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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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.

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

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

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 .

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