Making Hongbao

Today in our Chinese lesson, we made hongbao, red packets.

We folded red paper into thirds.
Then we folded each end over a centimetre or two.
We then cut the edges of our paper.
We trimmed two of the three folded edges.
Then glued them into place.
They look great.

 

We are going to send a message in Chinese to students at another school in our red packets!

How exciting.

Word Games

Room 19 are having a go 'building' words using phonic cubes.

Each cube has one or two letters: a consonant (such as 't') or a blend (such as 'fr'), a vowel (such as 'a') a diagraph (such as 'sh' or 'oo').
Our table challenge was to make the most interesting word.

Writing Frames

Room 19 have been beavering away making writing frames.

We've drawn pictures of flowers, leaves and berries to represent our School Houses:
Karaka, Koromiko, Kowhai, and Pohutakawa.

 

They're looking fabulous as you can see:

The frames

The frames starting to fill up with some fabulous poems

Team Time

Our Team Time event was a huge success.
Here are some photos of Year 1 and 2 children enjoying our team-building activities.
Well done Room 16!

 

 

 

Scooter Skills With Constable Gordon

Constable Gordon came to VAS today to teach us scooter skills.
We always need to wear a helmet and shoes not sandals.
He taught us that we need to have one foot on the scooter at all times.
When we stop we need to have both feet on the scooter - one on the brake not stop with our shoes.
We need to stop and look both ways before we cross the road and when we get to a driveway.
We had a lot of fun.
Thanks Constable Gordon!

 

 

 

 

 

Calendar Art

This year's calendar art is based on the artist Yvonne Coomber.
Here is her art called 'Walking on Sunshine.'



We died our background, then splattered green paint on for leaves (lots of fun and mess!), then carefully painted circles for wildflowers. Our finishing touch was our photos where everyone made a pose of their choice!

We hope you like them.
Order forms are going home today.