Giraffes Magic Show

The Giraffes read the trilogy, Moutaschio’s Best Magic Trick, Magic Show Review, and Magic Tricks.  As part of our reading contract,  everyone practiced one magic trick to perform at our magic show on the last day of term.  We also had to make a poster using Printshop 2 to advertise our show, and displayed it in Room 1, 2 and 18 so that all the Weka students had a chance to attend.  Every member had a ticket as they arrived, and every ticket holder received complimentary popcorn, so we had to design tickets and make popcorn as well.

All the magicians and the MC took at bow at the end.

Amber called for a member of the audience to help her.

Amber the Awesome

Daniel the Daring with a member of the audience assisting him.

David the Delightful

Emily the Excellent

George the Great

Kiera chose a member of the audience to help her.

Kiera the Champion

Nathan M selected two members of the audience to help him.

Natania the Natural was a fabulous MC who introduced each magician.

Nathan M the Magnificent

The show attracted a capacity audience. 

We had to cut out 100 tickets altogether!

Matariki kites and telescopes

When we read the book, Matariki, we found that people traditionally make kites at this time.  We made our own kites and decorated them in traditional Maori colours of red and black.  Once they were finished we had to wait patiently for the field to open so we could test our kites.  Eventually the rain stopped, the sun and wind dried the field . . . and we were off!  We had to run as fast as we could to make a slip stream for our kites to fly in.

The telescopes worked best when we looked up towards the light.

The whole class read the book, Matariki.  We compared the things we do at Matariki and New Year; some reading groups used Venn diagrams and some groups used Tcharts to make their comparisons.  We made the constellation of the Seven Sisters on black paper using a drawing pin when we made our telescopes.  Next we researched a suitable Maori design to decorate our telescopes online. When they were finally finished, we looked through our telescopes to see what we could see.

Summer holiday recounts

On the very first week of term, we wrote a story about our Summer holidays.  When they were finished, we illustrated them with a picture that matched the text.  We enjoyed reading them with a buddy.  You can read them all in the Writing page.

Book bags are go!

On Fridays, we have to empty our book bags, hand in our reading logs and put away our reading books into the right group tubs.  One way to check if our book bag is empty, is to wear it as a hat. Very strange (and a little bit cool).

Letters of welcome

On the first day of school, we all received a letter from a year 3 student who was in Room 19 last year.  They wrote about some of the exciting things we will do in Year 3 and also gave us some tips to help us settle into the Weka Team.