Annihilation

Annihilation... what is it?

Annihilation is a game that we play every morning. We love it! It is a dodgeball style game. Here is how you play.

Aim of the Game: To get players out by throwing the ball at them, while avoiding being hit with another player's ball.

Rules:
1. The ball must hit you on the full in order to be out
2. When you are out, you must sit down. You get to join back in the game when the person who got you out gets out. (e.g. If Kayla got me out, I sit down and wait until Kayla gets out by another player. Then I get back up)
3. If you catch a ball that someone throws at you, then they are out.
4. You are only allowed to throw balls at people when they are in the designated play area.
5. Players may leave the play area only to fetch a ball.
6. Players are allowed one ball at a time only.

We have varied the game slightly from how we played it at the beginning of the term.
We have added some new rules:
1.  When you are out, you are allowed to throw a ball at someone who is playing (but you can't throw it at the person who got you out). That way you can get back in the game quicker. You are not allowed to move to get a ball and you must stay sitting down.
2. You can join with people to create a 'team'. These people work with you to get out the people you want to target, or they will get out the player that got you out so that you can get back in the game quicker.

Eight weeks of playing and we aren't sick of it yet!

Sound Effect (Onomatopoeia) Art

We have been reading 'Fing' by David Walliams this term and one thing that we have noticed is that there are a LOT of sound effects throughout the book.

We decided to create some art with a sound effect (onomatopoeia). Our focus was learning to do block lettering.

To do this, we:
- used one square per letter to ensure our letters were the same size
- referred to a block lettering A-Z model to use as a guide

Check out some examples- if you want to see more then come and have a look in class! They look fantastic.

Hello!

Kiaora everyone!

My name is Sophie and I am the new teacher in Room 1 now that Koka Jess is on maternity leave.

The term is absolutely whizzing by... hence the delay in getting a post up!

I'm absolutely loving my time at WBS and in Room 1; they are a fantastic bunch and we have been busy getting to know each other and establish new routines and programmes.

A highlight of the term so far has been our daily fitness- playing a fun game called 'Annihilation' (even if the students do gang up on their teacher!)

Keep checking back on our blog for more regular updates now we're into the swing of things!

Ka kite!