I wonder....

In Room 14 we have been experimenting with different ways of learning.  We created an "I wonder" wall where we just wonder about things. We will try to answer some of them but we talked about how some questions may never have answers.

We were inspired to wonder after listening to Will i AM's new song, Reach for the Stars, that was broadcast live from Mars. Yes. We said Mars, as in the red planet, as in outer space.
We did a Venn diagram to compare us and Will i AM and we discovered we have a lot of the same qualities. Will i AM never stopped wondering about things and now his music was the first ever sent from outer space.

Have you ever wondered about anything? Share them with us.

Enjoy the movie. It was our first try at using the green screen.

I wonder from Kowhai Kiwi Bloggers on Vimeo.

Native Canadian Artist

Andy Everson is a famous canadian artist. Room14 has been looking at his art work and we got to try recreate them on KidPix. Andy Everson is a Native Canadian. Andy Everson lives in Comox, Canada. He does lots of soft edges and a lot of symmetry. Andy Everson normally paints paintings of nature and sometimes he can surprise you in many ways, like he uses his art style and puts it into modern symbols like the apple from the imac.

Ellah

Andy Everson

Andy Everson is a famous Canadian artist. He is a person who is interested in native designs he is also interested in their history. Andy Everson lives in Canada in Comox and that's where he does his paintings. He sees hills and water and he starts to paint but it has to be about nature and how it moves and how nature lives. He shows in his pictures movement of the creatures in his pictures. Andy has inspired me to follow my dreams of being a artist. By Kahma    

      

Andy Everson

Andy Everson is one of the famous artists in Canada. He makes really cool drawings. All of his drawings mean something. He is one of my favourite artists ever. Andy Everson lives in Comox in Canada. He makes all sorts of things. Sometimes he has a bear and makes designs on them. One of my favourite drawings that he made is a Canadian goose. Andy Everson means alot to Canada because he is famous drawer in Canada.If you had seen his pictures you would be amazed.

Romy

Haiku

WALT write original haiku using the 5,7,5 syllable format. It was hard to find words that fit and make sense, but we are happy with our work.

Eli, Oliver and Romy

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Andy Everson

Andy paints really well and he is a great  drawer. He is careful with his art and and he use shapes, light colours and he tries and tries his best.

by Ina.

Andy Everson

 Andy Everson is an amazing Canadian artist he has done lots of paintings. He lives in Comox. sometimes he does modern art and native art. I did 'Breath' in kid pix.

By Jack

andy Everson

I think Andy Everson is very good at art. We chose one of his pictures to draw. this is mine.  
by Jake 

Andy Everson

I think Andy's art is amazing because there is so much detail and patterns and he is so good in it. I think he's a great artist.


by James

Andy Everson.

Andy Everson is AMAZING at native art.

He makes any type of modern art in to canadian art. He does ovals in his art and that's what makes it unique.
Yesterday we did some art on Kidpix. I did wave dancer.

By Violet.

Andy Everson

This term we are learning and drawing Andy Everson artwork! He does AMAZING artwork.
His style is native Canadian artwork. This week we have been doing his pictures on KidPix.
The one I chose was called Wave Dancer this is what mine looks like.
By Me Felix E

Andy Everson

Andy Everson is a great artist. He is awesome!
He does squares in his pictures. I find his work inspiring.
Andy is also a Native  dancer in Canada.
by George

Andy Everson

Andy Everson is awesome!
He puts Native patterns in modern pictures like
the apple symbol for Imac. He does symmetrical  
patterns.You can sometimes see faces
in his artwork. I find his artwork 
inspiring!
By Anouska.

Andy Everson

Andy Everson is a Canadian Artist. He does drawing and panting. He use is curves rectangle.
His work is very symmetrical. You can sometimes see faces in his artwork. Andy Everson is a amazing Canadian Artist.
Hannah

Native Canadian Art

We have been learning about Canada and the last week we have been looking at one of Andrea's favourite artists, Andy Everson. She met him when she went to Comox (in Canada) 3 years ago. He is a dancer and an artist and works hard to keep his culture alive.

We really like how he mixes his traditional art with modern items in society as well.

We made a movie of our Kid Pix art. WALT try to draw an accurate rendition of one of Andy's work and also choose the correct tools for the desired effect.

Enjoy!

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Introducing our Note Club

Our school has a Note Club where students, who are learning a new instrument, practise note reading and playing in a band at a beginners pace. Our music teacher Ros takes the group on Wednesday mornings.

Here is their first public performance at the Kowhai Team Assembly.

Enjoy and watch this space...these kids are rocking it!

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Respect

This week our school focus is to be respectful to the people we play and work with. We discussed this in class and we decided to use the Alphabet Key to come up with qualities and words that we can use to show respect.

Let's see what you think !

Accepting Belonging Compliments Discussing Excellence Focussed Giving Helpful Including Joining Kindness Listening Manners Negotiate Open-minded Positivity Quiet Reminding Sensible Teaching Understanding Values Whispering volume level eXtraordinary Yes Zealous

And there you have it. An alphabetic guide to being respectful in Room 14 and Grey Lynn School.

By Room 14

Rapports de livres canadiens

Just in case you don't read or understand French, the tittle above says, Canadian Book Reports.

French is the other official language of Canada and students at school learn to speak and read French from their first day of school! 

N'est-ce pas merveilleux? (Isn't that wonderful?) 

Enjoy the latest book reports.

Salle 14

Book Reports from Canadian Authors from Kowhai Kiwi Bloggers on Vimeo.

A little piece of Canada, eh!

Listen and watch these choice book reports by some of Room 14s eager readers !

Enjoy!
Room 14

We love Canadian Books! from Kowhai Kiwi Bloggers on Vimeo.

Read all About it!

If you feel like reading any of these books, we will be happy to lend them to you. Or, you can get them from your local library.

Room 14

Book Reviews from Kowhai Kiwi Bloggers on Vimeo.