The Last Day Of Term!

Class of 2010, you are all awesome. I have had a fabulous year with you guys and I will miss you all very much. I hope you have a fun-filled summer holiday and a very happy Christmas. I will see you next year around the playground. Next year's teachers are so lucky to have you in their class. YOU ROCK!!

Our garden flourished.

We now have peas, beans and rocket. We have tried them all. Yum! Sadly we didnt get to harvest any tomatoes before the holidays. We grew almost all our vegetables from seed and we kept some in the classroom in pots. We discovered that the plants grew much better in the garden. They are much much bigger and healthier.

Day 2 at Awhitu camp.

At the campsite day 1

Day 1 at the beach - FUN!!

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Favourite Things At Camp

Santa Claus came to Awhitu camp....

Three Cheers For Brayden P !!

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Brayden P, happy birthday to you. Hip hip Hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

Our Secret Garden Grows.

A Bean Seed Grows.

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Look what we found on our pea plants......

Yes that's right........we have peas. Yay, there are quite a few and lots more flowers so we might even get to have one pea pod each. YUM.

Friday Update. The boys got to try the peas. Jayden thought they were juicy. Matthew said they had lots of texture. "They are yum," said Willem. They tasted vegetabily thought Logan. Brayden P thought they were kind of okay. "It tasted nice," said Tumokai.

The Botanical Gardens Trip

On Tuesday Room 6 went to the Botanical Gardens. First we had to put our vest on . Then we went on the bus to the Botanical Gardnes. First we went to the edible gardens. We had the Agent Ani book. At the edible gardens we smelt some plants there and then we went under the waka to see the threatened plants. Then we went to the duck pond to see the ducks. We went to the water wheel and then to the big egg but it is not real. We can go inside the egg. After that we went over the road to a paper bark tree eaten by giraffes. Then we went for a swim at the pools and it was warm and we played tiggy. I was in and I tagged Michelle and then she was in. Logan

Yesterday we went to the Botanical Gardens. Miss Y got a Funtrail book. We went to the eating gardens. Willem

On Tuesday we went to the Botanical Gardens. First we went to the edible gardens. Then we had to find three things we have eaten before. I saw a red strawberry. Next we went to see the worms. then we went to the ducks. We saw all kinds of ducks. Nathen

Yesterday room 6 went to Manurewa. First we went to the edible garden and there was fruit and begetables like basil, rosemary, egg plant, beans, mint, lettuces and pumpkins. Next we went under the waka to see the threatened plants. Asics

On Tuesday we went to the botanical gardens in a bus. First we went into the edible garden and in there was plants that we can eat. Then we went to look for clues. Next we went to the worm farm. Then we went to the egg. Next we went to the water wheel. Nadia

Our Secret Garden

We have a secret garden. You'll never find it... shhhhhh! We visit it every day to check on the plants and look after them. We have to water them and last week we had to put slug and snail bait out. Today we made a scarecrow to scare away any birds. We don't have a name for it yet. Any ideas?

Junior Athletics Day

What an absolutley fabulous group of athletes we have in Room 6. I am so VERY proud of you all because you all tried hard and supported each other. We had so many winners and place getters, I think I nearly lost my voice cheering for you all. Photos will be coming soon. In the meantime have alook at the fabulous recounts that have been written about the big day. Miss Y.

On Monday afternoon we had a little bit of athletics and on Tuesday we finished off the junior athletics running races. After that we did the finals for the 400 m running race and I came second!! Then we went to the activities. The 6 year old boys went to the hurdles, trampoline, the fat mat and the tunnel. Once we finished we went to the scooters and Young pulled me. Then we went to the coit throwing. I came second. The next thing we did was the long jump and I came second. Once Miss Boyd marked it we went to the moonhopper race and I came last. At the end of the day I was very tired. Matthew

On Tuesday we did junior athletics. I liked the hula hoops because you got to do anything. It was a sunny day. Willem

On Monday and Tuesday the juniors did athletics on the field. On Tuesday we had the finals. After morning tea we got split into teams. First we did the hula hoops. Then we went on the fat mat. Next we did the scooters inside the hall. After that we did the coit throw with Miss Y. Finaly we did the long jump. After that we did moon hoppers. My favourite thing was to do the long jump. I felt so excited because I came first in the long jump. Michelle.






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Gingerbread boy and girl sprouts!

The class split into two teams, the boys and the girls. Then we sprinkled mustard seeds inside a gingerbread cookie cuter on a paper napkin and covered it with paper. The girls one has taken off, you can't even see the outline now. The poor boys one is looking a little sad.

