Room 10 North East Valley Normal School 2011

Farewell shared lunch...

2011-12-14T16:33:00.000+13:00

On Tuesday we all brought some food along to school to share at lunchtime. We were celebrating our time together in room 10 and also saying a farewell to Iman, as he leaves for Malaysia soon. We had a real feast! Thank you everyone :)

Making broad bean mash...

2011-11-30T16:19:00.000+13:00

Last Thursday we picked all the broad beans off the plants in our garden...

Then we podded the beans...
cooked the beans....
peeled the skin off the beans...
and whizzed them all up in the food processor with salt, pepper and sour cream.

We made a huge pile of toast and...

...ate the bean mash on toast!

Most of us loved it....some of us weren't so sure! But everyone had at least one big bite!

Ronald McDonald...

2011-11-28T16:59:00.000+13:00

We all got a huge surprise this morning when Ronald McDonald arrived at out school! He told us a story about losing his red stripy sock on a windy day. He had to be very careful around roads and cars as he looked for his sock. So we learned and remembered lots of road safety rules. Thanks Ronald McDonald - we love seeing you!

Buddy reading with Room 2...

2011-11-11T15:36:00.000+13:00

Sometimes we buddy read on a Friday afternoon with the cool kids in Room 2. They read stories to us and we love it! It is such a lovely way to end our week.

Science experiments...

2011-11-11T15:25:00.000+13:00

We were learning about pulleys this week. We read a book with Miss Parker called, "How do you lift a lion?" We made our own pulleys and tested them with loads. Tyrell spotted a pulley that makes our blinds go up and down in the classroom. Clever thinking!

Learning about slopes...

2011-11-10T08:56:00.001+13:00

We are learning about simple machines with Miss Parker, and how they make work easier for us. We made a slope with a metre ruler. We found out that the higher the slope of the ruler, the faster the marble runs down the slope. We had lots of fun experimenting and working in our groups!

Super Spellers...

2011-11-04T09:51:00.000+13:00

These wonderful children got all of their spelling words correct this week. Well done super spellers!

Jump Jam...

2011-11-02T16:15:00.000+13:00

We love to do Jump Jam for fitness on a wet day. Here we are moving and grooving to get fit and have fun!

Early Settlers Museum Visit...

2011-10-30T15:40:00.002+13:00

Room 11, 10 and 8 visited the Otago Settlers Museum to look at how people travelled in the past. First the children and parents dressed in clothing from the past. Imagine wearing dresses, bonnets and waistcoats each day!
After that we had a tour around the museum and looked at wagons, cars, caravans and trams from the past. At the end the children got to play dominoes. We had a really interesting time at the Early Settlers Museum.

Skipping Skills

2011-10-04T10:35:00.000+13:00

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We are learning to be great skippers with Miss Parker. Look at these action shots...

Rugby Mad....

2011-10-02T20:06:00.000+13:00

Friday was our RUGBY MAD DAY at school. There was some amazing face painting, tense touch games with Sacred Heart School, fabulous cheering from the lunchtime crowd, exceptional refereeing from Jess, and everyone had a jolly good time. GO THE ALL BLACKS!!

Our Visit to Portobello Aquarium

2011-09-21T16:40:00.000+12:00

Rooms 8, 10 and 11 visited the Aquarium at Portobello. It was a long trip on the bus to get there but it was very interesting. We got to put our hands in the touch tanks and look closely at sea creatures. Down on the beach we saw chitons, barnacles, periwinkles, crabs, tube worms and lots more. We even saw sharks in the big tanks. Inside the aquarium there were seahorses, octopus and star fish to look at. We really enjoyed our visit. On the way home we had lunch at the playground.

Spelling Stars!

2011-09-19T17:09:00.000+12:00

Well done to these children who got their spelling words all correct today. I love your confident spelling!!

The Legend of Kiwi...

2011-09-19T17:05:00.000+12:00

We read a wonderful legend about the Kiwi. It told us about Tane creating the forests and insects and birds, including a very special bird with a long beak and tiny wings...the KIWI.
We used pastels and paint to create our kiwi art, then we collaged the background using strips of paper. Can you see your kiwi?

