Teach the Teacher

On Friday we had three more "teacher's" take the lead and tell us about their interests and hobbies.  What a great job they did.

Kate shared her love of art.  She created a powerpoint showing us all the different art she has made at home as well as overseas.

Anthony also talked confidently about his interests.

Raumati taught us about ballet.  She taught us about the different steps.  She showed us how to do a graceful pirouette too.  (Sorry Raumati I didn't get a photo of you doing this).

What a clever and interesting bunch!

Teach the Teacher

We had three great 'teachers' on Friday who shared about their hobby or interest.  Well done!

Marcus taught us about his interest of making costumes.  He makes some pretty amazing costumes for his teddies.  We loved seeing a video of him making some costumes.  You are very creative Marcus!

 Benjamin shared about his after school activity of Keas.  He loves going along and learning about the world.  Then he was joined by others in his troop and did the Kea chant.

 Harlow taught us about Pippins and showed us some photos of some of the outings that her club has done including a special trip to a marae.  She also showed us some of the badges she has earned over the last year.  She is looking forward to joining Brownies soon.

Later in the day one of our reading groups performed the play 'Sly Fox' - what a sneaky character he is.  Great acting team!

Teach the Teacher

Today, we had four magnificent 'teachers' telling us about their interests and hobbies.  Well done to them all.

Macklin shared his interest in dinosaurs and the Jurassic Park movies.  He told us lots of information about the dinosaurs.   Macklin had pictures of a tyrannosaurus, a brachiosaurus, a pteranodon and others.  We learnt about meat eaters and plant eaters too.  Well done!

Jack surprised us with his knowledge and ability of the guitar.  He played both by strumming and plucking like a spanish guitarist.  What a talented young man!

Charlotte shared about her love of gymnastics.  She has been to Big Air gymanstics and told us of the different athletic skills she learnt.  She also taught us about how we need to stretch to warm up our muscles before exercise.  Thanks Charlotte.

Jessica shared her love of Red Pandas.  She taught us lots of facts about the Red Panda that she first saw at Wellington Zoo.  I learnt that Red Pandas live in Nepal where Sir Edmund Hillary first climbed Mount Everest.  Thank you for sharing your love of this very cute and endangered creature Jessica.  What a nature smart girl you are.

We are now looking forward to 3 more teachers next Friday :)

Teach the Teacher

On Friday, three more wonderful teacher's taught the class about their favourite hobby.  Sidney taught us about karate.  He's pretty good.  He showed us his special belt and even did a few of the karate sequences for us.  What a great hobby!

We also learnt about Pippins when Eleanor shared with us her after school activity.  Pippins do lots of cool stuff and learn the Pippin Saying "Pippins care, so pippins share with other children everywhere."
Pippins are 5 or 6 year old girls who get together each week to learn to share and how they can learn to help others.  They can earn badges which is fun to.  Eleanor has earnt her overnight badge.

Here is the special uniform Pippins wear.

Two others in VH class go to Pippins too.  So it must be pretty fun!

Jessyka shared her love of jazz dance with us.  She has been learning to dance since she was 3.  We watched a great video of her and her troupe dancing in a competition in Auckland.  They got 1st place!  Jessyka then taught us some moves.  We practiced and then showed Mrs Jennings our moves when she visited our class.

Teach the teacher is such a great way for us to learn more about each other.

I wonder what we will learn next week when Charlotte, Jack, Jessica and Macklin share their hobbies.

Teach the Teacher

On Friday's VH kids are sharing with the class about something they like to do at home.  We have had three great speakers so far.  Topics have ranged from Fashion Design and fishing to art.

It has been exciting to learn about some people's interests and hobbies at home.