Life Education Trust

We loved going into the Life Education Classroom to find out about the food pyramid and where our food goes. We got to meet Harold the Giraffe and help his friend Jocko to have a balanced diet.

Food for Energy

We have been doing lots of fun activities to learn about the food pyramid, eating a balanced diet and where our food goes. Come and take a look at our inquiry wall.

Today we talked about the small intestine and its role in our body. We found out as food moves through the small intestine it is bathed in digestive juices. Many of these juices come from the small intestine. By the time food is ready to leave the small intestine, it has been broken down into nutrients which pass through the walls of the intestine and enter the blood. We found out the length of a child's small intestine is about 4.5m long. We went outside with our metre rulers and drew the length of the intestine then we lay down on the ground head to toe along the line to demonstrate the length.

We found out 4 friends was about the length of our small intestine!

Cricket Wellington

This afternoon we had two coaches from Cricket Wellington teach us some batting, bowling and fielding skills. We had so much fun!

Fireworks!

I ran to the window and there was a bang and I said to Monty fireworks! Monty ran to the window and didn’t see anything so stood there for a few seconds and walked back to the couch. He went down to my sister’s room and saw the big loud colourful fire works.

By Theo

On Guy Fawkes Day at 7.30pm we blasted off the fireworks into the grey sky. The fire works looked like a green and blue small waterfall.

By Ollie

I heard fireworks when I was on the beach. I had chips and I had sparklers. I lit the sparklers in a fire it was fun. I drew pink and orange little circles in the black sky. They fizzled out and the sparklers smelled smoky. I was so so sad because the sparklers fizzled out so I got another one and I was not sad. I had fun.

By Pania

Boom, bang, pop that’s what I heard on the roof top, fireworks on the tin roof. The fire works sounded like the very hard hail on the tin roof. The fireworks nearly went on for the entire night. It was a little bit frightening because I was in the middle of the rugby game.

By Greta

Bang, pop, sizzle! I heard the fireworks it was an explosion. I went outside my brother was at home I was at my dad’s work. I had fun!

By William

Kaboom I went outside it was an explosion. My Mum got 1 packet of sparklers. Dad, Mum and Quinn did sparklers too. The sparklers were glowing in the dark. I saw a humongous firework. It went kaboom and made little circles in the sky.  After I went to bed I was exhausted out!

By Blaine

Bang, Pop, whoosh. I was shivering on the beach the fireworks were shining. There were red and green and yellow fire works. They were shiny. After the fireworks I put my

P-j's on and had a hot chocolate. Then I went to bed. I was exhausted!

By Lily

 Bang, Crash, Pop I looked out the window and there were the best fire works ever! It looked like a golden tree as if a tree was growing really fast. I heard a spark glittery noise I think that is was magic they exploded like golden raindrops like a waterfall.

By Emmylou

Boom fire works went crazy. I ran out side to see the fireworks. Wow they were everywhere but they were mostly yellow. They were zooming and bursting through the sky but there was one more firework it was called the monster. It goes boom through the sky.

By Lachlan

Kaboom. Bang, pop I saw willow trees, flowers, smiley faces, love hearts and waterfalls, red, purple, blue, yellow and orange sparkly fireworks exploding bright beautiful colours as they drifted away.

 By Gala

Bang, Boom, Pop! I saw circles, hearts, flashing circles, smiley faces, shooting lines and showers of golden sparkling rain in the black, black sky. I heard Dad who kept on saying “wow” as the fireworks cracked and exploded in the shimmering starlit blackening sky. I saw sparks falling and disappearing into the lighted sparkling glimmering dark sea.

By Alex

Just having a good day

Boom, pop, sizzle in a 1, 2, 3 fireworks blasted in the sky. For a moment it was silent. Boom, pop, sizzle I was just about to tell my Mum that there was another gold firework in the sky but just then it slowly drifted away. I think I was pretty lucky to see it but I didn’t want to miss out on the next firework. I kept on looking at the sky and there was a red fire rocket blasting in the sky. But just then another boom, pop, sizzle. All different light colours went in different directions. I was sad because I didn’t even get to watch my favourite dark sparkly firework but I didn’t want to get too tired because I didn’t want to be late for school the next day.

By Barney

Burning flames up in the sky, yellow, orange, red, the guys were burnt. The witches’ hat was jumping around in the dark black sky. The long strips of paper in the air looked like a terrifying ferocious monster. It was hairy all over. Then we roasted marshmallows and I got 5 because of my evil grin. When I got home Biscuit was scared of the fireworks so we cuddled her in the living room.

