Chinese plates

Today we painted a Chinese plate. We painted branches with white paint. Then we put gold paint in a flower shape. We put dots in the middle of the flower. I enjoyed it because I learnt about another country. Ji Won

Today we painted a Chinese plate. The plate was used for serving guests tea. The plate was red for good luck. I liked painting the branches because of their wiggly shape. So Won

Today has been fun because we painted Chinese plates. We used red paper and white, gold and black paint. We painted the branches with white and the flowers with gold paint. We dipped the back of the brush in black paint to make the circle in the middle. Tomorrow we will draw around the outside with vivid. Stephanie

Planting a Hebe

In Week 7 Orange group and Yellow group planted hebe and daisy plants in the ESOL garden. First we pushed the bark back until we could see the weed mat. Then we cut the weed mat in a cross with scissors. Under the weed mat there was dirt so we dug a hole in the dirt with the metal trowel and we put the dirt in the bucket. Then we took the hebe from the pot and spread out the roots and we put the hebe carefully in the hole. Last of all we put soft soil into the hole and pressed it down hard. Next we folded the weed mat on top of the dirt. Then we put the bark over the weed mat. I enjoyed planting because it was interesting and my Mum likes gardening too. Next time my Mum is gardening I will help my Mum. The hebe's colour is my second favourite colour so I like hebes. I want to do planting again because it is fun to do gardening work.

The ESOL party

To celebrate the friendship unit we had an ESOL party yesterday in the Village. At the start we welcomed our parents. Then we played fun party games with our parents, friends, Mr Sibson and Mr Stokes. While the ESOL teachers got ready for morning tea, we shared our work with our parents. Lastly we ate the yummy food that we brought. I enjoyed the party time and I liked all the things I did at the ESOL party. My favourite game was musical chairs because I like that game and it is fun to play.

The Fox and the Crane

We have been learning about Narrative stories. For this retell we decided our goals were to use at least
- 5 different sentence beginnings
- 5 conjunctions
- 4 adjectives and
- 2 similes

To hear the story of The Fox and the Crane, click on Ryan's recording for the beginning and Ji Won's recording for the ending.

Mercury and the Woodman

Our language topic is Narrative. We are learning to tell stories using different sentence beginnings and conjunctions. We are learning to describe a characters using adjectives and similes.

We listened to the story of Mercury and the Woodman then we made stick puppets of the characters. We retold the story as a group. Here is the video of our retell ...

Cultural festival

Last week we had a cultural festival. My favourite thing was making a "Dharma doll"(from Japan) because I like cutting out and colouring. I enjoyed making the doll and I want to teach my family because I know how to make it. I think my mum will like it.

Visit to Mairehau First Learners Preschool

Today the Senior and Middle School ESOL students visited Mairehau First Learners preschool. We went there to practice our oral language skills by teaching the young children how to make origami cups.

Here are some of our comments about the trip ...

Ji Won "I enjoyed playing with the children because I made new friends, knowing each others name, age and something they liked. The children did not know how to an origami cup. We helped them."







Yusuke "I thought it was hard to ride the little bikes."






Stephanie "I learnt about speaking louder and using a verb at the start of the sentence."






Natsuko "I had to use a big loud voice. I had to help the children."






So Won "I read a story about pirates and they found some treasure."






Samuel "Playing on the playground with the little kids was fun because I made new friends."






Ryan "Helping the little kids was good because I could teach people. I had to talk loud and help them."

Origami Pocket

Origami pocket

Materials
* A square of paper

Instructions
1. Fold the paper into a triangle.

2. Unfold the paper.

3. Fold the oppsite corner into a triangle.

4. Fold one top corner down to the bottom.

5. Flip the paper over.

6. Fold the other top corner down to the bottom.

7. Unfold the top corner back into a triangle.

8. Take the left bottom corner and fold it up to the line.

9. Take the right bottom corner and fold it up to the line.

10. Fold the top corner down to the bottom.

11. You are finished!!

Our sandcastle

On Monday I made a sandcastle with fine brown sand. On the top we put four long and skinny sticks. We decorated it with white and orange stripy shells to make the sandcastle look pretty. I made the sandcastle with Natsuko and Jennifer.

Culture Club

Keen Culture Clubbers play Byesepp (Swiss card game).
Pictured are Ji Won, Natsuko, Moss, Jacob and Maddison all from Room 7.

The Wonky Donkey

The wonky donkey is good looking but he only has three legs and one eye. He is a tall and thin donkey. He is brown and has long hair. He smells bad. The wonky donkey likes country music. He wears headphones on his head. He likes to drink coffee for breakfast. His naughty because he eats pants off the washing line.

By Ji Won