Term 4 - Celebrate

Far Out Bean Sprout

This term our topic will be around growing plants from seed and looking after them. We have made a start and already after only one week some seeds have sprouted.

"Where the Wild Things Are" Art Exhibition

Yes, we finally finished our paper mache 'Wild Things' and prints. Last week we had an art exhibition in the hall. So many visitors to the exhibition commented on how fantastic they looked. You can all be very proud of the hard work you put into them.
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Making our paper mache 'wild things'.

Last month room 6 did paper mache. We watched a slideshow on the internet. Then room six looked in a book called 'Where The Wild Things Are'. First room six rolled newspaper in a ball. Then we put the masking tape on. Next we did paper mache. We put the arms and legs on. It was fun making the paper mache. My eyes are going to be googly. I would like to make another one. Nate

Room 6 has been doing paper mache. First we looked at a book. Second we rolled some newspaper into a ball and then we put the arms and legs on. Then we put the tissue paper on. Next we got room 12 to help us. I had big bulgy eyes and I painted my body red. Nathen

ASB Money Lesson

Yesterday morning after room 6 went to the hall, a visitor was waiting in class. His name was Siale. He works at ASB bank. His work is in Waiuku. First we did a game that’s called $100. That one was my favourite. Then we did a song. He showed us how to save our money. I put mine in a piggy bank. I take money out sometimes. Next we did a dance. Nicole

On Wednesday before morning tea a visitor called Siale came to room 6. He came from the ASB bank and he was from Fiji. He came to tell us about money. First he told us to close our eyes. Then he changed into his superhero outfit. He had a sparkly mask and a cape that had money on it. Next we learnt a song like a rap with actions. Michelle

On Wednesday Siale came to room six's classroom. He told us how to save moneyh. Then he told us how to play a game called biggest to smallest and he was from the ASB bank. We did actions for a rap song. Jayden

Learning to Swim

This term we have been travelling to Patumahoe School to have swimming lessons once a week with Daniel Fulton's Swim School. The children have made amazing progress!

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Poems with a Twist

Poems with a twist have four short lines. The first three lines are about getting ready to do something. They are full of expectation. The fourth line is the twist where things don't quite work out.

Room 6 wrote poems about going to the beach.....

I packed my goggles
Got my togs
I went in the car
Oh no beach is closed!
Youngsung

Packed my togs
Got my towel
Got my toys
Live sharks!
Willem

Packed my togs
Got my boogie board
Got my togs on
No car!
Nate

I packed my togs and towels
I have my sunscreen
Got my sunhat and goggles
Oh, no water!
Hayley

BREAKING NEWS - MAGNIFICENT MATHLETES in Room 6

UPDATE!!
At the end of Day 4 of NZ Maths Challenge Week Room 6 has added on another 19 486 points. Our total is now 78 893 points. Guess what, right now we are NUMBER ONE in our school for average points per child. Keep up the amazing work and we might be the winners at the end of the week. GO GO GO !!!

The New Zealand Maths Challenge 23-30 August 2010

YAY Room 6 have taken up the challenge and are doing a fantastic job. At the end of day 3 the class already has 59 407 points on Mathletics - that's a huge amount of maths learning and practise going on. Awesome! We have class goals and some children have set personal goals. Keep up the amazing job you are doing and who knows.... we might end up number 1 in the school.

John Pusateri the printmaker visits.

Today we were really lucky to have an award winning printmaker visit our class. His name is John Pusateri and he is from the Auckland Print Studio. John showed us some prints he had done and the work of some other artists. Then we asked questions. He does stone lithography which means he draws an image onto limestone and then takes a print of that. Then he showed us how to do our own prints using polystyrene blocks. You can visit his website to see his work by following the links on the side.

This week we are learning how to write a 5W poem.

A 5W poem has a set layout.
Line 1 - Who
Line 2 - What
Line 3 - Where
Line 4 - When
Line 5 - Why

A screaming shoe
Eating people
At the shoe shop
Last week
Because he's crazy
Brayden P

A fat black gorilla
Climbing up a fat tree
On the beach
Yesterday
To get some bananas
Hayley

Nine enormous sheep
Playing little tricks
On the boat
Last night
Because they were very cross
Michelle

Matthew
Dancing on a crown
At home
Last night
For a competition
Matthew

Our buddies come to help again.

Similes in Poetry

We are learning how to create similes for our poetry. We need to use the words like or as to compare two things.
Here are Room 6's 'Wild Things' poetry using similes.

