Skype!

We have been looking forward to today all week! At the beginning of the week, we found a Matariki painting by Ira Mitchell-Kirk.  Ira is an artist who lives in Christchurch.  She offered to answer some of our questions on skype.  We emailed our questions to her and then today, she skyped us and talked to us about her paintings and how we can be great artists ourselves.  It was so exciting to see Ira and hear her talking about our questions.  We have begun our own 'sprinkling stars' paintings - Ira can't wait to see how they turn out!

Here are Ira's website and blog if you want to have a look at her paintings:

http://www.iramitchell-kirk.com/

http://www.iramitchell-kirk.com/blog.html

We all sat beautifully whilst we listened carefully to Ira.

Ira showed us how to paint stars.  This is her current painting of a cat visiting London.....we can't wait to see how it turns out! 

Matariki

All week, we have been learning about the Matariki festival.  We have been weaving, setting goals and making lots of Matariki crafts.  Here is a picture of us holding some of our beautiful Matariki stars.

Happy Birthday Artemis!

Congratulations, you are 6 years old now!
Thank you for the yummy baklava that you brought to school for the teachers to share. It was so scrummy! Perhaps you could teach us how to make it one day?

Headlice!

Today we have been looking at the new headlice comb that Miss Rhodes bought.  Lots of us have different coloured combs and we check our hair regularly for headlice.  Do you know what a headlice looks like?  Could you find a picture of one and stick it  or draw it in your homework book. What facts do you know about headlice?  Perhaps you could add a comment to the blog about headlice?

Happy Birthday Eddie and Hannah!

We are really excited to have two members of Room 3 turn 6! Eddie had his birthday on Saturday and Hannah has her birthday today.
Do you enjoy the ninja cakes that Eddie's Mummy bought in? Perhaps you could leave a comment to tell her what you enjoyed the best?  

Publishing our work!

Today Room 3 shared their Alien book in assembly. 

Alien Invasion