Graham Braddock

 

On Wednesday, 9 June the famous artist Graham Braddock visited our school.  We were very excited to learn from such a famous artist.  

 We have learnt that the closer objects are the larger they appear and the closer objects are the smaller they appear.  The closer objects are, the more detail you can see and the further away objects are the, the less detail you can see.

The further away objects are the softer the colours and the closer objects are, the stronger the colours.

It was so cool to see a real artist at work.       

Here is his finished piece - it is really beautiful.

Look at our lovely drawings.  We are very pleased with what we have done.  We will dye our pictures in class.

Very busy artists at work - showing off they're amazing artwork.

Insects

We are learning all about the different insects we have in our gardens.  We found heaps of interesting little creepy crawlies all around. 

Information Reports

Our Video

Our Wordle

Dressing up is a lot of fun

Room 9 celebrating our different cultures

We celebrated Daffodil day by making cheerful daffodils and wrote poems to reflect our emotions

Eating healthy - Term 3

Eden went to the fruit market and filled her basket with delicious fruits and veggies!! Yummy!!! We should eat lots of fruit and veggies everyday to stay strong and healthy!!

Clifford came to visit Room 9

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We sure love you heaps, Clifford!!!

Working on our Mimio board

Ethan couldn't wait to share his knowledge with us. Great work!!!

All Whites - World Cup

RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – A last gasp Winston Reid header deep into injury time earned New Zealand an historic and dramatic 1-1 draw against Slovakia in Rustenburg to leave the All Whites firmly in the mix in Group F at the FIFA World Cup.
With time ticking away and New Zealand a goal down to a 50th minute Robert Vittek header, Reid climbed high over Zdenko Strba at the back post to meet a perfectly flighted Shane Smeltz cross, sparking wild celebrations throughout the New Zealand squad.
The draw earns New Zealand its first ever point at a FIFA World Cup finals and leaves all four teams in Group F level on one point after Monday’s 1-1 draw between Italy and Paraguay.
“We’ve got a really proud dressing room there. We came across with intentions to make a difference and we’ve done that. I thought we played very well against a highly ranked team so I’m very proud.”

Matariki
Tane was so jealous of the bright shinning star, that he smashed the giant star into 7 small stars. Now you see them in the beginning of June in our skies. I believe this year is going to be a very good year, as the stars are shining bright.

By Matthew Buckley

Matariki
A women with six daugters.
Once there was a women named Setle and she had 6 daughters. One day the Sky god said: “We must bring that family up into the sky ,they are being very mean to us”. The Sky god turned them into stars which is seen every beginning of June.
By Trishika

Matariki
This is the story of Matariki and the seven gods. The seven gods lived in seven big houses. You can see their houses when you look up to the sky. The seven bright stars shine currently in the night sky. You can see it too in the beginning of June
By Eden Lucas

Room 9 celebrates Matariki

This week we have been learning all about Matariki. This is when the seven stars appear in our skies again. This is the beginning of the Maori New Year!!! This event happens in June and we would like to share some of our Art and stories about Matariki with you.