My horn is like a knife
My claws are like pencils
My feet are like corn
I live in a car
And eat petrol
Logan

My hair is like spaghetti
My eyes are like the sun
My ears are like wings
My foot is like concrete
I live in a rotten banana
And eat rotten skin
Hayley

My horn is like a knife
My eyes are like the sun
My foot is like a smelly sock
I live in a nose
And eat boogers.
Nikko

My hair is like string
My fur is like a soft pillow
My horn is sharp like a blade
My toes are like lightbulbs
My ears are like wings
I live in a barn
And eat hay.
Angel

My hair is like string
My eyes are like the moon
My fur is like a soft pillow
I live in a forest
And eat reindeer.
Nicole

My fur is like grass
My claws are like blades
I live in an ear
And eat ear wax.
Brayden P

My hair is like twisted noodles
My eyes are like lightbulbs
My fur is like carpet
I live in the heater
And eat dust.
Nate

My fur is like a soft pillow
My scales are as smooth as concrete
My toes are like corn cobs
I live in a shark
And eat shark guts.
Matthew

My horn is like a stone
My fur is like a soft blanket
My hair is like string
I live in a light bulb
And eat glass.
Madi

My hair is like noodles
My eyes are like a sun
My fur is like a pillow
I live in a garbage bin
And I eat paper.
Jayden

My fur is like a mat
My feet are like a ducks legs
My scales are sharp as blades
I live in a nose
And I eat snot.
Brayden M

My puku is like a balloon
My eyes are like the sun
My fur is like a soft pillow
My scales are like sharp blades
I live in the garden
And eat flowers
Tumokai

My fur is like a carpet
My eyes are like lightbulbs
My foot is like a gorilla
I live in the garden
And I eat cats.
Nathen

My hair is like string
My eyes are like shiny balloons
My mouth is like a banana
I live in the rubbish bin
And eat cans.
Michelle

YAY For Room 12 Helpers

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Alliteration Poetry

This week we are looking at alliteration for our poetry. Alliteration is when two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound.
Example - Crazy Cats. This is an example of alliteration because both the words begin with "C".
We looked at a website and listened to some examples. You can look at this yourself by following the link on the side bar. Then we brainstormed a whole lot of S topic words and adjectives to describe then. Finally we wrote our own......
Stinky sharks swimming silently in the sea. Nadia
Stinky snakes sang silly songs. Six little sheep singing smelly songs. Seven snails sliming. Michelle
Six stinky seals slither silently. Nathen
Spotty spiders stich slime. Six seals sang songs. Seven sharks sang to slugs. Brayden P
Seven scary spiders sleeping. Nicole
Smelly snakes slither. Seven stinky suduko. Scary shark swimming. Tumokai
Spotty small snails sitting straight. Hayley
Spooky spiders singing spooky songs. Smelly snails stink. Logan
Smelly sick spiders singing strange songs. Madi
Smelly sticky snakes slithering side to side. Six spiders sang stick songs. Brayden M
Smelly spiders singing stupid songs. Jayden
Spooky spiders sing stupid silly songs. Nate
Stinky smelly spiders slide strangely. Nikko
Seven stupid smelly sheep sang a stupid song. Youngsung
Seventynine suduko spiders. Seven sick snakes slither. Matthew

Savoury Corn and Cottage Cheese Muffins

More cooking in Room 6. We learn how to work co-operatively and solve problems. There is lots of Maths in cooking and we used teaspoon (tsp), cup (c), halves (1/2), quarters (1/4), degrees celcius and minute measurements in this recipe. You can find this recipe at http://www.foodinaminute.co.nz/Recipes/recipe_default.aspx?recipeid=555

We changed it a tiny bit because we did not use bacon or paprika.

Paper Mache Mars Landscape

World Poetry Day and Room 6 Famous Authors

Last Friday was World Poetry Day and as we are learning to write poetry some of the Room 6 poets donated their works for display in the library. Why don't you go in and have a look at thier fantastic work .

Celebrating Achievements at Assembly

Youngsung was rewarded with a chooclate bar by Mrs Kendall for awesome effort on Mathletics. Tumokai was very brave when he decided to 'have a go' at swimming. He really enjoyed it in the end. Michelle always tries her very hardest in all her class work. Hayley has original ideas and chooses awesome words in her storywriting. Matthew is a valuable part of our team. He is always thinking ahead and using his initiative to get the jobs done. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!

Awesome Adjectives!