Swimming lessons...

2011-09-08T17:48:00.000+12:00

We are having swimming lessons each day this week. We get on the bus and travel to DNI pool. We are learning to float and swim on our front and backs. We are also learning how to be safe in water.
WE LOVE IT!!

Beaks, beaks, beaks...

2011-09-01T15:27:00.000+12:00

We have been learning about bird beaks. Birds have different shaped beaks because they eat different things.

Some beaks are long for finding insects in the soil, like a kiwi;
some beaks are sharp, curved and strong for crushing seeds and nuts like a kaka or kea;
some beaks are curved and thin for getting nectar from flowers, like a tui;
some beaks are flat and wide for eating plants and insects from the water, like a duck or pukeko;
some beaks are short, sharp and small like a piwakawaka, for eating seeds and catching insects in the air;
some beaks are curved and sharp like an owl for tearing meat apart.
Which bird are you?

Handwriting Star

2011-08-26T08:45:00.000+12:00

Casey was our handwritng star last week. She is working so hard at keeping all of her letters the same size.
Keep up the sensational work Casey!

Owl Art

2011-08-23T16:32:00.000+12:00

We created these amazing owl pictures using paper. We think they look spectacular!!

Book Character Day 2011

2011-08-21T15:21:00.000+12:00

We had so much fun on Friday as everybody arrived at school dressed up as a book character. There was Mary Poppins, Willbee the Bumblebee, Diego, Snow White, Cinderella, Harry Potter and Hermione, Fancy Nancy, a bear, Spiderman, fairies, Pot the Dragon, Santa Claus and even a cool dude with sunglasses!

Shared Writing

2011-08-16T17:36:00.005+12:00

Last week we brainstormed words that describe birds. We came up with lots of interesting words. Then we organised these into a poem. Here it is...

BIRDS

beaks

sharp and long

like a nail

curvy

straight

feathers

colourful

show off feathers

soft and fluffy

silky, delicate and fragile

tickly and warm

claws

sharp and pointy

for climbing and scratching

perching and catching

long and shiny

or webbed...

chirp, cheep, chatter

squawk, tweet

tu-whit tu-whoo

singing

BIRDS

Feeding birds...

2011-08-16T13:20:00.000+12:00

I have put a bowl of sugar and water outside my back door. The birds are loving it in this cold weather. I did see one fall in as it bent over the edge to get the water!!
Do you know what these little birds are called?

Snow Day

2011-08-15T13:36:00.000+12:00

Hello room 10 on this snowy day. The last snow day we had at home was Tuesday June 16 2009, and I posted a photo on the blog that day too. Here is almost the same photo two years later. See if you can find it on the blog. I hope you are all keeping warm. I look forward to hearing about your snow adventures - take a photo if you build a snowman so we can put it on our blog. See you soon... from Mrs S:)

Aviary Visit

2011-08-15T13:21:00.000+12:00

Last Tuesday we walked down to the Gardens with Rooms 8 and 11 to visit the birds at the aviary. Tahu, from Orokonui Ecosanctuary, and Sophie and Sarah, helped us find out more about birds' beaks, claws, nests, feathers and predators. We even got to see a kiwi - not of the real native variety though! Can you spot it in the photos? We had a great day and thank you to the adults who came with us.

Penguin Close-Up

2011-08-09T20:11:00.000+12:00

Tom's dad was able to bring in this Yellow Eyed Penguin for us to have a close look at. It was about 23 years old when it died, and has been stuffed by a taxidermist. That's a big word - do you know what it means? We were able to look very closely at its feet, its wings, beak and feathers. Thank you very much to Tom's dad for bringing it into our classroom.

Birds, birds, birds...

2011-08-08T20:14:00.000+12:00

What is this strange thing hanging in the kowhai tree outside our classroom?

It's a bird cake of course!
We are finding out about birds and we want to attract some birds into the school garden so that we can observe (look at) them, and even name the birds that we see. We know that birds are hungry in the winter so we hope they like the bird cake.

