Stepping Out Dance.

Last week we had a Hip Hop dance session with Ezra and Dean from Stepping Out Dance.
It was a lot of fun and we learnt a few new Hip Hop moves!

 

 

 

Clyde - Official Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Mascot

The Commonwealth Games start this week in Glasgow, Scotland. The official mascot of The Games is a cheeky wee thistle named Clyde (I wonder if you know why he is named Clyde?)
Here is Clyde's story.........

Rap-unzel!

Today we went to see the play 'Rap-unzel' 

It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed how they twisted the fairytale around. There was Simon Cow and his talent show ‘A Land Far Far Away’s Got Talent With X Factor Idol’, a rapping Rap-unzel, a handsome Fresh Prince and lots of other fairytale characters. We really enjoyed it!

             

                                             

Rod Dixon's Kid's Marathon

Congratulations to all of the Kereru students who participated in the Rod Dixon Marathon on Sunday. Everyone has put in such a huge effort at school with all the practise you have been doing leading up to the event.
Finishing is Winning....
Winning is Finishing.

Fossil Walk

Today was on our big trip up the Richmond Hills to dig for fossils. It was a beautiful day for a walk and we were all very excited to use our fossil kits and dig for real fossils.
We were hoping to find some fish Trace Fossils but were pretty happy with all the shell fossils we found.


'Walking through the mud was cool and finding quite a few fossils in one rock was awesome!'
Emma
'I liked the part when we went for a walk further up the hill. I saw lots more fossils in the rocks and I found one to take home to my brother Josh who missed out cause he was sick.'
Grace
'Fun and frustrating because I didn't dig up any fossils but I did find one on the way back.'
Eve
'When we climbed higher the view was great and we found a sign to slide on down the hill.'
Jack
'It was hard climbing up the hill and finding a fossil but I did find one.'
Trinity
'It was tricky to find the fossils at the start but I found a big black one and had to use two hammers to dig it out.'
Jonte
'The view from the top was amazing!'
Caleb
'Hopefully I found the biggest fossil!'
Finn

Fossil Walk!

This Friday we will be setting off on our Fossil Walk (so exciting!)

We will be leaving school at 11.00 and make our way to our destination where we will stop for some lunch.

After that we will head off down (or up) the track to fossick for fossils.

You may wear mufti on Friday but please remember you will be digging around in the dirt so dress appropriately. You will be taking your lunch, drink bottle and fossil kit.

We expect to be back at school by 2.30.

Paris the Bunny

Today David brought his Mini Lop bunny, Paris, in to show his classmates. Paris is still only a baby so his ears are still sticking up. As he gets older his ears will get more floppy. He is VERY cute!!
Paris stayed in our classroom all day and had plenty of children wanting to hold him and keep him company.

Paris the Mini Lop.

Paris had lots of friends to look after him.

Thanks for bringing in your bunny David!

Jurassic Park!

This afternoon we started watching the movie 'Jurassic Park'.
It fits in with our topic 'Memory Bones'
It was really interesting because one of our reading groups was reading an article called 'Fossil Seekers' about three famous Paleontologists (Mary Anning, Jack Horner and Barnum Brown) Jack Horner actually worked on the movie 'Jurassic Park' to make sure the dinosaurs in the movie were as realistic as possible.
We'll be watching for his name in the credits when we finish watching it on Friday.

We made Resin (Amber) Fossils out of jelly.

We'll eat them during the movie...

Close up of our Amber Fossils

 

Blake and Joel's Resin Fossils

Great way to spend a wet and windy Wednesday!

Eating our 'Fossils'

Yum!