Sir Peter Blake

We have been learning about Sir Peter Blake because next week our school is going to celebrate Red Socks Day.

We watched this movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtzQduKtpsQ

These are our comments about Sir Peter Blake.

SIR PETER BLAKE - COMMENTS BY ROOM 4

When he was a child he learnt to sail and he had his first race when he was seven - Sam

He lived in Auckland - William

He was a famous sailor and he finally won his first race in 1995 - James

He never gave up when he was doing a race – Lily

He was a famous sailor all over the world – Blake

He had a yacht when he was young – Jenna

I like your red socks – Francis

He had four trophies for New Zealand and New Zealanders are proud of him – Willow

There were pirates who killed him – Georgia

He loved conservation – Mason

Red socks remind us of Sir Peter Blake because they kept winning when they were wearing them – Brandon

New Zealanders were sad when he died – Jenna

He won lots of yachting races – Joy

He helped save the environment – Billy

When he was on his yacht he kept saying “Wear your red socks.” – Jessica

He won the Americas Cup trophy – Nathan

He went around the world and he won – Caylen

He made New Zealanders dream about his life – Holly

He was one of the fastest yacht racers in the world – Joseph

It is amazing how many people wear red socks – Tessa

He always wore his red socks on race days – Luca

He was shot on his yacht when he was going to the Amazon River – William

He cared about the sea and the whole world – Joy

He cared about New Zealanders and after he died New Zealanders carried on with what he was doing and keep New Zealand clean – Willow

He cared about the Amazon Rainforest – Mason

He cared about sea creatures – Jenna

Lots of people support Red Socks Day – Caylen

He wanted to save the animals – Holly

His friends carried on caring about the environment – Jessica

He was a great leader – Mrs Nelson

He made his dream come true – Mrs Nelson

He was married to Pippa and he had two children who are grown up now – Mrs Nelson

The Sir Peter Blake Trust is an organisation that carries on with Peter’s dream of being a good leader and caring about our planet – Mrs Nelson

Massage Time!

Today we read a story about some other children in New Zealand getting into a circle and massaging each other. We copied their idea.

We did circles, clouds, rain, heavy rain, hail and thunder. Then we wrote names on backs and hugged the person in front of us. Lastly we did leaning back.

It was fun and relaxing too.  At the end Mrs Nelson suggested that we could go to sleep but we wanted to do our writing instead.

We did go to sleep for about 5 seconds!!!

Fun in the Snow

It snowed last week. We are having fun in the left-over snow. This is a class treat because we have been working so hard.
There is a hoar frost too. Titiro (look) at the beautiful rakau (trees).

Helicopter Visit Photos

Yesterday a helicopter came to Twizel Area School. It was very exciting. The Kindergarten children and the children from the Twizel Early Learning Centre came to have a look too.  We invited the Helicopter Line to come because the Junior classes are learning about transport. We have been thinking about how helicopters work. Thanks Chris and Grant for telling us.

This is not the surprise but Mrs Nelson said it was!

Waiting!

Here it comes!

A helicopter on our school field!

Listening to Grant, learning about the engines and propellers

Here is the fun part!

We loved learning about helicopters. Nathan's Dad is a helicopter pilot!

Wanaka Toy and Transport Museum Trip

Wanaka Toy and Transport Museum Trip

Room 4 went for a trip to the Wanaka Toy and Transport Museum on Monday the 13^th of May. We went there because we were studying transport and we thought visiting the museum would help us with our learning and be a fun day out.

First Debbie welcomed us and told us the rules of the museum. Then we looked around all the exhibits in small groups.

Some of the things we saw in the toys area were a Lego guitar man, glow in the dark Lego, Barbie dolls, a truck and trailer with a digger, some action figures and model cars.

When we went inside the hangers we saw many different kinds of vehicles. Some were fire engines, army trucks, aeroplanes, old cars, carriages, rockets, helicopters and boats.

After we had looked around at everything we played on the pedal cars, machine guns, bikes and swings.

We had lunch in an outside picnic area in the sun and then played again.

In the afternoon we sketched some vehicles and toys.

We left the museum at about 2pm and drove back to Twizel.

The students in Room 4 saw some amazing vehicles and toys. They especially enjoyed the tanks and army cars, the pedal cars, the Lego guitar man and the fire engines. Room 4 think it is interesting that one man collected a lot of things in 50 years. They had an amazing day at the Toy and Transport Museum.

Here is a list of everyone’s favourite thing:

Billy – the Lego guitar man

Jessica – the Lego guitar man

Luca – the army tanks

Willow – fire engines

Joy – the old fashioned cars

Georgia – the Barbie dolls

Caylen – the glow in the dark Lego

Lily – the Lego guitar man

Sam – the old fashioned trucks

Holly – the carriages

Tessa – the fire engines

Jenna – the pedal cars

Josh – the old fashioned trucks

Joseph – the mini bikes

Mason – the motor cycles

Blake – the aeroplanes

Francis – the Star Wars toys

Brandon – the army tanks

Nathan – the army vehicles

William – the steam roller

   

Bird Songs and More - developing confidence in presenting to an audience

Takahe Art

Our bird study is nearly finished. We have been doing some Takahe art. First we painted the background and used pastel too. Then we collaged our Takahe, glued them onto the backgrounds, and glued on some tussock and other features. 

We think Tahake are special. We hope you like these photos of our art.

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Georgia

Blake

Joseph

Joy

Francis

James

Holly

Sam

Josh

Jenna

William

Tessa

Caylen

Willow

Lily