New faces...

2011-08-08T20:07:00.000+12:00

Welcome to term 3 and some new faces in room 10. We hope you enjoy reading our blog and finding out what is happening in our classroom and at our school!

Kindergarten Demolition

2011-07-31T19:34:00.000+12:00

On Thursday last term, we walked up North Road to watch Jonathon Rhodes Kindergarten being demolished. We wrote this poem as a class, using lots of the words we had thought of to describe what we saw...

digger eating the building

like a giraffe eating leaves

crushing

crunching

interrupting

pushing

demolishing

destroying

noisy

dusty

smashing windows

shattering glass

excited children

crowded children

rubble like a messy room

crushed like an earthquake

More masterpieces...

2011-07-13T16:10:00.000+12:00

Bumblebee Masterpieces...

2011-07-13T16:06:00.000+12:00

We hope you like our bumblebee paintings. There are fat ones and skinny ones, happy ones and frowning ones. Bees, bees, bees...

Harold's Healthy Picnic

2011-07-08T10:34:00.000+12:00

The Life Education Mobile Classroom visited our school this week. Jacki, the teacher, and Harold, her trusty giraffe helper, took us on a healthy picnic. We know lots about eating food for energy, and eating a variety of healthy food. We even got to wear 3D glasses! Check out the cool dudes below in the photo slideshow. Thanks Jacki and Harold. We love when you visit our school. :)

Life Education Classroom

2011-07-08T10:26:00.000+12:00

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Wind Direction with Sail Boats

2011-07-08T09:48:00.000+12:00

We have been finding out about wind direction and force. There are some very clever children in room 10. They know that wind can blow from the North, South, East and West and anywhere in between! We made sail boats to test if we could guess wind direction. One person created the wind through a straw, and the rest of the group had to make a thinking guess about which direction the wind was blowing from. It was lots of fun!

Folkdancing

2011-06-23T13:01:00.000+12:00

Miss Chambers has been teaching us some folk dances this week. We have learned Jibidi and The Jiffy Mixer. Today we are going to learn the Bird Dance.

Handwriting Stars

2011-06-23T12:53:00.000+12:00

Riley and Emily have been our handwriting stars for the last two weeks. They were chosen because they keep their work neat in all of their books - not just their handwriting books. We are working hard to make all of our writing neat. Well done girls!

Clever homework...

2011-06-21T15:44:00.000+12:00

I am sitting in the classroom on a very chilly Dunedin afternoon marking homework for the week. It is only Tuesday and some children have already completed their work. I am impressed. The blend this week is ...fr and the children had to write words that have this blend in them. As a challenge, they had to use at least five of their words in a sentence.
Here is Harriet's work - with a little help from mum she said! It made me smile:)

"My friend Freya is from Africa. She ate some fresh fruit from the fridge. She had a free ride on a frigate from France."

How many ...fr words can you spot?

Frosty poem...

2011-06-21T12:59:00.000+12:00

We had a very frosty morning in the Valley two weeks ago. We went on a frosty walk and did some shared writing to create this wonderful poem. The children in room 10 use some very interesting language...

FROST

Shiny, sparkling

Like a diamond on a ring

Ice on tables

Like icing on a chocolate cake

Chilly, freezing ice

Glittery, frosty grass

Crunching under our feet

Footprints in the ice

Children like freezing polar bears

Frost like icing sugar

Handprints in the ice

Icy dragon breath

Slippery like a skating rink

Ice like gladwrap covering Dunedin

By room 10

Super Spellers week 7

2011-06-19T14:48:00.000+12:00

Wonderful work super spellers!!

The Willbee Show

2011-06-19T14:41:00.002+12:00

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Bumblebees...

2011-06-16T21:37:00.000+12:00

The Willbee Show

2011-06-16T21:26:00.000+12:00

What wonderful bumblebees room 10. You were great dancers and singers. It was an amazing show. Well done!

Junior Show

2011-06-13T17:15:00.000+12:00

We have been practising for our show this week all about Willbee the Bumblebee. We hope you can come along to watch.

