Monday, 19 May 2014
NZ post book awards roadshow
This morning we had a presentation from some librarians to discuss the NZ Post Book finalists for this year.
Friday, 16 May 2014
Extra book day pictures
Here at some more pictures including a few with our buddies from Room 19. What a great day dressing up!
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Book parade
This morning we all dressed up in book character costumes and paraded in the hall with the school. What an amazing effort from parents and students.We looked amazing!
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Information reports
Room 10 are learning to write information reports this is one of them.
Tackle Rugby by Hugh
Tackle rugby is a outdoor sport played in teams. The team with the ball has to try to score, while the other tea have to tackle them and try to get the ball.
If your good you get to represent a team or place.
The fields that the rugby players play on are muddy and soft but in some places hard. The rugby players are; big, bulky, tough and fast.
Rugby players are often found in stadiums or on a field but can also be found in: a park, school house beach and even on TV.
People who play rugby behave mad when the other team score and glad when they score or win the game!
I think that tackle rugby is a great sport and lots of people will play it for a long time.
Tackle Rugby by Hugh
Tackle rugby is a outdoor sport played in teams. The team with the ball has to try to score, while the other tea have to tackle them and try to get the ball.
If your good you get to represent a team or place.
The fields that the rugby players play on are muddy and soft but in some places hard. The rugby players are; big, bulky, tough and fast.
Rugby players are often found in stadiums or on a field but can also be found in: a park, school house beach and even on TV.
People who play rugby behave mad when the other team score and glad when they score or win the game!
I think that tackle rugby is a great sport and lots of people will play it for a long time.
Monday, 5 May 2014
Welcome back to school - Term 2 notice
I hope you all had great holidays! This is from the notice sent home today. Here are a few bits and bobs about Term 2:
We have a great term ahead with a visit to Artbox and the Museum. We will need parent help on this trip and will send a note home soon with more details.
Our topic for this term is Arts and Technology. We are looking at Visual Art in different cultures and visiting the Canterbury museum to learn about early traditional Maori technology. In writing we are learning about features of information reports, and will be learning how to write our own information reports. Our Maths interchange will continue and Strand Maths this term will be Geometry and Shape. On Wednesday afternoon we have our Arts interchange. Room 10 will be doing poi with Ms Kahi this term. We will have cross country training most days and ball sports on Thursdays so please ensure your child has good footwear. Home learning continues and is sent home on Monday to be returned on Friday please.
A few dates to remember:
-Week 2 (12th May-16th May) is bookweek (the parade is on Friday 16th May at 9:15am in the hall)
-Cross Country is on 20th May, postponement date is 22 May
-Museum and Artbox is on 11th or 12th June
-Learning Conferences are on 1st and 3rd July from 2pm
We have a great term ahead with a visit to Artbox and the Museum. We will need parent help on this trip and will send a note home soon with more details.
Our topic for this term is Arts and Technology. We are looking at Visual Art in different cultures and visiting the Canterbury museum to learn about early traditional Maori technology. In writing we are learning about features of information reports, and will be learning how to write our own information reports. Our Maths interchange will continue and Strand Maths this term will be Geometry and Shape. On Wednesday afternoon we have our Arts interchange. Room 10 will be doing poi with Ms Kahi this term. We will have cross country training most days and ball sports on Thursdays so please ensure your child has good footwear. Home learning continues and is sent home on Monday to be returned on Friday please.
A few dates to remember:
-Week 2 (12th May-16th May) is bookweek (the parade is on Friday 16th May at 9:15am in the hall)
-Cross Country is on 20th May, postponement date is 22 May
-Museum and Artbox is on 11th or 12th June
-Learning Conferences are on 1st and 3rd July from 2pm
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Our eggciting egg-sitting challenge
Good results for keeping our eggs safe this week - only a few casualties. We learned a lot about how much care and attention our eggs required. Some of us went the extra mile and created wonderful homes for our eggs, even providing a friend to keep our egg company. Well done Room 10!
Friday, 4 April 2014
Keeping Ourselves Safe
Today Ms Lean will give us an egg each to take care of.
We want to see if we can take care of the egg for a week.
There are some rules however...
DON'T boil the egg!
Look after it; it is the only one you get!
Don't leave it alone.
KEEP IT SAFE.
It has to come to school each day and be in the egg creche.
We have our eggs now!
We have our eggs now!
