Sunday, December 11, 2011
Happy Holidays!
This year has gone very quickly but we have had great fun and worked very hard, well done everyone, you have been a really super class! We hope you all enjoyed our Christmas concert last week, and that you all have a fantastic Christmas! Enjoy the holidays and safe travels for those of you who are going away!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
EOTC week
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Art Auction
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Capacity!
We estimated how many popcorn kernels would fit into different containers, and counted in 10s to check our estimates. Then we estimated how much more space the popped corn would take up. Half a cup of kernels filled half of a big ice cream tub! As we had been working so hard, we then ate some popcorn, yum!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Disco
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Spring Poetry
Green is…
juicy grass
the colour of leaves in spring
yummy broccoli
fresh green trees
a jumping frog
juicy apples
the colour of very sour apples
William’s eyes
the colour of delicious peas
one of the Rugby World Cup colours
yukky slimey slime
Crunchy cucumber
Straight green stalks
the Irish Rugby strip
swishing whishing trees
waving bushes
stinky smelly monsters
green grass that grows in the ground
leaves whishing in the breeze
yummy lime ice cream
delectable pears
the colour of a smooth avocado in spring and summer
by Room 5
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Rugby World Cup!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Happy Holiday!
Measurement
Friday, September 23, 2011
Shared Lunch
Thanks to Mums and Dads for all the yummy food- we had lots of savoury food and also lots of sweet treats so there was something for everybody.. Miss Capper finally got to taste the famous New Zealand fairy bread too!
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Conservation Week
We also looked at how bugs and insects play a part in the environment, and some native NZ birds. Take a look at http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation-week-home/ for more information and ideas.
Finally, we headed to the beach and picked up some rubbish in order to keep the beach clean and natural- we found bottles, cans, a cricket ball and lots of plastic and paper. Remember to clean up after yourselves and keep New Zealand clean!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Pesky Rat goes to WOW
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Calendar Art
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Innovations
The Three Little Kiwis by Lucy
Once upon a time there were three kiwis in Australia. They decided they would find their own houses. The first kiwi found a house made of straw. The second kiwi found a house made of sticks and the third kiwi found a house made of bricks. Then the big bad dog came. “Little kiwi, little kiwi let me come in!” “ No way, Jose I will not let you in!”. “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down so he did. The kiwi ran as fast as he could to his brother’s house and the dog followed him. Then the dog was furious!!! The two kiwis ran to their brother’s house they rang the bell and a trap came down. The end.
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The Three Sister Unicorns by Evie
Two years ago there were three sister unicorns. Their mother said they were getting too big for their house. She said to go and build their own house. The first sister unicorn’s name was Angeline the second unicorns name was Angel and the third name was Eva.
The first unicorn built a house out of curly hair. The second unicorn built a house out of wands and the third unicorn built its house out of cement. When along came the big mean wizard with his magic wand and he said LITTLE UNICORN let me come in.
Not by the sparkle on my horn horn horn.
Then I’ll sprinkle and I will poison your house.
But Angeline just escaped in time and she said open the door and hurry the wizard is after me.
The wizard said little unicorn let me come in.
Not by the sparkle on my horn horn horn.
Then I’ll sprinkle and I’ll poison your house.
But Angel just escaped in time to Eva’s house when along came the big mean wizard. He said Little Unicorns let me come in. Not by the sparkle on our horns horns horns.
But he couldn’t put poison on the house so he went down the chimney and OWW he burnt his face.
And that was the end of that.
The end
The Three Flying Harpers by Harper
Once upon a time there were three little brothers. One day they decided to build their own houses. So Finn the littlest one set off down the road. He hadn’t gone far down the road when he saw some whiteboards lying on the road. So he started to build his house. The next day there was a knock on the door.
Little Finn Little Finn let me come in.
No way Jose you’re not coming in.
Then I’ll burn and I’ll burn your house in.
A long time ago there was an astronaut selling helmets. He was walking along and some aliens lived in space too. The aliens stole the helmets and danced. The astronaut sat and threw rocks at them and the aliens threw rocks back at the astronaut. The astronaut threw his helmet on the ground and the aliens copied and he got his helmets back.
The Three Little Cats by Chelsea
Once upon a time in the forest a mean big bad dog came to chase the three little cats away from home. Their mum and dad got so worried that they had to go and find them. But they were too late! The big mean dog has already chased them up a tree and the dog is trying to get up a tree but wait because the dog got up the tree.
The cat jumped over to the next tree but the tree had a trap up on the tree so the good news was that they found their mum and dad and the other good news is the dog died.
