Thursday, November 29, 2018

THREE LITTLE PIGS - BY LAYLA B

Once upon a time there lived three little pigs.  One day the mother pig said, "you guys are old enough to find your destiny and you will have to make your own cottage."

The First Little Pig built a house out of straw.  Suddenly the Big Bad Wolf came and blew his house down.  The Second Little Pig built a house of sticks.  Then the Big Bad Wolf blew the Pig's house down.  The next Little Pig built his house out of bricks.  Then the Big Bad Wolf came and blew and blew but the house didn't blow down.  The Wolf had an idea.  He climbed up in the chimney.  He burnt his tail and they lived happily ever after.

UMBRELLA SPLATTER ART

We did our Umbrella Splatter art today.  First we had to draw ourselves holding an umbrella.  We worked hard to use pattern on our umbrella and make our colours bright.

Then we used the paint brush to flick paint on the paper and a blew paint out of a straw to make it look like it was raining.
 

We are really pleased with the end result.
  



THREE LITTLE PIGS - BY CHARLIE

Once upon a time, there lived three little pigs.  They lived in a cottage with their mother.  One day their mother said, "You must leave and make your house somewhere in the wood."  So the pigs moved out.

The First Little Pig made his house out of straw.  The Second Pig made his house out of sticks.  Lastl but not least, the oldest had a different idea.  He didn't make out of straw or stiks.  He made his house of bricks.  Close by the Wolf was spying on the pigs while they were playing.  Suddenly, the Wolf appeared and said, "Little Pig!  Little Pig!  Let me come in!"  but the Little pig said, "No!  Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!" 
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!" said the Wolf.  And he did.

The First Little Pig ran as fast as he could to his brother's house. 
Knock, knock!
"Who's there?" asked the Second Little Pig.
""ME! Your little brother.  The wolf is chasing me!"
"OK come in." said the Second Pig.

Behind a bush, the Wolf was surrprised to see two pigs.  "Quick," said the pigs.  "Get in the house!"  The Wolf knocked on the door and said,
"Little Pig, Little Pig! Let me in!" said the Wolf.  The Little Pig said, "Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!" 
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in," said the Wolf.  And he did.

"Run, run!" said the Pigs and they ran to their big brother's house. 
Knock, knock!
"Who's there?" asked the Third Little Pig.
"Us!  Your little brothers." 
"OK come in,"  he replied
"The Wolf is chasing us!"
"Little pig, little pig!  Let me come in!" called the Wolf
"It's the Wolf!  Quick hide!"  said the pigs.
"Answer me!" shouted the Wolf.  "The door is locked!  OK I will climb through the chimney."

The pigs had an idea.  "Let's boil the water in the fire, before the Wolf gets in!"
"OK, boil it!"

"OUCH!" said the Wolf and he ran home and they live happily ever after!




MUSIC

We have been learning to compose music using crochets, quavers and rests.  
Then we used body percussion like clapping to play the music to the class.






WHITE CHOCOLATE GOES TO KOSMO'S HOUSE

White Chocolate had a blast at Kosmo's house last night.  He played Hide and Seek with Kosmo and his cat called Kitten





Kitten is a great Hide and Seek player!  He found White Chocolate hiding in some of the trickiest places!


Wednesday, November 28, 2018

JAPAN

We were lucky to have Kaito's mum come in today and talk to us about live in Japan.  Wow!  There are so many people living in Japan - way more than in NZ.

We saw photos of Yuziki and Kaito dressed up in traditional Japanese clothing and were allowed to try some on.  The girls looked beautiful in the kimono.  The shoes are called geta and are made from wood.
 

  

  

  


We also watched some Sumo wrestling videos.  
The heaviest sumo wrestler is 287kg that's 11.5 Kaito's or 3 Beauden Barrett's).  
 


After that we were given an origami animal and we all had our name written on the back in Japanese.  
  

  

The best part of the visit was getting to try the Japanese food.  We had okonomiyaki (savoury pancake) and sushi.  
 

 

Thank you so much for coming in!  
We loved having you visit to help us celebrate the many cultures at Riverdale School.

