Poppy Art

As part of our Anzac inquiry, Wharamuku team decided to work together to create a poppy field using mixed media. We wear poppies on Anzac day to help us remember the men and women who past during the war a 100 years ago.  Each class created their poppy using their own materials and style.

Can you guess which poppies belong to which class?

Veena

Music with Our West Wing Friends

Here is a video of us playing our instruments with our West wing friends. Aren't we doing a great job?

Discovery Week 1

Sightword songs: Went & To

There are us practicing the rhymes that help us remember how to spell went & to.

We are learning about being Patient.

In Super 7, we are learning how to be patient.

We know we are being patient when we are

·       Waiting for your turn.

·       Not talking, just watching and listening

·       No shoving or pushing

·       Staying calm

·       Not moaning or groaning.

We had to be patient when we were making our poppies because there was only 4 paste brushes and 18 of us. We did a great job! 

Updated:
Here is our poppies. On Thursday, we folded a piece of paper in half and drew a 3 on it. We cut out the 3 and opened up the paper. It looked just like a poppy! We painted the poppies with paste and dipped them in glitter. On Friday, we add the stem and we wrote our names on the stem our selves. We also added a black circle in middle. We drew around milk  bottle tops and cut it out. We had to staple our poppies because the glue wouldn't stick to the glitter.

We are learning about the Anzac Poppy.

In Super 7, we are learning about the Anzac Poppy and why it is special to us.

We read a book called "Anzac Day- Why We Wear Poppies" written by James Locke. We decided that poppies help us to remember people that died in wars a long time ago. We also learnt that Anzacs came from Australia and New Zealand and that Poppies are red with a black spot in the middle.

Maybe you should read the book too. See what other information you find out from it or if you have read it before, what new information you can learn from re-reading it.

We are learning about ANZAC day.

On Tuesday we talked about ANZAC. Today was the first time we talked about ANZAC day at school. We all shared our ideas. Some of us knew a lot, and some of us just had a guess. Here are the ideas of the kids who knew a lot.

The day you think about all the people that died. – Leon

Long ago England fought New Zealand and everyone died.  – Ella

It’s when people wear poppies on their T-shirts and they wear it at school. – Poppy

Anzac day means when we celebrate the Anzac people who died and we say sorry. – Olivia

Welcome to Super 7

Welcome to Room 7 and Term 2.

We are a class of 18 kids. We have 10 boys and 8 girls. Our teacher is called Miss Ravindran and she is new to Raumati Beach School. We are a Year 1 class.

We are called Super 7 because we are Super Kids.We are learning how to work in a team and make good choices in our learning and in our behaviour!