Production

Hi All,
As you may be aware we have begun making costumes for production. There are a few things we are after if you have scraps or bits and bobs lying around. We appreciate all donations.

Material: red, blue, yellow and brown.
Netting – the net curtain type.
Polar fleece material for Noddy type hats and some little bells to sew on the end ( 7)

Just send anything you feel like donating along with the kids.
Thank you
Kath Lieshout

Class Happening June

Room 9 Class Happenings

It is hard to believe it is only week 6 of the Term and easy to understand why we are a bit tired when we look at what we have already done in the last 5 weeks.

The first week began with the arrival of Natalie Kerr from Germany and then a visit from her dad who works for the Space Station.

Did you know? Astronauts are amazing and skilled people, their jobs are very difficult and it takes a heap of talent to be one. They have water in their suits to keep them warm when they aren’t facing the sun and cool when they are. The suits are VERY expensive they cost round about 5,000,000 dollars EACH!

We have been working on and have written Narratives. We have enjoyed discussing these with one another. We have helped each improve our writing by asking questions and giving each other feedback.

Here is part of Bree’s narrative.

As I walked along the gravel path I could hear birds sweetly singing, frogs croaking and the pattering of a fawns hoofs .As I stepped off the path my bare feet sunk into the swampy marsh, I dipped my hand into the icy water I felt the trickling water run across my hand and the spray of a water-full crashing onto my face.

Last week we had the privilege of visiting the Kakapo chicks. Before our visit we looked at lots of websites as part of our reading programme. We discovered that not everything on the internet is true. You need to check: how old the website is, who wrote it, if there ae contact details and links to other sites. Patrice wrote this: Kakapo are an amazing bird, they are super special birds as they are flightless and nocturnal just like our Kiwi! They are the largest parrots in the world and are very clever. When they are born they are white fluffy things, then they turn grey and finally they turn green. Their eggs are just a bit smaller than a chicken’s and very precious. People from the Kakapo Recovery Program have to check the eggs. They use different size sieves on the end of a pole to get the eggs out of the nest.

We have participated in the School Cross Country and sent 26 students to the Zone Cross Country. Ten of them qualified for the Southland Cross Country!

We have begun working on our part in the Production. We have designed our costumes and begun to make some of them. Becky Lieshout( Verdon College) came on Friday to help us finish our choreography of our dance. Don’t forget to help us with our surveyon our blogsite http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/ it is under links and called survey pirate.

This week we were introduced to the Taiaha by Matua Kereama and Whaea Michelle. We discovered we had to concentrate hard and have good hand eye coordination to just pass the rakau. It was lots of fun!