Hanmer Camp 2019

Thomas being a tree climbing champion!

What  a FABULOUS camp! We mountain biked, we climbed trees, we got lost in a forest, we visited a cemetery and sculpture park, we had a quiz and concert, we climbed Conical Hill and we visited a lolly shop. And we soaked in hot pools and squealed down the Superbowl! The weather was fantastic. The scenery was stunning. Above all this awesomeness though was the fabulous teamwork. What a great, friendly, supportive, kind bunch of humans! Well done team!

The whole camp photo. T3 and T4.

Mountain bikers just chilling out.

All ready for orienteering

Winners are Grinners!

SuperBowl!

The winning Quiz team:The Jamaican People!

Peppa Pigs Getting ready for orienteering

Book Week

Book Week 2019

We had a lovely buddy reading session with Mamaku. How fun to share some wonderful stories with some good friends! Thanks Ms Teasdale and Mamaku Hub.

We have listened to Andy Griffiths stories and decorated doors to reflect these stories.

Andy Wright, the story teller, visited on Wednesday and we had the big book character assembly on Wednesday. It's been a massive week!

Easter Art Self Portraits

Checkout Totara Four with their adorable Easter self portrait art works!

 I think they all look fabulous

ANZAC collaborative art with the Year Sixes.

ANZAC DAY ART (year sixes)

On Wednesday 10.4.19 we worked on a collaborative ANZAC day art. We decided on an image of poppy fields that we liked and then I (Mrs Gully) did a rough sketch of it. Some students drew over it with Sharpies while others mixed paint. Then we all had a go at painting our artwork and applying pastels to create depth and texture.

Here are some photos of our art and the processes we used to create it. Scroll down...

Trip to Brunner Mine!

22.3.19
On Friday T4 went to v
isit the Brunner mine site and the Stillwater cemetery with the teachers from Shantytown. It was a great day. I learned a lot about our local history. Here are some photos

Big Friday

15.3.19

T4 had a huge Friday this week with Briea being Principal for the Day, Thomas being awarded a stack of certificates from last week's Special Olympics and the whole class coming together to send our love, support and thanks to Constable Jos.

       

We were all so proud of Briea, she was a superb Principal and represented T4 with great mana. Look at the smile on Thom's face, another proud T4 moment. T4 had planned to spend an hour in Te Ara Hauora (the school garden) and dedicate this time to thinking about Constable Jos however we got rained out. Instead we decided to write our thanks and memories regarding Jos on strips of paper and Jean wove them into a korowai for us. The title of the korowai is "A korowai of our thought and thanks for you, Constable Jos" . We like the idea of Constable Jos being literally cloaked in our thoughts and thanks. For new students, like Junior (pictured) who had not met Constable Jos, the focus was on supporting our classmates through sad times and these students did a wonderful job of being kind, thoughtful and supportive.

Windows to the past, pathways to the future.

Our Amazing Collaborative Art 14.3.19

This year the Big Idea is "Windows to the past, pathways to the future."

We have been looking at local architecture and how buildings have changed over time to meet the needs of society. 
Here is a collaborative artwork that T4 made showing some of Greymouth's famous (?) architecture. Can you spot The Warehouse, Council building with fountain, Left Bank Art Gallery, Smith City Clearance Centre, The Union, and DP1 Cafe?