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.

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

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