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Aotearoa Cup!

Yesterday we learned about how Maori came to New Zealand.  We designed our own waka using flax stalks.  We had to drill holes through the flax stalks and thread wire through.  We designed sails and attached these.  The best part was testing them out in the school swimming pool!

One day a taniwha...

As part of this term's Inquiry 'Maui and me' we have been learning about the' koru'.  Yesterday we went outside in the sunshine and drew taniwha with koru patterns.

Faraday Centre

We were 'blown away' (well nearly!) recently when we went to the Faraday Science Centre.  This was part of our Inquiry about weather.  We all learned a lot and gained a deeper understanding.  We had so much fun trying out the activities.

Room 9's violinists

Today our violin group shared what they have been learning.  We enjoyed listening to them and know they must be practising alot in their own time to be doing so well. 

Room 9's Assembly

Thank you to those parents, grandparents and friends who were able to come along to our Assembly.  Everyone in Room 9 practised hard and did a fantastic job on the day!  I'm proud of you!

Netball begins!

Blue and Green netball teams played at Porritt School today.  Adam scored some great goals and Carter was awesome in defence!  You all looked like you had fun!

The good, the bad and the ugly

As part of our Inquiry, we are now investigating germs (bacteria and viruses).  Today, we carried out an investigation to see why we need to wash our hands properly to avoid getting sick. 
First, we rubbed vaseline over the palm of our hands.  Then we pressed one hand into dirt and 100's and 1000's (no, we couldn't eat any!).  We tried to shake it all off but only some of it fell off.  Then we wiped our hand with a damp cloth.  Then we washed our hands with cold water.  Our hands were still dirty!
We worked out that by washing our hands with warm water and soap, we could get our hands really clean.

More magic box poems...

I will put in the box
Waves crashing onto the beach
A Mars Bar with sloppy caramel
A fluffy puffy cloud

I will put in the box
The whistling wind
Branches that ask me to climb
Me and my friend playing tag

I will put in the box
A blue sparkly crystal as shiny as the sky
Cherries as red as the sun

I will put in the box
My favourite book
The sun on a smoking hot day
A twisty rainbow slide

My box is magic

By Maia



I will put in the box
A screeching white seagull
A crispy yellow chip
An old crinkled leaf

I will put in the box
A little bouncing baby bunny
A big juicy burger
A big scary bear

I will put in the box
Nice cooked pizza covered in pepperoni
The feel of a shiny new book
A cicada rubbing its legs together

I will put in the box
A beautiful tree with leaves like crystal
Steamy hot buns
A nugget of gold

My box is extremely awesome.

By Ben


I will put in the box
Climbing trees
Having fun at Brooklyn's birthday

I will put in the box
Sound of wind whistling through my hair
Tasting the pancake mixture

I will put in the box
A screeching Tui
Leaves dropping

I will put in the box
Keeping fit playing basketball
Hot cup of milo does my day

My box is excitement.

By Keishivah

I will put in the box
Mum singing me a lullaby
Rain drips off the roof
The taste of a crunchy apple

I will put in the box
Feeding a lamb
The sound of sea water
Watching a car zoom past

I will put in the box
Nana's car coming up the drive
The taste of chocolate icecream
The bang of thunder

I will put in the box
A squishy pillow

My box is full of things I remember.

By Kyra



I will put in the box
A plane flying past
Gobbling cheerios

I will put in the box
Visiting Te Mata Peak with my family
Swinging on the monkey bars

I will put in the box
Hokey pokey icecream
A baby bird sleeping
My dad snoring

I will put in the box
My friend running
Singing a Taylor Swift song

By Amelia


 I will put in the box
The roar of Dad's car
The howl of my dog
The bright sunshine

I will put in the box
The loud waves
The howl of autumn wind
The melt of mars chocolate

I will put in the box
The kiwi from Wellington Zoo
The warm fire

I will put in the box
All my friends playing Monster High

My box is full of lots of experiences

By Angelina

The Magic Box

 

THE MAGIC BOX

 

 

I will put in the box…

 

Grandma’s delicious baking
The loud click of lego bricks

 

 

 

I will put in the box…

 

The splosh of the waves at Westshore
The loud noise of the TV coming on

 

I will put in the box…

 

Dad’s shiny green Hilux driving down the driveway
The smell of Mum’s yummy pancakes

 

I will put in the box…

 

The smell of a brand new Lego set 
The engine roaring into life

 

My box is…

really awesome!

 
By Zeke Alderson

 

 

The Magic Box

Today we have been writing about our favourite things to put in a Magic Box.  We hope you enjoy them...


The Magic Box


I will put in the box…

The screech of a baby bird calling his mum

The crunch of crispy fried potatoes

Clouds playing tag in the sky



I will put in the box…

The crash of waves roaring onto the beach

Milky chocolate melting in my mouth

A creamy, full moon watching the world go by



I will put in the box…

The purr of my cat snuggling into me

Spongy banana loaf bouncing on the roof of my mouth

The wind brushing my face



I will put in the box...

The peace of a stream in the country-side

Potato and gravy disappearing down my throat

Smooth paper sitting like an obedient child in class



My box is…

Packed with amazing things!

By Rosie Young

Emily went to Te Mata Peak recently.  She found lots of fossils with her sister Ashley. 

Movers and shakers

Room 9 have been learning some new Jump Jam moves today.  There were lots of smiles and everyone got into it! 

Sharing our knowledge

Today we watched a video about the honey bee.  We shared what we found out with a partner and then we sat in two circles facing each other.  We shared one new piece of learning each and then moved around and repeated this afew times.  We could add lots more to our information placemats afterwards.

