East Idol

On Friday we held the finals of East Idol and two of the groups in the final were from A3.  It was great to see them singing and dancing in front of the whole school and both groups did a great job.  Take a look at the video to see some of the performances and performers.  

Fishing for Stars, by Tanzeela

Tanzeela has written a story about what she would do if she flew to space.  Listen to the great expression she uses when she is reading. 

 

This movie was recorded and edited by the children in A3

Kikorangi's what am I stories.

Here are the last of our what am I stories, written and recorded by Kikorangi.  These ones are tricky, we hope you can guess them.

kikorangi what am I from East School on Vimeo.

New Years Celebrations

Last week we learnt the waiata Nga Tamariki O Matariki.  It is a song about Matariki and while we were learning it we also discussed other ways people in A3 celebrated New Years.  Here is Rohit, Tanzeela, Vicky and Nicole telling us about their New Years celebrations.

Our Botanic Garden reflection

After our trip to the Auckland Botanic Gardens I gave the children the option of using the ipad to record themselves sharing what they learned and/or a question they would like the answer to.  They were able to do this when they had some spare time and had completed their set work. This is the first time they have used the ipad to record themselves and here is a video of the results. 

Now our challenge is to answer some of these questions.  Share your ideas about how we could find the answers by leaving a comment.

Can You See an Insect?

The lions reading group read the book Can You See an Insect.

As a follow up to the book they went on an insect hunt in pairs. They used the cameras to take two photos of any insects they found, one photo from a distance and the second close up.  Take a look at the video we made using their pictures.

Mr Fox, by Tanzeela

Tanzeela is new to our class and she has written a fantastic Fantastic Mr Fox story.  Well done Tanzeela on your first movie, it is great to have you in the class.

Seahorses

The lions read the book Seahorses by Hannah Reed.   They have made a movie to share all the interesting facts they learnt about seahorses.  

They also had some questions about Seahorses that were not answered by the book and these were:

1. Where do seahorses sleep?
2. How do they find other seahorses?
3. How do they find their food?

If you can help us answer any of these questions please leave us a comment.