The wind blew in Rata this afternoon...

paper, leaves and seed pods went round and round.

Dirt, beautiful dirt...

I'm a worm. I dive and slide.

I make beautiful dirt!

"Plant that seed and watch it grow," said worm.

Drip, drop...

and bright and yellow sun.

Tick, tock...tick, tock...

The tree grows and the flowers bloom.

Guess who finds the nectar?

And does a poi dance!

The bees couldn't drink the nectar. I wonder why?

                                               Ruru enjoys this season as he hunts for the...

mice who are eating the seedpods.

We found out lots about the life cycle of the little Kowhai tree.

Thank you Little Dog Barking Company.
Find the songs that were sung by clicking on this link:
http://www.littledogbarking.co.nz/resources/resources-little-kowhai-tree/

M.O.O.T. Stars

Onesie Day

Fun-times on Wellington Free Ambulance Day.

Calendar Art

Today we finished our artwork created in the style of Yayoi Kusama.

We think you will agree our art will make lovely 2017 calendars and notebooks.

 You can order  on the form coming home tomorrow.

Orders need to be returned to the school office by next Wednesday the 14th of September.

M.O.O.T. fun...

Making our own battery. on PhotoPeach


Thank you so much Mr. Mason for bringing all the things we needed and teaching us how to make our own battery. It was awesome.

Dotty Art

We are creating an artwork for a 2017 calendar today.

Yayoi Kusama is an artist from Japan who loves to use dots in her art.

My Visionary Life (2013)

Japanese Ochiba Fallen Leaves 

Butterfly (1998)

Sometimes she gets people to put dots on a room to create an unique work of art.
You can join the fun by clicking on the link below:

Kusama's World of Dots.

We are going to use dots to create a pattern on top of our painted drawings.

We hope you will like them.

Fair Play in Rio

http://www.newshub.co.nz/sport/nikki-hamblin-through-to-5000m-final-despite-fall-2016081701

You are an Olympic runner.

You are standing at the starting blocks beside the worlds top runners. 

How are you feeling?

What are you thinking?

Bang!

You are off.

What is your body doing and feeling?

Your legs are....

Your arms are....

Your breath is...

Suddenly... 

you fall over.

What happens?

Do you finish the race?

Does anyone help you?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83248381/rio-olympics-2016-nikki-hamblin-abbey-dagostino-epitomise-the-olympic-spirit

"And suddenly there's this hand on my shoulder, like 'get up, get up, we have to finish this!'

"I'm so grateful for Abbey for doing that for me. That girl is the Olympic spirit right there.

Birds of Brazil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK64C2FFBlg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XtNknnedyA


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PgOgHUE-Ag

How many medals has New Zealand won at the Rio Olympics?

We are keeping track of the medals our athletes have won through this site...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/rio-2016/medals

Have fun with Vinicius....

Researcher Matilda shared about the Olympic Games mascot...Vinicius.

Have some fun with him here...

https://www.rio2016.com/mascots/#!home