Flick the Fire Engine

WALT:  work together to perform a sound scape of the story Flick the Fire Engine.

Room 8 have been working this term with Ms Buchanan in Drama and learning to tell the story of Flick the Fire engine through various drama techniques.  We were so proud to share this with all the Junior school today.

W.a.l.t: divide shapes in half.

Powhiri

Our class, along with our families were welcomed into the St James whanau through a powhiri, which is a Maori welcoming ceremony. Maia's mum called us into the hall and Mr Durston spoke for us. The kapa haka group sang a waiata for us and we sang one too. We did a hongi with the teachers.

Here is a photosnack with some photos Mrs Edwards took at the Powhiri.

Learning with Harold

What we learnt with Harold on PhotoPeach
 

WALA: how to keep a beat using our bodies and instruments

Rhythm and Finding the Beat with Mrs Cawood


On Friday mornings Mrs Cawood will be coming in to teach us about music.  We have been using our bodies to make a beat.  We have used the maracas to do this as well!  Lots of us got up to sing so she could listen to our voices.

Discovery

As part of our inquiry, we have been learning about how our body makes energy. So we decided to use our energy this discovery with lots of active learning. We did dancing, climbing, digging, hitting, catching, building, twirling, running, jumping and lots more moving and groovying. Hope you enjoy looking at some of our photos.

Going Further in our Inquiry about the Body

To help us go further in our inquiry about our body we got to meet Harold. He shared with us more information about the Respiratory system and ways to look after our bodies.

Here are some facts.

Food + Oxygen = Energy

We breathe in Oxygen

We breathe out Carbon Dioxide.

Plants take in Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen.

Our body needs lots of things including shelter, exercise, water, sleep (moe), love (aroha), protection, to be kept clean, food (kai) and oxygen.