Sensational Spellers

2011-06-13T17:11:00.000+12:00

There are some sensational spellers in room 10. All of these children got their spelling words correct on Friday. Keep practising your spelling words at home.

Super Spellers week 5

2011-06-07T16:15:00.000+12:00

What fantastic spelling from these wonderful spellers. Keep up the great practising at home.

Handwriting Star

2011-06-07T16:10:00.000+12:00

Eva has been our handwriting star for the week. She keeps her handwriting neat in all of her work, not just her handwriting book! Keep up the tidy work Eva!!

The Gruffalo

2011-06-03T16:24:00.000+12:00

Today we went to see "The Gruffalo" show at the Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre. What a treat!!

We read the Gruffalo story and wrote about what he looked like...

The Gruffalo has big teeth. He has orange eyes. He has sharp horns. He has a poisonous nose. He has a spiky back. By Holly

The Gruffalo has knobbly knees. And turned out toes. And a poison wart on the end of his nose. And purple prickles on his back. He has orange eyes. And horns on his head. He is big...he has sharp teeth. He is scary. He has white teeth. He is brown. He has fur. By Emily

Sharing at Assembly

2011-06-03T15:42:00.000+12:00

We shared our wonderful rainy day umbrellas at assembly today. They look so colourful against the black backgrounds. Ava had a very clear assembly voice. Nice job room 10.

Handwriting Star

2011-05-30T20:28:00.000+12:00

Hendrix was our handwriting star last week. He is a very neat handwriter because he keeps his letters all the same size, and his tall letters reach the top of the line. Hendrix is proud of the neat work he does in all of his books!

Super Spellers week 4

2011-05-29T18:26:00.000+12:00

We have some excellent spellers in room 10. Well done to these super spellers this week.

Stick Insects in our Herb Garden

2011-05-26T19:59:00.000+12:00

Iman, Maddie, Tyrell and Grace found two stick insects on our cranberry bush in the herb garden. Iman was brave to let it crawl up his arm. It tickled. We will put them back on the cranberry bush where they can munch on the leaves.

Star of theWeek

2011-05-24T12:40:00.000+12:00

Maddie was our star of the week last week. She always gets on with her work and does her best work. Maddie is a STAR!!

Learning about shapes...

2011-05-19T08:42:00.000+12:00

We have been learning all about 2 dimensional shapes in maths. Some children have been making fabulous pictures with circles, triangles, oblongs, hexagons and squares.

Handwriting Star

2011-05-18T09:46:00.000+12:00

Satine is the handwriting star this week. "I put my letters on the line and keep all my letters the same size," said Satine.
Great job Satine.

More swimming photos...

2011-05-15T21:08:00.000+12:00

Swimming term 2

2011-05-15T21:02:00.000+12:00

We have just spent two weeks going down to DNI pool each day to practice our water skills. We were learning to put our heads under, float on our fronts and backs, and some of us were learning to do overarm. A big thank you to parents who were able to come along to help.

Guinea Pigs in Room 10

2011-04-15T11:21:00.000+12:00

Lucy from room 3, and her mother Mel, very kindly brought their four guinea pigs to show us on Wednesday morning. They were very soft and silky. Here is some of the children's writing...

Lucy came to our class with her guinea pigs. We got to pat them and feed them too. It was fun because we could pick them up. Lucy helped us to pick the guinea pigs up. One of the the guinea pigs had beady, red eyes and the rest had black eyes. All of them had a soft back. by Satine

The guinea pigs were very fast and Lucy came in to our classroom. We got to feed the guinea pigs. The guinea pigs were soft and the guinea pigs were shy. by Rachel

Cross Country

2011-04-13T20:15:00.002+12:00

We finally got to have our cross country at school last Friday afternoon. Here are some photos of room 10 runners.

Early Autumn Planting

2011-04-06T17:20:00.002+12:00

We planted broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, coloured silverbeet and tat soy in our garden this week. Now all we need is some sunshine to help them grow - have you seen any?

