Term 3 Week 1

The clock is ticking down to the 2012 London Olympics. Over the holidays we were given the task to research a country each, these were countries that we hadn’t really heard of, some of the names sounded strange and unusual. With this information we have collated it onto a sheet summarising that country, next week we are sharing the country information with the class and then this will become part of our Olympic display. Next up we will be looking at the history behind the Olympics.

Spooner fever has arrived; we are striving to be the best in the upcoming interschool competition.  This week we have been organising the teams. The sports are soccer boys and girls, hockey, netball and rugby 10’s. Some teams have had to have trials because so many people wanted to be in the teams. We have begun practising, leading up to the week 6 competition.

The 3 R’s – resilience, respect and responsibility have been a focus this week, these expectations are part of the new school emblem so we have spent time talking about them and what they mean to us. There is now a new reward system during break times, if you are caught using the 3 R’s you get a slip which then gets recorded on the chart, if you get 5 you get a certificate and then when you reach 10 you get a moosie or a juicey, and then when you get even more you get a special school badge!  The 3 R’s are now displayed in murals around the school and in every classroom.

When you hear this you may think that we have been slack but no! This week we have watched the movie Meet the Robinsons. It is about a kid whose dream is to become an inventor. Every day we have watched a part of the movie with subtitles and done reading activities based around it. Some of the activities are, finding the longest word in the subtitle and making as many words out of that word in a minute, identifying synonyms in the subtitles plus many more. We can’t wait for the next movie next week.

The Real Art Roadshow came to school which was full of different art by different artists. All up the art was worth 1 million dollars, including one painting which was worth $400,000! It is owned by a lady in Wanaka. It was amazing to see a huge range of different types of art. It really showed the unique ideas and how everyone has a different view as to what good art is. The whole truck was worth $2.5 million. What an amazing opportunity to have an art gallery on our court. We were lucky enough to visit the truck multiple times and hear all about the meanings behind the different pieces of art.

 Bang, bang, bang at the door!

‘Rei’s here!’ someone called out.

On Tuesday we did some paper painting, otherwise known as collage with paper with Rei a visiting art teacher. She showed us how to use ripped up magazines to create pictures. You had to pick simple object to do for example a sun, drink bottle or heart. You then had to hunt through magazines and find the correct colour for your object. The idea was to have little bits of colour not full images. The only way you could use a magazine picture was to rip it into small pieces and piece it back together. It was great to have a visit from someone so enthusiastic about art. We are still busy finishing these off and will post some pictures when they are done.

Contributors to this blog are Humo, Troy, Caleb, Sam, Kimberley and Angala.