Hamish in Kapa Haka

M8 end of term award winners

Edward drew a great NZ flag

Caleb showed the class how to make fireworks in a jar

First he put warm water in a jar then added oil.  He put a few drops of different coloured food colouring and gave a gentle stir. The drops slowly sunk making lovely colours.

Paige showed her sewing skills

Jordan drew an amazingly detailed picture of his Pop hunting on his farm

Emjai showed the children how to do foam and dye paintings

Story bird writing

M8 are publishing stories using Storybird.com.  I love the figurative language they are using.

Zinaya and Hamish

Jacob and Olivia

Jordi and Jordan

Ella and Mikayla

Natasha made a cool fish from a craft kit

Zinaya made a loom band butterfly decoration

Jasmine made a pretty gift box

Willow made a scrapbooking album

Bryden did a great collage picture

Jack sketched an owl

Griffin and Olivia did crayon and dye art

Jacob did some great marble paintings

Josh S illustrated and wrote his own book

Hamish did a fantastic painting

Hamish used masking tape to make white stripes on his painting.

Games made by M3

Josh Wech made a model of a house

Josh used cardboard that he covered in stones.  For the roof he used bark from a tree. Fantastic work!

Eden made paper gift cups

Molly made box cats

M8 poetry finalists

Well done Molly (yr 3) and Jordi (yr 4) for their great efforts in the Rua Team poetry recital finals.

Mikayla showed the class how to make bath salts

1 Cup Washing Soda Crystals (crush with a rolling pin)

Few drops of essential oils

Few drops of food colouring

Ella showed the class how to make a snowflake

Lucy shared her wildflower bookmark

Cassia shared her Scrapbooking poster

Discus throwing

We are learning how to throw a discus. We need to remember to point high with our aiming arm, to stand side on with our legs apart, to hold it like a duck bill and to let it go at 1o'clock.

Art Sharing

Shot put Skills

We are learning shot put skills in readiness for athletics.

We need to remember 

Clean palm, dirty neck

Push don't throw

Point high with our aiming arm

Follow the throw through

Use our legs to transfer power