Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Monday, 18 June 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Queens Birthday Weekend Journal Writing
Bounce, Catch, Throw
By Jess
The loud whistle blew and it all started. It was the awesome Darfield Force playing against mean Kirwee Primary A. First I was running around trying to guard my partner when "boom" I had the ball in my hands. I quickly throw it to someone in my team.
Then suddenly the whistle blew. We had got a goal. Everyone cheered loudly so I ran back to my place. I was so happy until I heard this loud voice saying, "oh well done, you're so good." I turned around and it was someone from the other team. I was so-o-o-o angry!!
Next the whistle blew. They had the ball because I was angry with that girl, when she threw it. I took all my strength and did this enourmous intercept and it flew right in the hands of Stefanie. I was so pleased with myself. Before I knew it, we had another goal, then another, then another. By that time we had seven but they had 26 and when I was thinking about that they got another goal and the whistle blew for full game.
The score was 27-7 to them. I enjoyed the game but thought that the Kirwee team were a bit mean.
Birds
By Niamh
Guess what happened in the bright sunny weekend? Two tiny birds flew into our shiny, clean window. One bird died of a bright, bright red bleeding nose but the other bird just survived!
We threw the bird into the stinky dark haunted rubbish bin where dead things go. The dead dark brown bird was a robin bird and the surviving bird was a black bird who had a bright yellow beak and a bright blue, yellow and black bubbly eyes.
We got to hold the black bird with bubbly eyes. Until it flew away to its mini trees in our massive natural home. I liked saving the bird because I love animals and nature.
My Netball Game
By Claire
On a bright Saturday moorning our team had a netball game at 8.30. We did it at the netball courts.
First, we warmed up. We did catching , throwing, passing and excersing.
Then, it was the first half. We versed South Methen.
I was GS but I didn't score any goals but GA did two goals for the first half.
After that, it was the second half. I didn't play it but it was good to watch. We scored some goals then the other team scored some goals.
Finally, we finished and the score was 3-4 and we won!
My Motorbike
By Brayden
On a sunny Monday I got out of bed and put my motorbike gear on.
Then I got outside and pushed my bike out. It was as heavy as a big elephant.
When I got it out I was ready to go. I hopped on my bike and started it. Broom-room. It was as loud as a tiger.
I went from gear one to gear two then after a while I put on gear three. It went fast.
My motorbike is blue, black and white. It is a Yamaha brand. I have a Thor helmet and Thor goggles. My goggles are as stretchy as string. I have Fox pants and a Fox t-shirt. I have Pulse boots and gloves and I have three stickers on my motorbike.
I like my motorbike because they're fun to ride.
The Gymnasium
By Callum
On the happy Monday I went to the gymnasium. I loved it. I learnt a handstand, a flip, cartwheel.
It was easy to learn.
By Jess
The loud whistle blew and it all started. It was the awesome Darfield Force playing against mean Kirwee Primary A. First I was running around trying to guard my partner when "boom" I had the ball in my hands. I quickly throw it to someone in my team.
Then suddenly the whistle blew. We had got a goal. Everyone cheered loudly so I ran back to my place. I was so happy until I heard this loud voice saying, "oh well done, you're so good." I turned around and it was someone from the other team. I was so-o-o-o angry!!
Next the whistle blew. They had the ball because I was angry with that girl, when she threw it. I took all my strength and did this enourmous intercept and it flew right in the hands of Stefanie. I was so pleased with myself. Before I knew it, we had another goal, then another, then another. By that time we had seven but they had 26 and when I was thinking about that they got another goal and the whistle blew for full game.
The score was 27-7 to them. I enjoyed the game but thought that the Kirwee team were a bit mean.
Birds
By Niamh
Guess what happened in the bright sunny weekend? Two tiny birds flew into our shiny, clean window. One bird died of a bright, bright red bleeding nose but the other bird just survived!
We threw the bird into the stinky dark haunted rubbish bin where dead things go. The dead dark brown bird was a robin bird and the surviving bird was a black bird who had a bright yellow beak and a bright blue, yellow and black bubbly eyes.
We got to hold the black bird with bubbly eyes. Until it flew away to its mini trees in our massive natural home. I liked saving the bird because I love animals and nature.
My Netball Game
By Claire
On a bright Saturday moorning our team had a netball game at 8.30. We did it at the netball courts.
First, we warmed up. We did catching , throwing, passing and excersing.
Then, it was the first half. We versed South Methen.
I was GS but I didn't score any goals but GA did two goals for the first half.
After that, it was the second half. I didn't play it but it was good to watch. We scored some goals then the other team scored some goals.
Finally, we finished and the score was 3-4 and we won!
