Parachute Games!

Today we joined up with Room 3 to play parachute games as part of our EOTC week. We all had to work co-operatively to lift our arms together to capture the air we needed to turn the parachute into a giant tent. When we did we could all fit underneath and play games! Then we used the trapped air to bounce balls on the top! It was great fun!

Winter Wonderland

As part of EOTC week Year 1& 2 classes visited Winter Wonderland at Capital E today. We each wrote some wishes to post in the wishing tree in the enchanted forest! Father Christmas's elf Cinnamon told us a story, we climbed on the climbing wall, searched for 10 gingerbread men in the gingerbread house and made a felt mouse decoration with a candy cane tail to hang on our Christmas trees at home. Before we left to come back to school on the bus Father Christmas asked us what we would like for Christmas! We all had a wonderful time and thank you to the mums & dads who came with us!

Zebong-Teller of Tales

Today Year 1& 2 began Outdoor Education Week with a visit by Zebong, the Storyteller. He had a special backdrop which was painted with a spooky castle with special flaps on it. Under the flaps were pictures that helped tell a fairy tale with a wicked witch, a troll, a snake, a king, a queen, a prince and some naughty girls. Zebong chose some teachers and children to act out parts of the story. Esme and James were lucky to be chosen! We all enjoyed the show and the detailed questions the children had for Zebong at the end showed that everyone had been listening very carefully!

Dancing at Assembly

Last week we had our last dance session with Mrs Hooke. We performed a short dance at assembly to share our learning. We hope everyone enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed dancing!

Creeping Caterpillars

This term we are exploring different printing techniques. Our creeping caterpillars are sponge printed circles with details painted on later with a brush. Our letter of the week was Ll, so we drew on the Ll shaped legs with black felt pens at handwriting time!

Milo Cricket

The Milo Cricket programme is in action at Muritai School this week.
Today Rooms 1,3, and 16 joined together to have a go.
We learned some cricket skills and how to keep safe when running with a cricket bat.
Watch us go!

At the Disco!

Today lots of children came back to school at 5pm for the junior disco. We had a DJ who played cool music for everyone to dance to. All the curtains were closed to make it dark enough for the disco lights and you could buy sparkly rings and neon bracelets that glowed in the dark! Mums and Dads were invited to join in too. At the end everyone had an iceblock to cool down. It was lots of fun.

Junior Athletic Sports

On Tuesday we held our Junior Athletic Sports. We had all been practising sprints, jelly shot put, quoit and tennis ball throwing, high jump and long jump for 6 weeks!
Thank you to Mr Skilton and Mr Hull who organised the day and set out all the sports equipment for us! It was a beautiful day and thanks to all the mums, dads, grandmas and grandads who came to cheer us on!
We all tried our hardest to do our best and it was a great morning!

Our Visit to The Nutcracker Ballet

On Thursday we went by bus into Wellington to see the ballet company perform The Nutcracker ballet.
Sarah's mum Lisa came with us. We were not allowed to take photos of the dancers performing so we all watched very carefully so we could draw what we saw back at school. Here are some of Room 1's favourite parts:

I liked the flying bed. Abby, Lachlan, James
I liked the dancers in the tutus. Esme
I liked the doctor's scene. Rory
I liked it when Fritz aimed his slingshot at Clara. Seb
I liked the snow scene. It was made of tissue paper. Alex
I liked it when the flower girls danced. Joe
I liked all of it. Poppy
I liked the crutches dance. Rose, Ruby, Kaya, William
I liked the ballerinas in the white tutus. Harriet
I liked Fritz being funny and flying around with his arms out like a plane. Sarah
I liked it when the bed went up in the air on ropes. Florence
I liked the girl in the blue skirt and the boy dancing. Mila-Rose