Arts in Action Week

Tomorrow is the start of Arts in Action Week. The theme is music, All Surrounded by Sound. 

We are going to watch a performance by two musicians, Hera and Jed.

On Friday and next week we will be learning some songs with Hera and Jed. We are doing a concert for our school and community on Tuesday at 2.15pm.

Another bike trip photo

Here is another photo of some Room 4 students on our big A2O trip ... it's rest time and what a view!

We shared our castle pictures at assembly. Some of the defence words are battlements, slit windows, moat, and drawbridge. We were talking about castles because two groups have been reading Alfred the Curious, a story about a boy saving a castle.

Joy's Castle

The Stage 5 and 6 maths group solved the problem about how much the new spelling games cost. We had to work out how much 25% off 2 x $10 and 1 x $30 saved. It saved $12.50.

Alps to Ocean Bike Trip

Twizel Area School

Alps to Ocean Bike Trip

Forty-four children from Year 3-6 and 13 adults biked part of the Alps to Ocean bike track on a hot day in March.

The Alps to Ocean is a new bike track that starts at Aoraki Mount Cook and finishes at Oamaru. We biked the part from the eastern side of Lake Pukaki back to Twizel (18km).

Thirteen children chose to get a ride to school from our morning tea place near the dam. Five Year-3 students rode all the way.

Here are some extracts from our recount stories:

“The loose gravel made me feel like I was going to slip off my bike.” Monique

“I was racing faster than lightning.” Sam

“I tried not to panic as I turned a corner. I came off the track. I got off my bike to catch my breath.” Ralph

 “We had the Police to help with safety when we crossed the road.” Daniel

 “I saw Aoraki Mount Cook. It was awesome.” Zach

“I was so, so hot on the Pukaki Flats. Even though I thought I might get grumpy I just needed to keep on going and do my best.” Joy

“At the start of the ride I felt a tiny bit nervous but at the end I felt more confident.” Fred

“I am proud that I did the bike ride.” Jack

Getting ready to start

Up the big hill before morning tea

We have gone through the first gate

On the hot Pukaki Flats

Almost back at school

Our Day Today

It's time to start posting about our learning days:

We have been drawing a castle with the defences labelled. That is because we have been reading a book about a battle in a medieval castle.

Our bike stories are nearly ready for printing.

Our homework is to talk about our topic questions with an adult. We have to choose some of the questions, not all of them.