DINOSAURS DINOSAURS DINOSAURS

As part of our Rich Topic one of the acivitivies the children have been asked to complete is a Diorama showing what they have learnt so far. Check out these finished ones. Well done to Lily in Room 2.

The Lost Thing by Flynn Blom Rm 6

Having read the story The Lost Thing, and watched the short film, Flynn made an awesome job on his cartoon strip depicting the main events.

Book and Movie Comparisons - "The Lost Thing" by Shaun Tan

This term we are looking at books and movies. The senior children have read the story "The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and have watched the film. This animation won an Oscar this year, beating Pixar, the producers of the Cars movies.

Having compared the book with the movie the children produced a timeline or cartoon strip of the 6-7 main events in this story.

This is a fantastic book to read with a sophisticated message that can be discussed and debated with children. The movie is available on You Tube.

Picture Book Studies

Tasman District Library Quiz

Well done to our four girls who took part in the TDC Library Quiz based on the NZ Post Book Awards. Congratulations on coming third equal overall, for winning the Sensational Survivors section and for winning the Best Dressed competition. Keep up the reading!

Book Week Dress Up Day

We completed our Book Week events with fantastic parade of children dressed up as their favourite book character. Each class chose their favourite to win a book from the library.

Book Week Events

As many of you who are part of our school know we spend two weeks on Book Week activities. This is a lot of fun for the children and also for me. The "Guess Who Ms. Simpson is Dressed Up As" has been a favourite for the past three years and this year was no different. We had a great time combining classes and working with buddies to complete activities based on the New Zealand Post Book Awards. Here is a sample of work from two boys in Room 3 which involved research, note taking, sketching and publishing. What a fantastic effort Jordan and Ryan. The senior syndicate was also involved in researching a farm animal after reading The Moon and Farmer McPhee.

                                                                

Other children in the middle syndicate completed work based on the story The Life Cycle of a Pukeko. Have a look at their fabulous efforts.

The middle syndicate also read Finnagan and the Pirates and completed several different tasks based on the story.