We have been learning to use adjectives (describing words) to make our writing interesting. Today we ate Gummi Worms. We had a bit of fun as Miss Y tricked the children and some of them thought they were going to eat real worms. Then we brainstormed describing words to describe the lollies. Afterwards, we wrote a shape poem with the words. What do you think of the awesome adjectives the children came up with? Click on the picture to see a bigger view.

The Arts - Kapa Haka Performance

On Monday we were very lucky to have the Waiuku College Kapa Haka group come and perform at school as part of Maori Language Week in New Zealand. It also tied in very well with our topic "Arts Alive".

The children wrote recounts about the performance. This term we are learning to start sentences in different ways to make our writing more interesting.

At 9:30 we went to the hall for the Waiuku College Kapa Haka group. They sang songs and they did actions with long sticks and the pois. Two boys did the haka. The lady played music on the guitar. They were good. Nate.

This morning after handwriting we went to the assembly and we saw the girls and boys sing songs. First they sang a hymn. Then they sang Rona and the moon. The two boys did a haka. It was scary. I saw Nathen's sister Alisha. They did actions with long sticks and a pois. The show was excellent. Michelle

Today room 6 went to assembly. Some of the Waiuku College came. There were two boys and six girls. One was Nathen's sister. They did some songs and some actions that were excellent. They had pois and long sticks. One of them I know. At the end two boys came up and they were loud. It gave me a fright. Then we went back to class. Nicole

The Arts - Paper Mache

This term we are studying 'The Arts'. We will be creating some artworks for an exhibition in the first week of Term 4. The children really enjoyed making paper mache Mars landscapes last term. This term we will be extending upon that and trying some new techniques to create our own "Wild Things". Today we watched a YouTube clip of a fantastic artist called Dan Reeder. Have a look at the work he does. He is so clever! Hopefully it will give Room 6 lots of ideas.

Poetry in Term 3

This term we will be reading, listening to and writing poetry. Today we began with acrostic poems. We wrote our first poem together as a class and our topic was Ms Joplin. There is a link to the website we used on this blog now.

An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. All lines of the poem should relate to or describe the topic word.

Maybe she likes icecream
She is good to us

Just beautiful
Only one principal
Principal of school
Lovely lady
I like you
Nice person

Then each child wrote their own acrostic poem about Winter.

Winter is windy
I'll go skiing
Not warm
There is snow
Eat snow
Rooms are warm
By Nathan

Woolly socks
I like going on the tramp
No hot drinks
Too cold
Eat ice
Run lots
By Nathen

Windy day
Ice is cold
Nice and warm inside
This day is really icey
Every winter is cold
Rainy days
Michelle

Woolly jumpers
Icey snow
Nice cold snow
The snow is so cold
Exciting snow
Really snowy
Jayden

Winter is cold
Icey mountains
No sun
The trees are white
Eat snowflakes
Rainy
Brayden P

Warm fire
I like the ice
Not very warm
There is nice cold snow
Eat the ice
Really rainy
Matthew

Winter is cold
Ice is cold
Not sunny
There is snow
Every day raining
Really windy
Madisyn

Winter is cool
I'll go skiing
Nice weather
The snow is so cold
Every winter is cold
Rainy day
Nadia

Weather is cold
Ice is cold
No sun
There is no grass
Eat the snow
Room is warm
Tumokai

Winter is cold
Inside is warm
No outside play
This is too cold
Eat the snow
Really can it be snowing
Hayley

If you could do anything in the school holidays, what would you do?

I will go to the rocket in South Korea with my mum and dad. Then I will go and watch space movies and play games with my brother and go to see Saturn, Mars and Earth. Youngsung

I want to go to Rainbows End because I want to go on the rides with my daddy and mummy. I am going on all the rides. Nadia

I would go to Snowplanet with my dad and my brother beacuse I want to go on the snowboard and try to do a back flilp because I bet it's fun. Nathen

If I could do anything in the school holiday I would fly to Brisbane because it is always sunny and I want to see all the animals. I want to go with my mum and dad and Aimee. Brayden P

In the holidays I am going to do paper mache with my mum. I want to do a mask covered in red. Madi

If I could do anything I would go to Candyland with my mum because I have never ever been to Candyland. I hope I can have a keyring to bring back to school. Michelle

In the holidays I would go to space to see Saturn and Jupiter, the biggest planet. I want my dad to come. We would go in a rocket. Tumokai

If I could do something in the holiday I would go rockclimbing or Rainbow's End or Snowplanet with my mum and dad or I would go to the Northpole or I would go to space with a rocket. Nate

