 plant box was fill of Silver beet so we thought of what we could do with it, We decided that students should take it home and make something with it.  Daneka and Lauren made salads and Christian made a dip.

We also realised that the Tui Team planter box was fill of weeds and did not have any plants in it. We decided to solve that issue.
First we had to take all the weeds out of the planter box and water the soil so that it wasn't hard like clay. Next, we also put compost in and mixed it around. Miss Clarke and some students brought in some plants. We planted tomatoes, lettuce, capsicum, snow pea and radishes.

Here are some photos:

Stu Duvel

Today the Tui team went and listened to Stu Duvel tell stories and watched him draw. He was incredible to listen to. He told us a story about a boy who grew up in Piha and a horse called Marmite. He showed us drawings made from letters and numbers.  He drew a picture using chalk pastels and then asked questions about the story he told. The class that answered 2 questions correctly got to take the pastel drawing back to class. Room 7 won. The picture is amazing.  

Technology Notice

Thursday 18 September 2013

Dear Parents/Guardians

As part of the Tui Team Technology programme we will be completing a Soft Materials unit. The cost of this unit will be $4 per student. This will go towards purchasing the materials needed. This payments needs to be paid to the classroom teacher by the 19th October (the end of Week 1).

Yours sincerely

Michelle Clarke, Mel Notley, Rachel Jones and Elyse Henderson

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Tui  Team Technology 

I have enclosed $4 for my child _____________ in Room _____

Dr Seuss

This week is book week at Reremoana School.
Today ( Monday) was a Dr Seuss themed day. We read heaps of Dr Seuss books and completed art inspired by Dr Seuss.
First we chose a quote that we liked from within a book. We had to justify why we liked it.
Next we chose a picture we liked and adapted it. We drew our first pictures using only pencil.
After we drew another picture. We use pastels on this one. We haven't finished our pastel ones but here are some of our pencil drawings.

Calendar Art

In Room 7 we have been doing calendar art. It is based on the artist Hundervasser. Hundervasser does not like straight lines, he likes lots of windows, squiggly lines and he likes bright colors that stand out from other building's in the city. Hundervassa inspired the design of public toilets in Kerikeri. They are a popular tourist attraction.