Creating Koru Art

Here are some more presentations about the procedure we went through to complete our koru art.

Koru Art

Last Wednesday Ruma Rima had a day with Mrs Bateman. We created some amazing koru art and here are the results.

Rebekah and Taufeeq created slides to show how they made their koru art.

Citizenship Awards - Term 1

We had a very special assembly on Friday. Snedhal and Eugenia have made a movie to share some of the highlights.

Citizenship assembly highlights from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

And the winners from the Year 4 syndicate are.......

 

If you're wondering why these outstanding learners received Citizenship Awards, check out this video.

Y4 citizenship award recipients from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Edwin's Star Wars Scooter

Edwin got a new scooter in the weekend and he was so excited he brought it into parent interviews to to show me! Here he is! 

He has also written about his new scooter. 

Cracking Coconuts

After learning about the narrative of Sina and the Eel, we decided that we needed to open some coconuts to see what was inside. We had a great experience. Here is a video of the highlights:

Cracking Coconuts from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Sina and the Eel

As part of our learning about narratives, we have been retelling the Samoan legend of Sina and the Eel. Ben used PuppetPals to retell the story:

Sina and the eel from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Response to the Duffy Assembly

R5 was full of ideas for writing after the Duffy Assembly last Friday. 

Muhammad wrote a description about Te Kohe Tuhaka:

Amatan wrote a letter to Te Kohe Tuhaka:

Siddhu wrote a description of his favourite book character:

Duffy Assembly @duffybooks #booksinhomes

Yesterday we had our first ever Duffy Hero Assembly. It was an awesome experience. The hero was Te Kohe Tuhaka, a NZ actor. He was a great speaker and he taught us a lot about the importance of reading. Here are some of the highlights from the assembly.

Duffy assembly from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Here is the full performance from the ukulele group.

Ukulele Group from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Some of us dressed up as our favourite book characters on Friday. Here are some of our outfits.

Earthworms #2

Here are more videos of our learning around earthworms! 

Worms are Awesome from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Animal Jam

We have been writing factual descriptions about toys and games so Dev decided to write all about Animal Jam at home. He has clearly worked very hard and put a lot of effort into his home learning - well done Dev.