Tale of the Dog

Today the whole school went to the Tale of the Dog. This was a circus- inspired performance. Dog was the much loved circus performer and we all loved his new tricks, but the Ring Master was not that happy because he was bad tempered. Dog faced challenges, some even trickier than tight-rope walking, that teach him to always shoot for the moon! Once again, thank you to the 'Festival of Colour' organisers for including the 'School Fest' as part of the programme.

Today we learned how to write formal letters. We have planned, drafted and are ready to proof-read and edit out letters. We are writing to the organisers of the 'Festival of Colour' to say thank you for all our events this week.

Dancing with the Stars!

BubbleShare:

Portraits

How proud was I today? Very! These are a few of the artworks completed today. What amazing artists you all are!

Exploring Tessellations

Storytelling

Thank you to the Festival of Colour for bringing Rangimoana Taylor to Wanaka Primary. The children sat enthralled and were in awe of his storytelling. He entertained us, taught us and shared his culture with us through Maori Myths. We were blessed to have his presence at Wanaka Primay. His visit was a vital part of the Inquiry on The Signs, Symbols and Myths of the Maori. We learnt so much about communication - listening, speaking and looking ( whakaronga, korero and titiro)

Festival of Colour

Rangimoana Taylor is an actor, teacher, director and international story-teller. He has performed in over 100 English villages as well as story-telling for the BBC. He is a specialist in the stories of the Maori. He will weave his stories for Room Ten tomorrow ( Wednesday). We can't wait!

Research Tools

Visit this site for some excellent research tools for kids.

Tessellation

What is tessellation? Click the Coolmath4Kids.com banner to find out.




Visit Tessellation Town on Tile Island and link the people. It's lots of fun. This was something most of you struggled with in your pre test so practise at home and you will master it quickly at school.

Transformation

Reflect(flip), rotate(turn), or translate(slide) the house onto its correct place on the grid.

Sculptures At Rippon

Art Appreciation
This morning we visited Rippon Vineyard to view an exciting exhibition. We completed a booklet based around all exhibits. At each sculpture we had to respond using our senses. We learnt that we all respond to art in different and similar ways. We wrote and drew our responses.

Sketching Skills

We learned all about sketching today. We practised hatching, cross-hatching, contour hatching, random hatching, scumbling, stippling, and lots of different ways to shade (point and flat shading, shading areas, irregular and circular shading, directional shading, contour and perspective shading and using line weight in shading). We then began learning about sketching portraits. We watched the You Tube video below and used the skills and techniques shown. We did a portrait and we were very pleased with our first attempts. Tomorrow we will begin sketching a friend using the same techniques and skills.



Shenee loved sketching! She did so well. We were all proud of her.

Healthy Eating

Using the interactive whiteboard to classify food into food groups on the food pyramid.

The Bright Red Poppies

As the bright red poppies sway and swing their seeds, the field gets filled with bright blood flowers. They cover the ground like a carpet but the people still lie dead among the scarlet poppies. Now the poppy represents the war.

Poppy Poems

The ANZAC Poppy
In the battle field of doom
A long wide carpet of blood red poppies lie.
The petals are so red and show soldiers are dead.
The dull green stems show the soldiers clothing.
Smokey air from the gun's shooting.
Tragic war ends, but not the poppy.

Toby (9 years)


Blood Red Poppy
Dying soldiers, blood puddles,
Tanks all over the place.
Battlefield.

Petals of poppies,
The stems are very
hairy and green.

Blown up trucks
Poppies are a reminder
of the dead soldier's blood.

Blood poppies swaying in the battle field of doom.

Henry (7 years)

Making Poppies

WALT... follow instructions to independently make an ANZAC poppy.
We are very proud of our poppies. Don't they look good!

Sketching

This week we are sketching. We will learn about the basic techniques (eg different ways to hold a pencil) on Monday and then practise the sketching skills on a grid so that we have a template of ideas to use on our artwork. We will also look at proportion. Our theme will be 'Sketch a Friend's Face'.Watch these You Tube videos.

ANZAC Games

ANZAC Biscuit Recipe

You might like to bake a batch for play lunch tomorrow.
Bring one for your teacher to sample!

The army biscuit, also known as an ANZAC wafer or ANZAC tile, is essentially a long shelf-life, hard tack biscuit, eaten as a substitute for bread. Unlike bread, though, the biscuits are very, very hard. Some soldiers preferred to grind them up and eat as porridge.

Anzac Biscuits

Ingredients:

1 cup plain flour
I cup sugar
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup desiccated coconut
4 oz butter
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (add a little more water if mixture is too dry)

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (or approx 375 degrees F).
Grease a biscuit tray or line with baking paper.
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
In a small saucepan over a medium heat (or in a microwave proof jug or bowl in the microwave), combine the butter and golden syrup until the butter has melted.
In a small bowl, combine the boiling water and bicarbonate of soda.
Add the bicarb and water mixture with the melted butter and golden syrup.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
Mix thoroughly.
Dollop teaspoonfuls of the biscuit mixture onto the greased baking tray.
Don't forget that the biscuits WILL spread during baking, so make sure you leave room for them to spread!
Bake for 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove from oven.
Allow the Anzac biscuits to cool on the tray for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

ANZAC Day

Today is ANZAC Day in New Zealand.
What is ANZAC Day? Visit 'NZ History Online'. Click on the ANZAC link.

New Food Pyramid

Twenty Thousand Visitors

We are very proud to announce that we have just reached 20,000 visitors. Thank you everyone for visiting us. We love it when you leave comments!

Frog Puzzle

Can you get the yellow frogs onto the right hand side of the pond and the red frogs onto the left side of the pond. How many moves does it take?
Can you find a rule to predict how many moves it takes?
This is a 'Grade 2 computer test in China! See how you go! Leave a comment if you solved it.

Healthy Eating Games

SugaBeat Princess





Alf Alpha



Unmuddle The Meals Game
In this game you'll need to drag the ingredients from each meal to the right food group.




Alisha and Ronnie
Help Alisha and Ronnie plan a balanced diet for a day.



Be a Breakfast Brainbox
Choose two foods and a drink for breakfast and find out how Ken the Leek rates your choice. Answer the questions as you play to see if you’re a breakfast brainbox too!


Make A Balanced Plate Game
Do you know your food groups? Simply drag the food as they appear to the right part of the plate. Moving the cursor over the different coloured parts of the plate should show the name of each food group. Good luck!


Healthy Lunchbox Game
Can you make a healthy lunchbox? Simply drag the food you think is healthy onto the chopping board to see if it's balanced. Have fun!