My Motorbike
By Brayden
On a sunny Monday I got out of bed and put my motorbike gear on.
Then I got outside and pushed my bike out. It was as heavy as a big elephant.
When I got it out I was ready to go. I hopped on my bike and started it. Broom-room. It was as loud as a tiger.
I went from gear one to gear two then after a while I put on gear three. It went fast.
My motorbike is blue, black and white. It is a Yamaha brand. I have a Thor helmet and Thor goggles. My goggles are as stretchy as string. I have Fox pants and a Fox t-shirt. I have Pulse boots and gloves and I have three stickers on my motorbike.
I like my motorbike because they're fun to ride.
The Gymnasium
By Callum
On the happy Monday I went to the gymnasium. I loved it. I learnt a handstand, a flip, cartwheel.
It was easy to learn.
Monday, 21 May 2012
Advertising - That's False!
We've been exploring the idea that actors on advertisements have to be very good! They have to pretend they like things. This got us thinking about false advertising. We were aghast when we watched this video!
Drawing with Perspective
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We all produced amazing pieces of artwork at our workshop with Graham Braddock.
If you want to find out more about him visit his website www.grahambraddock.co.nz
Room 9 children, leave a comment below about what the best thing about the workshop was for you.
THE ART WORK SHOP
On Friday Room 9 went to an art work shop in the hall.We learnt that things that are close are bigger than things that are further away. We drew power poles, mountains, grass, dirt tracks, clouds trees and a house.Then any other details we wanted. I did tree stumps and people. Even
the teachers drew a picture each. I liked being there as much as Graham Braddock did. Room 9's look as stunning as a beatiful ball gown. I had extreme fun and a happy day.
THE END BY MAKAYLA
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Week Three Sykping
This week Darren and Georgie shared their Journal writing with our Room 12 New River e-buddies. They received feedback on their learning intention and then they made any changes they needed to.
Learning Intention: I am learning to use complex sentences in my writing.
Success Criteria: I will be successful when I include at least 5 complex sentences in my journal writing. I know they will be complex when I use words like: although, as, becasue, but, if, or, since.
Read their final editions below:
Going Duck Shooting
By Georgie
On an awesome Saturday I went duck shooting. I went with all my family. We shot 40 ducks and that was fun!!! When we got there ma and my grandma stayed in the cabin while the others went shooting. We ate lollies and chips. Jake, my little brother came inside and our dad but dad went back out and Jake stayed inside with us. When the rest of the others came in, my little cousin arrived. Her name is Amelia. A while after she arrived we had dinner. We had sausages and steak for dinner... "Morning," I say. "Morning," the others reply. At six o'clock in the morning we went back out duckshooting. It was really cold, "brrrrr!!" After a while we went home. I went into town with grandma to buy a mothers day present for mum. I liked going duck shooting becasue my special family was there.
Goldfish Hunting
By Darren
On Sunday 6th May, mum and I went to Christine's house to fish for some goldfish. They had a ginormous outdoor pond. It was shaped like a figure of eight.
It had big goldfish, small goldfish and every size imaginable. They were gold, grey, and black.
First mum and I put on our togs and hopped in. It was as cold as an ice cream.
Mum slipped into the pond on some moss but I didn't fall in.
We had a trout net and a very small net. I had the small net, mum had the big net.
First I caught a fish. I called it Small Furey because it was furious to get out of the icecream tub. Then I started to sink into all of the stones.
Then mum caught one. She called it Toothless because it had no teeth and we had also been to How to Train your Dragon arena specatacular in Auckland.
In the end we had two grey goldfish.
Learning Intention: I am learning to use complex sentences in my writing.
Success Criteria: I will be successful when I include at least 5 complex sentences in my journal writing. I know they will be complex when I use words like: although, as, becasue, but, if, or, since.
Read their final editions below:
Going Duck Shooting
By Georgie
On an awesome Saturday I went duck shooting. I went with all my family. We shot 40 ducks and that was fun!!! When we got there ma and my grandma stayed in the cabin while the others went shooting. We ate lollies and chips. Jake, my little brother came inside and our dad but dad went back out and Jake stayed inside with us. When the rest of the others came in, my little cousin arrived. Her name is Amelia. A while after she arrived we had dinner. We had sausages and steak for dinner... "Morning," I say. "Morning," the others reply. At six o'clock in the morning we went back out duckshooting. It was really cold, "brrrrr!!" After a while we went home. I went into town with grandma to buy a mothers day present for mum. I liked going duck shooting becasue my special family was there.
Goldfish Hunting
By Darren
On Sunday 6th May, mum and I went to Christine's house to fish for some goldfish. They had a ginormous outdoor pond. It was shaped like a figure of eight.
