Nelson Symphony Orchestra visit

On Saturday 31st March the Nelson Symphony Orchestra are performing a concert for children called 'Peer Gynt'. Some of the orchestra members came to Nelson Central School to talk to us about their music. David plays the violin, Francis plays the oboe and Veronica plays the clarinet.
They all showed us how their instruments work. The oboe and clarinet are woodwind instruments and need a reed to make a sound. We all got to listen to some music and pretend that we were trolls, creeping around and jumping out from behind rocks. David dressed up as the Troll King from the story and they played us some of the music from the concert.

Suter Art Gallery Trip: Nga Tangi o te Tangata

Well, we have had another fantastic trip to the Suter Art Gallery. On Tuesday 27 March Room 13 went to see the exhibition 'Nga Tangi o te Tangata' . We learned about the history of Nelson and Tasman through songs and arts. Esther told us the story about Kupe and Te Wheke a Muturangi, which tells how Kupe tricked the giant octopus to save his family. Some of the story was a bit gruesome and we got to draw a scene from the story using koru. The trip to the Suter was great fun and we heard some cool instruments. Thanks again to the wonderful parents that support Room 13 on these trips.

Swimming Carnival

The Kahikatea Syndicate had their swimming sports - it was great fun and everybody from Room 13 took part!

Welcome to Room 13's new blog!

Hi everybody. Welcome to the new blog for Room 13.

We are a year 2 & 3 class living in Nelson, New Zealand. We will add items of interest to the blog to keep you up to date with what we are learning and some of the fun things we get up to. Please feel free to add comments!

We are all just learning how to do this so be patient.

Regards, Helen Zachariassen and Room 13