When the school holidays come I would like to go to Rarotonga to do some snorkelling and to see the wonderful fish there because Miss Y told us all about it. That's why I would go there and I would take my family with me to Rarotonga and it will be my first time I go there. Matthew

When the holidays come I would go to Australia with Mum and Tash and Dad and we will look at the animals and my favourite animal is the kangeroo. Hayley

"Dan The Flying Man"

We read 'Dan The Flying Man' in class and then acted out the story at assembly, earlier this term. In the story Dan flies over a house, bridge, flowers and seas etc. All the village people ran after him. We made our own Dan the Flying Man pictures using crayon, dye and photographs of ourselves.

Art in Room 6

Last week the children wrote me a letter to tell me what they have enjoyed doing in class. Art and cooking were hot favourites. Have a look at the awesome artwork they created after we read 'Bertha and the Beeman'. First they had to draw their picture in pencil. Then they had to go over the lines with a squeezy bottle containing black paint mixed with PVA glue. This was very tricky. Finally, they dyed the picture. Awesome results guys! Miss Y.

Poem Practise

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Letter Writing

This term we have been learning how to set out the parts of a letter. You may have been lucky enough to have received one already. Room 6 children have been doing a great job for their first attempts.

Here is what Michelle wrote today -

02.06.10


Room 6
Waiuku Primary
George St
Waiuku


Dear Juan

In two weeks I am going to do a poem called Day and Night. I have to do it in the class. I want you to help me. Can you help me practise it.

Love from

Michelle

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Room 6 Amazing Mathletes. YAY You Did It!

This week Room 6 has achieved our goal of ALL students getting 1000 points or more on Mathletics which means they all earned a certificate. For some children this was their first ever Mathletics award. This is fantastic. You will all be getting so much better at Maths because of your dedication, especially those that carried on raising their points as part of their homework. You ROCK! Keep it up. Here are some of our awesome Mathletes hard at work...

Franklin Astronomers Visit

Looking After the Environment

Our school has been getting a bit messy lately and we decided to go and have a cleanup after lunch. Look at all the rubbish we found!

Best PE class of the Week Award!

The award for being the best PE class of the week is the use of a 'mega-howler'. Room 6 are so excited to be the first junior class to be given the award this term!! They have worked very hard to get it.

Stardome Trip Recounts

Last week we had an exciting day trip to Stardome Observatory at Auckland's Cornwall Park. Here are some of the children's recounts.

On Tuesday I went to the Stardome on a large bus and there were a lot of kids in the big bus. First we had a big morning tea. Then we had a big play. I played on the slide with some girls. It was fast and dark. Next we had lunch. After lunch room 6, room 5 and room 4 went in the room and sat on a special chair and watched a movie about planets and we saw Jupiter and Mars. I learnt that Jupiter had a big storm. Michelle

Yesterday we went to the Stardome Observatory. First we went on the big bus. At Stardome Observatory we watched a movie. It was all about stars and planets. Some are made of gas and rocks. Jupiter has a big storm on it. Tumokai

On Tuesday Room 6, 5 and 4 went to the Stardome Observatory on a bus. When we got there we gathered up to put our bags in a cage. Then we had lunch and we played. Inside the Stardome we saw models of planets. We watched a movie. It was called ‘The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket’. I learnt that Mars is rusty. Brayden P

On Tuesday we went to the Stardome. We watched a movie. Then we went to eat. Then we went on the playground. Willem

Yesterday we went on a bus to Auckland and when we got there we had a snack and then we put our bags away and then we went on the playground. Next we had lunch and then we went inside and we had our photo taken. Then we went to watched a movie. Matthew

Yesterday Room 6 and Room 5 and 4 went to Auckland. First we ate some morning tea. Next we went to the playground and I liked it and my favourite thing was the slide and I played with my friend on it. Room 6 went into the Stardome Observatory and we watched a movie. I liked it and it was about the planets and we had to look up at the celing and after that we went into the planet room to learn about planets. Hayley

Geronimo Stilton Visits our Class

We had a busy week last week with the school Book Fair. On Friday we had a book character parade, where some of the children chose to dress up. Congratulations to Matthew who made a wonderful spy and was chosen to by our class winner, by a panel of judges. Earlier in the day we had a special visitor to class, Geronimo Stilton the main character from a popular series of books. Geronimo is the editor and chief of The Rodent’s Gazette, the most famous daily newspaper on Mouse Island.