MOTAT

On Tuesday the 1st of December, Rooms 12 and 13 went to MOTAT, also known as the Museum of Transport and Technology.
We went there to learn about how we celebrate Christmas in New Zealand and to compare how we celebrate Christmas now compared to the past.
Here is our MOTAT photo album - We will have a recount telling you all about our day for you soon!

Topic Update

So what have we been learning about so far this term?

Well as you know we have been learning about Diwali and we have also learnt a little about Easter and Thanksgiving. At the moment we have been learning about Japanese Boys day and Japanese Girls day. Not to mention it will be Christmas before we know it! Christmas in New Zealand is a lovely time of the year, as it is summer time so there are always people having fun at the beach and it is BBQ season.

What are some of your favourite family traditions to do when celebrating a special occasion?

Immersion Assembly

Our Immersion Assembly Recount is all done ready for you to read. We each wrote a different part and then put it together to make 1 recount.


On Monday the 12th of October, we came back to school for term 4. When the bell rang we lined up outside and walked to the hall in single file.

Then we could smell a familiar summer smell, it was a BBQ full of sausages! We also heard the song ‘Celebration’ playing and we started to sing along. Mr Burt and his BBQ boys were cooking the sausages and chicken wings for those who sat up nicely. Mr Burt also talked about our topic for this term, it was called ‘Let’s Celebrate! Food Glorious Food!’

We waited for some action to happen. Team one were up first, they pretended that they were from The Rock Café. Each of them were all wearing matching outfits and aprons. Next was Mrs She who showed us her Chinese dress and Ms Glaze showed us her cool chef pants. They could undo really fast in case they caught on fire. Then Team 3 came up, they were dressed as Mexicans and Miss Walters was holding a piñata, it looked like heaps of fun! Miss Walters and Miss MacKinlay were hitting the piñata so hard that it broke and lollies spilled out everywhere. The last team to come up was team 4. They wore outfits from around the world and talked about food from that country.

At the end we headed off to class, that was such an exciting way to start off the term. We can’t wait to learn about all the different kinds of celebrations.

Birthday Balloons!

The Tuis group were reading about Birthday Balloons which fits in perfectly with our 'Celebration' topic!


What we would like to know is what your favourite birthday party food is?

Food

Now that we know what the word 'celebration' means and know the names of some celebrations, What food can we celebrate with? In this movie we came up with a few, so check it out!

Let us know what food do you have at your celebrations!

Celebrations & Festivals

As a class we came up with a lot of events we celebrate. Watch our movie and see if you can think of anymore!

Don't forget to leave us a comment and let us know if you thought of another celebration!

Let's Celebrate!

The name of our topic this term is called 'Let's Celebrate! Food Glorious Food!'

It was so exciting to see all the action in assembly on Monday. All the teachers were dressed up in outfits from different cultures and some even had food to share with us. Once the fun was over we started to wonder - What does the word 'celebration' mean?

How many celebrations or festivals do you know? Check out our next movie to be posted and see if you got any the same as us. 

Term 4 is Here!

This morning we had Immersion Assembly and what fun it was! Here are some photos showing you what happened. Right now we are writing recounts so we can tell you exactly what happened and what we are learning about. So keep a look out for them soon!