Baking Brownie

2011-04-01T15:43:00.001+13:00

Mmmm... we baked brownie this morning for morning tea because it starts with...br (that is our blend this week). It was delicious and warm and a little bit fudgy in the middle. Just right!

Super Spellers week 9

2011-04-01T15:32:00.001+13:00

Well done to the children who got their spelling all correct today. You are sensational!

Cheeky Fantail

2011-03-30T15:11:00.003+13:00

Yesterday a cheeky little fantail flew into our classroom not just once, but twice! Today we wrote a poem about our fantail friend. Wow I am so impressed with the interesting language that the children in room 10 use.

Road Safety Rules

2011-03-24T17:07:00.000+13:00

Our Police Education Officer, Mr Somerfield, has been teaching us lots of road safety messages this week. We got to see his Police car on Wednesday. Here is some of the children's writing...

Mr Somerfield came to teach us how to be safe around roads. The siren was shrieking! I didn't block my ears. Me and Eva sat in the front. by Hendrix

Mr Somerfield came to our school. He showed us the police car. He pushed the button. The siren boomed out. It was noisy.
By Bailey

I love the way these children used interesting words in their writing.

Monarch Butterfly # 2

2011-03-20T12:01:00.000+13:00

Our second chrysalis was very black on Friday but the butterfly did not emerge. Mrs S. came into school on Saturday afternoon to check what was happening and the monarch butterfly had emerged! Can you tell if it is a boy or a girl?

Super Spellers week 7 term 1

2011-03-18T09:36:00.000+13:00

Great work super spellers. You got all of your words correct this week. Keep up the great spelling!

Story Writng with Ratty Tatty Cat

2011-03-17T16:33:00.001+13:00

Our shared book last week was called Ratty Tatty Cat. We painted Ratty Tatty Cats, and now we are learning to write stories with cats in them. Here is Eva's story that she wrote today...

One day, Sam the cat was playing outside. Suddenly a big brown dog chased Sam up a big green and brown tree. Then her owner said, 'Come down! Come down!' But she fell down and then her owner picked her up and she was safe.

By Eva age 5

We love the way Eva has a problem in her story and then the problem is fixed at the end of the story.

Jump Jam

2011-03-16T08:31:00.000+13:00

It was such a rainy, wet day yesterday we stayed in the classroom to do our phys-ed. We moved to the music with Jump Jam. Here are some children very focussed on following the moves on the screen.

Sunflowers

2011-03-11T16:58:00.000+13:00

There was an enormous sunflower growing in our garden at school. We looked carefully at the sunflower and worked hard to make the petals the proper shape. Here are our masterpieces! We think they look a bit like Vincent van Gogh's sunflowers!

Fire Fighters Visit

2011-03-10T17:25:00.000+13:00

The fire fighters from Willowbank came to school on Tuesday. We got to be fire fighters and squirt the fire hose!
Here is a poem our class wrote...

Fire - Fighters Hose
long hose
like a giant jelly snake
curling up like a maze
squirting enormous water waves
like an elephant's trunk
washing the cars
a rainbow of water
splashing and crashing
down to the ground

by room 10

Christchurch Fundraiser

2011-03-07T16:54:00.000+13:00

On Friday we brought cans, coins and wore red and black to school, to support the people of Christchurch. Our thoughts and love go out to you Christchurch.

A BUTTERFLY IS BORN...

2011-03-04T15:40:00.000+13:00

Cooking from Our Garden

2011-03-03T15:41:00.000+13:00

We are such good cooks in Room 10! On Tuesday we dug potatoes, and picked silverbeet and spring onion from the garden, to make a scrumptious frittata. It was a hit judging by the way it disappeared from the plates.

Yesterday we made frittata. First we dug potatoes up. One of the potatoes was massive and one of them was little. We put nine eggs in the frittata.
By Oliver

The frittata was delightful and it was steamy because it was hot. I cut the silverbeet with Clarice. We put the frittata in the pan and we ate it.
By Satine

Magic Caterpillar Transformation

2011-03-01T17:36:00.001+13:00

We were so lucky on Tuesday at the beginning of lunchtime. Ava spied our caterpillar turning into a chrysalis. What a treat to see such an amazing change.

