Puppet Workshop

What a fantastic afternoon Room 3 had today!  We were lucky enough to take part in an amazing Puppet Workshop at Free Theatre.  This was the result of a collaboration between Free Theatre Christchurch and The Whole House Reuse Project.  

When we arrived at the theatre, we were told about how the Reuse Project had come about after the earthquakes.  Rather than demolishing the red-zoned buildings, the project aims to take buildings apart piece by piece so that they can salvage the materials.  The materials that we used today were taken from one specific red-zoned house.

With the help of some hot glue, scissors, a drill, a staple gun and some fabulous volunteering adults and parent helpers; Room 3 let their creative juices run wild and set off making their puppets.

Once we had finished creating the puppets, the theatre experts talked to us about bringing our puppets to life.  We practised moving them in different ways and even giving them a voice before sharing them in a special puppet theatre.

Our incredible creations are going to become famous, as they will be displayed in an exhibition at the museum from the 5th of June to the 23rd of August.  We would love to be able to organise another trip to go and view our puppets on display!  Once this has ended, we will be able to take our puppets home. 

We would like to say a huge 'THANK YOU' to the wonderful people at Free Theatre, The Whole House Reuse Project and Christchurch City Council for helping to organise this fantastic experience for us for free!  In addition to this, we extend our gratitude to our lovely parent helpers who could come along also! 

Check out the link below for a movie of our day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHfiNwMT_I&feature=youtu.be&safe=active

A Special Visitor

On Friday Riley Milton's dad Chris brought a special visitor into Room 3. It was their new German Shepherd puppy Ella! We were very excited to meet her. We sat in a circle and Ella walked around giving us a good sniff and a wee lick. 

We thought she felt soft, cosy, like a cotton bud, or even like a sheep!

When Chris and Ella left we thought we might like to have a go at drawing Ella. 

Thank you so much for bringing Ella to meet us Chris!

From Chrysalis to Butterfly

What an exciting day in Room 3 today!! When we arrived at school today we were very excited to see our Chrysalides had turned black. As we continued to watch over the day, we saw all 6 emerge. At the end of the day we released 4 outside and watched them fly away. 

Thank you so much to Zion and Tania for bringing this amazing experience into our classroom. 

So Proud of Our Orsome Group!

This term our Orsome Group have been working hard on their entry for the Oderings School Garden Show. Their design had a coastal garden theme and the children worked hard planting, watering, painting and collecting at at beach (amongst many other things) to make their design come to life. 

 Thursday night was the grand opening of the show and everyone was blown away by the beauty of their garden! 

 Including the judges! They won a Gold award and the School's Choice award!!

 Wiremu, Riley and Dylan we are so proud of all your hard work and what you achieved. A big thank you to Sheryl, Lizzy and Sonya for working so hard to make it all come together! 

Can't wait for next year's entry. 

Work in Progress Rocks

Today we made 'Work in Progress Rocks'

This rock means "Please don't touch, I am still working on this" We can use them to protect our work if we get called to the teaching table or if we want to revisit our work tomorrow. 

We can also use these when we are taking photos of our work on the stations. This helps the teachers know what we have been doing on the stations. 

Arona tried his out already this morning. 

Making Playdough

This morning we made playdough as a language experience for our writing. We split into smaller groups and took turns adding ingredients and mixing it up! 

 Alex thought the flour and salt looked like a snowy mountain.

 We sniffed peppermint, strawberry, lemon and vanilla essences. 

 Kiani thought the peppermint smelled like his Mum's teeth! 

 We decided to use red food colouring. It looked like blood. 

 We added strawberry essence to make it smell delish. 

 Lots and lots of mixing!

 Once everything was mixed together we decided it needed some kneading. Zach knew we needed to stretch it, fold it and punch it. 

 Naturally the dough needed some karate chops too!

We started our writing this morning. Come in and check out out books over the week to see how we're getting on.