He Puna Kawenga

This week we have been looking at the pointillism technique used in art. First we learnt about what pointillism is (it's art work made up of only tiny dots!). We then looked at George Seurat's artwork, because he is a famous artist that used this technique all the time! Then we had a go at trying the technique ourselves! We can't wait to create our own artwork using this technique!       

In the past few weeks we have been learning and practicing the skills of Gymnastics! In our first lesson we learnt about balance. We talked about how we can make balancing easier by putting our arms out. We practiced this skill by using the straight lines on the astroturf and the balance beams and logs. In our second lesson we practiced safe landings. Here are some photos of us practicing our skills.

Over the term we have been looking at writing persuasive arguments. We have learnt about the correct structure to use and different language features to enhance our writing. Here are a couple of examples of our writing.             

We have been at school for 4 weeks this term already! Time is flying by. A highlight from this week is being able to use the digital cameras! Since we have been learning about reading other's emotions through facial expressions and body language, we decided to take some photos of our expressions!Can you guess which emotion we are showing?

On Friday, we had the experience of visiting the Wanganui Museum. Firstly, we spent about 30 minutes in the star dome where we learnt all about different constellations and pathways of stars. We then had a chance to have a discussion about what we had learnt in the star dome. We already knew the names of the stars in the Matariki cluster because we know a song that helps us to remember them! Check out Room 3's student blogs to find out what they learnt and read about their favourite part of the trip!

Wow! We are already in Term 2! This week we have designed and created our own growth mindset posters to put up around the classroom. We are hoping this will remind us to think positive and have a growth mindset when we are facing a challenge!                                      

Woah! Can't believe we have reached the end of term 1 already! Today we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as a book character. In our class we had Little Miss Sunshine, Garfield, Thing 1,  Thing 2, Cat in the Hat, Spongebob, Matilda and so many more! What a great way to end the term... bring on next term!  

Over the term, we have completed a mini artist study on Pablo Picasso. We had to complete our own research about Pablo Picasso and find out more about his artwork. We discovered he was born in Spain in 1881, and that his full name is made up of 23 words! We looked at different pieces of his artwork and then created our own self portraits inspired by his art.