Singapore Cultural Connections Trip

Nicola will be travelling to Singapore today with a handful of other teachers from across New Zealand as part of the Asia New Zealand Foundation's 'Cultural Connections' study tour.

We are very excited and know that Nic will establish some strong connections with Singapore educators while she is there. In turn, this will mean our children will establish online connections with students in Singapore.

Equipping New Zealanders to thrive in the Asian Century is the key focus of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

You can read the Press Release at http://www.asianz.org.nz/media-release/nz-educators-build-classroom-connections-singapore

This is Colin the sheep who will also be travelling to Singapore!

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These kids are amazing!

Maria is away so these guys organised their own Spanish lesson today! What an amazing bunch of students...

Peace Poems at Assembly

Next week is Peace Week. We will be connecting with a school in Pakistan- a place that is not as peaceful as ours. We have been writing "Peace" poems and will share these with the school in Pakistan.

This is shared writing by Nicola's literacy group:

Peace is

A calm, graceful day

A friendly, open hand

Happiness, all together

Friendship and calmness

Peace is

A serene jungle

A good day

When families come together

Love on Valentines Day

Peace is

Relaxing on a hot, sunny beach

Wedding bells ringing

A world without rubbish

A calm ocean with lots of life

Peace is

Non-violent and no hate

A quiet library

Showing empathy

4 am in the morning

Peace is

Breathing deeply in and out from your lungs

Starry Matariki at night

A smile

A beautiful sunrise

a spectacular sunset on a summer’s night

Reading a good book

Peace is…

A place to understand

Sitting in a spa with jets and bubbles

Feeling the sand between my toes

Snuggling in your bed with your teddy

Sleeping in a cosy bed with soft pillows and a blanket

Exploring Sound

Thank you to Richard (Edward's Dad) who came in with some different drums for our students to explore new sounds.

Spanish Lesson with Maria

On Friday we continued to learn the different body parts in Spanish. Learn our songs: Spanish Songs

We were also given Spanish names...

Next time we will learn the names of different food.

Learning about volume in Music

Today we learned about the levels of volume you can use in Music. In this video we are practising ff - fortessimo very loud and p - piano soft. We also learned about f - forte loud, mf - mezzo forte medium loud and mezzo piano medium soft.

Tangrams

Today in maths we were exploring shapes by using tangrams. We made some interesting things- kites, christmas trees, junk monsters and many others.