The Grow Show

The Grow Show - an animation by Jack D and Nick

Arts Alive Performance

On Monday the 20th of September, Syndicate 2 did an Arts Alive performance.

First Room 6 did an interesting dance all about magic playdough. When the kids were not looking it would jump off the big table.

Then room 5 went and did a cool play about The Three Little Pigs.

Last was our class, Room 4, we did two ribbon dances. Our first dance was not that good. Our next dance was really good, it looked amazing. We did lots of circles and moving with our ribbons and bodies.

By Waima and Laura

Cross Country Running!

Last Tuesday we had the School Cross Country.
We have been training a lot and trying to run really fast.

First we sat in lines in our year groups. There was a year 2 girls and a year 2 boys line. The Year 0/1 girls ran first, then the boys. Next it was our turn... some of us had our hearts pumping really fast. Some of us were really nervous.

The year 2 girls ran first. Room 4 got some great placings:

• 2nd - Natasha
• 3rd - Laura
• 4th - Lexie
• 5th - Waima

Then the year 2 boys raced. Here are some of our best results:

• 3rd - Ryan
• 6th - Jack D
• 7th - Aidan
• 8th - Gil
• 10th - Jaidyn

After the race we felt proud of ourselves but we were really puffed. It was so great to have lots of our parents and aunties come and watch us. We were very happy!

Shared writing by Room 4

Amazing Space Artwork

Room 4 have finally finished their amazing space artwork that we've all been working on for weeks and weeks!

To complete our artwork we:

• researched in space books
• planned our artwork in our sketching books
• sketched our artwork in pencil
• coloured in pastel - checking we were using the correct colours
• outlined in white pastel
• added glitter
• posed for digital photos
• glued on our digital photos

Check out the amazing results below...

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Letters to the Astronomers

We have been learning to write letters to communicate with people.

Today we wrote thank you letters to the astronomers for coming out to our school last week with their amazing telescopes.

Take a read of some of our brilliant letters below, do you think they meet our success criteria?

21 George Street,
WAIUKU


25 May 2010


Dear Chris, John and Arthur,

Thank you for coming to Waiuku Primary School with the telescopes so we can see the moon and Saturn. I enjoyed seeing Saturn.


From Jack D.

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21 George Street,
WAIUKU


25 May 2010


Dear Chris, John and Arthur,


Thank you for taking the telescopes to our school. I have learned a lot about the planets because you let us see through the telescopes.


From Tauryn

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21 George Street,
WAIUKU


25 May 2010


Dear Chris, John and Arthur,


Thank you for coming to Waiuku Primary School. I really liked it. It was amazing because Saturn was very small. The telescopes were very amazing too. Please come next year!


From Emily

Space Poems

We are learning how to present space poems.

At the end of the term we are having a poem recital. We have been learning different space poems and working hard to recite them with expression and to read them clearly. We don't want it to sound like we are robots reading!

Take a listen to us reading the poem "Space" and let us know what you think of our presentation!

Viewing Planets & Stars

Yesterday night I looked through the telescopes. 

I saw Saturn.

By Luke

Last night my Mum and I went back to school because the Astronomy Club came to our school. They came so we could look at some planets, the moon and the stars.
We watched a movie and looked in the telescopes.  My favourite part was when we watched the movie. It was fun.

By Waima

 

Yesterday night at 7pm Room 4, 5 and 6 came to Waiuku Primary School. We looked at the moon and at Saturn through a telescope. The astronomer had to keep adjusting it because the planet moves away. It was fun. The astronomers came because we are learning about Space. 

To see a planet you need a telescope. The telescope that looked like wood you could see the moon through.

By Jack D

Book Character Parade

On Friday (when it was also Natasha and Cory's birthday) our school had a book character parade. We all dressed up in our favourite book character costumes and got to parade around in front of the whole school.

Room 4 dressed up as lots of amazing characters! We had Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, The White Witch, Hannah Montana, Batman, Thomas the Tank Engine, Zac Power, "The Tiger who came to tea" a skeleton, a robber from Cops and Robbers and a cowboy. Rachel dressed up as Cat in the Hat.

Emily, who was dressed as a robber from Cops and Robbers, was the winner from Room 4, she won some new books!

"It was fun at the book parade because I was dressed up as Batman" - Caleb
"It was excellent at the book character parade" - Lexie
"It was fun because heaps of people were dressed up" - Jaidyn
"People looked cool in their costumes" - Campbell
"I was Thomas the Tank Engine" - Jack D