Life Ed with Tim and Harold

We have FINALLY had our first visit to the Life Ed (Life Education) truck to see Tim and Harold the giraffe. We are learning about how unique we all are - God made only one of each of us!
Here are a few photos from our visit:

We started off by doing some 'talking tennis'. That's when we take turns to speak...
Tim makes even talking sound like fun!

Later he taught us a 'personality haka'. 

Personality haka:

My personality...

controls the way I think

controls the way I feel

controls the way I act

controls the things I do!

Tim doing part of the personality haka - he really is an Action Man!

Mufti and Wacky Hair Day

We had fun at school today...and everyone looked a little bit different!

Here are our wacky hair people!

Samantha's hair was really quite beautiful - not wacky!

And here we all are in our mufti! We look so colourful!

Time to Celebrate!

We are celebrating some amazing learners in D1 this term. Here they are:

These wonderful people learnt every memory verse all term and where it was from in the Bible!
Well done Jimin, Mach, Samuel and Sam T (who was away).

And here are the awesome people who knew every spelling word in their homework all term!
Great job Jimin, Tayla, Samuel, Caleb, Mach, Matthew M and Sam T (who was away).

How many people can you see who got BOTH certificates? What super brains they have!

Guess Who Came To Visit...?

Look who pulled into the car park yesterday! It was Mrs Little's son, Hayden and his BIG truck! Mrs Little had arranged for him to come as a special surprise for the end of our 'Move It' science study.
We learnt a bit about the truck and wondered if we could all push or pull the truck to make it move... do you think we could do it? We weren't sure because it weighs more than all the people in our school put together - WOW!

Here are some photos of D1 having a look around, and in, the truck.

Look out for those cars, Hayden!

This truck is really long...

Here's the front...and D2..

..and D1 too!

...and the back is where we can look inside.
This truck is like a giant fridge. It keeps things cold as Hayden takes them from one place to another!

Jacob doing a Spider man act to climb in...

...and Samuel too!

Jimin, Tayla and Sarah look pretty happy to be inside! It is a long way up! I hope Hayden didn't leave the keys inside. I wonder if the girls would like to take the truck for a spin...? Just kidding!

Big smiles from Samantha and Elina too! The truck was very clean (good job, Hayden!) and there is even a bed in there in case Hayden needs to stop and have a sleep. WOW!

There was a ladder for us to climb out if we didn't want to be Spider man!

What an amazing surprise! We LOVE trucks!

Thanks Mrs Little and Hayden for that super surprise! We loved the loud truck horn too...even if it did make us jump!

More Super Serving!

Our serving challenge this term has been amazing - children taking the opportunity to learn a new job to help at home. Here is Caleb sharing his idea:

What a great helper, Caleb!

Every little thing we can to do help others makes their day just a little bit brighter. Keep shining, D1!

Stu Duval - Artist!

The day after telling us a story, Stu Duval came back and taught us a little bit about cartoon drawing. He use some of his books to learn about drawing in D1. He showed us how EVERYBODY can draw amazing pictures by just following some simple steps. Here is a video of the children following Stu's example:

Stu was great at teaching us step by step how to draw some awesome pictures. This video made Mrs Sutherland laugh a lot - our heads look funny bobbing up and down!

Here are some great D1 artists at work!

You rock, D1!

Stu Duval - Storyteller!

Stu Duval came to visit us last week. On Wednesday we told us a story - scary, but not too scary! As he told the story, he drew a picture.

A few lines and some colour...

...then some more! The picture became clearer and clearer.

Stu used music to add excitement and 'suspense' (that's the scary bit!) as he told the story. At the end his picture looked like this:

Rat Island!

As with all good stories, there WAS a happy ending! Thanks, Stu! The story is available as a book too. You can see some of his other work if you click on the link on our blog.