Grandparents Art

Getting Reading for Grandparents Day

Over the last week Room 12 has been getting ready for Grandparents Day on Friday 7 June.

The children have written descriptions and they have nearly finished their Grandparent art.

Friday will be a busy day for the Grandparents ... 

9.15 – 9.45am – Concert: This is a concert in our school hall for just the grandparents. It will start at 9.15am sharp,
9.45am – 10.50am – Classrooms Open: Grandparents can visit classrooms.
10.50 – 11.30am – Morning Tea: There’s a special morning tea for grandparents  in the hall.
11.30am – 12.30pm – Grandparents can visit the book fair with their grandchildren- in the libraryThe Library will be open all morning.
We look forward to seeing our Grandparents (or special friends) on Friday 7th

Autumn

Autumn

Come into the foyer between Rooms 11 and 12 and read our Autumn poems.

Our shared poem:

Autumn Leaves

Red, gold and brown,

Falling, swirling,

Drifting down.

Shorter days,

Frosty and wet,

Winters’ round the corner,

But not quite yet!

Science Week

As part of Science Week,  Room 12 looked at liquids.

First we got all the equipment ready:

We used:
- red coloured water
- Oil (in a vase)
- eye droppers

We all had a turn and carefully used the eye droppers to pick up the coloured water and drop into the oil.
We noticed the oil stayed in little balls.

Then we mixed the oil and water .... it mixed together to begin with ... but ended up looking like this:

We saw the oil on the top and the coloured water at the bottom.
We thought that the 2 liquids would mix together - but they didn't!
Oil only likes to mix with oil and water only likes to mix with water.
Mrs Orange said the oil floats on the top, because the oil is less dense that the water.
Look at your salad dressing at home - you will see something similar.

Happy experimenting!

Cultural Day

Room 12's Cultural Day

Yesterday we had a great time celebrating World Cultural Day.
We loved looking at everyone in their national costumes and colours.












   

We enjoyed watching the performances from the Kapa Haka group and the Chinese Dance Group as well as singing together as a school.

  

We also spent time sharing our knowledge with our Year 2 buddies. 
They told us about Middle Eatern culture and we did some activities with them.

Last of all we had a shared lunch!
It was delicious and we loved trying different food from around the world.

Rakau Sticks

Kia Ora!

Last week, as part of our cultural experiences, Room 12 used the rakau sticks and enjoyed following patterns and singing along with the traditional Maori song E Papa Waiari. It was tricky mastering the patterns and passing the rakau, but we didn't give up and we had a lot of fun!

Welcome to Samoa!

 Talofa!

Room 12 were lucky enough to try on authentic Samoan lavalavas and dresses. The children loved wearing them for the morning and looking at the colourful fabric, patterns and leis.

Mother's Day!

Mother's Day:

The children loved writing about and painting their mums - Come into the
classroom and read their stories!