Folk Dancing

This term we are looking at some different folk dances and learning them! We did it on Friday and had so much fun learning the moves and practicing them! We did the bird dance, Carnivalito and the Jibidi! We are going to keep practicing them for the next few weeks!

Art Time in Room 9...

We made these beautiful masterpieces over the last few days! It was a great chance for us to practice our cutting and pasting skills.  Aren't we clever!

SNOW!

Yay, Miss Macdonald is at home in Masterton and it is SNOWING! It doesn't snow here often, but I am so excited so I took some photos for you to see!

Colourwheel Flowers

Last week for Art we talked about the primary colours- red, yellow and blue.  We used these colours to make the secondary colours-green, purple and orange! We then used the paper that we had painted to make these beautiful flowers...

Aren't we clever?

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

Today we had an assembly to celebrate Maori Language week.  Over the last few weeks we have been learning our Mihi and practicing some Maori waiata.  It was so much fun!

Aren't we fabulous!?

Independent thinking in Room 9

We are independent thinkers here in Room 9.  We do independence thinking tasks, these are great because it gives us a chance to be creative and develop our thinking skills.

Independent thinkers in Room 9...

• Ask questions to clarify their thinking;
  
• Focus and complete a task;
• Use a variety of strategies to solve a problem;
  
• Seek advice;
  
• Reflect on their learning and life!

Last week we were given a piece of paper, sellotape and scissors and we had to make the LONGEST piece of paper that we could!

Check out how long some of them are!

 Jaspreet organising her ideas 

 William sticking his paper together

Andrea cutting so she can start

 Lesleigh in the process

Well done to Jasmeen, the winner! It was too long to even fit in the photo.  

Learning Conferences

We are practicing hard for our learning conferences in Week 11.  This is an opportunity for us to share our learning.

Thank you to the people who have made an appointment using the online booking system.  If you need a hand come in and ask!