Capital E Children’s Arts Festival

  Wow, What a fabulous day we had last Tuesday.  We caught the bus into Wellington and then saw three fantastic shows.  The first show  was Sky Dancer

A young girl named Skylark becomes embroiled in a prophecy which sees her embark on an extraordinary journey, a dazzling trip into the past to save our future. Capital E National Theatre for Children and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra present a symphonic work composed by Gareth Farr specifically for a young audience. Myth transforms into a legendary performance, inspired by Witi Ihimaera’s novel Sky Dancer. This new work shows off the full orchestral sound in all its glory. Let your imagination take flight while puppets, projections and performers complete the epic visual staging. Sky Dancer is the perfect introduction to classical music.

Our next show was Down Beneath, Below about sub Antarctic animals.  There was hip hop, crumping, skating, juggling and more.  Outrageous! 
Come on a big adventure to icy lands downunder. Join urban misfit movers who hip and hop and crump and shake on a journey to the bottom of the world. Meet wild creatures and magic places as our heroes dive right down beneath below.

Java Dance takes us on an icy journey inspired by Our Far South, a Morgan Foundation project aimed at raising New Zealanders' awareness of the area south of Stewart Island.





Lastly, we went to a clowning show about the Arctic.  It was funny!  Especially the dog…….
Some days a quiet picnic on a melting ice floe is not as straightforward as it seems. With a creak, a crunch and a splash, the best-laid plans can be cut adrift and a man can only surrender to the deep ebb and flow of daydreams, memories and magic...

Spoontree Productions presents The Man the Sea Saw, wrapped in a dazzling set that unfolds like a surreal pop-up book. This tender, touching adventure finds the calm harbour between acrobatic suspense, extreme hilarity and poignant themes of family, loss and love.

I wish we could go again!

Fun in the School Pool

Sports Disco

I know this was a couple of weeks ago now but Room 12 did such a fantastic job of decorating the hall and we raised lots of money for our Capital E trip.

 

 

It was awesome fun.  Great job Room 12!

Making Tens in maths

 

  We have been using sticks to help us group numbers in tens and rename them into ones to help us with adding and subtracting

Swimming sports

Wow, what wonderful swimmers we are growing here at Koraunui School.  A wonderful day all round.  Thanks to the parents who were able to come down and support your children.

Swimming

Michael’s puff mobile

 

Did you Know?

Room 12 runs the school assembly

On Friday, Room Twelve ran the school assembly.  Lori, Katie and Myah were the hosts.  They wrote the script for assembly themselves and did a fantastic job of it.  They were also very patient when children were talking out of turn! 

Well done girls. 

He tino rawe rawa atu!  You were the bomb!

Puff Mobile by Myah

At school we have been making puff mobiles.  The equipment you need is:
1 piece of paper
1 pair of scissors
1 piece of tape
4 lifesaver lollies
3 straws

These are some of the styles you could make, a boat or a box made out of the paper.

When they were made, we went up to the hall.  In the hall we could take 10 breaths, however, in the class we could only take 9 breaths.  I got to do one lot of blowing and my partner counted and then we swapped and she blew and I counted.

Our Puff Mobiles by Katie

Hello blogging buddies.  I am going to tell you about how Callum and I made our puff mobile.  First, we got our materials.  we were given: 2 paper clips, 2 pieces of pper, 4 round lollies with little holes in the middle of each lolly.  We also got three straws. 

When we started to make our puff mobiles, Callum and I both had two different ideas.  We decided to mix our ideas together. 

Our puff mobile was epic!  We all raced our puff mobiles.  We only had 9 breaths to see how far our puff mobiles went.  I was puffing on our puff mobile while Callum was counting my breaths.  Our puff mobile went the farthest. 

This has been the funnest day at school.

PS:  I think you should try this!!!

 

Puff Mobiles by Sindy

On a thrilling Thursday, Room 12 made awesome puff mobiles.

We used:  paper, straws, paper clips, sellotape and of course, 4 round puff lollies each.

We all had races, well, not those kinds of races, but we had to see how far we could blow it.  The hard thing for me was that we could only take 10 breaths.  We did it on the carpet at first, but that had a lot of friction so we tried it on the lino and that was much better.

I really enjoyed making these puff mobiles.  It was really fun and I think that you should give this a try, either at home or at school.

Our Puff Mobiles by Jackie-Mae

On Wednesday we started to make puff mobiles.  I made a ship.  It was cool.  I liked it and I liked Miki's, it was cool too.  She was my partner.

Puff Mobile by Aidan

On Wednesday Room 12 made puff mobiles.  Our teacher Mrs C buddied us up.  I was with Michael.  Michael and I made one that was sort of like a sled.  I was an awesome one.  It was really easy.  All you needed to do was fold and fold and then you had to put wheels on and sellotape it before you tested it.  If it rolled, it worked!  If it didn't, Try Again!

Our Puff Mobiles, by Caira

On Wednesday we built puff mobiles.  We had to take 9 breaths to make them go.  The one that came first, was Callum and Katies.  Their one went up to the wall (it went to the door).  It even had its own motor.

They were all so cool.  I couldn't choose which one I liked best but Ethan and Brayden's one was awesome.  Mrs C took funny pictures of us and is putting them on the blog.

Our Puff mobiles by Bailey

Hello blogging buddies.  On Wednesday we made puff mobiles.  Puff mobiles is a race where you have nine puffs to see how far you can blow your puff mobile.  A puff mobile is made out of one straw and a piece of paper and you have ten minutes to build it.  When the ten minutes is up, you blow it across the carpet.  I blew my puff mobile 5.20 metres but the winning puff mobile went 8 metres.  Robbie and I cam second.  Then we did it again and we had a little more equipment.  We had three straws, three pieces of paper, 4 life savers, 2 paper clips and half a metre of tape.  Robbie and I won that one.  We blew it 5.09 metres.  I recommend that you do it in your class too!