Wednesday 20 August 2014

Technology with Mrs Webb

20 August 2014
Today the children have been working Mrs Webb in the Technology Room with the support of parents from Room 4.
They have been involved in:
*finding fossils in sand
*putting the bones together to make a dinosaur
*making a variety of dinosaurs
*designing dinosaurs from a picture
*researching information about dinosaurs

Have a look at some photos that were taken throughout the day:















Tuesday 12 August 2014

Physical Education

The children are involved in working with the teacher and a team of physical education specialists.  They learn a variety of skills through participating in a range of exciting activities.
Here are some photos of the children in action.
The activities are:
*throwing balls into a large coned area
*hockey - moving small balls from the middle hoop into their own hoop
*fielding - rolling the ball to a partner
*soccer - kicking the ball to a specific area


















Friday 8 August 2014

Mini Games - 8/8/14

The children had a wonderful time at the Mini Games.  They were divided up into eleven teams and they participated in a variety of activities.
They were:
 1 Egg and Spoon
 2 Over and under ball relay
 3 Rugby run
 4 Quoit throw
 5 Skipping relay
 6 Sprints
 7 Hurdles
 8 Javelin
 9  Running relay
10 Moonhoppers
11 Beanbag throw
Miss Brunning was working at number 5 station.
Here are some photos of the skipping relay:





























Dance Festival

The Howick and Pakuranga schools presented a dance EXTRAVA-DANCE-A at Elim Christian College, Botany Road on 6th and 7th of August.
Bonnie, Yunmin, Samar and Jack were part of the junior dance group from our class.  Mrs Drummond worked with the children and she did a fabulous job.
Have a look at the pictures of them.  They were amazing dances and Miss Brunning really enjoyed the show.















Wednesday 6 August 2014

Dinosaurs




We shared a fiction story called 'Dinosaurs and all that rubbish' by Michael Foreman.
The children decided on the important message that the story showed.  Here are some of their ideas.
Marissa
Brooke
Jayden
Anton
Esther





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The children found out some information about dinosaurs
Ashlee

Damon

We wrote some facts abut dinosaurs.






What do you know about dinosaurs from the research we have been doing? 








Learn some facts about dinosaurs and share some interesting information with your family.