Room 3 2017

We sketched a piece of watermelon and then used pastels for the shading. We also welcomed Jack to school this week.

Monday was certainly a memorable day for the children and also for their visitors. Grandparents and Grandfriends from all around New Zealand and overseas came to school for this special occasion. We welcomed the visitors and then the children entertained the visitors with songs, art, stories and a slideshow of what they do at school and then were hosts in their classrooms proudly sharing their work with the adults. The visitors brought special items to share with the children and then we all had a lovely afternoon tea together. We all enjoyed finding out about how life has changed since the grandparents were at school. Thank you very much to everyone who came. We welcomed Marcus to school and discovered that he is the fourth generation of his family to attend our school.

On Thursday, we were treated to a great performance by Eddie Quansah. He had the children mesmerized. They were fascinated by the different instruments he played and they thoroughly enjoyed moving to the various rhythms. Some of our class stood up in front of the whole school and had a turn on the instruments too!

This week we had our class photos taken and we also had a tsunami practice. We did very well to walk up to McKenzie track from our classroom in less than seven minutes. We said fond farewell to Sophie and hope she is enjoying her new school. We said hello to Bobby as our newest class member. Room 3 have also been using the large balls to practice their throwing and catching skills.

We have been learning about our family tree and the activities that our parents and grandparents did as children compared to what we do. Ana showed us photos of her grandparents and Ted showed us a quilt his grandma had made for him. The teachers showed items from their childhood. There was a small child's sewing machine, a wooden dolly peg, glass milk bottle, telephone and elastic twist game. We even saw a photo of what Muritai School looked like one hundred years ago.

Wow - this week we had a ride on a double decker bus from school into Wellington and back. When we were in Wellington, we were an audience to three fantastic shows as part of the Capital E Children's Art Festival. On Friday, we had another earthquake practice and we are all very good at the 'turtle' position. We also welcomed Brodie and Amelia to our class.

On Wednesday, we visited Pataka Museum and learnt about what life was like a hundred years ago. We dressed up in old fashioned clothing, did washing by hand and used a wringer, wrote with a nib pen and ink and on a slate, played games with marbles and saw lots of equipment that was used in daily living that we do not use now. We then had lunch and played on a new playground at Aotea Lagoon. On Friday, we welcomed Harrison to our class.