Treaty of Waitangi

We have been learning about celebrations. In New Zealand we celebrate Waitangi Day. I made a google drawing about The Treaty of Waitangi.

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Ruby Town

L.I. Can I use positional language to describe where something is.

Ruby town

Welcome to Ruby town.

You will find the forest in the west of the town.

My lake is on the west edge of the forest.

My school is north of the town.

My house is north of the town.

Fireworks

Can I use adjectives  and verbs to describe an event?

Matey

L.I. Can I write correct simple and compound sentences? 

Matey is Jorja's puppy. He is an American Stafford-shire crossed with an American bulldog. Matey is white and has got floppy ears. He has grey eyes. Matey likes chewing on his bone because it keeps his teeth sharp. He likes making new friends. Matey lives at Jorja's house and sleeps on her bed.

Emp

 Emp is our new penguin. He is fluffy and soft. Makayla gave Emp to us and we named him Emp. He is an Emperor penguin. Penguins are my favourite animals and they are cute.

Scarves

One sunny day I went to the hall to do fitness.  I had to scrunch the scarves up. The scarves with two hands. Then with one hand. We were pretending that we were getting married. It was funny. My favourite part was pretending to get married.
 

my rhino story

We have been using pictures to write stories. I wrote one about a Rhino picture

 
One sparkly night Rhiney woke up. She woke her friend Lazy up to came with her to have drink. Rhiney had a drink and the gad was Lazy. The we went back home and went to sleep.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Exploring

L.I Can I write one or more compound sentences joined by and or but?

I went exploring up the mountain and I found a penguin. I played with the penguin and we had fun. I asked the penguin if it would like to come home with me. It said yes so it came home with me.

Cross Country

I was sitting in my house. Then  Miss Davenport came to pick me up. Then I went to the start line. "BANG!" went the clapper and I ran. I went around the field with out stopping. I felt proud of myself.

My shape monster

L.I Can I use verbs and adjectives to make my writing more interesting?

I have a monster and her name is Row. Her head is shaped like circle and is blue. She has two triangle eyes and they are white. Row is  helpful. She likes to plant flowers.                                                                                                

Remembering Summer Poem

This week I have learnt to use verbs and adjectives to make my writing more interesting.

On Icy winter days,
my feet remember getting burnt on the sand,
my legs remember getting wet in the cold water,
my body remembers rolling across the sand, 
my hands remember grabbing sand, 
my face remembers going under water, 
my mind remembers summer will be back again soon.

My Holiday postcard

We wrote stories about our holidays. We turned our stories into a postcard with a picture about what we did or where we went.

Maori Language Week

we have been learning to give  command in Te Reo. I created a google to show a command.

Why we should adopt a little blue penguin

We should adopt a little blue penguin because we take good care of our penguins in Room 9.

The crazy science show

At 2 o'clock on  Wednesday there was a science

show in the hall.  It was funny because his  head blow up and it hypnotised me. He also made big bubbles.

Spooky House Story

Once upon a time I sneaked up to the mysterious house. In the room I was scared because it was freaky. A ghost said Raaaaaaaaa!!!  That gave me a fright. I ran and I hid and it never found me.     

                                                                   

Synonyms for Spooky

A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word.

Synonyms for sppoky
Mysterious Creepy Scary weird Ominous Ghostly Eerie  Haunted Spine Chilling Unnatural

Blending with Pastels

Room 9 has been learning to blend with the pastels. We had to watch a video on how to blend. We blended 3 pictures - a fire, waves and a leaves. The colours we used were red, white, green, yellow and orange.

Football

LI: Can I improve my sentences by using who, what, where, when and why?

Room 9 played football on the field and we learnt new skills. We  practiced dribbling the football nd we played a game.

          

ANZAC day and poppies

We learnt that ANZAC stands for Australia, New Zealand Army 
Corps. The ANZAC's fought in Gallipoli which is in Turkey. We observe ANZAC day to remember all the people who fought and died in the war. We wear poppies to help us remember the
war. Poppies grew in Flanders field which was a place where soldiers fought and died.

My Clever Maths

Learning investigation: I look in the car park and I can
see 16 wheels what did I see?

Duffy Assembly

Yesterday I went to assembly. We got Duffy books. Mr Mac talked to us about writing his Doug the Digger books.

Our Assembly

I felt nervous going to assembly. I like singing in front of the whole school.

We have been learning about Communities.  A community is a group of people who live together or have something in common.  Here is a google drawing I made of some different communities.