On Wednesday the 23rd of June the whole school had a Fifa World Cup day. It was held on the two fields. We had it because of the Fifa World Cup being on and New Zealand is in it. Before the day we were put into countries so we could come dressed up in their colours. There was lots of red and blue and white. Our team was Brazil. We had to wear yellow tops and the hardest teams we were playing against were Korea, Serbia and France. We came 2nd but Korea came 1st by 1 more point than us. We won lots, drew twice and lost a few. After it finished we felt exhausted but proud and we had an absolutely awesome day.
By Vanesa and Mia

Room 11 have been learning about Maori Legends. They retold the legend of Maui and the Fish, when Maui went fishing and caught a large fish. This fish turned into the North Island of New Zealand. For art, they got into pairs and they recreated one part of the legend using water colours and collage. These painting were then put into a slide show so the children could retell the legend.

Each week we have time with Mrs Radford. She is the
school Music and Drama teacher. This week we have been using
instruments. Each week we learn a new song, then we sing them at
school assembly. We all enjoy going to music.

ANZAC Day
The first week back this term, we have been looking at ANZAC Day. We have been gathering lots of information about WW1, WW2 and Gallipoli. We had one of our parents Darren Mackay come in and share all his knowledge about the war. Also we had two reading groups make ANZAC biscuits with parent help and we all made our own poppies for art.
Below is a statement each child has made about ANZAC Day.

What we know about ANZAC Day …
Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – Haydn
Anzac day is a day we remember the soldiers who died on the 25th of April and the people who are buried near the battle fields – Hannah
The soldiers from both sides stopped to have a game of soccer on Christmas Day – Adam
Some brave soldiers got medals for saving other soldiers – Jack
The food that the Mums make will take two months to get to the soldiers – Gijs
They used donkeys to carry the injured soldiers to safety – Oscar
The boats carried the bullets to fighting soldiers – Sloane
They used periscopes to see the enemy and the shoot – Luke M
Some soldiers were ordered to run out of the trenches with no bullets in their guns – Tom
The soldiers who got wounded in the war were taken by donkey to the hospital – Vanessa
The soldiers died in wars – Liam
The biscuits are so hard the soldiers can hardly bite them – Luke S
They had to go to a hospital ship because the Turkish may have poisoned the medicine – Charlie
The people used to fight on beaches – Cam
Poppies grew in the battle fields in France which is now called Flanders Fields – Mia
They used donkeys to take the hurt soldiers to the hospital ship – Frances
Poppies are sold on ANZAC Day – Elena
The soldiers who got wounded in the war were taken by donkeys – Eloises
The soldiers weren’t allowed to shoot Generals – Rachel C
If you don’t want to fight you have to go to jail or you have to get killed – Sen
Some people make ANZAC biscuits and send them to the soldiers – Rachel D
We wear poppies because they grew in the battle fields in France – Beth
They shot from the trenches – Paige
If you got a letter in the mail asking you to join the army you had to go – Logan

Welcome back for another wonderful term filled with lots of exciting activities. I hope you all had a good holiday with your children, I have heard some great holiday stories.

You should have all received a class newsletter outlining the term.
If you need an update, you can access the newsletter below.

Newsletter term 2 2010

I look forward to seeing you all this term.
Do feel free to come in and see your childs work or just a catch up.

The Children of Room 11 have worked very hard on their self portraits this term.
They have been very lucky to have the help of local artist Mandy Williams to share her knowledge and skills.
They children showed great skill in planning and the painting of their pictures.
Room 11 is a class of fantastic artists.

Waihi Camp
We all had a wonderful time on our Waihi Beach Camp.
It was a busy three days full with fun, learning and plenty of exercise. We were certainly lucky with the weather.

Thank you to all the camp parents who helped make it a success. Thank you to all the parents for having your child so well equipped and for the generous donations of home baking and fruit. The children can be thanked for their awesome behaviour. It was a real pleasure to take such a well behaved class of children away on camp.

The highlights for the children were ….
>walking through the dark tunnel at Karangahake Gorge
(lucky we had torches)
>the train trip at Waikino
>the Museum in Waihi (especially the miners’ thumbs and the jail house)
>the bus trip (driven by the principal!) around the huge gold and silver
mine pit
>the activities at the Education Centre
>the surf swim
>the visit to the Information Centre and the Old pump House

Room 11 went to the Mount beach with Room 9 and 10.
We went to learn about being safe in the sea. We all love going to the beach and had a great day in the sun and surf. We learnt what the Surf Life Savers do for us on the beach and how to keep ourselves safe. We know to always swim between the flags and to wear flippers with our boggie boards.
Here are some photos of our fun day.

We had local artist Mandy Williams share her art and ideas.
The children were inspired and have started on their own self portraits.
Watch this space, for the up and coming masterpieces.

Art_Attack_story_by_Mia_and_Elena

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