We all entered a Mäori Week competition last term, with our legends of Ihenga, and our fabulous pictures. Today, Room 9 were very pleased to learn that Neila had won first prize with her entry. Neila's entry was chosen from hundreds of other entries by children throughout New Zealand, in the Year 3 and 4 age group. We are very, very proud of her. Neila's legend and painting have been published in a book with the winners from all categories. How wonderful! What a great result!!!
We were very lucky on Wednesday to take part in an hour long Rhythm Interactive drumming session at school. What a lot of fun. Johnny, who ran the session did not talk for most of it, so the children had to learn to follow his cues, sign language and song, to know when and how to play their drums. The underlying message from the session is "actions speak louder than words" and how true that is. All of the children were easily able to follow the directions provided they concentrated and focused on him. A great session with a great message that can be applied to all areas in life! Over the last week, we have been working on our art for the Calendar pictures. We have once again used the 'sgraffito' effect to create pictures of our families. You can have the opportunity to preview the art, so that you know what you would be purchasing. Not all the children are finished, but here are the completed artworks... We have been learning about the correct place names for places in our district. We know the legends for how Rotoiti, Rotorua and Ngongotaha were named by the great chief Ihenga. We recently entered a local competition by retelling those legends and creating a matching piece of artwork. The method we used is 'Sgraffito' and the pictures depict Te-Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, Ngongotaha Maunga, and Te-Rotoiti-kite-a-Ihenga. This week, Barry Vincent, one of the Baytrust Rescue Helicopter pilots came to school to be presented with the cheque for the money we had raised in our art exhibition. We raised more than $1100, an effort we are pleased with. The Baytrust is a community organisation that relies on the goodwill of the community to keep running. We're proud to have been able to help. |
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