Week 3 Term 3

Kia ora Whanau


NZIFF

We had such a great day on Wednesday at the Film Festival "Shorts for Schools" showing. Ten short animated films from all over the world delighted, entertained and touched us (and in one or two cases lulled us to sleep). Thanks to the parent volunteers for helping this happen.
 

We're off! Aren't we so lucky to be this close to the Embassy!

First there! Probably because we didn't have to find a park.

 

Excited to see 10 short films!

You can see one of the popular animations on YouTube here:   Zebra

 and the trailer for Percival Pilts (NZ/Aus entry) here: Percival Pilts Trailer

We tried writing reviews of the films this week and are working on making posters of our favourites.


Kelly Sports (Mondays)

This week we moved on from balancing to dodging. This is an important skill in many games such as soccer, ripper, hockey etc.

 Here we are playing a dodging game. Hopefully you can see some participants rapidly changing direction.


Inquiry

The class performed many science experiments this week. We are honing our observational skills and asking questions about the things we notice.

This jar is full of water and Aryan is managing to tip it up with no water escaping using only a piece of cardboard!

Very motivated writers scribing messages in invisible ink (aka lemon juice).

Maths

This week in our numeracy time we have been trying out our MAD problem solving skills. MAD is the acronym we are using to remind us of some strategies we can use, such as:

M - Model it with materials e.g blocks, counters
A - Act it out
D - Draw it

It has been wonderful to see the students' confidence grow when working out word problems.



 Star of the Week

Elena shines in Nīkau.

This week Elena is our STAR STUDENT! Elena is so wonderful to work with. She listens to others and is consistently helpful. Thanks Elena for being such a keen learner.