St John Safe Kids

Book Trailers

Today the children learnt how to make an imovie. Their task was to work in pairs to create a book trailer, that would make people want to read the book, without giving too much of the story away. The rules were that it had to include pictures, text slides, music, sound effects and at least one voice recording, so there were a lot of new skills that had to be mastered! Here are the fab results!

Tom gates from Naomi on Vimeo.

diary of a wimpy kid 4 dog days from Naomi on Vimeo.

aaaarrgghh Spider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from Naomi on Vimeo.

ella and olivia from Naomi on Vimeo.

insects from Naomi on Vimeo.

Grandma Mcgarvey from Naomi on Vimeo.

Hetty Feather from Naomi on Vimeo.

iron man from Naomi on Vimeo.

My Movie from Naomi on Vimeo.

bums from Naomi on Vimeo.

Brilliant Biking!

Wow what a fantastic day we had with the Ride On instructors! As one of the children said, "That was SO worth $5!" We spent the whole morning working on a variety of skills, and then put all these skills together in the afternoon to complete the Ride On bike course. As always, the children were polite and respectful to the adults, listening carefully and putting 100% effort in.

Morning: practising using both brakes, turning, control with one hand, signalling, using gears, keeping a straight line, looking behind

In the afternoon the children had the chance to put all these skills to the test in a really fun and challenging bike course.

Even more interviews!

Miss Stone from Naomi on Vimeo.

Mrs Daldorf from Naomi on Vimeo.

Mr Robertson from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Charlton from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Miss Macaskill from Naomi on Vimeo.

Learning to be Cashletes!

Today a man from ASB came to talk to us about all about money! He was funny and entertaining and we learnt heaps.

 Rebekah will talk about some of the facts we learnt (although being a bit of an expert she was able to answer a lot of the questions!)
" He told us about the difference between Eftpos Cards and Credit Cards. With a Credit Card you borrow the money from the bank and when you pay it back you pay a little bit more as well. With an eftpos card you can only take out what you put in. PIN stands for Personal Identification Number. They can only be 4 numbers and you musn't tell anyone else. When you get given money you can put it in to the bank, so it's safe and you won't be tempted to spend it. You can get an Eftpos card when you are 12, or if your parents let you, but you have to be 18 to get a Credit Card."

More interviews!

Interview with Mrs Besley from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Freeman from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Flood from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Turbitt from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Macdonald from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interviews

Over writing focus for the last 2 weeks has been interviews. The children chose a member of staff they wanted to interview and then wrote 6 good questions that they could ask them. They then visited the person and made an appoinment for when the interview could take place. The next stage was the interview itself! After the interview the task was to write the interview out in the form of a script, including an introduction, the information about the person and a final statement about them. The final task is to practise this several times, to themselves and to a friend, and then finally film it on photo booth. Here are the fantastic results!

Interview with Mrs Renfrew from Naomi on Vimeo.

Miss Green from Naomi on Vimeo.

Miss Meyrick from Naomi on Vimeo.

Mrs Robinson from Naomi on Vimeo.

Mrs Herdman from Naomi on Vimeo.

Mrs Anderson from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Holmes from Naomi on Vimeo.

Mrs D'Auvergne from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Nelson from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Zydenbos from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mrs Leslie from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mr Church from Naomi on Vimeo.

Interview with Mr Hewson from Naomi on Vimeo.

The children have been painting their pots in preparation for planting their bean plants next week.

Haiku Poems

We have nearly finished our poetry unit and the children are currently finishing the cover for their poetry booklet. These should be finished by the end of the week and ready for viewing! Here are some of the wonderful Haiku poems that the class did with Mrs Joshi. A Haiku is 3 lines and the syllable count is a strict 5, 7, 5. Traditionally, they are related to nature.