Today's the Day for Cricket!

Today we played cricket with Sid from Auckland Cricket. He talked for awhile and then asked us if that was enough talking. Some of us didn't know how to play cricket, but he taught us.

The first group needed to hit three balls with the bat and then run between the wickets. The other team was fielding. They had to collect the balls and return them to the tees. When the fielding team had got all three balls back, the running team had to stop. Sid told us we had to count the runs because we were the ones at school.

We had a very good time. We learnt how to hold the bat correctly and the correct names for parts of the bat. We'd love to do it again!

Origami Shamrocks

Today Room 16 made origami shamrocks. These are to put on our Ireland display, but also to be part of our hats for the Wearable Arts parade.

We found this challenging. Some of the challenges were...

• gluing the leaves onto the stalk
• getting the folds in the right place
• gluing the shamrock leaves together
• following the instructions on the activboard

We think we did well at...

• helping others who were stuck with the folding
• designing our hats that the shamrocks will go on
• listening to instructions
• working as a team

We hope you like our shamrocks!

Shamrocks and Leprechauns

Today we watched three youtube clips as part of our Ireland knowledge bomb. We need to find out about Irish symbols to help us design hats for Point View School's Wearable Arts show.

Wacky Hair and Hat Day

Today is the last day of term and also Wacky Hair and Hat Day. Here are some photos of some of us (in our artshirts) with some very crazy hair and hats!

MAF

Today we learnt what MAF stands for: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Helmie from MAF Biosecurity came to talk to us about the challenges that MAF face. They have to take care of New Zealand's plants and animals. This means that the team try to stop prohibited items coming into the country. He showed us a giant snake and a smaller snake, a butterfly, a sea turtle, a packet of beef jerky, a kangaroo's paw, a mask made from rabbit, a turkey egg, a baby crocodile's head and the shell of a giant African snail. All these things are not allowed into New Zealand because they may bring diseases and endanger our native wildlife.

Wow! Look At All Our Learning!

This morning we reflected on our learning for the term. There was so much we couldn't fit it all on the activboard!

Now we have to decide what our next steps will be and what we can do to achieve our goals next term.

It's Buddy Time!

Today we worked with our buddy class to create a slideshow of our cupcake making day.

We did these things well:

• helped our buddies with the typing and proofreading
• put the photos onto the pages without deleting them
• helped our buddies with the correct spelling
• concentrated on our own work

Next time we work with our buddies we could be better at:

• focusing on what we are doing
• learning the different keys on the keyboard
• typing faster
• making sure we do just as much as our buddy
• asking our buddies for help rather than having them do it for us
• making sure our buddies are doing just as much as we are doing

Overall we thought that it was a great 'learning together' experience!