Every term we hold an emergency drill. Sometimes it is for fire, sometimes it is for lockdown and today it was for an earthquake.
We are really good at getting under cover quickly and staying quiet. It is important that we stay quiet so we can hear the instructions from Mrs Watson as well as hear if anyone is hurt.
Every class selected a story, song or dance to present to our community. Our class retold the story of "Ruru and the Giant Pouākai."
This is a tale of problem solving and working together in very challenging times. It is about a Giant Pouākai (Eagle) that would swoop down and grab hunters. The Māori people were scared and unable to hunt. Finally one warrior had a plan. They created a giant cage. Ruru ran out as bait for the bird. Then luckily he made it back into the cage. When Pouākai landed on the cage all the warriors inside grabbed at his feathers and attacked him. The warriors won and could once again return to the forest and rivers to hunt.
We made masks and used props made from harakeke (flax).
To support the Cancer Society with Daffodil Day we dressed up in yellow or floral clothes on Friday.
Sadly in New Zealand approximately 25,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year. So thank you everyone for supporting this cause.
We have had our swimming lessons at the Ashburton EA Stadium. Lots of learning about freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, but also survival skills.
Check out our photos and videos.
We have 4 very proud students that are Cook Island descendants. Two are from Rarotonga and two are from Atuitaki.
Havana brought in some very special items - a photo of her Nana and a wooden turtle that is her fathers.
As a class we looked at the hibiscus flower and created the following art work. This work will be displayed in class so come and have a look.
Our renewable energy inquiry lead us to think how we can reuse items that are no longer being used around our homes, our relatives home and even packaging found at school.
We had so much fun planning (discovered planning was far easier than actually constructing), modifying our plans and creating.
Check out the proud faces showing their products from skirts, car garages, canoe to many games.
Part of our renewable inquiry we looked at ways we can reuse items. Some of our families have knitters and often have left over wool. We made our own looms and began the process of "under, over, under, over" to make a small coaster sized piece of weaving. The finished pieces are displayed on our wall so please come and take a look.
Today was a tough job to decide who was the winner of writing idol today - lucky I had Miss Bishop to make the final decision!
Joint winners Ahlants and Brittany.
Everyone was screaming and cheering so loudly I felt my ears were going to explode. Even worse my phone ran out of battery percentage so I couldn't record this amazing blasting spaceship.
Ahlants
As I rose up into the vast blue clear sky I felt heat rising from the bottom of the spaceship which freaked me out. Troubled by fear I screamed so loud that the people hundreds of meters away could hear me.
Brittany
Today's Writing Idol is Ashton!
Here is his work.
As the metallic space shuttle prepared for imminent take off, others were intrigued by the heat, it felt like they were standing on the burning sun. When people lost sight of it they saluted it.
Today was the last day for our teacher aide - Maureen. Maureen has worked at Netherby School for 9 years. She and her husband now head off to manage the camping ground site at Mount Sommers. We wish them all the very best and will miss her smile and guidance in our class.
We asked the class what they thought we should do for Maureen's last day and they said art as that is a passion of hers. So she sat like a queen and we drew her portrait.
Wow - we got to visit Scott Base in Antarctica!!!!
Well we got to check it out via virtual reality. Students had the opportunity to put on the headset to explore Antarctica. It was absolutely amazing. There were many items in the hut that were interactive and we could watch movies, check out photos and even turn on a blender.
Many teachers, teacher aides and our school cleaner had a turn - it was that cool.
On a Friday we meet with Room 4, Karearea, for buddy reading. We have set buddies and get to think about the type of books they like to read. For this session our buddies selected books from their class library. Soon we will hear them read to us from their class readers too.
Every term we hold an emergency drill. Sometimes it is for fire, sometimes it is for lockdown and today it was for an earthquake. We are ...
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