Print Making Begins

We have created our polystyrene prints. First we had to draw 4 designs and then choose the one we liked the most. It  had to be suited to creating an easy to see print. Zara chose an octopus and Brooke used what she had learnt from our drawing unit to create a landscape. We learnt to carefully put the ink on our block and then use a dry roller to make sure all of the paper was covered. We worked hard to keep the edges of our print clean. 

We are proud of our efforts.

Our next task is to create cardboard block prints.

Evie going to School

Evie is a Japanese Spitz dog. She is 4 months old and belongs to Joshua's family. Evie has white fluffy hair and Koby thinks she looks really cool. Evie is making good friends at school.

 We hope she visits us often.

Josh and Evie are very good friends.  "She looks like a fluffy ball," said Maihi.  Mia told us that after she patted Evie her hands smelled nice.  Connar said that Evie liked to get patted backwards. Zara could tell that Evie didn't want to leave Josh.

Evie is getting training. She can sit when she is given the command with just hand signals.
She is learning to lie down with just a hand signal too.
Even though she is a quiet dog, her family is teaching her to stop barking at strangers when they are walking past.

Konnichiwa Our visit from Japan

We had a lot of fun when some students from Japan visited our school. We met for a special assembly and we sung a waiata.  They sang two songs with actions. One of the students conducted.
Some of the students met with Room 9 and Room 10. They taught us how to shoot balloons with a gun made from chopsticks and rubber bands. Then they gave us prizes!

After that they gave us all a heavy balloon with some water in it that we used as a yoyo.  It was cool because they made things for us.  We made them some origami windmills, with paper and glitter in Hampstead School colours.

James's Dragon

I learnt to draw this dragon when Mrs Crossen showed me how to copy ideas from a how to draw sheet.  This was my first try. I was quite amazed because I had never drawn a dragon that good before. I think drawing is cool. I am going to learn how to draw a bugatti veyron. I have a lot of pictures on my ipod of them. My favourite is a silver one. I also have a picture on my wall of one.

Artist James

Swiper says Hello

I liked bringing Swiper to school because he has never been to school before. This was his first day.

He's a friendly dog. He is a labrador and he loves to meet people and get patted. His favourite toy is his duck. It makes a noise when he bites it. 

by Maddy

Swiper was relaxed and friendly when he met us.

A lot of us wanted to get the chance to pat him and say thank you for coming.

Gymnastics in our Classroom

First we did a gymnastics walk across the room. We had to be relaxed while holding our bodies straight. Koby remembered we had to have our arms straight by our ears and our fingers together for the Releve walk.  After that we did a walk and hop while staying balanced. It was funny because it was called Walk and Hop. 

Brooke thought it was fun because we got to go in pairs and take turns. Riley thought it was fun to watch because everyone was walking and hopping.