We also thought of different endings for 'The Gingerbread Man' - how could he get across the river?
- -on a humongous black and white goose's back (Jasper)
- on a green lilypad flowing down the river. (Zoe)
- he fell in and his legs fell off and he was seen no more. (Angus)
- an otter gave him a lift but then ate him up. (Gemma)
- a sly fiery komodo dragon gave him a ride. (Flynn)
- he built a boat but the river was too strong...the gingerbread man
jumped into the river and was eaten by a crocodile. (Seb)
- a big friendly elephant gave him a ride. (Harry)
- he found some bark but it took him 7 hours as the waves were humongous (Luke)
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Visitor to Room 5!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
On stage
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Three Little Ducklings
Once upon a time there were three baby ducklings who lived at home with their mother. When their mother told them it was time to go off and build their own nests, the little ducklings waddled off down the lane. The first duckling made his nest out of twigs, the second duckling made his out of leaves, and the third duckling made his out of mud.
When the enormous, terrifying dog came to try and eat the nests, they all speedily waddled off to the mud nest. They got some water from the pond and asked their friend Baby Dragon to breathe fire to boil it, then they put the water under his food. When the terrifying dog went to eat his food, he burned his nose. He ran all the way home crying and his mother took him to the hospital. After that the terrifying dog was never terrifying again. And that was the end of that story.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Eastbourne
Friday, July 15, 2011
Book Character Day
Happy holidays everyone and well done for all the super costumes!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Conductor or Insulator?
Some of us predicted that a pencil would conduct electricity- and still light the bulb- well done! We agreed this was because of the graphite inside it, which was a conductor. We then tried to complete the circuit with a balloon, a rubber, a longer pencil and a bulldog clip.
We also discovered that the longer the pencil, the dimmer the light.....can you explain why?
We then tested Harry's zip and the hole for the laces on Harper's new shoes. They both conducted electricity! We really are scientists!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Bright Sparks
Is electricity in the air? Is electricity nuclear? How do you make electricity? Where does electricity come from? Where does it get made? Can we make electricity ourselves? Today we had a fun lesson investigating electricity, making circuits to light up a light bulb, and making static electricity to pick up paper frogs. Some of us even found out how to stick a balloon to the wall! |
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Believe in yourself!
The Ant and the Grasshoppers
Great reading and dancing boys!
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Fun Bus
Thursday, June 2, 2011
In my opinion..
Monday, May 23, 2011
In a minute..
We have also been telling the time- maybe you can practise at home!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Arguments..!
We have argued whether we should be allowed to bring our pets to school and put them in 'Petcare', whether we should be able to choose a pet such as a monkey or elephant, and whether we should be able to go to school at night so we can play outside all day!
Room 5 have presented some fantastic reasons why they agree or disagree: elephants might wake us up if they were a pet, and giraffes wouldn't even fit in the house!
We agreed that Petcare at school might be a bit tricky, as they might escape and hurt or frighten some of the other children, although it would be fun to play with our pets at playtime....! Harry and Harper managed to convince most of the class that Petcare was not a good idea, well done boys!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Making music!
We made box guitars, bottle pipes, sound sandwiches, and played the water flutes. We thought about how the different sounds were made, and why some were low and some were high.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Science Week...
We also predicted what would happen if we put different coloured M & Ms in opposite sides of a water pot. The results...have a look!
Next week we will continue with sound as part of our 'Switch on to Science' topic.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Science Week
Today we had a rocket launch at morning tea, and made telephones using string and paper cups. We made rice move by making loud noises, and explained this as the sound making the rice vibrate. We talked about how sound travels and agreed that this is how our telephones worked! More science to follow...!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Reading
Keep reading over the Easter break!
Friday, April 8, 2011
African drumming
Several students from across the school went up to play instruments with him and we all clapped along and got into the rhythm. Eddie has played with Bob Marley and bands like Split Enz, and his visit was truly a fantastic experience for the whole school.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Shifting Shapes
Monday, April 4, 2011
Grandparents' Day
Yesterday we had Grandparents' Day, and the hall was filled with our lovely Grandparents and 'Grandfriends' for a special assembly where we showed some of our work and saw some old curios such as Box Brownie cameras. Some of our Grandparents couldn't make it but we were thinking of them anyway.
We then took our Grandparents to Room 5 and showed them all our hard work, and they shared some of the things they had brought to show us such as old photos, books, coins and games. To end the day, we all had afternoon tea together.
Thank you all for coming and sharing your memories with us, we had a lovely day!