My skipping animation

Today Ariki, Blair and I made quick animations about skipping.  Room 4 are skipping each Thursday with Mrs Allan so we chose to make that our focus.
Our next step is to add an audio so we have background music.

My best BUBBLE moments. Lockdown 2020

I have used Google drawings to create a poster of my 'Best bubble' moments during our recent lockdown.  The aim was to think about effective layout, adding colour and borders to my circles and thinking about a font that looked effective but was also easy to read. I enjoyed reflecting on the real highlights from my time with my family bubble.

Random word challenge

I have seen many students try the Random Word challenge that Mrs Allan has posted on our class site.  I thought I would give this challenge a go myself.  My daughter selected a random page number, line number and word number from the novel I am currently reading and the word I ended up with was 'Away'.

That word instantly created an image in my head of a child running away from me...my writing took off from there.

Can you spot some of the language features I have chosen to include in my writing?

I am still not sure if I am 100% happy with the final result.  I may keep revisiting this piece and making changes until I get it just right!

Thanks Mrs Allan for the fun writing idea.

Anzac Day art competition

Over the lock down period Ben Fisher has been running fantastic art competitions, open to our local community.  The latest challenge was to create an image to commemorate Anzac day, incorporating collage materials and mixed media, painting and drawing.  Many students and parents entered the competition; Congratulations to Georgia Hunt, Blake Redpath and Kristen Downs, Anzac day winners!

A huge shout out to Ben and Kelly for organising and judging the artwork...you are amazing!

Ben put the entries together in this brilliant short movie.

Violet Notman

Mandala challenge

Students have been given the challenge this week to create a mandala using natural materials collected from outside their home.  Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor who uses natural materials in his artworks.  We have used some of his images as inspiration.

Check out our amazing collection of natural art!

Happy Easter Room 4

I hope you are all enjoying Good Friday.  

I wonder if any of you have eaten or made Hot Cross buns today?

Katie and I have made two batches of delicious hot cross buns to enjoy for lunch.  We like them best straight from the oven with LOTS of butter!

Do you know how we made the white crosses on the buns?

We made a paste using flour and water,  put the paste into a little snap lock bag and snipped off one corner to act like a piping bag. Next, we carefully piped a cross on to each bun.

Happy Easter everyone and I look forward to talking to you next week.

Our amazing biking adventure

On the 12th and 13th March, Room 4 teamed up with the Seniors from Waerenga-o-kuri school, to cycle from Motu through to Opotiki.  Approximately 70km through the scenic old Motu road was a challenge, with some epic climbs and bone rattling down hill descents.
Students (and parents) showed enormous determination and perseverance to conquer the hills, set personal goals and have a generally AWESOME time!