MAKE IT MONDAY - MAKE A VEHICLE

We had a great Make it Monday today.  Check out the slideshow to see what we got up to...

   


    

    

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DIGITAL CIRCUS

On Friday Miss Westcott from Digital Circus came to school.  Some of us got to the Hall to learn about Algorithms.  Algorithms are basically a list of instructions for a computer.  We got to play some coding games with Miss Westcott.

  

FRIDAY'S OPT-INS

We were SOOOO busy on Friday.

Mrs Ruawai made Chocolate Chip muffins with us and Mrs Lunn took us for Art.  Miss Smith was busy with the Enviroclub too.

The Coffee Cats art got hung up today.  Feel free to pop in and have a look.

For Art, Mrs Lunn helped us make our Field of Poppies artwork.  They look beautiful...

        

                                                               

GOLD SELF MANAGERS

Congratulations to our first four GOLD SELF MANAGERS! Well done kids!!!

                                  

                                 

KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE - FEELINGS

Today we talked about our emotions and feelings.  

We concentrated on thinking about what our faces would look like when we are showing emotion. 

We could have a look at this video with you at home... we could watch this and try and read their emotions.

OUR PEPEHA

Today Ms Udy talked to Piako Rua about our Pepeha.  This is an introduction which is in the format of a 'story' of the people and places you are connected to.

A sheet is coming home today for you to help us complete our pepeha.  It's about  down the names of some of the landmarks from where we are from. 

Please note:  if your family did not come over in a waka, you can insert the name of the ship or the airline, if you know it.  It's all about how your family got to New Zealand.

KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE - LOST

Today we watched a video about Brian and Bobby.  Brian is a Policeman and Bobby is his Police dog.  In the video Bobby gets lost.  The video talks about what we need to do if we get lost.

You might like to watch the video with us at home...

After the video we broke into small groups and we had to think about what we do when we get lost.  There are four steps to remember...

1. Stay Calm!
2. Find someone to help us
3. Tell them where we last saw our family
4. Tell them our name, address and phone number

You might like to talk to us about the video and get us to tell you who could help us if we get lost.

Please help us to practice our Name, Address and Phone number - it is REALLY important that we know it!

MAKE IT MONDAY - PUBLISHED WRITING

We used Make it Monday as motivation for writing today.  We have been talking about adding details and being specific in our writing.

Here is a few of our stories from today...

Make it Monday
On Make it Monday, me and Vanessa and Indi made a robot that has a horn.
By Alyssa

Make it Monday
I make a robot yesterday, at Piako Rua.  I made it with Eden and ... the movable bit was the legs.  It was 25cm tall.
By Geordie

Make it Monday
On Make it Monday, I made a robot with my boxes and I made it small and it was fun with my friends and I love my robot.
ByPhoebe

Make it Monday
Yesterday it was Make it Monday in Piako Rua.  We were in little groups and I made a cool robot with puppy ears.
By Ava

OUR FIRST MAKE IT MONDAY - HELPFUL ROBOT CHALLENGE

Today was our first Make it Monday.  This is a great way for us to learn to Te Ako Ritenga - our Learning Process at Riverdale School.

Have a look at what we got up today...

SPELLING TESTING

On Fridays we do our spelling testing.

Please check our book bags for our spelling lists.

Some of our leaders are able to test the other kids too.


         

RICH MATHS

Today we had a Maths Challenge involving LOLLIES!  No wonder we were all so good at it!

 

FRIDAY OPT IN - COOKING

Today some our kids opted in to making Fruit Kebabs!  

We each brought some fruit to share and Mrs Lunn brought the marshmallows! 

Mrs Lunn cut up the fruit and we had to assemble the fruit sticks using skewers.  We had to be super careful with the sharp end of the skewer.

We had a great time!

            

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RUBBER EGGS! 

Our science opt-in today was eggs-cellent (haha!) We learnt about acids and how they can eat away at, or break down, other substances. We watched baking soda react with vinegar, and talked about the chemical reaction between an acid and a carbonate. Then we learnt that egg shells are also made of carbonate, and that they will react with vinegar. Here is our group getting very excited about seeing so many bubbles in our bowl as the vinegar starts to react with the egg shells.    

These eggs are hardboiled, but I have had some raw eggs in vinegar for a few days and brought them in to show the children what has happened to them.  

MAKE IT MONDAY

Make it Monday starts on Monday next week!  We are super excited!  

Please send along to school all your unwanted recyclables like cardboard boxes and packets, cardboard tubes, and any crafty bits and pieces you may have at home.  

You will be surprised what amazing creations we can create with all this reused stuff!

SWIMMING

Our last day for swimming is tomorrow - Friday! 

We are super happy to have had seven wonderful weeks of swimming this summer.

OUR TURANGAWAEWAE

Today Ms Udy told us all about the Wharenui - the meeting house at the Marae.  Did you know that each meeting house is designed to reflect an important ancestor?

Ms Udy showed us a slideshow about the different parts of the Wharenui.

Different parts of the Wharenui, represent different Whiringa like we talked about last week.  

There is a special place out the front of the Wharenui called the paepae.  This is a special place where the people who are going to speak to welcome the visitors, will sit.  This space is a Tohunga space.

We decided we might like to have something like a paepae in Piako Rua for our leaders to sit on.  We decided to call it our Turangawaewae - our place to stand.

Pa Jack presented each of our leaders with a special lanyard that they can wear to show everyone how important they are to our class.

   




We had a turn at labelling the different parts of the Wharenui as well today.