Our brand new councillors!

Morris Class Councillors 

Hi
Our names  are Malachy and Lupe. This year we have had our first meeting of the school councillors. Hay Park School has never had a group of school councillors before. We are just two of the counciilors but altogether there are eight councillors. Being a school councillor is very important.

 Malchy likes being a school councillor because he can discuss good ideas.Lupe enjoys being a councillor because it is amazing and makes her feel excited.

This year we are focussing on our responsibility and rules. Our group is working on PB4L  which stands for Positive Behaviour for Learning.

Lupe and Malachy

Creating a sculpture by Lupe

Last term Morris class went to the Botanic gardens where we saw some sculptures. We thought of a great amazing idea for own sculpture. Then we packed our bags and went back to school.

We thought how to make our own sculpture. We used chicken wire, bottle tops, plastic bags and paint. The girls were weaving at the back and the boys were drilling and putting bottle tops on top of the wire. Ms Botica gave us a big sack of bottle tops.  In the holidays our sculpture went into the garden and it looked wonderful and amazing. It was a surprise for me because I wasn’t there on Thursday. It’s going to be even better on Friday because we are going to go around the school and look at all of the sculptures. I think Anni Morris was the one that gave us the idea of making a sculpture. People said it looked amazing. It’s our taonga of Hay Park School. Whenever I play I always see Morris classes sculpture.

Giant Octopus by Joseph

Giant Pacific Octopus

 In the deep, deep, coral reef, there lives a giant octopus. It has suckers to grab its prey. Also it has strong arms that have a good grip. The octopus has no bones. It only has cartilage.

Octopus  are not fierce but they eat small prey like shrimp.  They don’t take over ships.

They are smart creatures. The octopus is intelligent because it can learn things from other people.

It sucks water then it pushes the water through its gill slit so it can move.  

                                          Joseph 

Are these the Police Officers of the Future? 

Constable Rob  is a regular visitor to Morris Class but this time we learned  more about what a Police Officer does. He brought his Police car by the hall and showed us how he sets the sirens and the lights going. Did you know that there are three different sounds the sirens make? We had to cover our ears because it was so loud! 

Everyone tried on the uniforms and perhaps some of us will end up being in the Police force!  I wonder what qualifications you would need?