Keeping New Zealand Beautiful

Plants

Money

A lady called Holly came to visit our class to talk about saving our money. First she talked about money from other countries in the world which is called currencies. Money from South Africa is called rands and money from India is called rupees. She told us about eftpos cards and that having one is like taking our money round with us. It’s important to spend money on what you need before what you want. It’s important to save up money for when you need it.
At the end of her visit she picked out people to act out shop keepers and cash machines. She pretended to buy something and then come to a shop with no eftpos and went to a cash machine but had run out of money in her account. We enjoyed Holly’s visit. It was great.

Hats

The Craziest Hat I’ve Ever Seen
My hat is red and black and it has a sword through it. Whenever someone sees me they get confused because it looks as if a sword has gone through my head. I just laugh and laugh and they run away scared. It is made out of metal and steel and it hurts because it’s uncomfortable. I look crazy and funny at the same time. My hat is heavy and it makes me fall over and people laugh at me.
  -Samuel

The hat is wacky, crazy, tall and 3D. It has got joker cards glued on the sides of the hat. When you wear it, it’s light and uncomfortable because it’s made from thick paper. On top of the hat there is a fan that spins around. On the bottom of the brim there are playing cards. The sides have a swirly gold pattern. It is the wackiest hat I have ever seen because it’s funny.
  -James

New Library Carpet

Kea class thinks the new carpet in the library is:

Colourful As red as fire Fun Warm Hot Bright Furry Comfy Terrific Cosy Wonderful Lovely Amazing Delightful Fuzzy Very soft A strong colour

Margeaux Zach Dylan Lauren Ruby John Sapphire Sam S. Ceanna Finn Hannah Holly Seb Logan R. Samuel Lily Matthew

School Powhiri and Mass

This week the school went to mass. Matt did the call and we did a haka with actions up at the front. We were silent at the start, loud in the middle and silent at the end. When we were doing the haka the new people came up the aisle slowly. We also sang songs.The powhiri was to welcome the younger children to our school. The younger children got a buddy and a certificate. Some of the children had already started school and some were at kindy. The student council shared breathe with most of the new people. There were readings. Tim got to read one of the prayers. Some people read from the Bible.

Truss Bridge Building

Last term Kea class learnt about bridges in Topic. We built a Truss bridge out of Popsicle sticks. First we got some newspaper and did the sides then let them dry. Once we had done both sides we got some more Popsicle sticks and put them together (that was the hard part). When it was dry it sometimes stuck to the newspaper. Immediately my one fell down so I tried to put them together. Eventually I did it. I was amazed at it. They were very fragile and delicate so we had to be very gentle with them. Finally we had finished them. I felt glad we had finished them and proud of how well I did.

Drawbridges

 

On Wednesday Kea made some draw bridges. Kea class was busy. First Mrs Bryant explained how to make the drawbridge. The first thing you have to do is draw an oblong then you draw an “n”. Then you draw four circles. Finally you put the string in the four circles.

When I made a drawbridge I was amazed because my bridge looked like a real drawbridge.

Lauren

On Wednesday we made draw bridges. When we first started they wiggled like they were snakes stuck in a hole. We needed string, a cereal box each, a pencil and scissors. It was lots of fun making draw bridges- they all turned out great.

Ceanna

 

Student led Conferences

 Last Wednesday our class did student led conferences. First we showed our parents round our spectacular classroom. Next we explained what we have been learning this year. After that we showed our parents our portfolios and we showed the achievements that we have mastered. Then Mrs Bryant talked to our parents about the progress that we have made. Finally our parents wrote a comment in the comment book and received a conference letter. I thought my parents were very impressed with my work.

Hockey

Last term Kea class practised our hockey on the junior court. We learnt a tip from our coach to dribble the ball (sphere) with the flat side of the stick. Our coach said that we had to curve our hockey stick to make the ball go to the side. The hockey stick feels smooth on the flat side and bumpy on the other side. My class loves it because it makes our tummies feel funny.

French Cricket

On Friday Kea had sport on the court. We played French Cricket.  I was as straight as a stick. And Seb was as quick as a cheetah. Jono was in our team as well as Finn. I tied with Jono two times. Jono and I both won. We all thought it was awesome because it was different.