Art Galore!!!

This week in Pukeko and Ahuriri we have been busy getting ready for the Active Arts Evening in Term 4!

Our amazing creative skills have been brought to light and here are a few of the fantastic pieces that will be on display. 

The Active Arts Evening will take place on Thursday 20th October. It is an Art Exhibition classroom walkthrough 6.15pm-6.45pm
Followed by a Performance in the Stadium 7pm-8.30pm

Baseball Sessions

Ahuriri and Pukeko have been taking part in baseball lessons this week.  We have had a great time learning about the game, terminology and equipment.  Our lessons will continue next week as well!

     

   
  
 

"I learned about catching balls with a mitt"  James

"I liked rolling the ball for the other person to snap it!"

"I liked it when we were running around the bases"  Hemi

"We throw the ball with our snake hand and catch with our crocodile hand"  Milo

"I liked using the glove to catch"  Ella

"I learned the names of the bases"  Lilyana

Science Alive!

This week we had Science Alive come and visit us at school! We learned about forces. We cannot see forces but we can see their results. We learnt about pushing, pulling, twisting, gravity, air resistance, friction and magnetism.

           

"I learnt about twisting, that you spin it around." - George

"Gravity helps things go down" - Max C

"When you put a tree at the bottom of the ramp the car stops." -Milo

"I enjoyed making the helicopter, playing with the parachutes and playing on the skateboard." - Travis

"I really enjoyed the skateboard, I had to push it." - Sydney

 


If you would like to have some fun with forces at home too, have a look at these links:

http://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/crafts/seasonal/summer/fun-physics-activities-for-kids1.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/physics.html

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/forces/forces.htm

Rhymes

We read a fabulous book called "Oi Frog!"

It has lots of rhyming words and some very funny combinations of animals sitting on things that rhyme with their name:

Puffins on muffins

Snakes on cakes

Owls on towels

Gibbons on ribbons

Lambs on jams

Bees on keys

Pumas on satsumas

The poor frog didn't want to sit on a log because he didn't want to get splinters in his bottom!

We painted pictures to illustrate our favorite caption:

Cat on a mat

Frog on a log  

Japleen

Lion on an iron (Ouch!)

Veer

 Frog on a log

Autumn

Frog on a log

Caitlin