Terrific Pop-out ArtBox lesson with Susie Cox

Today we had art with Susie Cox from Artbox. She taught us how to do 3 dimensional pop-out art. This was based on the art of local artist Miranda Parks who lives in Lyttelton and makes 3D artworks using patterns like dots, squiggles, lines and stripes.

First she showed us a picture of Miranda Parks artwork which was painted on pieces of scrunched up paper. Then we used a piece of soft paper that goes in a coffee machine. We had to cut off the bumpy bits that were on the side and open it to reveal a shape that looked like wings. After that she told us to use the felts to make our own patterns. Then we got a small square of cardboard and decorated it. Finally we scrunched up the first piece of soft paper and we put it on the cardboard with double-sided tape.

After we finished the art we went around the tables to look at eachothers. We all thought that everyone's looked good with lots of colours all through it, and every one was different. Lastly we talked about which ones we liked and why we liked them.

Here are our finished pop-arts.

Cross country superstars!

This afternoon the Year 3 and 4 team went to St Leonard's Square and had a great time running the cross country. We are very proud of our effort!
















































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NZ post book awards roadshow

This morning we had a presentation from some librarians to discuss the NZ Post Book finalists for this year.

Extra book day pictures

Here at some more pictures including a few with our buddies from Room 19. What a great day dressing up!



























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Book parade

This morning we all dressed up in book character costumes and paraded in the hall with the school. What an amazing effort from parents and students.We looked amazing!

Information reports

Room 10 are learning to write information reports this is one of them.
Tackle Rugby by Hugh

Tackle rugby is a outdoor sport played in teams. The team with the ball has to try to score, while the other tea have to tackle them and try to get the ball.
If your good you get to represent a team or place.

The fields that the rugby players play on are muddy and soft but in some places hard. The rugby players are; big, bulky, tough and fast.

Rugby players are often found in stadiums or on a field but can also be found in: a park, school house beach and even on TV.

People who play rugby behave mad when the other team score and glad when they score or win the game!

I think that tackle rugby is a great sport and lots of people will play it for a long time.

Welcome back to school - Term 2 notice

I hope you all had great holidays! This is from the notice sent home today. Here are a few bits and bobs about Term 2:

We have a great term ahead with a visit to Artbox and the Museum. We will need parent help on this trip and will send a note home soon with more details.

Our topic for this term is Arts and Technology. We are looking at Visual Art in different cultures and visiting the Canterbury museum to learn about early traditional Maori technology. In writing we are learning about features of information reports, and will be learning how to write our own information reports. Our Maths interchange will continue and Strand Maths this term will be Geometry and Shape. On Wednesday afternoon we have our Arts interchange. Room 10 will be doing poi with Ms Kahi this term. We will have cross country training most days and ball sports on Thursdays so please ensure your child has good footwear. Home learning continues and is sent home on Monday to be returned on Friday please.

A few dates to remember:
-Week 2 (12th May-16th May) is bookweek (the parade is on Friday 16th May at 9:15am in the hall)
-Cross Country is on 20th May, postponement date is 22 May
-Museum and Artbox is on 11th or 12th June
-Learning Conferences are on 1st and 3rd July from 2pm

Have a great holiday Room 10!


Here are some pictures of our soccer tournament last Monday...















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Our eggciting egg-sitting challenge

Good results for keeping our eggs safe this week - only a few casualties. We learned a lot about how much care and attention our eggs required. Some of us went the extra mile and created wonderful homes for our eggs, even providing a friend to keep our egg company. Well done Room 10!

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Today Ms Lean will give us an egg each to take care of. 

We want to see if we can take care of the egg for a week.

There are some rules however...

DON'T boil the egg!

Look after it; it is the only one you get!

Don't leave it alone.

KEEP IT SAFE.

It has to come to school each day and be in the egg creche.

We have our eggs now!