It was so impressive to watch it. Ava spotted the caterpillar turning into a chrysalis. Now there are two chrysalis on our monarch plant. It is very exciting to me. I wonder if Mrs S. is going to buy another caterpillar. The chrysalis is lime green. He did a dance to shake off is skin. I bounded to see the caterpillar turn into a chrysalis!
By Harriet

The caterpillar transformed into a chrysalis. Ava spied it. The caterpillar's skin fell off. It is cool because it will turn into a monarch butterfly.
By Hendrix

Can you spot the caterpillar's old skin in the photo?

Portraits

2011-02-28T17:31:00.000+13:00

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Welcome to Room 10 2011.

Hello Aryana

2010-12-14T09:34:00.000+13:00

"Hi Aryana. Thank you for all the comments on our blog. We hope you like being back in Malaysia. Is it hot? It has been raining in Dunedin. We miss you!
Love from Room 10:)

Super handwriters

2010-12-13T16:24:00.000+13:00

Eva and Jazmin have both been handwriting stars in the past few weeks. Well done girls!

Aryana's Farewell

2010-12-13T16:22:00.000+13:00

On Friday we farewelled Aryana with a shared lunch. Aryana and her family flew back to Malaysia on Saturday. We will miss her. Take care Aryana.

Southern Sinfonia

2010-12-09T15:31:00.000+13:00

This afternoon some of the musicians from the Southern Sinfonia came to perform at our school. Echo and Andre got to be part of the show. Can you remember the name of the instruments in the performance?

Assembly Sharing

2010-12-09T15:24:00.000+13:00

We shared our leaping lizards at assembly last Friday.

Night and Day

2010-12-09T15:20:00.000+13:00

We have been learning about why we have night and day. Can you guess what Eva is supposed to be? Emma is orbiting the sun. She is the Earth. Explain to somebody in your family why we have night and day.

Leaping Lizards

2010-12-09T15:15:00.000+13:00

We visited the Art Gallery and did some fabulous work with Mr Neumegen. We created pop-up lizards. If we chose a cool coloured background we made a hot lizard. Or if we chose a hot coloured background we made a cool lizard. They look fabulous, lounging and leaping around our classroom!

Guess Who?

2010-11-24T15:45:00.000+13:00

We have royalty in Room 10! Can you guess who they are?

Handwriting Star

2010-11-15T11:18:00.000+13:00

Hamish is our handwriting star! He has worked very hard to make sure his letters sit on the line and they are all the same size. An excellent effort Hamish. Keep up the neat work in all of your work.

Jump Rope Day

2010-11-05T16:55:00.000+13:00

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Goodbye to Jessica

2010-11-05T16:21:00.000+13:00

We had a shared morning tea today to farewell the lovely Jessica. We will miss her smiling face in our classroom. Bye bye to our friend Jessica.

Super Spellers

2010-11-05T16:16:00.000+13:00

What a fantastic group of spellers in room 10. Keep up the great work!!

Puppets in Room 10

2010-11-04T18:19:00.003+13:00

My favourite puppet is a hand puppet, because I can put my whole hand inside the puppet. My favourite puppet animal is the duck because it has got a soft, orange, quacky mouth. I chose a duck. It is nice and has lovely yellow fur like a golden, shiny, yellow sun. It is yellow like the sun so I’ll call it Sunny!

Jazmin

Thanks to the PTA for funding these wonderful hand puppets. We love them.

Commonwealth Games

2010-11-03T16:14:00.000+13:00

On Monday afternoon the junior classes held a Junior Commonwealth Games on the middle field. We had three teams. Each team had their own flag with a flag bearer. We had running races, throwing competitions, long jump and games. We finished with a medal ceremony and sang the National Anthem with real pride. We had a fantastic afternoon and all felt really proud of our efforts.

Owl Art

2010-10-29T15:17:00.000+13:00

Last term we did lots of collage in room 10. Here are some of our collaged owls. We used wrapping paper to make the wings. We love the way the trees stand out with the white outline. Some of us think it looks like the moon light shining on the branches.