By Francie

We were doing mathletics and suddenly there was a deafening sound, which shooted up like a rocket in the neighbours. My sister was crying because she did not want to do mathletics and thought it was very hard. I thought she was being silly but I got distracted because it happened again and Shilini said, “should we go to the fire works now?” “Yes”, said Dad but Freya said, “no I don’t want to go to guyfawkes”. Me and Freja argued for a bit. Dad said, “quiet”. I said Freya started it. Dad said, “I don’t care and we are going now”. So we got our jackets on and a bubble hat. We raced down the steps we stopped to a sudden holt we heard the big explosion exploding the fire works. Dad said, “quick we might miss the big fireworks”. When we got there we saw love heart fire works. Then it was the grand finale it was huge it was gold teardrops in the sky. We stared at the sparks of the teardrops and they floated away.

By Poppy

Can you guess what our favourite food is?

What am I?
I am round.
I am fat.
You can put things in me.
I am made of seaweed.
You can make me.
What am I?
By William


What am I?
I am squishy.
Sometimes I have a hole in my body and sometimes I have a seed in me.
I am juicy. 
I am fresh.
What am I?
By Theo

What am I?
I am golden brown.
I am healthy.
I am more tasty with gravy.
I sometimes have bones.
I can sometimes be used at christmas time.
By Gala

What am I?
I'm juicy and ripe and smooth.
A balloon sometimes looks like me.
I'm always fresh.
I'm healthy to eat and I grow on a tree.
I sometimes look pretty.
What am I?
By Ana

What am I?
I am a tasty lolly.
I smell good.
I can come with two colours together.
What am I?
By Amber

What am I?
I am orange.
I am icrecream on the top.
I am fizzy.
I am in a glass.
I am yummy.
What am I?
By Joe

What am I?
I can be all different kinds.
I have chocolate chips in me.
I am a treat.
You have me on a hot day.
You can buy me at the dairy.
What am I?
By Francie

Mathematics

We have been busy learning to solve problems using number and measurement.

Above are some photos of us using place value equipment to make 2 digit and 3 digit numbers as well as using scales to measure the weight of objects. We had to work out how many cubes weighed the same as some objects in our classroom as well as which objects were heavier or lighter than others.

Maths

We have been practicing our addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Along with practicing our basic facts we have been learning about measurement. We have been using cubes to measure the length of objects as well as the length of our hands and feet! We have been comparing the lengths of shapes using short, shorter and shortest. 

Weaving

Here are some photos of us creating our "weaving pictures". 

First we drew a picture on a black piece of paper and cut it out.  Then we used water coloured paints to cover a white piece of paper. Once the paint was dry we cut it into strips and used the strips to weave over and under through a cut piece of paper.  Come into Room 4 and check out the finished work!

Room 4's Assembly

Elsie and Barney were fantastic assembly hosts for junior assembly. Theo, Francie and Gala read their wonderful recounts which were full of descriptive language. 

The class enjoyed singing "The Library Song" and Frere Jacques to the students!

 

I.C.T

Some of the skills we have been learning is typing and then changing the font and size of our writing.

The Three Little Pigs

We have fantastic actors in Room 4!

Olympics

While the Olympics has been on we have enjoyed learning and discovering about the countries which have been involved, the events the athletes have been participating in and what values make an Olympic athlete including a visit from an Olympic medal winner!
We are very proud of our NZ athletes and have been enjoying adding onto our medal count!

 Students shared facts about a country which was participating in the London Olympic Games 2012.

Mr Bird shared his bronze medal which he won in 1988, Summer Olympics in Seoul.

First we designed and drew our own sports shoe then we discussed and drew pictures of what friendship, respect and excellence would look like.

Shows

Last week we watched two entertaining shows both with very important messages. The first show we watched was NED - Never Give Up, Encourage Others and Do Your Best. We use the NED message both inside and outside the classroom!

The second show was based around the food pyramid. The characters in the story encouraged us to eat vegetables and fruit often and sugary food sometimes.

Wonderful Writing

We have been working on using adjectives to make our writing interesting. Once we have finished our writing we have been using Fix Five to proofread and edit our work.
We enjoyed sharing some of our work with students in Room 3!

