Kat Anna Fiddle

On Wednesday Kat and Anna came to our school to perform for us. Firstly they performed a chant and introduction. Secondly Anna played an instrument called a mandolin. She had with her blue dog puppet that was attached to her instrument with strings. Thirdly Kat told us a story about seven fish. The story was from NZ and about Matariki. In the end the fish turned into stars. After that Kat told us another story about stone soup. When a lady had no money and she found a rich man's house. She tricked him into giving her food. Afterwards Kat told us another story about a family of Riley's. Bridget Riley caught a leprechaun with a pot of gold and she wanted it! Jordan and Natasha H helped with that story. Kat performed another story about a mosquito and sand fly, that wanted to rule the earth. Lastly Stacie thanked them for coming. My favourite part was the Stone Soup story, it was cool. Recount by Zayleah.

Netball

On Tuesday the Bradford Breez Netball team played an awesome game. So far they have won three games and had one draw. They are good at getting the ball up and down the court quickly. The team are having some important lessons about having a positive attitude on the court and about being a good sport. On the court we have learnt that we can play different positions, ones that we have never played before. The team is shaping up really well. They are enjoying playing for the Bradford Breez.
Here are some photos of last weeks game.

On Monday the 11Th of May Cody, Riley, Shaniia, Abby, Luka, Jonathan, Jeannie, and Sydney went to an Illustrators Workshop, at the Dunedin Public Library. Where David Elliot talked about his books and illustrations. He read us Pigtails the Pirate and the Pokindales. The Pokindales is about some sheep that live in Pokinville. One spoilt lamb comes along and said she was going to the pet parade. Middle lamb decides she wants to go, so her mother makes a dress out of an old sack. Then she gets teased because of her dress. After that she saves a little goat so the bull gives her the Biggest Bull Award. It was a great book. At the end we all got a bag with a pencil, a balloon, a bag of chips, 3 free DVD rentals and a lollipop. We all had a great morning!!!


This picture took David 3 days to draw the basic outline.

SLEEPING BEAUTY

On Tuesday 5 May, Kim Whitta came and shared a play called Sleeping Beauty. First Room 3 came up and did their part in the play. They gave Princess Aurora her christening gifts. First came the gift of speech. Second came the gift of grace. Third came the gift of love. Fourthly came the gift of beauty. Lastly came the gift of good luck. After that Carabosk came and set the curse on Aurora, so that when she turns sixteen she will prick her finger on a spindle, then die. But then the good fairy came and set a different spell, that when she pricks her finger, she will fall asleep for 100 years. Next we jumped 16 years to Aurora's 16th birthday. After that the Room 4 girls came and gave Aurora a gift. It was a swan music box. Finally Room5 came up and did their song which was about Aurora's coach. The music was Grease Lightning. It was my favourite part of the whole play. Next Room 6 and Room 4 boys came up and did their part. It was about the entertainment at Aurora's 16 birthday. The entertainment was bare knuckle fist fights. After that Carabosk dressed as a beggar and knocked on the door. He gave Aurora a spindle. She played around with the spindle. Then she pricked her finger and then fell asleep. After that Room 5 boys and Room 6 girls chopped and kicked through all the vines and over grown bush to get to Sleeping Beauty. Lastly Prince Jacob kissed sleeping beauty/Mya. Prince Jacob helped Mya up and they got married.

THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!

Recount by Cody

In the last few weeks of Term 1 we went to Moana Pool. On the first day Room 6 went over to the wave pool. Room 5 were split into different groups to see what level we were on. At the end we played a game of penguins. If the swimming instructor called out 'penguins,' we jumped in and swam to the lane rope, touched it and swam back. The last person standing up was out and sat down. If the instructor said 'penguins' and you didn't jump in, you were out. If the instructor said anything other than 'penguins' and you jumped in, you were also out. Then we got to go and play in the wave pool while Room 6 had their lessons. For the rest of the sessions we had normal lessons. Aaron's favourite part of the lesson was backstroke. It was fun. I can't believe it is over .