Memoir Poems

Another way to record our thoughts and feelings about Sonshine Ranch using a memoir poem.

Recount Writing

A selection of our recounts from our last class trip to Mangere Mountain.

Anzac Week

The first week back this term and our programme has been focused on ANZAC . Discussing  the specific events that took place at Gallipoli 100 years ago and how it has affected the lives of New Zealanders in the past and today. The children have shown a huge interest in this topic. 

For Art we made a series of works inspired by 
1.Georgia O'Keefe
2.John Nolan an Irish painter 
3.A collage using a variety of ideas 

A variety of  war, and Anzac memorabilia this week.

Reading.

Visualising refers to our ability to create pictures in our 

heads based on text we read or words we hear. 

Zac working carefully.

We used the story "The Old Woman and the Spider" written by Patricia Grace.

Henry hard at work visualising.

Nisha head down.

 
                   

Sophie concentrating.

Andrew focused.

                                                             

India adding detail to her project.

Lara working diligently.

Ariyan at work.

The finished picture by Janel.

Guided reading group on the mat with the teacher.

Science Fun

Make a straw Hoop Plane

The Finished Hoop Plane
Janel was successful in flying and making her plane today.

Today we made hoop planes. We wanted to test our hypothesis-Paper planes have wings and can fly better and further.

 

 We needed to use our Mathematical skills and measure or thin card accurately.

 Next we cut our 3 pieces of card the same length.

 Making the card overlap was a test to reading the instructions carefully.
Attaching the straw correctly was another tip we learnt.

Watch our blog for our i-movies to see how successful we were!