Stop Bullying!

Since last week was "Bully Free Week", creating a poster was a task for us to make. The poster contains information like types of bullying and how bullying affects people. Our posters will be displayed in our school library.

Bottle Cars (Mahi Tahi Task)

This week, we made cars out of bottles. Our task was to propel

the bottle car we made. But here's the catch, we couldn't use parts of our body to push the bottle car forward. We had to propel the bottle car that we made 1 meter minimum. The things we had to make the bottle cars were skewers, paper straws, bottle caps, bottles, balloons (one balloon per group), elastic bands and ice block sticks. 

Term 2 Learning Goals

This is my Term 2 learning goals. We have Literacy, Math and Religious Education goals. I will try and achieve this goal by the end of the term.

Fence Art Heart

On the 30th of April 2019, Kakapo, Tui and Te Kahu class made a heart on a fence using wool and ribbon. We were assigned into groups of 4, 5's and 3's. Each group has their own space to work on. All of the groups worked collaboratively to achieve a beautiful piece of artwork.

Mahi Tahi Collaborative Artwork

         In  Mahi Tahi, Te Kahu, Kakapo and Tui have been learning to use the 4 C's 

(Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking and Creativity). This week, we made an artwork called "The Starry Night" inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Instead of using paint we used strips of coloured paper to create a collage.

This is what we created in the time of 20 minutes.

💐Advent : A Season Of Hope And Anticipation💐

What is Advent

Preparation for the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ

The Symbols 

1. The Advent wreath is one of the best known symbols of Advent. It usually includes three purple candles and one rose or pink candle. The white candle symbolize Christ.
2. The Jesse tree helps us connect the tradition of decorating Christmas trees to the occasions leading to Christ's birth
3. An Advent calendar shows the passing of the days of the season.
4. Nativity scene is used to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ

📜Writing Poems📜

Last week, we have been learning how to write a poem and types of poems. In Kakapo Class, WALT understand what a poem is, understand the different structures of poems, understand that poems have a different structure to the writing. The first poem that I wrote was about Christmas. 

Oh I feel, I feel, I feel so loved. By the person beside me, 

the person behind me, and the person above. Lots of cries and lots of 

laughs, and lots and lots of photographs. In those photos I can see a happy 

happy family. As we sat together under the canopy, we ate roasted pork that was 

cooked perfectly. Laughter and memories came along and then we sang a 

Christmas song.

Types of Poems

1. Acrostic Poem
2. Cinquain Poem
3. Clerihew Poem
4. Concrete or "Shape" Poem
5. Diamante Poem
6. Found Poem
7. Free Verse Poem
8. Haiku Poem
9. Limerick Poem
10. Tanka Poem

This week, I still haven't worked on my poem yet and I don't know what I will write about actually. How about you? What type of poem would you use and what would you write about?