Term 3 Week 2-4 2022 Moments.

 

The VAS Mandarin Speech Competition. August 3rd 2021. Winner Coco R 17. Runner up Kevin R4

 Coco received first place. She spoke with confidence, clarity, and had a wonderful tone.  Her information kept her audience's attention.  Song Lam judged the contest.

 Kevin was runner-up.

All six competitors spoke well and show great skill levels as both Chinese and English speakers.

                                                                          Ryan

                                                                        Rachel

                                                                       Annie

Liam

Some of our wonderful bilingual students in Year 5 and 6.

 

  In years 1-4 the students have been looking at communities and also some Kiwiana (things special to NZ). 

Hokey Pokey Ice cream is very Kiwiana as is a homemade ice cream sandwich. So following instructions closely the students made and ate their own Hokey Pokey ice cream sandwiches. Needless to say, they loved them!             

They also extended their spelling knowledge and vocabulary by being introduced to and playing different types of spelling games.

All our activities involved instructional language, the learning of new vocabulary,  lots of speaking, listening, questioning and responding appropriately, for the situation. 

KIWIANA JOURNEY

Making a Hokey Pokey, Ice Cream Sandwich

Things you will need:

A tub of Hokey Pokey Icecream

A spoon

A Knife

Some ice cream wafers.

A plate

                   

Method

Take two wafers and lie them on your plate.

Open your tub of ice cream  and scoop out a thin layer of ice cream with your spoon.

Carefully flatten it onto one of the wafers.

Put the other wafer on top.

You now have an ice cream sandwich.

Enjoy!

                                                   

In this beautifully reflective piece of writing, Hedvig, a Year 6, VAS ELL, looks at what parts of NZ she would take back to Sweden with her.

IF

If  I could package up a slice of New Zealand,

I would take my nice friends from school and I would take the classroom full of colour instead of just bland walls.

I  would take the idea of sitting at a big table with your friends instead of sitting independently.  

If I could package up a slice of New Zealand, I would take some cool trees like Cabbage, palm trees, and kauri trees instead of the forest full of Christmas trees that Sweden is known for.

If I could package up a slice of New Zealand, I would take the golden sand beaches so I could bask in the sun and splash in the waves

Then I could boogie board on the rolling waves and share the fun with my Swedish friends.

If I could package up a slice of New Zealand I would take its Covid Free life

So we didn’t need to worry about keeping our distance from each other and so you don't have to think about not hugging each other and keeping 2 meters from each other. 

Everything I have said is what I am going to miss  

If I could package up a slice of New Zealand and take it back to Sweden 

That’s what I would do.

Hej da New Zealand I will miss you.

By Hedvig

A Moment in Time. Year 5`s writing about camp.

 

A Moment in Time by Harper

One instructor and twelve children in a little boat,this boat might sink!

Strong waves are lapping against the dingy. How do I hop into the water? 

I carefully sit on the edge of the boat and slide into the water.

I am really afraid that if I hop into the water, I will not touch the bottom. 

If I hop into the sea, how do I climb back up?

A Moment in Time

by Isabella

Confident and not scared, I got into the boat. When I heard the water splashing around and under the boat, I got a little bit scared. 

Next, the instructor tells us to, hold your nose and life jacket, and then slide backwards. I tell Mia this is so much fun. I asked the instructor, “Is this how you survive in the deep water?”

I feel amazing.

 Sailing By Lucas Yi

Smiling from ear to ear, I can't wait to go on that boat. But I need to wear a Lifejacket. It needs to be tight so when you are in the sea it will float you.

I tell Charlie “This is the tightest thing ever!” 

Charlie said, “Just get used to it, Lucas!”

We push the boat into the ocean and we carefully jump into the boat. The cold wind blows the boat and we sail around the bay, but sometimes the boat goes as fast as the wind and that is so slow!  

When we sail I see the blue sky and the sea sparkles around the boat. I feel the cold water push the boat around the bay. Splash! The cold wave splashes the boat.

 l learn a lot of things.  I wonder if I will get to go sailing again.

YEAR 5- A Moment in time. Recalling their experiences at CAMP MERC. Bilingual Writngs.

 A Moment in Time

By Hedvig

I had big butterflies flying around in my stomach. Impatiently, I was waiting for my turn. 

Now, I am four metres up in the light blue sky. I looked down at the blue carpet wall, directly below me. I felt terrified to take the big step. I let the rope go carefully through my hands. I took a step over the edge.¨Dong Dong¨ I heard my heart beating. Kealan, who was my instructor, told me that I was going to put both of my hands on my bright blue helmet and look towards the fluffy white clouds in the sky. My hands were shaking. I thought to myself that this is going to be a little bit scary for me.

I put both feet on the ground and some people were applauding me. I'm feeling really happy. I wonder if I am ever going to do abseiling again?. 

……………………………….

In Swedish.

Jag hade stora fjärilar som flög runt i min mage. Otåligt så väntade jag på min tur. 

Nu är jag 4 meter upp i den ljusblåa himlen. Jag tittar ner på den blåa matt väggen rakt nedanför mig. Jag kände mig skräckslagen inför att ta det stora steget. Jag lät repet löpa igenom mina händer. Jag tog steget över kanten. “Dong dong” jag hörde mitt hjärta slå. Kealan , som var min instruktör, sa till mig att jag skulle sätta händerna på min klarblåa hjälm och titta upp på de fluffiga vita molnen på himlen. Mina händer skakade. Jag tänkte för mig själv att det här skulle bli lite läskigt för mig.

Jag satte bägge mina fötter på marken och några personer applåderade mig. Jag känner mig väldigt glad. Jag undrar om jag någonsin kommer göra abseiling igen.

Year 1 's and 2'` have been looking at Fire Fighters. What is their job?

Year 1 and 2's have been looking at the work firefighters do. What tools they use, the vehicles they drive, and the clothes they wear.

The students have been learning new vocabulary and also thinking about describing words they can use to make simple sentences sound more interesting in their stories about the firemen.