Congratulations to all the people who represented our school at the Tawa Zone Cross Country held at Hampton Hill School today. From Room 6 there were:- Olivia, Grace and Anna (Year 5 girls), Nathan R, Jack H, Emmanuel, Edward Ethan and Nathan N ( Year 6 boys), Roshani, Jacinta and Renee (Year 6 girls).
These people will represent our school at the Wellington Interzone in a few weeks time:- Roshani who came first today, Nathan R who came 7th and Grace who came 8th. Well done!
More about this event tomorrow.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Fantastic Orchestra
On a rainy day we went to the Michael Fowler Centre to listen to orchestral music. It was amazing... there were so many different instruments. There were a lot of different schools
While we were waiting, the musicians paraded through the audience playing notes on their instruments. We saw a violin, tuba, cello, oboe, bassoon, trumpet and a french horn. One of the musicians came up to Jack with a great big tuba and we started asking questions. What was it made of? What would it cost? How much did it weigh?
When the orchestra started we learned how the royal people used to clap in 1607. They held their elbows, forearms and palms together, then clapped delicately with their fingertips. We learned the royal way of listening, with their face expressive and angled. They put their finger under the lower part of their ear.
We also learned how to conduct the music with your bare hands. The conductor showed us which way your hand has to go: up, down, left, right. Some conductors use a baton to conduct, rather than their bare hand. One conductor used a staff, banging it on the floor. If a musician didn't play the right note he would bang them on their head. One day he banged his foot and died of infection ten days later. In the olden days they didn't have any antibiotics so his infection got worse and killed him.
During a piece of ballet music the host come out in a tutu and tiara and pretended to dance the ballet. It was the Waltz of the Flowers.
It was an incredible show because there were so many notes played, high and low, by so many different instruments. After the show we all applauded the musicians. Going and listening to the orchestra was so much fun!
The orchestra started out little and got bigger and bigger.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Andrew enjoys his Music Therapy Class
Andrew attends a Music Therapy Class once a week with Sue White and his two "buddies" from Room 6. This class is one of the highlights of his week.
Dove Wind Socks
When we went to St Benidicts for catholic schools day, we split into 11 groups and made dove wind socks.Christina
Catholic Schools Day
On Wednesday rooms 5&6 went to St Benidects to celebrate catholic schools day with St Benidects and St Brigdets.Shraya
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