Singing with Mr Ritai

Over the past two weeks Room 9 have been learning a new waiata - A Haka Ma.  On Thursday we invited Mr Ritai to join us to sing with us, he bought along his guitar and we had a lovely time sharing our skills.  We recorded ourselves and made it into a powerpoint which we have shared it with the rest of the school so they can join us when we sing in assembly this Friday.

Singing A haka ma as a round.

Getting Crafty for the Carnival!

Room 9 have already begun getting their Carnival Craft organised.  Thank you to our parent helpers Phillippa and Kim who ensured that the scoll rollers and paper macheers were well underway.  It is exciting to see our 'rubbish' being transformed into something function-able to sell to you next term.  We will keep you posted on our progress :)

Mercy and Aliya busy with paper and plastic.

Ben is busy writing.

Lola is weaving plastic bags.

Congratulations Cricketers!

The boys sharing their day & trophy.

Coby, Luca and Noah had an exciting day on Thursday as their team was involved in a cricket tournament.  The boys brought home a trophy as well as some new skills which they enjoyed sharing with us when they returned. Congratulations boys it sounded like a fantastic day!

A new games called 'Freeze!'

Amazing!

The finished bag

Jenny sharing her bag with us

As you may have guessed we have been looking at ways to reduce, reuse and recycle our rubbish.  Jenny also caught the bug! Here she is sharing her AMAZING bag that she made entirely from used shopping bags.  To crochet her bag it took Jenny around 54 bags and about 40 hours to do.  We are all very proud of Jenny and what she was able to do with plastic bags! Ka pai.

Basket Weaving

The basket was quite complicated and it was hard weaving it at the start because it didn;t have any weaving on it.  When I got use to it, it got easier as I went.
Kaed

My basket was fun going over, under, over, under.  I am trying to do my best, it was easy and the best thing ever was making the weaving. 
Nathan

Today around 9:45 am I finished my basket.  It took a long time to make it because we had to weave and weave and weave.  Luca and I worked really nicely because we never fought.  First we had to make the poles then it was time to weave.  In my head I thought it was going to be really tough and hard but it ended up being really easy.
Noah C

I made my basket in 3 days.  Looking at the video it looked easy but it was hard.  Mine looks like a crab pot.  Thanks to Mrs Wilkinson and Mum - otherwise I would still be making my basket now.
Jack G

On Friday Room 9 made some baskets.  We made them out of rolled up pieces of newspaper.  It was really complicated when we started to weave.  First we got a kebab stick, second we got a piece of newspaper.  Thirdly we rolled the newspaper up then cut two cardboard circles and started to weave over, under, over, under and it started to get bigger and bigger.
Aliya

I liked making the basket but it was frustrating because I didn't realise that I only had eight scrolls for the base so it wouldn't weave properly.  I would change how thick my scrolls were and to try and make it less wonky.
Shanelle

Plastic homework

Lola-I made a poi with plastic bags. I went onto youtube and followed the instructions. Mum and I did a four plat for the handles and the whole poi is made from PLASTIC!

 

Robyn-I made a flower out of four plastic bags. I cut handles of and then cut the bottom off until I had one great square then I gathered them in the middle, twisted and tied it in the middle until I had a circle. You can shape the petals by cutting the edge.

Alaina-I made a flower and a ghost. To make the flower I cut circles out of the plastic bags. And to make the ghost I stuffed a plastic bag inside and then tided it off.

 

Kelsy – I made loads of stuff! Out of one plastic bag I made a top by cutting up the bottom of a plastic bag, a belt by plaiting it together, a bow tie, a pompom and a sunflower.  I used 5 plastic bags.

 

 

Izak – nana and mum helped me to plait some more rope for the class mat.

 

 

Shanelle – I made a broach out of a plastic bag. I got a safety pin.

 

Jack – mum and I made a place mat by ironing the plastic bags together.  I used about 4 bags for each mat.

 

Ari – me and dad made a kite.  We used a huge bag for the front of the kite and bamboo poles for the structure. We used insulation tape.

 

 

Written by Wini

 

 

 

 

The Best Class in the Universe!

Room 9 rearing to perform!

What a fabulous way to finish the term!  It was exciting to perform in such an arena as the TSB Showplace, definitely an event to create life long memories. Don't forget to order a copy of the DVD! Hopefully everyone has had a relaxing break and are rearing to start term 3! There are a few things on this term to keep us busy as we head into the summer months.
Roll on Term 3 :) See you Monday