CINDERELLA STORY - BY AVA T

Ava had been working on this amazing piece of writing of a few weeks now...

Once upon a time there lived three mean sisters and a young girl called Cinderella.  She had to do all the work because her mean sisters told her want to do.  One day they got a letter from the prince to go to the Ball.  They all were excited to go. 
Cinderella said "Can I come?"  but her mean sisters said "No, you can't.  Only us." 
Cinderella cried with sadness.  She wished that she could go. 

Suddenly in a cloud of smoke, a Fairy Godmother came. 
She said, "Did someone say wish?"
Cinderella said, "Who are you?" 
The Fairy Godmother said, "I am your Fairy Godmother, darling." 
"Can you help me?  I want to go to the Ball."  Cinderella asked.
"OK," said the Fairy Godmother.  With a tip of her wand she had a beautiful dress which has light blue sparkles that looked like stars.

No one at the Ball noticed that it was Cinderella.  So she went to the Prince's Ball in a carridge that actually made from a pumpkin.  Meanwhile, she got there just in time for the Prince to decide who he wanted to marry.  The Prince decided he wanted to marry Cinderella.  Cinderella was so happy, but it was midnight.  She ran as fast as she could but when she got to the end of the stairs the magic came off so she ran home. 

Cinderella had left her shoes.  The Prince was so sad that he couldn't even know her name.  So he had an idea.  It was to go to everyone's house and tell them to put on her shoe.  If it fits it would be her.  Then off he went.  When he got to the last house there was Cinderella.  Cinderella put on the shoe and it fitted!  Everyone was happy.  The Prince said, "What is your name?" 
Cinderella said, "My name is Cinderella."  Then the Prince and Cinderella got married and they lived happily ever after.

Sunday, November 25, 2018

THE TORTOISE & THE HARE CHALLENGE

Today we were challenged to find a way to make a Tortoise travel faster.  We didn't have a Tortoise to check our inventions but Mrs Kenyon took two of the inventions home to try out on Herman the turtle.
 
Charlie made a wonderful car for Herman to travel in.  She found it tricky to get the wheels to move.  Herman only just fitted in the car and managed to make it fall over.  He's not a safe driver.  Maybe he needs a helmet?

 
Herman loved his rocket!  Once again though he didn't fit in it very well.  

Herman is bigger than we thought.


We watched a movie of the Hare and the Tortoise and wrote stories about it...


Have a read of Lloyd's story:

Once upon a time there was a rabbit. They wanted to have a race. 

"On your marks, get set go!"  The rabbit bet the tortoise.  He took a nap.  The tortoise caught up and passed the rabbit.  The rabbit woke up.  He ran past the tortoise.  The rabbit came by some rabbits.  He started to be a showoff.  The tortoise passed the rabbit again.  He got distracted.  He played tennis and the tortoise won.  Slow and steady wins the race.  The rabbit wanted a remath so the did. 

"On your marks, get set, go!:  The rabbit got puffed so the tortoise won again!  \\

"Looks like I can bet you! YAY!" said the tortoise.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

THANK YOU

On behalf of Sarah,  Lynette and myself, I would like to thank all our families for their support over what was a difficult week last week, with the passing of our much loved colleague and friend, Mr Drew Pouniu.  We are so incredibly grateful for your kind thoughts and condolences. 

On Thursday, with so many of you kindly keeping your children at home, we were able to attend Drew's funeral and say our goodbyes.  For this opportunity, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. 

We feel very lucky to be part of such a supportive school community.

Warmest regards

Jo

ATHLETICS!

On Wednesday we went out the the Massey University track for Athletics.  We had a great day participating in the different events.   We each had a turn at shot put, discus, sprints, hurdles, long jump and high jump.  Lots of parents came to support us.  We were so lucky with the weather!  It was a beautiful day and we had a blast.


Zac's mum came and took these awesome shots ...






And on Friday, Mr Bron presented Fai'ana and Quinn B with medals for being earning the most points for the Year Twos.  Well done kids!