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!

Assembly Item

On Friday we performed in assembly, it was fun! Miss Macdonald and Miss Hooper were so proud of us!!

Geometry!

Our maths strand this term is Geometry.  We are learning about different 2D and 3D shapes.  Today we used some shapes to make different things, they look pretty cool!