It's a Book by Lane Smith

Room 9 read this book in the library a while ago. Take a look at the video.

Sparky visited Oakura School

Sparky, from Powerco visited our assembly today with a very important message. To watch the Sparky video and find out more about his message click here.

Name the surf education mascot

Enter the competition to name the new surf education mascot and be in the chance to win prizes!

Click here to find more details.

Sustainability acrostic poems

Room 9 have been learning about sustainability. We wrote some acrostic poems to share our understanding.

A poem of destiny by Theo Cook

Save our planet!

Use less energy.

Superman saves the world by being sustainable.

Try to limit use of plastic.

Apple cores are sustainable.

It means to go on forever.

No plastic! Try to recycle! 

Live sustainably by Oliver

 

Stop driving because it uses fossil fuels.

Use less fossil fuels.

Slow the printer so we save paper and trees.

Take your rubbish home.

Act with the environment not without.

If you give back as much trees as you take the world will survive.

No smoking because it harms the Ozone layer.

Sustainability by Theo.K

Stop driving because it uses up gas and fossils fuels.

Use less paper and stop laminating.

Slow the printer.

Take your rubbish home and leave it there.

Act environmental.

If you give back trees as much as you take, there will never be no trees.

No smoking because it releases chemicals that break the ozone layer.
Sustainability by Seton

SAVE OUR WORLD.

UNNECESSARY NEEDS ARE NOT NEEDS.

SOLAR POWER IS BETTER THAN COAL OR GAS.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

ANIMALS NEED FOOD, FOOD CAN’T GROW WITHOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

IF WE ARE NOT KIND TO THE WORLD IT WILL NOT BE KIND TO US.

NEEDS ARE NEEDS, THINK NEXT TIME YOU BUY SOMETHING. DO I WANT IT OR DO I NEED IT?

Supporting Taranaki Rugby

On Friday the 24th of October Oakura School of Taranaki dressed up in black and yellow to support the Taranaki rugby team. On Saturday Taranaki will vs the Tasman team for the final on home soil. Written by Katelyn and Charlotte.

Let's Go Pancake Surprise!

On Thursday the 23 of October, Oakura School had a pancake day for whoever walked, caught the bus, or biked to school. People were marked with a smiley face to show they have walked and then they walked up to the kitchen to receive their delicious pancake. This event was to encourage people to walk, bike or bus to school.

 

Written by Casey.

 

There are also some great pictures of our pancake morning on the link below.

Let's Go NP Facebook page

Sewing Club

Over the last term Miss Bain has been working with a group of kids in lunch times to create an awesome soft toy. First we had to draw the shape we wanted.Then we drew it onto the material of our choice. Next we sewed the buttons on and the mouth. Finally we used the sewing machine to sew it all together and stuffed the toy with old pillows. After that we hand sewed the hole up and then it was done.

 

I think it is so awesome to have such a talented teacher!!!

By Belle

Te kupu o te wiki: Wahine (Woman)

Check out some of the fantastic sentences that room 9 have been writing related to te kupu o te wiki. We have been trying to include similes in our sentences. Can you find any similes?

Are we acting in a sustainable manner at school?

 

Some of the class had some understanding of what it means to be sustainable. They explained their ideas to the class. We then watched the top two videos and read some articles in school journals to expand our learning further. We're going to create an acrostic poem with our understanding of sustainability.

Primary Tennis Championships - 16.10.14

Sunflower buddy planting - Room 9 and 4

ROOM 9 & 4 SUNFLOWERS!

On Friday Rm 9 & 4 planted sunflowers! We went to the nursery with our buddies in groups of 5. First the room 9 students put a rubber glove on one hand and scooped up soil into both pots. Then the room 9 student poked a hole in the soil with their rubber glove hand and the room 4 buddy chose 2 seeds and put them in the holes and covered them up. After that we wrote our names on the tape and stuck it on our pot and placed them outside room nine. We had an awesome time planting our sun flowers and can't wait to see them grow! Thank you to Willow, Violette and her family for donating the sunflower seeds.

Written by OLIVIA (room 9) and ARIANA (room 4)

Photos by Belle Evans and Carter Rewiti (room 9)

Zentangle Art

 

We looked at lots of Zentangle art in class this week. We shared our thoughts and feelings about the art. Here are some of the comments made:

- Created with black ink

- Bold designs

- Repeating patterns

- Relaxing to look at

- Dizzly looking

- Detailed

We also learnt about the history of Zentangle and started our own creations.

Click on the link below to find out more information or to have a look at some more Zentangle pictures.

What is it? Zentangle website



Sewing Club - Oliver's Dog

Congratulations on completing your dog Oliver. He looks great. You've shown determination, perseverance and an ability to learn a new skill.

Last term Miss Bain decided to start up a sewing club for anybody who wanted to learn to sew! I was one of the them and here is my finished project. Oliver.

Keith Haring Style Art

KIETH HARING ART

THIS TERM ROOM 9 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME "KEITH HARING" ART. WE ALL ENJOYED DOING OUR ART WORK AND WE HOPE YOU LIKE THEM TOO. IF YOU WANT YOU SHOULD TRY MAKING YOUR OWN "KEITH HARING" ART. BE CREATIVE AND USE YOUR OWN STYLE. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE DIFFERENT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO KEITH HARING ART USE WATER COLOUR, DYE AND A VIVID PEN.

WRITTEN BY ALYSSA LAMB AND OLIVIA COOK

In Term 3 we started doing some Keith Haring art which is Pop Art. First we did a draft of the picture we wanted to do. Next we drew the final on a A4 piece of paper (we had to do movement lines for affect). After that we either dyed or water coloured inside our paintings and then we did the same for the background. Finally we went around all our lines in vivid.

Hope you like them! Written by Oliver.