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Friday 9 December 2016

Awesome Time at The Groynes x

The Groynes Gang A! :)

Mindfulness@ the Groynes!

Our Selfie x

Scavenger Hunters!

Here's a' Fun-gi'

Ready for fun!

Bug-tastic fun!

Our Tree-mendous Helpers!



The lovely 'Andrea-laurus nobilis' tree specimen...



The very rare 'Sarah-Pinaceae' tree...


A stunning example of the 'Rochelle-Araucaria heterophylla' tree...

And, we were lucky enough to spot this 'Deb-Quercus Robur' tree.

We had a 'tree-mendous' time and 'branched' out into lots of new activities together.  
We were careful not to 'leaf' anyone behind ;) 

Trees are so important!

Betty the Huhu beetle!

Learning about Birds!

Deep in the Bush!

More Groynes ;-)

The Groynes Science Trip :-D

Te Kākano enjoying their trip!

HUGE thank you to the wonderful parents who volunteered their time to ensure our children got the most out of their day at The Groynes.  We appreciate it so much :)


Saturday 22 October 2016

Maths Whizz Support Videos!

Maths Whizz is such a great learning tool for your children - make sure you check out these videos that have been created to help support you to support your learner!





Wednesday 19 October 2016

Sign of the Week: Term 4, Week 2

We are learning NZ Sign Language. Jorja teaches us a new sign each week. Here is this week's!


Tuesday 11 October 2016

My Little Flower Song by Angela :)

The Science in class this term is all about Plants and New Life and discovering all about growing!

Here is my lovely Flower Song:

A little seed for me to sow
A little earth, to help it grow
A little sun, a little shower
A little while, and then a flower :)



Sunday 9 October 2016

Song of the Week - Term 4 Week 1: Lost Property Box

A very apt ditty given the amount of abandoned belongings left around school :)

Come on down and claim all your lost property guys...


Saturday 17 September 2016

Song of the Week - Term 3 Week 9 - 'Tutira Mai nga Iwi'

Kia ora whānau,

Enjoy our waiata!


Kandinsky Te Kākano and his Concentric Circles!

Kia ora and welcome to our 'Famous Artist' post.

Firstly we investigated the Artist.  Mr Wassily Kandinsky.  We found out that he was born in Russia but studied art in Munich, Germany and died in France.

He decided to try something different with his work, we think he was happy someone else was painting lots of vases of flowers, portraits and racehorses!

The piece of art that really caught our imagination is called 'Squares with Concentric Circles' done in 1913.



(By Wassily Kandinsky - http://www.eternels-eclairs.fr/tableaux-kandinsky.php, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37614832)

We wanted to paint like real artists so we had to wear art aprons, name our art, work at different stations in the art area, we used our four house colour paints for inspiration, put our art to dry in a safe place, wash our hands and help to tidy the art area once we had finished!

Mrs. T will display our awesome Kandinsky style art once it is all dry - we can not wait to see the exhibit!










I loved Paige's comment that the drying table 'Looks like a giant Kandinsky Lollipop'.

Monday 12 September 2016

Digi Awards 2016: Making a Difference

Here is Te Kākano's entry for the 2016 Christchurch Digi Awards. Our movie is called "Making a Difference", and it is about how we can change the world by doing little kind things.

We are very proud of it, and have been named as award winners at the Digi Awards on Wednesday night. We can't wait to hear what the judges thought of our movie, and we can't wait to hear what you think of it too!

Please post comments at the end of this post :-)


Friday 12 August 2016

Song of the Week: Term 3 Week 7 - Fix You

Thanks Cold Play, what an incredible tune!


Chinese Dance Video for Week 3 :)

This weeks dance we practised!


Olympics Inquiry in Te Kākano

The stage is set in Rio for the 2016 Olympics, so what do we all know about this event???



We decided it would be great to look at what makes the Olympics important, how do we recognise the Olympics is happening, what sports take place at the Olympics, who are our Olympiads, what symbolises the Olympic tournament...

We liked the idea of the torch being a symbol of the Olympics for the ancient and modern games, so we each made our own that we are going to use to officially open our own Yaldhurst Model School Olympic celebrations with!


We also investigated facts around the Olympic rings and found out that Pierre de Coubertin created them in 1912 for the modern games.  He represented the 5 major continents involved and chose colours that are found in most flags of the countries participating.

We like the symbol so much we all made our own!





Book Week Guest - Helen Taylor the Illustrator

What a privilege to have a real illustrator visit our school during Book Week.

Helen brought along some amazing examples of her work and explained how she comes up with her superb ideas!

Helen visited every class in school and shared her skills with us.  We asked her lots of cool questions which she said was a great experience for her.

Thanks Helen :)






Sunday 7 August 2016

Song of the Week - Term 3 Week 3 - Man in the Mirror

'Hee-Hee!' Said the Prince of Pop!

A great song with a superb message - enjoy :)


Friday 5 August 2016

Zimbabwean Dance



This is the Zimbabwean Dance we learnt today.

Monday 1 August 2016

Song of the Week Term 3 Week 2 - Aotearoa

Enjoy the brilliant Aotearoa with the fabulous New Zealand Sign Language :)


Wednesday 13 July 2016

Song of the Week - Term 3 Week 1 - The Library Song

Thanks to Mrs White for this great Library Song - helping us to celebrate our brilliant Book Week here at YMS!



Tuesday 28 June 2016

Term 2 Week 9 - Song of the Week - 'Brontasaurus Boogie'

Have some dinosaur fun with this week's song guys!

The Brontosaurus Boogie

I’m not crazy ‘bout shufflin’ around,

I want to make some noise

When my feet hit the ground.

I never did like the twist or the jive.

There’s only one dance

Makes me feel alive …

CHORUS

The Brontosaurus Boogie

The Brontosaurus Boogie

The Brontosaurus Boogie

The only dance for me.

You stamp your feet

Upon the floor.

You wobble your seat

And let out a great big ROAR!

It’s big, it’s loud, it’s the latest craze

And it’s always been around

Since the early days.

Right back then when the world began

Before there was any woman or man.

CHORUS

The Brontosaurus Boogie