Allanah's Appleby Showcase

We are at the end of the 2007 school year at Appleby School and what better place to review some of the projects we have undertaken over the year.

This movie was compiled by Raewyn, Moutere's classroom teacher.

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This week Moturoa class went on camp to the Abel Tasman National Park staying in tents at Bethany Park camping ground and exploring Kaiteriteri Beach.

We also got to take the launch out into the Abel Tasman National Park and walk back to Marahau.

It was a fabulous experience enjoyed by all and well supported by parent helpers.

These excursions help broaden the children’s experiences and hopefully help them treasure New Zealand’s beautiful national treasures.

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Kieran, Zach and Josh got together to create this podcast about Shaun Tan's book, The Lost Thing.

You can hear how much they enjoyed the graphics and storyline.

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Today while the Year Five children were at Inter-school Athletic Sports the Year Fours made a few podcasts.

In this one Georgina, Miriam and Amberley chose to share Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes with you.

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We are learning about people's occupations and we thought we would interview Grant, our school bus driver.

Grant is a great bus driver who helps us get to and from school safely.

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This week Waimea, the New Entrant class, shares their animation based on the Maori legend 'How Maui Found His Mother'.

Maui's mother wrapped him in her topknot because she thought he was dead. He was taken to the beach but his uncle found him and taught him many tricks. When he was older he went back to the beach and met with his mother and brothers.

Maui and his brothers went on to do many wonderful things like fish up the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand and slow down the sun because it was travelling across the sky too fast.

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This week's homework focus was music- making it, listening to it or performing it. Lots of children had great things to contribute.

I was amazed particularly by Miriam- who sings 'Johnny One Note'. We knew she went to singing lessons but we didn't realise that she has such a great singing talent until she brought along the CD she had recorded with her singing teacher. She is only nine years old and has such a strong voice. Thank you for sharing with us, Miriam.

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After reading the School Journal story, 'Who Gets Tiger?" we decided to record the story and take photos of our classroom fish to illustrate it. We found out that taking photos of fish is really hard. That's why lots of the photos are a bit blurry!

Our classroom fish are pretty special- one was named by us, one was named by children at Cefn Fforest School in Wales and one was named by children at Binghamton Elementary School in New York.

Here is our post about it.

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Stickers are the latest fashion at Appleby School. All the girls are spending their playtimes and lunchtimes swapping and trading stickers. Everyone has their favourites.

Which are yours?

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This Friday Appleby School showed all of Nelson their wonderful masks as part of the Nelson Arts Festival. Families, groups and schools all worked to create masks and join in the fun of the parade through the streets of Nelson. The theme this year was 'Sparkling, Sustainable Future'.

Our theme was 'When the wind changed'- you can see the wind coming through our ranks. Children really enjoyed themselves and worked together to create a masterpiece of music, art and creativity.

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