Thursday, 27 March 2014
Sharing our Writing
In Room 10 we love sharing our writing. Today we shared our descriptive application letters for the job in the South Pacific. We had to write a letter to a company saying we would like to apply for the job and the qualities we had to bring to it. We shared with a buddy and then a few people shared with the whole class. We then decided which applicants we thought had written great letters describing themselves.
Here are a few bits of our wonderful writing:
"I would like to apply for the job on the remote island for saving the quarter ton tortoises as there are only 98 left. I am strong so I would be able to move them to a safe spot." Hugh
"I am cunning, daring, I'm an animal lover, I have 56 animals at home and I know how to survive so I think I'll be qualified for this job." Imogen
"I am really really good with animals. I have a pet turtle at home so I'm used to turtles and I've always wanted to go to the Pacific." Polly
"I am magnificent at climbing trees and I'm a great survivor." Amelie
"I feel that I would be perfect for this job because I am caring for animals. I am quick so if a turtle needs help or a baby I can help them." Ava
"I am good at making treehouses so if I need to look after the turtles or heal them up I can take them up to the treehut." Millie
"I would like to apply for the job in the Pacific. I feel I would be perfect for this job because I adore animals." Georgie
"I am good at caring for animals." Poppy
"I can do 40 press-ups without stopping." Eve
Friday, 7 March 2014
A lovely time on our intrepid journey with lots of exploring with the Year 3/4 team - Shared Writing by Room 10
Today Friday 7th March we walked to the amazing beach in Sumner because our Quail Island trip had to be cancelled. We did some survival games and looked for hazards. On the way we saw glass fragments and broken concrete and lots of signs about hazards. We talked about the rough sea and undertows. We saw Cave Rock with the rocks all smashed on the ground.
When we went there the beach was beautiful, bold and bright. The tide was smashing on the rocks.
One of the team work activities was that we sat back to back and we needed to get up on our feet without using hands but using each other and team work. We saw Room 9's Year 3 boys pretending that there was a magic carpet and they were 100 metres high and they had to turn it over without getting off.
It looked hard because there were lots of people on it and they were all doing their own thing, and it was really hilarious. It's harder than it looks.
After that we went to a different part of the beach to build sand castles and things out of sticks.
Some of us used sticks, sand, shells, feathers and wood. Paige, Poppy and Selene made a double sandcastle. We were exploring and discovering new things to use for our sand castles. Eve and Hazel were pretending that part of the beach was a building and we were selling fire wood and we buried 2 of the special sticks. Matthew, Oscar, Olly, Dion and Callum were making different sandcastles and a few holes.
There were a few spiky balls around so we put them on some of our sandcastles. Jonah and James were trying the back to back challenge together. When they were doing it they accidentally lost control and crashed into the sandcastle.
Polly and Amelie took turns with the back to back challenge too.
Then Ava and Polly tried it and Ava carried Polly around on her back. Then Polly and Amelie made a sandcastle. We also found mermaid tears.
When we went to the beach we took lots of photos. It was an exhilirating time.
Written together by Room 10
When we went there the beach was beautiful, bold and bright. The tide was smashing on the rocks.
One of the team work activities was that we sat back to back and we needed to get up on our feet without using hands but using each other and team work. We saw Room 9's Year 3 boys pretending that there was a magic carpet and they were 100 metres high and they had to turn it over without getting off.
It looked hard because there were lots of people on it and they were all doing their own thing, and it was really hilarious. It's harder than it looks.
After that we went to a different part of the beach to build sand castles and things out of sticks.
Some of us used sticks, sand, shells, feathers and wood. Paige, Poppy and Selene made a double sandcastle. We were exploring and discovering new things to use for our sand castles. Eve and Hazel were pretending that part of the beach was a building and we were selling fire wood and we buried 2 of the special sticks. Matthew, Oscar, Olly, Dion and Callum were making different sandcastles and a few holes.
There were a few spiky balls around so we put them on some of our sandcastles. Jonah and James were trying the back to back challenge together. When they were doing it they accidentally lost control and crashed into the sandcastle.
Polly and Amelie took turns with the back to back challenge too.
Then Ava and Polly tried it and Ava carried Polly around on her back. Then Polly and Amelie made a sandcastle. We also found mermaid tears.
When we went to the beach we took lots of photos. It was an exhilirating time.
Written together by Room 10
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