Great to be back! Term 3, Week 1 reflection

It has been a very busy start back to school.
We have the Operetta this term and Year 5 & 6 have been auditioning for the lead parts. Congratulations to Elizabeth who is one of the lead characters in the show!

There is a Movie Making festival going on this term and we were motivated to 
get making after seeing a movie about moving to NZ from South Africa.

We are looking forward to making iMovies this term. We have already made one about
the Lost Property and how much money is sitting in the lost property box.

This week was Maori Language Week and we listened to
and love the new Stan Walker song "Aotearoa"

We have pegged up some new publishing this week.
We have all sorts of writing - procedures, recounts, explanations,
narratives and opinion writing. Come and have a read!

1. korowai
2. The korowai “is a particular type of kākahu (cloak). It is usually decorated with feathers and/or tassels and has a border along the bottom, although this can vary according to tribal custom.”

We made Korowai's or maori cloaks.
First we had to choose the colour from our native birds - Pukeko, Tui, Kea etc
Then we had to make a template for the feather and make lots of them!
Layering the feathers took time.

Last term we reflected on our Term 2 targets. 

Did we meet our goals?
What are our oral language goals?
What are our life goals after listening to Tim Hamiltion the CEO of Magic Netball
Next week we are going to be making our new targets with our Term 3 goals on them.

We will reflect on our targets/goals again at the end of the term
.