Respect

Our school virtue this week was respect. We thought about what this may look like in our classroom and came up with some role plays. We came up respecting others, school property and each other.

Retelling

Today we practised retelling stories. First we used a picture plan and drew the beginning, middle and end of our story. Then we used our picture to guide us as we retold the story we had read. This is such an important skill as it helps us gain meaning of what we have read.

Jesus is Born

Still Life Painting

What a fantastic day we have had, we got to do a still life painting with the Christchurch Art Gallery. It was so much fun. We got to see some painting that were 200 years old and then some modern art as well. The best bit was we got to create our own still life painting.

       

Come Fly with Me

Today we had fun creating pictures of things that fly with cornflour chalk paint.  Mrs McRandle took our picture then added the image to some clouds. We are really flying in Rata.

Meeting Father Benito

Today we meet Father Benito. He is our new priest and will be here for four years and will work in our parish. He told us he has 20 nieces and nephews and likes to play sport with them. He told us stories about saints and his life in the Phillipines.

Cat in the Hat Day

Today Mrs McRandle spent the day testing our maths so we got to have a great day exploring the Cat in the Hat story with Mrs Fenwick.  We got to write stories, play Cat in the Hat maths game and learned to draw the Cat in the Hat. We had lots of fun after lunch creating our own hat and whiskers. Mrs McRandle and Mrs Fenwick created a great day.