RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE INFOMATION

LOOK WHO CAME TO VISIT!!!

Oh my goodness!

Look who came to visit!

This is Mr Pouniu's second cousin came to visit.  He is a PIRATE!!!  He was the one who has been leaving us gems and letters.  He told us all about life as a pirate.  It was so awesome!

STRANGE GOINGS-ON IN PIAKO RUA

There have been some weird happenings in Piako Rua lately.  First we had the jaw bone the kids found in the garden.  Then we found some crazy colourful eggs in our playground.  Yesterday we found some gems in the playground and today Riley found a message in a bottle from a pirate!

What on earth is going on???

We decided to write a letter to the pirate to ask if he is behind all the weird things happening in Piako Rua.

We wonder what tomorrow will bring?

       

A MYSTERY IN PIAKO RUA!

Look what JC and Connor found out the back of our playground IN A TREE!!!!

We wonder what it is???

MRS PECK SENT US A LETTER!

UH OH! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!

Mrs Lunn counted the instruments in the school and there is not enough for us all to have one in the concert!  What will we have have to do?  Mrs Lunn thought we would need to cancel the concert since there aren't enough instruments.  We said "NOOOOO!"

So Mrs Lunn gave us a chance to come up with a solution to our problem.

We brainstormed lots of different ways for how we could solve our problem.

We came up with some wonderful ideas.

Then we had to reflect on each idea?  Was it a good one?  We thought about borrowing some instruments, but what if they got broken?  We aren't allowed to bring toys to school ... so that idea wouldn't work.

We suggested sharing an instrument or taking turns but that really defeats the the purpose of having everyone in the bad altogether.

Then some people suggested that we MAKE our instruments!  What a good idea!  Then everyone will be able to play in the band.

Hooray!

Mrs Lunn showed us a slideshow of some amazing ideas we could try.  She has uploaded it to the blog so we can have a look at home and have a think about what instrument we would like to make.

Please can you help us have a look at home for some bits and pieces that I could bring to make my instrument with.

MRS PECK WROTE US A LETTER!

FUN WITH SHADOWS

We got a letter from our Shadows today! 

They are feeling neglected.  They say we do not notice them or play with them anymore.  Our Shadows asked our teachers to help them get us kids to find out all about shadows and how they are made.

First we brainstormed with Mrs Kenyon everything we knew about shadows which was actually quite a lot!  Some of us had a few Wonderings about shadows too.

Then we started to Explore shadows.  Here are a few photos of what we got up to...

We made Puppet Shows using our old data projector.

We made shadow puppets using our hands.

We had to problem solve too.  It was really hard to hold a torch and draw around a toy, so Kyle asked Miharo to help him by holding the torch.  Great problem-solving Kyle.

Emily and Mia worked together to draw around a toy's shadow and then used the blocks to measure how long the shadow was.

Luccas, Ryla and Miyah we investigating what  objects cast a shadow.  Here they are finding out that even a ruler casts a shadow... even though the ruler is transparent.

Conner A and Jacob L found out that they could make shadows on the whiteboard.  

Connor B came along and gave it a go too!

LOOK WHO SENT US AN EMAIL!!!

THE GREAT CARDBOARD BOX CHALLENGE