Elmer's Day Parade

The Elmer Cake made by Georgina's Mum

Today Room 2 had their Elmer's Day Parade celebration.  This idea came from the book, Elmer by David McKee - the children asked if they could hold their own Elmer's Day!  So, they planned and organized and came up with a selection of games they would like to play and the idea of a shared morning tea.  This was a brilliant way to celebrate their learning from Term 3 and we had a great time.  

Playing Musical Elmer Chairs

We had lots of yummy food!

Taking a break before playing pin the tail on the elephant

We paraded with our masks!

We ended our celebration by using Skype to chat with Mrs Swanson in Canada!!!  It was great to see her and Toby and we learnt lots about the differences between New Zealand and Canada.  We are going to skype again in Term 4!


This is what the children said they especially enjoyed in Term 3 - 


The Elmer's Day Parade because it was cool and awsome!


Reading Rotation because we got good at sound out and reading better.


Laughter Yoga, we liked the milkshake one, the evil one, the hot sand one and the relaxation at the end because we got to lie down and have a rest.


Making the elephants for Ag Day.


Modules because you get to do really fun things.


Dance because we got to do a car dance.


Using ixl (a website) to learn our maths facts.


Learning about facial expressions and body language as in Language, Symbols and Text (our Key Competency focus).


Its been a busy term and Term 4 looks set to be just as busy!!

Grease Dance Phenomenon

On Tuesday evening Levin was rocking out to tunes from Grease and a fabulous dance extravaganza from the Koputaroa students.  The children were awesome and put on a brilliant evening of entertainment for the packed Memorial Hall.

Rooms 1 and 2 rocking out to 'Hound Dog'.

Georgina - I felt happy.  I enjoyed dancing. I wore pink nail polish.  It was fun!

Ben - I felt happy because the people were all clapping. I wore black.  I enjoyed watching the Room 7 dance because they did excellent dancing.

Sam - I felt good because it was like  I was driving. I wore black.  I enjoyed dancing.

Neah - Last night it was dance. I felt happy.  I wore pink.  I liked listening to the music.

Abby - I felt happy because it made me laugh.  I liked how people moved.  I wore a short sleeved top.

Jacob - I felt happy.  I enjoyed dancing.  I wore a black shirt.  My hair was all spiky, it was cool.

Caitlin - I felt nervous because there were so many people there. I enjoyed dancing because it was fun.  I wore a pink dress.

Nikita - I felt nervous because there were lots of parents there. I enjoyed watching the other dances because they had good moves.

Zoe - I felt happy because I knew what I was doing.  I wore a swing top and tights.  I enjoyed moving my body.

Adelyne - I felt happy because I thought I did really good.  I enjoyed the songs.  I wore a skirt and a t-shirt.

James - It was fun because I liked dancing to the Grease Lightning song.  I liked the songs because I could sing to them.  I wore black.

Hana - I loved dancing. I felt happy because the moves were fun.

Gemma - I was nervous.  I liked the dance.  I wore pink.  I liked everything.

Amy-Lee - I felt happy at the hall. It was fun because I liked the girl's dance.

Natalie - I went to dance.  I felt nervous because I was up there in front of  a lot of people.  I enjoyed watching it. I wore pink.

Estella - Yesterday at dance I was dancing and I was happy because everybody was clapping.  I wore a swing top and some make-up and a skirt.

Seth - I felt happy because I liked doing the Grease Lightning dance.  I wore black and white.

Angelina - I felt good because I waved to my mum and I smiled. I enjoyed dancing because I did everything right.  I wore a pink dress and I wore nail polish.  It was silver.  When we were finished Mr Orr was talking and the microphone went off and on - maybe it was broken!