Self Portraits

We are learning to

• draw our faces in proportion.
• be aware of the shapes within our faces. e.g. our eyes are like foot balls and can be draw by drawing a rainbow then a smile rather than a round ball.
• be aware of the location of our features. e.g. our eyes are in the middle of our faces, not the top of our heads.

We watched an youtube clip that showed us how to do it step by step. Then we followed the teacher to do our vivid portraits. We think we did an amazing job!

Holy Spirit

This term we are learning about the Holy Spirit, Te Wairua Tapu. What does the holy spirit look like? We had to choose a picture that made us think of the holy spirit. Here is what we chose.

I think the holy spirit is like god and Jesus.

God in our hearts.

I like cars and the holy spirit.

The holy spirit is like a burning heart

They are talking about the Holy Spirit.

It is like a heart. I wanted a heart picture.

Maths About Me

Numbers are all around us and we have been working hard to recognise and write our numbers to 10, no matter where we are or what we are doing. 

Today we identified numbers that were special to us and that meant something to us. 

Can you guess who we are based on our numbers?

By Bryon, Latai, Antonia, Corban, Kayden and Riley

Ronald McDonald Visit

We were very excited all day because of the special person who came to our school today and taught us all about road safety. 

Here is a youtube clip that Miss Veena created using all the ideas that we gave her about all the things we remembered and all the road rules we had learnt after Ronald's visit.

Our First Gathering - The Good Sheperd John 10:1-18

This week we had our first junior team gathering. 

We learnt about "The Good Shepherd and His Sheep"

Kayden helped Mrs Te Amo explain the story by pretending to be the good shepherd

Here are some of the things we talked about...

What does  a Good Shepard do for his sheep?

-Feed them

-Called them by their names, this showed that he loved them

-He protected them from danger

-He opened the gate for the sheep

-He looked after them.

-He loved them all.

Who is the Good Shepard?

God

Who are the sheep?

We are.

Great 8 created some sheep for our wall, one for each of us - Bryon, Corban, Latai, Antonia, Kayden, Riley, Mrs Te Amo, Miss Veena (who is looking after us this week) & a baby lamb because we like baby lambs.

Mothers Day activities

Today was full of fun as Room 8  decorated biscuits and made cards for our lovely Mothers on their special day on Sunday 11th May.

Can birds dance?

This term we are learning about native new zealand birds. We shared with each other what we knew about birds. Bryon told us that birds could dance. We did not believe him, we told him 'No they can't!" but he was sure they could . Mrs Te Amo helped us look on the computer for more information and we found an youtube clip.


Bryon was right! Yes, they can. Thank you Bryon for teach us something we didn't know before.