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| We begin by experimenting with clay and what we can do with it. We also experiment with a variety of tools. |
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Clay creations
Room 4 had a fantastic day on Friday, spending most of it in the Art Room, experimenting with clay and then using our new skills to create some superb clay pinch pots, clay tiles and own choice creations.
Check out some of the finished products! Hopefully I haven't spoilt some up-and-coming family Christmas gifts from Room 4 students.
Room 4 students experienced great success with creating pinch pots and clay tiles.
We found that the best part of working with clay is that if things aren't turning out how you are hoping, you can just form the clay back into a ball and start again. Imagine doing that with a painting!!!!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Student of the Week - Hamish
Thursday, October 18, 2012
More University of New South Wales competition results
Another massive congratulations to our Year 4 students Rylee, Mac and Lucy who participated recently in the ICAS assessments based out of the University of New South Wales. It was a great achievement just to be selected to take part in these assessments, along with students from schools throughout New Zealand, Australia and other participating countries.
Today at presentation assembly these students were given their results and presented with their certificates:
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| Rylee - credit (top 21%) in English |
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| Lucy - participation in English |
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| Mac - distinction (top 7%) in Mathematics |
It is a huge honour to be chosen to sit these special tests so well done again to these three Year 4 students who have shown particular academic skills this year. We are super-duper proud of you all!!!!!
Student of the Week - Rubie
Monday, October 1, 2012
Junior School Speech Recital
This year we had 3 Year Three entrants, and 4 Year Four entrants in the Junior School Speech Recital.
Lucie and Rubie both presented their speeches at Presentation Assembly as they were going to be away on the day of the speech recital. Mr Auld came along and judged them as he was to be the judge on recital day as well.
We were extremely proud of all the room 4 children who presented their speeches and we congratulate them on the achievement of being selected.
You can hear their speeches by clicking on the links below.
Kate's Speech - Equestrian as an Olympic Sport
Lucy's Speech - Why Mark Todd is an inspiration to me
Rylee's Speech - Trampolining as an Olympic Sport
Mac's Speech - Why we need schools
Alex's Speech - Why Valerie Adams is an inspiration to me
Lucie and Rubie both presented their speeches at Presentation Assembly as they were going to be away on the day of the speech recital. Mr Auld came along and judged them as he was to be the judge on recital day as well.
We were extremely proud of all the room 4 children who presented their speeches and we congratulate them on the achievement of being selected.
You can hear their speeches by clicking on the links below.
Kate's Speech - Equestrian as an Olympic Sport
Lucy's Speech - Why Mark Todd is an inspiration to me
Rylee's Speech - Trampolining as an Olympic Sport
Mac's Speech - Why we need schools
Alex's Speech - Why Valerie Adams is an inspiration to me
Dance Night
Anywhere in the World - Olympics Dance by Room 4 -
Click on the title above or photo below to go straight to the dance
This year for our Dance Night Performance we decided to create a dance that reflected the learning we had been doing about the London 2012 Olympic Games. We selected the song 'Anywhere in the World' as our music, as it was already associated with the games and the music was perfect for our dance.
We wanted to incorporate as many different sports into our dance as we could. The sports that we managed to include were running, skipping, rythmic gymnastics, swimming, boxing, basketball, gymnastics and weightlifting.
We opened our dance with the torch bearer, and we concluded our dance with the Olympic Rings. Everybody had input into the dance, particularly the students and it was a lot of fun to create and to dance to.
We had been studying the Olympic Values as we created and practised our dance and those that were largely reflected were Excellence, Determination, Inspiration, Respect, Friendship and Equality. We also believe we lived up to our school Motto which is "Strive to Excel'.
View the video on the link above and let us know what you think.
Click on the title above or photo below to go straight to the dance
This year for our Dance Night Performance we decided to create a dance that reflected the learning we had been doing about the London 2012 Olympic Games. We selected the song 'Anywhere in the World' as our music, as it was already associated with the games and the music was perfect for our dance.
We wanted to incorporate as many different sports into our dance as we could. The sports that we managed to include were running, skipping, rythmic gymnastics, swimming, boxing, basketball, gymnastics and weightlifting.
We opened our dance with the torch bearer, and we concluded our dance with the Olympic Rings. Everybody had input into the dance, particularly the students and it was a lot of fun to create and to dance to.
We had been studying the Olympic Values as we created and practised our dance and those that were largely reflected were Excellence, Determination, Inspiration, Respect, Friendship and Equality. We also believe we lived up to our school Motto which is "Strive to Excel'.
View the video on the link above and let us know what you think.
Hamish
George
William
Regen
Kurt
Max
Mac
Toby
Jay
Abby
Connie
Emma
Jenaya
Paris
Lucy
Kate
Lucie
Rylee
Alex
Jessica
Blake - Torch Bearer
Venessa
Rubie
The Red Ring
The Red Ring
The Yellow Ring
The Yellow Ring
The Green Ring
The Green Ring
The Black Ring
The Black Ring
The Blue Ring
The Blue Ring
Starting positions...ready...
And the Olympic Rings to finish!!!!
Awesome work Room 4 - you made Mrs May and Mrs O extremely proud of you. You came up with a wonderful dance and you all performed beautifully on the night.
You are all Dance Stars!!!!
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