Being Brainy

We had Being Brainy come in and spend an afternoon with them. Here are some reflections of what we did. 

On Monday we had a presentation from Being Brainy and we had the chance to touch brains. We got a picture of a star and we had to look at it in a mirror and trace it. Then we had to do the buttoning up competition and we had to see if we could button up a shirt. We had to not use the hand we write with. 

By Oliver. 

On Monday we had a presentation from Being Brainy. 

Some of the things we did were

1. trace a star using a mirror

2. Button shirts with one hand

3. Touch a rat, cat and human brain. 

Something I found interesting was the brains. The lady helped us learn all about different brains. 

My favourite part was the star trace because it was so fun. 

By Zara 

On Monday we had a presentation from Being Brainy. We touched different brains. My favourite part was the jelly bean experiment. Something I found interesting was tracing the star with a mirror. 

By Blaze

On Monday we had a presentation from being brainy. Some of the things we did was touching brains. We touched a cat brain, a human brain, a rat brain and a monkey brain. They were a bit heavy for me  but I am heavier than all four brains. 

Something I found interesting was the jellybean experiment because I was quite good at stopping at the right time. 

By Ayla

On Monday we had a presentation for being brainy. 

Some of the things we did were

1. look at and touch brains

2. The button it up challenge: This was that you had to use your left hand to button the t-shirt if you are right handed and your right hand if you are left handed. 

3. look at cells

4. drop jellybeans for reaction time( and eat it) 

5. and talk about the human brain

6. The star challenge: you had a template of a star and you needed to trace between the lines but you were only allowed to use a mirror. 

My favourite part was drawing the star challenge because I like challenging stuff. 

Something I  found interesting was looking at the cells because they look like aliens! 

By Felix

On Monday we had a presentation from being brainy. 

Some of the things we did were 

1. Trace  a star using only a mirror

2. Button a shirt up only using your hand you don't write with 

3. and we touched brains. 

My favourite part was eating the jelly beans and touching the brains. 

Something I found interesting was doing the jelly bean experiment and looking at and touching the brains. 

By Maia

FRIENDSHIP

This week, our focus as a class has been friendship and what it means to be a good friend.
We wrote an acrostic poem together about what we thought being a friend meant.

Friendly, fun, fabulous

Respectful, reliable

Independence, inclusive

Excellence

Nice

Don’t hurt each other, don’t say mean things

Sharing, success, stand tall

Helpful

If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all.

Positive, polite, play together

We then practised cooperation and wrote about what it meant to be a friend in pairs. Here are some of our explanations about what friendship looks like, sounds like and feels like.

A friend is a person that wants to play with you. 

A friend looks like a person that is kind. 

A friend is a person that says nice words. 

A friend feels good and confident, friendly and nice. 

A friend is important because you need people to play with. 

Oliver and Anica

A friend is someone who is not a family member but is still important to you. A friend looks like not hurting each other and playing with people who are sad and alone. A friend sounds like not hurting each other's feelings and not saying rude things. It sounds like asking if they're ok and encouraging them. Being a friend feels like showing your friend that you care about them and taking good care of them when somebody is being mean. 

To have a friend you have to be a good friend too. 

Maddox and Petelo 

A friend is someone who is trustworthy and will stand up for you but they normally aren't in your family. A good friend looks like helping someone who is sad, inviting someone into your game and holding a friend's hand. Being a friend can sound like encouraging others, telling funny jokes and sometimes quietly giggling. Friendship feels like a flower blooming in the spring. It feels confident, respected and joyful. To be a good friend you need to show all of these things. 

Eve, Mika and Smrithi 

A friend is someone who is not in your family but you choose to hang out with and you think they're nice. A good friend looks like being kind and showing RICE (Respect, Independence, Cooperation and Excellence). A good friend sounds like someone who uses manners. A good friend shows respect when the other person talks. It feels like someone who listens to you and thinks you're a good person. 

It is important to have a friend so you won't be lonely. 

Will and Felix 

A friend is someone that is not in your family but is someone that is important to you. Friendship looks like being respectful to someone else's toys and not being lazy and making your friend tidy up for you. Being a friend sounds like  saying "are you okay?"when they are sad, being polite and not saying mean things. A friend feels like being respectful and trusting each other. It feels like not hurting other people's feelings. 

To have a good friend means you also have to be a good friend as well. 

Anne and Mone

Our Art!

This term we have done lots of art using nature and trees as our inspiration. Have a look at some of our masterpieces - and then come check out our gallery in our cloakroom. 

Cricket

For the last 4 weeks we have enjoyed taking cricket lessons.  Have a look at some of our thoughts!

We love drums, We love drums, We love drums, drums, drums!

After our amazing drum experience we have been looking at how music and drums have and still impact our society. We have been researching drums and have even had the chance to make our own.

This week we took our drums and we practised making beats - some that we have learned in class, some we learned at our Drum Experience and some we made up! Check out some of our videos of our beats

Will, Blaze, Maddox, Ayden

Eve, Zara, Smrithi, Anica

Breanna, Mone, Ivy

Mika, Anne, Hiroto, Sophia

Ayla, Molly, Prisha

Ivan, Felix 

Dawei, Riyan, Kaleb 

Larry, Luke 

Week One Highlights

Here are some of the highlights of our first week. Enjoy reading some of our reflections on the beginning of 2018.

We started swimming!

This is my first week in Room 17 for 2018. I am now in Year 3. On my first day I felt excited because I'm here with my friend. Something I enjoyed is buddy class because they are cute. Something I have found difficult is learning people's names because they are new. Something I am looking forward to is swimming because it is very hot! 

By Felix 

Spending some time with our new Buddy Class

This is my first week in Room 17 for 2018. I am now in Year 3. On my first day I felt curious because I wanted to know how Room 17 worked. Something I enjoyed is meeting my transition buddy. Something I have found difficult is keeping up with work because I am a slow snail. Something I am looking forward to is learning with Mrs Trumath because it's fun learning new things.

By Mika 

This is my first week in Room 17 for 2018. I am now in Year 4. On my first day I felt nervous because there were some new people It was also interesting because there were some new wet day monitors and the new principal. I found it difficult to do some much writing. I also found it difficult to do the Powhiri because it was in the Maori language.

By Larry 

This is my first week in Room 17 for 2018. I am now in Year 4. On my first day I felt excited because I love to go back to school. Something I enjoyed is reading and art because I love books and drawing. Something I have found difficult is writing.

By Anica