It had big goldfish, small goldfish and every size imaginable. They were gold, grey, and black.
First mum and I put on our togs and hopped in. It was as cold as an ice cream.
Mum slipped into the pond on some moss but I didn't fall in.
We had a trout net and a very small net. I had the small net, mum had the big net.
First I caught a fish. I called it Small Furey because it was furious to get out of the icecream tub. Then I started to sink into all of the stones.
Then mum caught one. She called it Toothless because it had no teeth and we had also been to How to Train your Dragon arena specatacular in Auckland.
In the end we had two grey goldfish.
Music Appreciation - Hedwig's Theme
What instruments can you hear in this song?
How does the music make you feel?
What does the music do to make you feel that way?
Monday, 7 May 2012
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Mixed Media Art
This term we are going to be creating some mixed media art. We watched this clip to see one way of how it is done.
We talked about layering, and took a look at some of the things we could use, before we started our planning.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Music Appreciation - Flight of the Bumblebee
We are learning to appreciate different types of music.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Cheers to 50 years! - It's in the Bag!
On Thursday we watched part of an episode of
It's in the Bag!
It's in the Bag is a NZ TV programme made in the 1960s (only 50 years ago!)
We had to look for some changes.
What type of show is it?
Jess - "It's a gameshow"
What is a modern-dag programme that is similar?
Elise - "Ellen"
Jack - "Deal or no Deal"
Callum - "Lotto"
What do you notice about the prizes?
Jess - "They were for everyday use"
Darren - "They were big (size)"
Makayla - "They looked new and shiney"
Tom N - "They were modern day. Like the automatic washing machine."
Do you think the prizes are expensive?
Yes
Do you think they though the prizes were expensive?
Yes
What do you notice about thier clothes?
Elise - "They are smart, fancy and sensible"
Ben - "They are old fashioned"
Darren - "There is more styling these days. Their clothes were only black and grey."
Caitlin - "I noticed the lady's baggy silver top under her dress"
What is different about how TV programmes recieve mail now?
Tom S - "They got thier mail by letter"
Class - Mail now comes by "email, call, text, letter, twitter and facebook
What else did you find interesting?
Jess - "The prizes were popular"
Tatiana - "The prizes were expensive"
Darren - "There was suspense of what people won and the big bag of letters"
We are going to be looking at technology change. We thought of some questions we'd like to answer.
- How do we think to change it?
- How did it change?
- Why didn't we leave it the way it was?
- Why change it?
- Who changed it?
Sunday, 22 April 2012
ANZAC Day
ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Anzac Day is a day for us to remember the soldiers who went to fight in World War One. We especially remember the soldiers who died on April 25 1915 during the fighting on the beaches at Gallipolli, in Turkey.
We celebrate Anzac Day with some traditions and symbols.
Poppies - The red, or Flanders poppy was one of the first flowers to grow and bloom in the mud 'Flanders Field'
Flander Field - A famous war poem written about what happened in the Flanders region of Belgium
The Last Post - Millitary bugle call
Anzac Biscuits - A long-life biscuit that could be sent to soldiers
We are learning to use apostrophes to shorten words.
Words that are shortened are called contractions.
Some examples are: do not = don't, it is = it's and they are = they're.
An apostrophe shows where a letter or letters are missing.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Skate Skool
The year 5s had a spectacular time with Luke from the Skate Skool today. There are photos to come, however, in the meantime, check out the website.
http://www.skateskool.co.nz/
http://www.skateskool.co.nz/
Saturday, 17 March 2012
We are learning to: write sentences that make sense
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/sentence-structure
Try some of the videos and games to help you practice writing sentences that make sense.
Try some of the videos and games to help you practice writing sentences that make sense.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Oral Language
We have been working on asking questions for our oral language.
We had to think about what questions we would like to ask the man in the picture.
Maths at Home
Hi Parents/Caregivers,
I have found this great link which might give you some fabulous ideas for maths activities at home.
I recommend having a look at the 'Maths at Our House' section and 'Number Knowledge Activities.' On the Number Knowledge Activities page, you can click on the domain (Number Sequence, Place Value, Number Facts) for the level your child is working at. You can look at their previous school report to find this information, although it never hurts to start with the Stage 3/4 activities to review and practice those skills before moving on.
I have found this great link which might give you some fabulous ideas for maths activities at home.
I recommend having a look at the 'Maths at Our House' section and 'Number Knowledge Activities.' On the Number Knowledge Activities page, you can click on the domain (Number Sequence, Place Value, Number Facts) for the level your child is working at. You can look at their previous school report to find this information, although it never hurts to start with the Stage 3/4 activities to review and practice those skills before moving on.
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