Welcome to the world of Harry Potter & Hogwarts!

Our class has had an amazing few weeks reading about the world of Harry Potter, his friends and foes and getting to know all about his magical school, Hogwarts!  We enjoyed reading the story so much we created a Learning Centre.  We have been working incredibly hard (while having lots of fun) to create many types of writing (persuasive speeches, postcards, letters, stamps, dust covers, sociograms and book reviews.  We have also created maps and cross-sections of parts of Hogwarts and have been making board games to play related to the story.  Parents and families are welcome to come in and enjoy our 'Harry Potter' work with us!

Corban Estate Arts Centre Trip

Corban Estate Arts Centre Trip  

Wednesday 23rd November 2016.

On Wednesday our class was very excited about visiting the Arts Centre and meeting the Pacific Mamas!  We had a great time learning greetings from some of the Pacific Islands, including Niue, Hawaii, Fiji, Samoa and Rarotonga.  We learnt that the way we greet others shows our respect and care for them (hopefully we were already pretty good at this)!

Once we had greeted each other warmly, Room 22 and Room 23 went into different rooms to learn how to drum, dance and create our own beautiful lei necklaces.  

We had an amazing time exploring the Pacific culture, celebrations, and also learned more about the way that drums were used to communicate across the island villages.  It was fun trying out the dances and drum rhythms and great to see the parents and children getting involved!  

Thank you to everyone who came along with us. We really appreciate your support. 


Here are The Mamas!  ALOOOOOOOOHHAAA!


Great effort boys!


Go girls!  Looking great!


It took a little while, but we got the hang of it!



Learning how to make lei from the experts.


Chief Cairo!


What a gorgeous group
!

Athletics Day!

It was great to see everyone 'giving it a go' today during the Year 4 - 6 running races.  Well done to all our place winners and to those who went off to compete against other classes in the discus, shot put, high jump and long jump competitions.  Some of our students will be going to the Inter School Competition.  Congratulations to them!  We are very proud of you!