Tuesday 30th August

Artist Visit - Wayne Edgerton

Today we had Wayne Edgerton an artist come and help us with some observational drawings as this is what our art focus is this term. He demonstrated how to draw a sketch of a bottle with adding shading and hatching.

Then it was our turn to draw. Wayne gave us advice on how to make our drawings better. We learned about composition, which is where things sit on the page.

He told us that mistakes make us better, (not just in our artwork).

Wayne donated a painting of his own to the school and we are very appreciative of his gift. We will have to find somewhere to display this for everyone to see.

We all had a great afternoon and learned a lot! 

Thursday 25th August

Well done George!

We are very proud of George! 
George was the first student in our school to receive a gold medal for his cross country training. To get a gold medal he reached milestones of Copper 1, Copper 2, Bronze and Silver with his training. George ran all the way around the South Island, starting at Clinton and getting back to Clinton in approximately five weeks. He ran 5 or 6 laps of the block every day with one lap being 720 metres. This means he has run a total of 37.4km because there were 52 dashes to get back to Clinton on the map of the South Island, with one dash meaning one lap of the block had been run.
Well done George, this is an amazing achievement and to be the first person in our school to do this makes it even more special! He is now onto Platinum award aims, with beginning to run around the North Island! 

Way to go George!

Wednesday 24th August

St John First Aid

Yesterday Jan Jopson from St John and Amby the Ambulance came to visit us to teach us about some first aid. We learnt about what to do when you need the help of emergency services. You must dial 111 and say your name and address, what service you need (fire, ambulance, police) and also what has happened. We also learnt how to bandage someone who is bleeding and also what to do when someone gets burnt.

Thanks for coming to visit Jan and Amby, we learnt heaps and hopefully we do not have to use these skills anytime soon, but it certainly is great to know what to do if we need to use them!

Monday 22nd August

Small Schools Cross Country

Last week we went to the Small Schools Cross Country in Clinton. We trained hard for this event at school. We had a map of NZ that had heaps of dashes on it and each dash was one lap of the Waiwera block that we run around. There are different rewards at certain locations on the map. We have had to push ourselves to train hard to get the rewards. You get a certificate for getting to certain points and if you get right back to Clinton you get a gold medal! We have also been reflecting on our cross country training in class which has been really important.

Well done to George, Maddie, James and Esther who will be going to the South Otago Cross Country in Clinton this Wednesday. Good luck to you all! :)

Here are some photos of the Cross Country event:

Go Taylor!

Go Bree!

Go Courtney!

Go Georgia!

Go Kordelia-Rose!

Go Flynn!

Go George!

Wednesday 10th August

Olveston and Toitu Whole School Trip

We had a fantastic day in Dunedin today, learning all about life in the olden days! Olveston Historic House was incredible. It was amazing to see all the antique things inside the house. Some children commented saying they thought they would quite like to live there someday! Our trip to Toitu was very interesting as well. The children went on a hunt around the museum to find transport and technology from the olden days and draw them onto their timelines. This was a great activity to see how transport and technology has changed over time. Check out the Photo Peach below Olveston and Toitu Trip on PhotoPeach.


Olveston and Toitu Trip on PhotoPeach

Thursday 4th August

Morning Programme


Our Oral Language programme has started again this term. Morning Programme helps us improve our skills of speaking in front of people. We are all excited for the new topics this term and have already started preparing for weeks ahead. We have been practising speaking clearly and confidently and presenting our talk in a variety of ways. Everyone is all constantly improving. Some of the topics this term include Then and Now, Olympics, Recipes and Jokes and Pranks. Check out some photos of us presenting our morning programme from the first week.

There is also a copy of the schedule for this term down below. Underneath the timetable is an explanation of the different topics if you are unsure.

Esther showing the class her photo book from her holiday in Thailand.

Courtney brought along her netball trophy for player of the day.

George showing off his rodeo banner.

Maddie told us all about rocks and gemstones.

Bree made a poster about the heavy snow she got in the weekend.

Savannah explained the difference between Marmite and Vegemite.

Flynn showing off his trophy he shot. 

Taylor with her pillow that is both cat and dog!

Tuesday 2nd August

Handwriting!
The Middle Room students have been busy practicing their handwriting in the afternoons with Miss Ward. Even though we do some of our work on devices, we still do lots of hand written work and it is important we practice this. All the awesome students in the Middle Room have been taking their handwriting seriously and are working on doing the very best job they can with it.

Well done and keep up the great work everyone! :)