Drama with Evelyn

On Thursday Room 6 had an afternoon full of action and fun with Evelyn teaching us drama. We were acting out a book called Outlanders but we weren't following it, we were going back into the past of the story. We had to act like we were packing a small carry bag and also act like we were on a bus leaving everyone and everything behind. Everyone had a good time and we are ready for next week for another afternoon full of action and fun.

Holly Leitch Future Olympian

One weekend I, Holly Leitch had a gymnastics competition and very fortunately won a gold medel, two trophies (plus there was only three trophies and the last one was for a club) four certificates for 1st on vault 1st team (four in a team) 1st= on floor with a gym friend my age and first overall (over nine year olds). That night I could eat as much ice cream as I liked but sadly couldnt eat much (one trophy I get to keep, the small one but the big has to be returned in a year).

Gymnastic Gem

In the weekend I had a gym competition. I was against 9 girls. On the bar I got 4th, floor 3rd, vault 2nd and beam 1st. My overall was so exciting, I got 2nd.

Hockey Heroes

Hi I'm Jack and I trialled for the Hatch Cup. They ran out of places for me. One week later I trialled for the A Team and got in. I am already a Southland Rep. The A and B teams will be going to the West Coast not Timaru like last year. I have been playing for 8 years. I started when at assembly Mrs Healey asked for a hockey team, I brought a notice home and mum and dad paid the turf fee. When I started getting older I played for Central and got hit in the ankle at a PC [penalty corner], if I was not wearing shin guards I would have broken my ankle. Hi I'm Kya, Jack's friend. I trialled for the Southland U13 Hatch Cup Team, I've got a practice coming up and if I don't do very well I'll get dropped into the A Team which is another type of hockey academy. I've played hockey for about 7 years, I used to play in the old army hall. My injuries, well I've had a black eye, bleeding nose and broken a finger luckily they were minor injuries.

Tapa Maths

Room 6 have been learning about Tapa at maths time. Rotational and reflective symmetry and translation are all in Tapa cloths. Today we made our own paint for our tapa cloths out of traditional pigments - rust, charcoal, brick, onions skins and turmeric powder. The pigments needed to be mixed with mordants to make it stick to the material. We tried salt, vinegar and baking soda for mordants and found salt to be the best. Binders make the paint the right consistency. We have been making our own and they look great! The pattern is based on nature, flowers, trees and plants. On Monday we are going to use our paint to create a Tapa for Room 6. We have been enjoying this learning and we hope that the tapa will look great when it's done.