Fabulous Fireworks!

Over the past two weeks our focus has been Guy Fawkes. We have written some great poems, using WOW words to make our work interesting and exciting. And now we have some wonderful fireworks art displayed in our classroom.

We had to think of a WOW statement to go with our artwork for our blog.

TITIRO MAI ...

Term 4 'CHALLENGE'

Our Junior syndicate has got off to a great start in Term 4. Our concept this term is 'CHALLENGE'. This term we will challenge ourselves to push the boundaries. Our challenge this term is to be the best that we can be, and do the best that we can do. Watch this space.

Culture Dress-Ups

Monday the 20th September was Culture Costume Day. In Room Six we had 17 different cultures represented.

Culture in Room Six

Term three in Room 6 was all about 'Culture'. We had a few fabulous visitors - parents who came into Room 6 and told us all about things that happen in Scotland, China and Holland. The students brought in items from various cultures to share for news. We wrote, we did artworks, we discussed and we learned more about the different 'CULTURES IN OUR WORLD'.

Room 4's Food & Dress Up Culture Day

Take a look at our great costumes and super food.

Room 9's Fabulous Calendar Art

Have a look at our amazing sun art. We have used paints and pastels to create these awesome Aztec culture based images.

Culture Day in Room 2

What a fabulous Culture day we had at school on Monday!
Most of us in Room 2 dressed up for the occasion.
We had people dressed as Samoans, Fijians, Spanish, Indian , Native American, All Blacks, a Ki-o-Rahi player, a Filipino person, and Maori people. We decided sports groups were cultures too. Check out our photos.

Calendar Artwork

In Room 5, we have been very busy making artwork for our school calendars.

We used crayon and dye to make our prints. We had a lot of fun!

Room 1 - BELONGING

This term, we have been learning about BELONGING.

We all belong to a family - Whanau.

In Room 1, we are a class whanau.

At St Francis Xavier Catholic School, we are a school whanau.

We are part of the St Francis Xavier Parish family.

WE ALL BELONG TO GOD'S WHANAU ...

Room 2 Calendar Art

In Room 2 we have created some vibrant calendar art.
The theme of our work is Pacific Culture.
We have created colourful lavalava patterns.
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Antoni's award winning story

This week Room 7 is very proud of our class-mate Antoni who won second prize in a Northland story writing competition. The competition is run by Te Tai Tokerau Literacy Association.

Here is the award winning story:

Once there was a man and his name was Jacob. He loved cars because he was a famous car driver and his race was starting today.

He is racing around a Europe mountain. He is racing right now. Wow look at him go! Oh no it looks like he’s going to crash. Phew! Just his back wheels of the car fell off the cliff then he was the first one to cross the finish line.

Congratulations Antoni! We are very proud!

Creation KID PIX - Room 1

In Religious Education this term, we have been learning about Holiness and how God's creation reminds us of the holiness of God.

We made our pictures of God's creation using Kidpix.

Titiro Mai ...

Daffodil art from Room 9.

Our inspiration was Daffodil Day, spring arriving and a fresh bunch of daffodils.