Classes at our school have been using Moshi Monsters each morning to build class and school community ties. Each class has their own monster, and spend part of each day solving puzzles and testing our general knowledge to win rox for our Moshi Monster. We use the rox to buy food and belongings for our Moshi Monster.
We have also been using Moshi Island to explore settings in narratives. The island has many places that would make fantastic settings for exciting stories. There is the volcano, the port, the haunted house, the snowy mountains and the swamp.
In small groups, we mind mapped our ideas for characters and problems that would appropriate for each of these settings:
We also had fun dsigning and making our own huge Moshi Monsters to decorate our classroom - here they are hanging in our room. What do you think of them???
Which Monsters do you like the best - the friendly ones or the scary ones?
Our school Cross Country Carnival was held last week and everyone had a fun morning testing themselves to improve their running times. We had been training for only a short time, and there was a motivated and committed group who aimed high, worked hard and acheived well.
Congratulations to every AllStar who tried their best, participated in the race and who enjoyed the experience. I am proud of you all!
The next round of running will occur later this week when school representatives will travel to the Zone Cross Country event. Good luck to all our runners.
Today was a fun day to end first term. We all dressed in orange - for Harmony Day; blue - for True Blue Day; and had crazyhair ora hat.
First off there were raffle tickets to sell and buy - there were lots of Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies to win.
Then the whole school assembled in the playground to watch everyone parade around and show off their fabulous clothes or crazy hats and hair.
Next the raffles were drawn and the winners came out to the front to receive their chocolates.
Last of all we had a a whole school “shake and shimmy” dance-along. We danced to the Nutbush, YMCA, the Heel and Toe Polka. What a lot of fun! We all had a great time dancing together in the sunshine.
Finally the lunch bell sounded and we headed off back to our classrooms - exhausted but happy!
This is a very important day in Australian culture and takes place on April 25th (we will be on school holidays so held our service early). On this day we remember the all of the military personnel who have given their lives to uphold the freedom and democracy that we know is important to Australians.
On April 25th 1915, many Australian and New Zealand soldiers took part in a ferocious battle at Gallipoli in Turkey. The fighting was intense on both sides, and there were many casualties. The bravery and courage of the Australian and New Zealand troops was immense and we are very proud of these soldiers who fought for us many years ago.
Today, we remember and give thanks to all the many of thousands of people who have fought for Australia in battles and wars all over the world. We thank them for their bravery and rmember them on this day.
At our school ceremony each class made beautiful wreaths to lay alongside the Australian flag. The SRC representatives placed the wreaths on the stage, then we listened to the bugle call, the one minutes silence and the trumpet.
Despite the heavens opening and almost washing us all away, we had a visit from Natalie from the Waste Watchers team. Natalie was an expert “Water Watcher” and we spent the afternoon …….
Revising what we knew about the water cycle:
Talking about how to save water at home:
And sharing suggestions for conserving water:
There was time to talk, to listen, to think, to answer questions, to ask questions, and to come up with great ways or reducing, re-using, and recycling water.
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