ARTISTS IN THE MAKING!

On Friday we were busy making self portraits.  Here is a couple of photos of us drawing ourselves in pencil first and then going over the pencil with our sharpies.  

We talked a lot about proportion.   We needed to fill the whole page and make sure our facial features were the right size.

We'll finish the portraits next week and Mrs Lunn will post some photos online for you to see.

DUATHLON!

Congratulations to all the children who participated in our DUATHLON!  You were amazing!   I was so proud of you all. I'm sure your Mums and Dads were too!

CONGRATULATIONS ETHAN!

Look at the lovely smile on this clever cookie!  Today Ethan was awarded a Principal's Award for fantastic progress with his reading.   Well done Ethan, we are so proud of you!

BEFORE SCHOOL FUN!

Today Mrs Lunn and Miss Crowther put out the dolls' house and the rocket ship for us to play with in the morning.  We had a blast!

COMPETENT KIDS!

We have been learning about the Riverdale School beliefs.  They are called Nga Matapono.  We believe we need to be Self Managers,  Competent,  Creative and Effective Communicators in order to become successful inquirying learners.

Yesterday we practised being Competent.   Some kids are good at dressing up and putting on a show,  some are amazing tower builders, some kids are artists and Dawson thinks he is a Competent Cowboy!

WHAT A SCORCHER!

It was a REALLY hot day today!   We were so glad we had swimming.  It was just what we needed to cool off. The teachers didn't seem to mind getting splashed today either!

OUR FRIDAY VISITORS!

Big kids Dylan and Max brought T.C's dog Clicquot over to meet us.   We were amazed at the tricks he could do!  What a clever dog!   Matthew suggested we write about Clicquot on Monday. What a great idea Matty; we might just do that; -)