Welcome back!

Welcome to Term 2!  Where did the holidays go?  I had afew days away in the first week, I hope you were also lucky enough to catch afew days off with your families and friends.
This term we have our 3-way conferences and I look forward to catching up with families and talking about the awesome progress your child has been making this year.  We are continuing with our Inquiry theme of 'The good, the bad and the ugly".  This week we look into bees v wasps! 
I have asked Room 9 to bring along a favourite book to share with the class if they are allowed to.  We will take very good care of them.
We also have a school trip planned, more about this later.

Dana Anderson.
Room 9's teacher.

Bugwiches

For our Inquiry, we've been studying insects.  Today, we all brought along vegetables to make  bugwiches (sandwiches that look like bugs).  Afterwards we talked about the skills we needed to do it successfully.  We came up with concentration, thinking, problem solving and helping. 
Then we ate them for lunch!

Connor and Jaziah share ideas.

                                                                               
Here's Jessica- she's thinking about the design of her bugwich. 

 Maia and Mia are concentrating.

Liam found an insect wing

Liam Reed discovered an insect wing at school.  He shared it with us today.  We have been talking about how some wings are transparent (see through).  This was a good example for us to look at.  I wonder what type of insect it belongs to?

Thanks Liam!

Insect hunt

Yesterday we went on an insect hunt.  We used magnifying lenses to study the insect closely.  We wanted to identify its abdomen and thorax and count its legs.

Do you know how many legs an insect has?

Is a spider an insect?

Ben discovered ants.

Jake, Brooklyn and Ben trapped some ants. 

What's all the fuss about the green turtle?

Today we watched a documentary on the television programme 'Sunday'.  We watched it on TV on demand.  It was about the green turtle which is endangered.
We found out that 85% of our rubbish goes through the storm water drains and into the sea around New Zealand.  The green turtles are swallowing or getting tangled up in plastic bags.  The bags look like jellyfish and they try to eat them.  The plastic gets stuck inside them and they usually die.

The green turtle has been around for over 100 million years.  We need to be more careful about using plastic.

These are the questions we asked:

What do you do with your plastic rubbish?

Can we choose food that isn't wrapped in so much plastic?

the green turtle

the green turtle is endangered.watch tv programmesunday.by brooklyn grant

find  out  what  is  happening  to  our  turtles.

Find out what is happening to our turtles by watching TV on demand.

Kaleb.

The green turtle

We found out about the green turtle by watching TV on demand.  they are dying because of all the plastic in the sea. 

We have to make sure we are careful about using plastic.

Ford.

The green turtles are getting sick and dying.  We need to pick up our rubbish so they don't swallow it.

Matthew.

Help the green turtle

Please pick up your rubbish because the turtles are swallowing it and dying.

Brooklyn Lord.

the green turtle

We have just learned about a  green turtle that is dying from the plastic rubbish. We need to help the turtle by picking up the plastic.

from dani and amelia

Pick up your rubbish please

We have ben learning about green turtles.  They are dying because of our rubbish in the sea. Please  pickup rubbish!!

from emily and mia

Everybody the green turtle is dying because of all the plastic bottles and rubbish in the sea.  They have been around for over 100 million years and we don't want to lose them. 

Try not to use so much plastic.

Jonathan.

The green turtle is endangered

Hey every body the green turtle is dying because of our plastic rubbish being washed down the stormwater drains and into the sea.

Watch Sunday on TV on demand to find out more.

Keishivah.

Room 9's Base Camp

You might be wondering why Room 9 spent a day outside building a makeshift shelter from tarpaulins and poles!

We have been focusing on Sir Edmund Hillary for our Role Models Inquiry and we decided to make our own 'Base Camp', just as Sir Edmund did with his group of mountaineers at the base of Mount Everest.  We experienced much hotter conditions and the only thing icy were our iceblocks! We spent the day competing in groups, doing physical activity challenges like commando crawling under a tarp, running without stopping (everyone succeeded!), hula hooping and kicking soccer balls.  In the afternoon, we built our own mini tents using twigs and string.  We needed to problem solve for this one!

A big thank you to Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Morrell for lending us the equipment we needed.

Learning about 'area'

Today, we found out how many Room 9 people can fit inside one square metre.  We drew this on the concrete with chalk then crammed in!  We found out that it depends on the size of the person.  The first time we managed to fit 15 people inside the square.  The second time 16 squeezed in.

Hunter's Boast

A Hunter’s Boast



I am cat.

I am sneaky, sly, and smart.

I climb trees to catch my prey.

I claw and swipe until it is breathless.

Finally I pounce.

Alone but fearless I gobble my meal

until there is nothing but feathers.

I tear and chew and swallow.

Beware Birds! I am full of clever ideas.

(And I am planning on more then

Just one course)

By Rosie

Yesterday we began learning about 'area'.  We used cubes to find out how many would fill up a piece of paper.  We counted them to find out how many square centimetres the piece of paper was.

Zeke is using a one metre length of string to find out what else is the same length in the playground.

We are learning to measure

How long is a piece of string? 

2013

Welcome to a new year of learning and discovery in Room 9!  We will update our blog each week to share our happenings with you.

Please follow our blog this year to see what interesting things our class gets up to!

Highlights:
* The good, the bad and the ugly.  A study about interesting plants and insects that have taken residence in New Zealand. 

*Eco kids club.  Remember to check out our blog to see what we are doing. 

* Music & Dance.  This will happen later in the year.  Each Syndicate will create something to share with an audience.  More about this later.

Happy blogging!