What Do Parkvale Teachers Do After School?

Here is our assembly item from last week. The students enjoyed performing and the rest of us enjoyed watching. Well done to Keighan, Liske, Victoria, Ruby, Bella, Brayden, Khushi and Jodi who wrote the script with the talented Mrs Carr! Their script is below the video.

What do teachers do after school?

Narrators

Keighan & Liske

Victoria & Ruby

Bella & Brayden

Khushi & Jodi

Start in a line wave in a half circle.

Narrators: What do teachers do after school?

What do teachers do when the bell rings at quarter to three

When you hurry home so glad to be free

When the classrooms are hushed and the hallways are too

When everyone’s gone what do teachers do.

(ALL TEACHERS WAVING)

Do they start to play sports?

(Taylah M and Skyla step forward, Skyla blows the whistle and they start passing the ball)

Do Mrs Miller and Mrs Love jump to the courts

for a friendly game of netball?

Or does Mr M race to staffroom in a blink

for game of  basketball in the sink?  

(MAC is pretending to shoot the basketball into the sink (Bucket))

Or will we see Mr Ford

Out on the pitch

Juggling soccer balls over a ditch?

(Mitch Steps forward soccer tricks)

Or will we see Miss Major, Mrs England and Mrs Kelly

doing cartwheels, handsprings with legs that are jelly

(Oscar W, Karamea Rain doing gymnastic tricks cartwheels)

Or do we hear complaints from Mrs Ramsay

Being dragged up a hill

By Mrs Hill’s drills

(Naomi and Mya Wanden…..)

Or do we see Mrs Beswick on her sewing machine

Fixing and mending the holes in her daughters jeans?

(Sage pretending to sew on a machine, hold up fabric with a hole in them)

Or could we find Mrs Reid and Miss HIll away their room

Chewing on lollies and playing hockey with a broom?  

(Nixie pretend to eat  lollies and caitlin pretends to play hockey with a broom)

Next we are out in the garden spying

these two songbirds, a song supplying

Mr Wright with the tune and Mrs Frewin with the beat

                      Singing peacefully out on a seat

(Charlie and Reuben strum guitar and hum a song)

Is it Miss Pohe and Mrs Lowe practicing a song or two

strumming the strings singing it loud and true

(Mya Wallace and Ella sing Tutira Mai Nga Iwi)

                  

Now taking the stage is

Mrs Carr’s facebook page,

Starring her horse

And selfies of course

(Maia Willaims holding a phone and a hobby horse taking a selfie)    

                       Baking cookies and other goodies  

Miss plimmer and Miss jacket,

Are causing a racket,

These two mysterious teachers are alone in the kitchen

(Amie and Reese have a bowl and and spoon mixing)

But where on earth is Mr Dickson

(Aston, feet up on the desk relaxing back with disco ball headphones on bobbing head)

Finally we see Mr G alone in his office,

Disco ball sparkling, playing music he took off us

knock knock knock

(Camden Steps forward and Pretends to knock on the door)

Aston: …. Hello Mr D-

shoving the disco ball under his knee

(Amie and Reese cross the stage towards Mr D and Mr G who are having a party)

The smell from the kitchen is coming this way

as the ladies come to treat them on this last day of May

After a while when it starts to get dark,

will they leave for home or is  time to party with Mark

(Everyone freestyle dancing)

Will they run for the hall and jump on the stage

and start to boogie, boom the music and forget their age .

Time to have fun

but where is someone?

(Dance to the sides)

Pac man music

Everyone: GASP  Mr Kenny!

Buddy Reading

We have started Buddy Reading with our Learning Buddies. Each buddy picks a book from their leveled box to read to each other. For the first two sessions we have been lucky enough to read outside under the trees. The students have taken it very seriously and been excellent readers and listeners.


Below the video you read what some of the students have to say about our buddy reading so far.

Buddy Reading from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

I like spending time with my buddy I'm on level 26. I'm really good at listening at buddy reading  and my buddy is always listening to. I love buddy reading because it always gives me air and refreshes my brain and I get to spend time with my buddy. Van

I like about buddy reading is that we get better at reading together and we learn hard words together. My buddy's reading is good because he reads at a good past. I have been very very good at listening to my buddy read his book. My buddy have been a fantastic listener when I'm reading. Mitch 

So far this year I have really enjoyed reading together with my learning buddy. I love how we both get to share and that the other person listens to you. My favorite things to read are the plays in the journals. They are very interesting and are always fun to read. My buddy is really good at listening cause at the end she always gives me a compliment and is very nice. I think that I am pretty good at listening too. I can't wait to do more reading with my buddy. It is so much fun! Liske

I like buddy reading because it is fun to do and I like to read! I have a school journal right now and it has a great story in it, it is: The McGoodys. My buddy has been great at listening and I have been great too. Taylor C

What is your favourite book?

To start our literacy for the year, we have been thinking about and sharing our favourite books. We then have been creating short reviews using Google Drawing. I chose Wonder by R.J. Palacio, which is a book I have really enjoyed reading by myself and together with two classrooms.

As a learning model, I created three short reviews of Wonder at three different levels. Below is the level two example.

Level 2 Model

It was great to hear all the different books that were Rimu favourites. The students have quickly got on with the learning task and created interesting reviews. Two students, Oscar J and Oscar W were chosen for the Weekly Highlights wall for their great jobs.

Oscar J's Favourite Book

Oscar wrote to his personal best. You could tell from his writing that he really enjoys the book as well as the movie. We like how he included his favourite part of the book and his great structure with clear paragraphs.

Oscar W's Favourite Book

Oscar W wrote to his personal best. His review showed that he truly loved the book. We loved the part where he wrote "every time I read this book I feel like I'm Dirty Bertie".

Weekly Highlights Wall