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Today our class went to the public library. We went to choose good fit books. Like Braydan choose the new X Men and Clemie choose Snake. We are all working to get good fit books. So every Friday we will go there and get good fit books.

Connor

Today we worked together to get some marbling done so we can display our personal goals in a different way. We only had a short time so it was better when everyone worked together. Come back to our blog in a few days and see what they look like.

This morning we drew and described different 2D shapes. My favourite was the trapezium because it is an unusual shape and I like things that are different.

I hope your day went well too.

Dan

   This week one of the things we are working on is reading to self. We are trying to build our stamina and go the extra mile everyday. We are trying to motivate ourselves so we get excited by learning something. We are trying to do our work with a sense of urgency.

Beatrice

Student of mb3

The seniors played hosts for the juniors today ….. it was good to see lots of people chatting away like a big family.

Last term Ms Gunson worked on pencil portraits. Then she photocopied them and got us to shade some areas. Some of us can even be recognised without looking at the name. Last year we learned to draw portraits as a school. It was harder to do ourselves because we didn’t have a line guide to follow… we had to judge the size of our heads ourselves.

Portraits on PhotoPeach

Who would have thought that it would be so much fun to do maths… compasses, lines, geometry…. and something great to look at when we’d finished.

Design Term 2 on PhotoPeach

On a Monday we do fitness with Sam. She always has cool activities to do. Last week she noticed how bad we were at throwing and catching tennis balls so guess what we worked on this week. The activities were great and this time we had talked about listening more than we talk especially when there are instructions to remember. What a neat day it was too.

This term will be great in my class. We have Mr T teaching while I am on sabbatical. I look forward to seeing all the neat things in the class when I return next term.
I am travelling the length of the north island of NZ at the moment with Neil and two other friends. The blokes are riding their road bikes from cape Reinga to Wellington. As of tonight they are half way. We are staying in Huntly. Tomorrow they have to bike right past my favorite patchwork shop… What a shame. .. And yes I will go shopping.
The mileage is a bit over 500km since Tuesday morning. I’m very impressed.
Have a great term. Learn lots and remember to find out what Mr T’s passions are because these will be good places to learn things that are different.
Remember self control is our number one rule….
Cheers Mrs G

This afternoon our class walked up to the statue of Mary on the hill above our school in Paraparaumu. The purpose for doing this was to do the stations of the cross again. At our school prayer service yesterday we had to present the reflection for Good Friday. We chose to do the stations to tell that story. We were pretty pleased with the outcome. Anyway today we took our script and walked up the hill praying the stations as so many people do. It was hard to focus on the job in hand with the beautiful view over the Kapiti Coast. I guess we know more about this tradition of our church now.
Mrs G invited us to come to the St Patrick’s parish ststions on Good Friday. They have a walk up the hill and then people are invited to her place to have morning tea and hot cross buns.

Stations of the Cross on PhotoPeach

Well we are back and the trip was a great success.
Many of us took the whole weekend to catch up on sleep but that was easy to do. The new learning was everywhere.
Last time I went there the paua were so much smaller … this time they were a good size. It was so funny watching the cherubs try paua for the first time…. the look on the faces told it all.
Then there was the walk up the hill to the urupa.. that is the marae’s cemetry. The view was superb and it was a place with a very special feel. I would think it would be a hard job carrying a coffin up there…. but then it would have been the whole group who could be the pall bearers not just six as we have in others ceremonies.
I enjoyed seeing how everyone just got on with others in the group. The times sitting by the beach watching people having their conversations was good.
I have attached a small selection of our photos. Please enjoy!

Whole School at the Marae on PhotoPeach