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

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.

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!

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.

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...

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.

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.

Waiuku Primary School's Sunday Funday

Many children in our class came to the Year 8 fundraiser. A fun day was had by all. Here are there recounts

I went to Sunday Funday. I went on the dogs and I got a rainbow slushy. My sister went on the pony. Nate

On Sunday I went to the Sunday Funday and I got a green candy floss and it was delicious and I got a slushy. I went on laser tag. Jayden

On Sunday I went to the Sunday Funday. First I played with my brother on the laser tag. Then we went to buy some food. Youngsung

On Sunday Funday I went on the dog and cart ride and I got a slushy and nine donuts. It was cool. Brayden P

Stardome Observatory Trip

Stardome Trip on PhotoPeach