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 :)

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 :)

Zimbabwean Dance

This is the Zimbabwean Dance we learnt today.

Song of the Week Term 3 Week 2 - Aotearoa

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