Thursday, August 29, 2013
Look what Lucy won!
Lucy has won a cup, medals and a sash for her overall Irish Dancing points in the Friends of Claddagh competition. The cup is for winning second place in the under 7 division. Well done Lucy!
Room 15 Poetry Competition
We had our class poetry competition on Wednesday 28 August. It was wonderful so see so many family members come along to support the children. I was very proud of all the children who learned their poems, projected their voices, looked at the audience and used some actions or props. Ms Ashby (or buddy class teacher) had the very hard job of judging the competition. Her class gave some great feedback to the children. Well done to our place getters: First: Lucy Second: Sven Third: Georgia :)
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Canterbury Rugby Team visitors
This afternoon we were lucky to have 2 Canterbury Rugby players visit our class. Their names were Marcel Cummings-Toone and Belgium Tuatagaloa. They are going to come and visit us again another day - yippee!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Wearable Arts - Maori theme
Today we made some decisions about what we will do for our wearable arts show. We will have a Maori theme and we are asking some questions about what traditional Maori clothes were like.
- How did the cloaks get made?
- How did they stick the feathers on the cloaks?
- What were the piupiu skirts made of?
- What were the head bands made of?
- Is the moku a tattoo?
- what do the moku pictures mean?
- Why do Maori people wear mokus on their chins?
- What are the rock necklaces made of?
- Where did they get the rock from?
- How did they know how to make woven basket?
- How did poi used to be made?
- How did they learn how to do poi actions?
- Did men or women have moku?
Now we know these things about moko:
Together we researched about moko and we learned so new information:
- This is how you spell moko: moko
- You had to be very brave to get moko and not cry.
- It hurts a lot.
- While you get a moko you are not allowed to eat.
- A moko tells a story about your family.
- A moko can look like nature, like a fern frond.
- An albatros bone was used as a chisel.
- The stone and wood hammers were used to chisel the design.
- Chiefs and important people got moko.
- Men get moko on their faces. Women get moko on their lips and chins.
- Men can have moko on their legs, faces, arms and bottoms also.
- A moko is carved into your skin. A tattoo uses a needle.
How will we use this new knowledge in our wearable arts plan?
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
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