Jigsaw Art - Warren Pohatu

For art this term we each recreated one piece of Warren Pohatu's Te Wheke-o-Muturangi - without knowing what the final picture was going to look like! How do you think we did?

Learning Sign Language

 This term, we have been learning about sign language. It started during New Zealand Sign Language Week back in May, when we read a journal article about it. Since then, we have learned a lot about sign language, including the alphabet, how to say our names and some other basic greetings. A couple of weeks ago, Room 22 hosted the Year 5 Kakapo Assembly. Here is a video of us practising the song we sang in sign language!

Pop Art!

We have been learning about Pop Art! Pop Art is a fun art movement that became popular in the 1960s. Pop Art is usually very bright and colourful, and it often uses images and icons that are popular in the modern world. We looked at Roy Lichtenstein’s Pop Art based on comic strips, especially examples of onomatopoeia such as ‘Pop!’ ‘Bang!’ and ‘Wham!’ We decided to use our names instead. 

First, we cut a big cloud or star shape out of coloured paper, and then we glued a smaller, newspaper shape on top. Then we drew the letters of our name in bubble writing. We had to make sure they weren’t too skinny or they were too hard to cut out! Finally, we decorated the rest of our work with colourful shapes and patterns. We hope you like our Pop Art!

Creating Maps and Writing Directions

In Maths we have been learning how to create maps and write directions. For Friday Maths, we had our own treasure hunt, where we wrote directions for our classmates to find the 'treasure' we had hidden in the school! Check out some of the maps we created below, based on the picture book Peter and the Wolf.

Welcome to Room 22's Class Blog!

Kia Ora and welcome to Room 22's Class Blog! We have had a super start to 2017 and have settled in well to Year 5. Here are our All About Me posters that we made to get to know each other at the beginning of school. You can see them displayed outside our classroom along with fun photos of us using awesome props!

Celebrations Report By Navid

In room 22 we have been learning about different celebrations and festivals celebrated all over the world. Navid has written a report about Easter.

What is the true meaning of Easter?

What is Easter about?

Easter is what most people think is a holiday. On Easter we have chocolate eggs, the Easter bunny and Easter egg hunts. But why? In the following paragraphs I will inform you what the true meaning of Easter is.

Two thousand years ago Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is God's son, was hung on a cross and crucified in Golgotha. This is Good Friday. On Sunday (Easter Sunday) Christ was resurrected from the dead. The date of Easter changes each year because he was crucified on the Sunday after the Jewish celebration passover which is based on the lunar calendar. This is the most important christian celebration celebrated around the world. It is important because it shows Jesus is who he says to be, came to earth to save us and shows the triumph of good over evil.                                                                                                                                                  
We celebrate Easter with Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts and the Easter bunny. This is a holiday so many families spend time together, eat delicious food and sometimes even light fireworks! Eggs are a symbol of new life like when Christ was resurrected and given new life. Easter lasts fifty days until the festival of Pentecost, although most people think Easter is three days long (Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Sunday).

Did you Know Americans spend one point nine billion dollars on chocolate eggs for Easter! Also that Easter is the second largest candy holiday with Halloween being the first. Lastly eggs have been seen as an ancient sign of fertility and new life.

In my opinion you don't have to be Christian if you want to celebrate Easter or any other celebration. I am not Christian but I still do celebrate Easter and Christmas.

By Navid

Welcome to Term 3

Fakaalofa Lahi Atu,

Welcome to term 4! We have had such an amazing year so far and are ready for some more learning!

Here are some important dates for term 4:

Week 2:

Year 5 and 6 Athletics Prelims - Wednesday 19th October

Senior School Blue Light Disco and Sausage Sizzle - Friday 21st October

Week 3:

School Athletics - Wednesday 26th October

Week 6:

Athletic Zones - Tuesday 15th November

Week 8:

Road Patrols Rainbowsend end of year Trip: Tuesday 29th November

We will keep you guys posted throughout the term with what we have learnt in room 22!

Have an awesome day,

Room 22