John on the Saxophone!!

I really enjoyed it when my dad played the sax in Room 4. (Meg). My favourite part was playing "We Wish you a Merry Christmas." (Abbey). I liked it how John could play 3 different types of saxophone! (Lily). John played heaps of other instruments when he was younger. (Lily). It was really fun watching John play the saxophone. (Cassey). My favourite instrument was the soprano saxophone. (Riley). I like John's music. It sounds really different. (Madia). I enjoyed it how we measured the different sounds. (Matthew). I really liked John's music because it was fun and relaxing. (Faith). My favourite saxophone was the tenor. (Luana). I really liked the baritone. (Jason). I enjoyed asking John interesting questions. (Joseph). I liked measuring how high it went and how low it went. (Owen). I like the big instrument - the baritone. (Anthony). I enjoyed all the songs the same amount. They were all great. (Brandon). I liked all the songs because they all had a wonderful tune. (Jacob). I liked hearing the different sounds that the different instruments make. (Lehlani). I think John is the best musician ever! (Jakson). I think Meg's dad is very good at playing the saxophone. (Anna). I really really liked the baritone because it was really tuneful. (Lauchie). I really liked the baritone because it was the most relaxing. (George). I liked all the instruments he played. (Billy). There were different types of saxophone. (Kevin). My favourite part was when we sang really really fast. (Erika). My favourite part was touching the saxophone. It felt smooth. (Sofia). My favourite instrument was the baritone. Jazz music makes me want to relax. (Angelina). Thank you John. (Regan).

What Now

On Sunday I went to Wellington city. It was windy and dark at 7 o'clock in the morning. We met Adam from What Now. There was lots of gunge in bottles and buckets. I played ready steady. It is a game that has people who go towards the buckets and pour the gunge in. My team didn't win. At the end of What Now I went to the playground. I saw Miss Wooles at the playground. by Jacob Click here to see me playing seaweed!

Check out Jason - our very own Tony Hawk!!

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I discovered... ...a jelly thing and it was poisonous. I had to put it back in the water. (Anthony) ...that you can eat Neptune's Necklace. (George) ...a crayfish. (Jason) ...that fish don't like you touching them with warm dry hands. (Luana) ...that sea anemones can get up to about 40cm long. (Brandon) ...marine biology is very important to study. (Faith) ...that water makes some creatures a bit slimy. (Anna) ...a fish swimming in the water and I accidentally caught it - it just swam into the bucket. (Riley) ...a little crab. (Erika) ...that crabs can tickle you when they crawl all over you. (Lauchie) ...that sea cucumbers can breathe out their bottoms and they spew out their guts. (Owen) ...that turtles eat a type of meat. They eat ox heart. (Matthew) ...that turtles have soft skin and hard shells. (Angelina) ...shrimps in the rock pools. They can be different colours. (Billy) ...a sneaky octopus' tenticle out at sea. When an octopus get bothered, it sprays out ink. (Lily) ...crabs only pinch you when you're scary. (Kevin) ...how to feed fish. (Luana) ...that crabs can grow new body parts. (Joseph) ...that dangerous sea creatures can eat other sea creatures. (Sofia) ...how to catch fish in the little nets. Fish swim really fast. (Meg) ...that crabs have lungs that have oxygen. Their lungs look like a fan. (Jakson) ...that if you hold a sea spider by its legs, they will fall off and it will take 6 months for them to grow back. Some people call them brittle stars.

Telling Our Stories

We have been talking about who we are and where we come from.

Angelina: "I feel happy when I can play outside and there's heaps of sun."
Madia: "My favourite dog is Cliffy, but he's gone now."
Sofia: "My favourite song is Determinate."
Erika: "I was born in New Zealand."
Brandon: "My favourite singer is Bruno Mars."
Billy: "My favourite singer is Willow Smith."
Owen: "My favourite thing is looking at kangaroos in Australia."
Lily: "My favourite animals are puppies."
Jacob: "I have a pet bunny called Bun Bun."
Meg: "My favourite pets are kittens and puppies."
Anna: "Me and my family don't know exactly what my name means. My mum and dad named me."
Anthony: "I love Michael Jackson."
Lehlani: "I love chocolate."
Jason: "I was born in South Africa and I'm 7 years old."
Joseph: "My favourite song is Wiz Khalifa."
Tessa: "My mum's name is Jude, my dad is Andrew and my brother's name is James."
Faith: "My favourite song is You don't know you're beautiful."
Abbey: "My favourite singer is Katy Perry"
Luana: "I like Dunkin' Donuts."
Jakson: "I like skeletons."
Cassey: "I like to sing."
Matthew: "My favourite band is LMFAO"


George: "My family is from New Zealand."
Lauchlan: "I'm really interested in war."
Riley: "I love to relax."