Olympic Symbols

Olympic Symbols

The colours of the Olympic rings are blue, black, red, yellow and green. If you win you will get a gold medal if you come second you will get a silver medal and if you get third you will get a brown medal on the back of the medals it has the rings. 

They hold the torch while they are running. The torch is carried. The Olympic torch is carried by athletes on the boat and plane. The Olympic torch goes around the world. Before the game the torch is lit after the game the torch is put out.

By Lily

Olympic Symbols

The Olympic rings stand for peace and co-operation. And the Olympic colours are red, yellow, black, green and blue.

The Olympic torch is a cone shape torch and it’s gold. The athletes carry the torch around the world. When the cauldron is lit the Olympics starts when it is extinguished the Olympic games are over.

By Joe

Olympic Symbols

The colours on the Olympic rings are blue, black, red, green and yellow. When you see the Olympic rings you know the Olympics are going to start. Every flag  has also got at least one colour from a ring.

The Olympics torch is carried on a plane or on a boat or on foot. The torch is lit in London this year. The torch is lit all through the games. When the torch goes out it means that the Olympics is over.

By Elsie

Nga Tae - The colours

Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Celebrate Māori Language Week

Māori Language Week

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2012, Māori Language Week is Monday, 23 July to Sunday, 29th July.


Challenge

Try reading one of New Zealand's longest place names:

The name on the sign that marks the hill is "Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu", which translates roughly as "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one". At 85 letters, it has been listed in the Guinness World Records as one of the longest place names in the world.

Pukeko Art

One moment in the holidays......

Australia Zoo by Francie
In the holidays I went to Australia Zoo. At the zoo there was Echo the giant croc. Crikey it was more then a dolphin. I saw the croc jump up. I had fun! I also liked the red kangaroos they were so soft. The kiwis were cute. I also went to Sea World as well!

Holding Snakes by Lachlan
On Tuesday I went to the wild life park. I saw lots of reptiles but my most favourite reptile were the snakes and I was allowed to hold a snake. It wasn't slimy it was dry and it was fantastic.

Sleep over by Emmylou 

On Saturday Petra came for a sleep over and we played strawberry shortcake. It was fun then we had dinner. Next we put on our PJ's. Then we brushed our teeth then we went to sleep. The next day we played lalaloopsy then we went to a cafe. We ate up all our food we sat in comfy chairs. Then we went home in the wet soggy rain.

Term 3 Day 1

We had a fantastic first day back at school. In our news groups we shared what we had done in the holidays and where we had visited. We then wrote our name and the place we visited on a piece of paper to attach to our classroom map.  We are going to write about one moment in the holidays using lots of descriptive language. We started learning about NZ currency and what the symbols are on each NZ coin. In the afternoon we started our pukeko art which we will put onto the blog once we are finished. Wow what a busy day...............

Wet and Windy Night

A Stormy Night

Bang Bang I suddenly woke up I was scared! I looked out the window. It was thunder and lightning. I threw the covers over I me. I hugged my teddy bear and went back to sleep.

By Lily

Last night I couldn’t sleep because of the wild wind outside and the pitter-patter of the rain. Suddenly there was a light in my room. I crept down the hall into Mami and Papi’s room, another light. I was scared. I cuddled up close to my Mami. Mami said, “it’s ok Gala”. Finally the lightning stopped and I went to sleep but I didn’t have much time until morning.

By Gala

What if…..

What if last night the rain sploshed and splashed on the roof and made a hole in the roof and the house flooded. Dad would have to put drains in the floor. Then we would have to put our puffa jackets and jerseys and raincoats on and run somewhere else. But we would be soaking when we got somewhere because the rain would still be pouring down.

By Alex

Just then I woke up then I heard the lightning and thunder and the windows were pitch white. I kept waking up. Crash the thunder nearly cracked our house in half. Then I got out of bed and I went to my Mum and Dads room and snug up in my Dads arms then I went back to sleep.

By Kieran

What if.... 

What if the rain and thunder made a big monster and it destroyed the world. He used his thunder powers to destroy the houses and destroy the cars and in the morning the monster was gone finally. 

By Blaine 

Last night I heard lots of pitter pattering of hail! I think at sea the waves were crashing!Last night the wind went wild and the washing would have been flapping!

By CJ

 

Junior Cross Country

We had an enjoyable morning at Bishops Park for our Junior Cross Country races. We loved having our buddies from Room 21 watch us and cheer for us as we got near the finish line!