Super Drumming!

Today we were very lucky to have Eddie Quansah visit us at school. Eddie put on an entertaining African drumming show for us and even invited children to play some music. Eddie is originally from Ghana, and has been playing his beautiful music around the world! Eddie explained the importance of music and drumming in African culture.
Thanks Eddie!

Grandparents Day!

Grandparents Day was a tremendous success and a great conclusion to our inquiry unit! We were so proud to have our grandparents and grand friends visit our classroom, we loved sharing our work with them and learning all about their special objects. We surprised our grandparents with our knowledge about how things used to be in the past! They especially loved the photos of us dressed up like they used to when they were children.

A huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and grand friends for coming and sharing this special afternoon with us. The memories from our wonderful afternoon will stay with us for a long time.

Thank you!

Pataka Fun!

As part of our inquiry, "Here's Our History," we went to Pataka museum. We had a fantastic time. We got to experience how people lived 100 years ago! We washed clothes with a washboard and mangle, practiced writing with ink pens, and played games like marbles. These are just a few of the things that we did. We realized that life has changed a lot over time! We found some of the games that children used to play quite frustrating and slow-paced. We also noticed that day-to-day appliances (like pots and irons) used to be very heavy! We think that people must have been very strong and hard-working. We can't wait to share our experiences with our Grandparents on Grandparents day!

One of the funniest things we did was dress up like children did 100 years ago, we practiced making very serious faces because we noticed that in the photos from the past, people didn't seem to smile! We found out that people didn't smile in photos because it took so long to take just one photograph!

Soccer Fun!

Pat and Fraser came to Muritai School and taught us how to do soccer exercises. We had a great time dribbling the soccer ball and doing the soccer relays. On Friday we played a soccer game with room 5. We all showed fantastic sportsmanship!

An afternoon at the beach!

On Monday the Junior classes visited Rona Bay Beach. We had a blast! We practiced using our senses to observe what we could see, smell, touch and hear. We collected beach treasures, built sandcastles and dug deep holes together. We had such a great time that we decided to write recounts about our afternoon at the beach. We hope to visit the beach again while the weather is fine.

Meeting our Buddies in Room 15

On Friday we met our buddy class. We asked each other questions like "what's your favourite colour?" and "what do you want to be when you grow up?"
We found out some interesting things about each other!
Then our buddies in room 15 read us stories. It was great fun! We can't wait for our next buddy day!

Welcome room 4 to 2011!

We are going to have such an exciting year together! See you all on Wednesday and remember to bring your sunhats and drink bottles!

Happy Holidays Room 4!!

Thank you for all your hard work this year! You have been a very special class to teach! Enjoy your summer holidays and I will see you next year!

Miss Naik :)

Thank you parents for all your support throughout the year!

The Royal New Zealand Ballet!

Today was a special day for room four, we were lucky to learn some fabulous ballet moves and positions! Shannon from the Royal New Zealand Ballet came all the way to Muritai School and spent the afternoon teaching us Ballet dance, technical terms and miming! We learnt how to communicate without taking. It was very interesting and fun!

INQUIRY: Our Playground!

Last term the junior students talked about how we could make our school a better place. One of the most common requests was for a bigger junior playground. So this term we are finding out what makes a playground fun. We have designed our dream playgrounds and now we need to learn about some of the practical things like keeping safe and having enough space.

This week we visited Bishop's Park. It was great fun! We played on the different equipment and talked about which equipment we liked the best and why. We found out that moving fast in different directions is quite fun!