One last video for 2014

Here is the last video for our stop motion instructional videos. This was completed on the very last day of school. Awesome work team!

I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for a wonderful term room 9. I will miss you all.

All the best
Sophie

Claudelands Park Class Trip

Today, Wednesday 10th December, we walked down to Claudelands Park for our class trip. Wow, we were very lucky with the weather! We enjoyed playing on the playground, we sketched the Claudelands Event Centre, sculptures, buildings, plants, flowers and many other things around the area. We ended the afternoon with a great game of T-Ball.

We had such a wonderful day! Thank you to those parents and helpers who were able to assist us during the trip. We really appreciate the effort.

Here is a quick video to show what we got up to.

Running around buildings!

This video to tell people who just started school (five year olds) and people that are new to the school not to run around buildings because you never know what's around the corner.

Made By:
Aryan
Griffin
Ileli
Hamish
Mya

Stop Motion instructional video

We have been busy creating instructional videos as part of our Inquiry learning. We have created videos to help new students learn about the Hamilton East way.

This wonderful movie is about the banks at Hamilton East School. Enjoy!

More Operetta Poems

S-A-V-E on the stage!

Reflecting shapes in maths.

Operetta Poems

Operetta S-A-V-E

Blue-headed Choir

Store-keeper, dog, dog-washer, car-washer.
Our chore people who show how we can make money to save.

We are dressed and ready to roll out.

Some of the choir and loom band dancers waiting peacefully for our item in the operetta.

Hippy car driver, delivery boy, choir member and loom band dancer.

Busy girls, in two items.

Our piggy bank and piggy walker.

Hamilton East News paper girl and lawn mower girl.

Lining up with our props.  We like it when it isn't raining on us!

There goes the hippy in his 60's car!

Behind the stage - we have to sneak in and wait without making a sound!  It is very cramped in here.

The leads. They are getting very good at quick costume changes!

The loom band dancers are rocking the stage!

Room 9's new sandpit

Room 9 has a brand new sandpit!
When Miss Langdon was out shopping she found a box of magical sand. It is called kinetic sand and it sticks together because it has been mixed with a polymer. This sand is water resistant, it never dries out and it doesn't stick to your hands!
The grand opening of our new sandpit attracted lots of visitors from other classes, there were more than 20 people crowded around the table!

GOLD MEDAL WINNER!

Alison Shanks came in to talk to us about following our dreams.  She shared how she had achieved her dream of being the best in the world at something.  Alison thought she REALLY wanted to be a Silver Fern player, but she never got to play much on the courts when she was in A grade.  When the coach told her she had to go down to the B grade, she changed her goal and began riding her bike. Alison has since won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in individual pursuit.

When she was racing in France, the bystanders were calling Ali, Ali, Ali! so she thought they were cheering for her.  But it really means Go! Go! Go!

Alison's bike is made of carbon fibre so it is really lightweight. There are no brakes!!! So she has to keep going around the track until she slows down enough to stop.

She can go 60km an hour, so it must hurt a lot if she falls off.  Alison's shoes are clipped on to the pedals.

Here is one of our students wearing Alison's racing suit and gold medal!

The NED show.

Kylie (the NED show girl) brought her friend, Ned, to Hamilton East School to show us what NED stands for.  

N = Never Give Up!

E = Encourage Others

D = Do Your Best.

Kylie also showed us some yoyo tricks while she shared a story about Ned not getting up in time and being chased by an alien.  

She did 'around the world' by spinning the top in a big circle in front and behind her body.

The Paris trick was an Eiffel tower made with the string of the yoyo (like a string game).

She also made a flag with the string, and spaghetti with the yoyo as a meatball.

Kylie threw the yoyo high in the air to make it look like a rocket blasting off.  There were lots of pictures she could make with the string, like jail bars, and a star.  At the beginning of the show she pretended her yoyo was Ned's dog and took it for a walk along the edge of the stage.

One boy in our class was asked how are you going to succeed in life and school. He said sometimes you need to take small steps to reach your goal.

At the end of the show she put a tissue in her mouth and pulled out a very very very long string of rainbow coloured tissues!!!  

Skipping with Erin

Calais - "We needed to measure the skipping ropes to check they were the right size.  If the handles came up near our shoulders, it was a good size."
Matthew - "You should land on the balls of your feet."
Namrata - "Your arms need to be tucked next to your sides."
Nivriti - "We had to be careful not to hit anyone with the skipping rope."
Josef - "Don't jump too high, or your timing might be wrong."
Chloe - "We learnt how to do the bell skip.  We jumped back and forwards across a line on the ground while skipping."
Josef - "You need to have a rhythm".
Griffin - "It is easier to do 2 jumps for each rope swing."
Connor - "It's hard to skip backwards."
Lathaniel - "It is hard to skip while running because I kept whipping my feet."
Aki - "When you are skipping you should always look forward so you can see where you're going."
Griffin - "It is difficult to skip forwards with two feet together. (Jumping)."
Matthew - "Make sure you jump early so you don't trip over the rope."

Skipping with Erin from Project Energize.