Handwriting Star

2010-10-27T15:59:00.000+13:00

Shayden has worked so hard to improve the neatness of his handwriting this year. Now his writing is neat in all of his work. You should feel extremely proud of yourself Shayden!

Super Spellers

2010-10-22T15:21:00.000+13:00

Great spelling children! Daniel and Billie had their first week of spelling in room 10 this week. What a fabulous result for your first week of spelling.

Mice...

2010-10-16T10:50:00.000+13:00

Macauley, from room 8, brought her four pet mice to school. She kindly came through to our room to show them off. She knew a lot about mice and was very interesting to listen to. Her mice are tame. We wrote a poem about her mice...

Macauley's Mice

Four, little, furry mice
Grey, white and black
Tickly paws and claws
Soft, smooth fur
Scaly tail
Little ears and nose twitching
Wibbly, wobbly whiskers
Running around the super fast wheel
Nibbling at the crunchy food
Stored in the car
Comfy, cosy, messy nest
Shiny, silver cage
"Squeak!" went the mice.

By room 10

Thank you Macauley for sharing your mice with us!

Super spellers term 4 week 1

2010-10-16T10:42:00.000+13:00

Well done! You people haven't forgotten to spell during the holidays. Your words are getting trickier and you are becoming more clever!!

2010-10-13T16:42:00.002+13:00

We are learning about fractions. Today we made raspberry jam sandwiches.
First we cut the whole sandwich into two pieces. Each piece was one half.

Next we cut the sandwich into four pieces. Each piece was a quarter. We had four quarters.

Finally we got to eat the quarters. YUM!

Handwriting Star

2010-09-23T12:39:00.000+12:00

Jessica has worked all term on making her letters all the same size. Now her writing is neat in ALL of her work. You are a hard worker Jessica!

Spring in room 10's garden...

2010-09-20T08:59:00.000+12:00

Emma took this photo of our first daffodil blooming in our garden. What a great photo Emma!

Super Spellers

2010-09-17T14:09:00.000+12:00

What a huge group of super spellers this week. There are so many great spellers in room 10 - it really helps to practise at home. Well done clever people!

Handwriting Star

2010-09-17T14:07:00.000+12:00

Echo has worked so hard at her handwriting this term. "I can keep my letters on the line and have spaces between my words. I keep my letters close together inside words."

You deserve to be a STAR this week Echo!

Rocket writing

2010-09-17T14:03:00.000+12:00

Andre wrote this fabulous whale poem at home. He brought it to school to share with all of us in room 10. You are a clever poet Andre. Ka pai!

Handwriting Stars

2010-09-14T09:34:00.000+12:00

Dominic and Brodie have been working so hard on their handwriting. They both deserve to be handwriting stars. Dominic has already been a handwriting star, but he works so hard to keep his writing neat in all of his work, that he gets to be a star again!! Brodie keeps all of his letters the same size and his writing always sits on the line. Well done to both of you.

Making Gingerbread

2010-09-10T12:03:00.000+12:00

We had a very, very small class today as lots of people were away on a Wide Horizons trip. We made delicious, warm, soft gingerbread for our morning tea. Yum, yum! "What a yummy feast we have!" laughed Dominic.

The Fun Bus

2010-09-09T12:36:00.000+12:00

We have been sharing a big book in our class called "The Fun Bus." We found our own fun bus at school and went for a ride. This is what will happpen on Jazmin's fun bus...

My bus is a fun bus! My fun bus has a swimming pool. I let all the people on my bus. People can bring their animals into the bus. My bus is pink, purple and red. I let people on my bus on Monday. People have to tell me where they want to go. My bus can transform into a bouncy castle. Some children can play on the playground. People can dance on the singing and dancing stage. People can have tea inside. People can go to the beach for a picnic. People can wear pretty dresses. People can sleep on my bus. People can make magic in my bus. Inside my fun bus there's fun thngs that people can do.
By Jazmin

Wow Jazmin I like the sound of your fun bus! Can I come on your bus?