H3 in sunny February

Here we are on a summery day way back in February.  
Now we are back at school  at the beginning of term 2 and it wasn't so sunny today.  
We are going to try hard to post on our blog each week...so keep checking it out!

Hats...

It is term 4.  I am very impressed that so many children have their hats at school.  We look after ourselves by being sunsafe.  Remember ...no hat, play in the shade.

Artists...

Here we are as artists in action.  Watch the blog to find out what we are creating...

Super Spellers...

We have so many good spellers in room 10.  Lots of practice helps you learn new words.  
 Ka pai to this group of amazing spellers!

Swimming Lessons...

Last week we did swimming lessons at DNI pool. We were learning to kick on our back, dive into the pool and turn on our backs, blow bubbles under water, make big circles with our arms, swim a whole length, frog kick and scull on our backs.
We were all very excited about swimming because we got to do lots of different things. 

Kids can Cook...

Last week Chris from Kids can Cook, brought his mobile kitchen to our school.  He made crepes with chopped silverbeet and grated apple.  We had to taste test the crepes like masterchefs.  We had to rub our chins, rub our tummies and use our thumbs to show if we liked it or not.  
Jasmine was chosen to be Chris's trusty sous-chef.  She did a great job!
Here are James, Finn, Abigail and Nell with their verdict.  It was positive.  We love fruit and vegetables in room 10!

Butterfly Flies Away...

Last Wednesday our first butterfly emerged out of its chrysalis.  The wings were floppy because they were wet.  We had to wait for them to dry.  After lunch we carefully put it on the honeysuckle plant outside our classroom. 
"It was soft, spiky and sharp when it crawled on my hand," said David. 
After school the butterfly had disappeared.  Holly thought it might have gone to the gardens.  Ben thought it might have gone to explore the world!

Sunflowers...

In room 10 we went up to the community gardens and looked at sunflowers.  We made sunflowers out of paper...we had to cut out petals  and a stalk. 
We planted them in a colourful pot.  We painted a back ground in blue.
It is like having a sunflower garden in room 10.

The Caterpillar Poem...

We have monarch caterpillars in room 10.   We thought about what caterpillars look like, what they do and how they move.
All of the words had to start with the letter ...c.
Can you spot your caterpillar?

Book Character Day 2013

A few weeks ago we dressed up as our favourite book characters.  We had a parade with the whole school.  The teachers chose the best dressed characters and they got a prize of a book.  Callum liked it because he got to see everybody else's costumes and he thought Spongebob Stijn was pretty cool!

Reading with Room 2....

Every Friday we have buddy reading with room 2. It is fun when we read with room 2 because they read to us and sometimes we read to them.  We like reading with the big kids because... 
it is just like a mum reading to you (Tom);
 they are great readers and they make us feel happy(Chiara); sometimes we get to choose the books(Lucia);
 and it is just cool reading and spending time with the big kids.

Junior Show 2013

We just loved performing in our junior show, "That's What Friends Are For."
Room 10 were lions and as you can see, we are fabulous dancers!
We can't wait to be on stage again!

Bike Fun Day...

Bike day was so much fun.  We went...

zooming

wibbling

wobbling

skidding

racing

braking

pushing

pulling

sweating

and lots and lots of laughing!

My Favourite Place...

We used our five senses to write a poem about our favourite places.  Can you guess where Callum and Jackson's favourite places are?

The Adventure of Mr Whiskers...

Mr Whiskers packed his mice stuff and set off to the ferry boat to London.  He packed his mice sandwiches, mice checkers, and mice sleeping bag.  Halfway there the boat sank. Mr Whiskers had to get his magic bike out of his suitcase.  He set of for London on the water.  The first thing he saw was the Queen's castle with banana guards.  The Queen's head was poking out of the window. 
 "Oh that cat is handsome," she said.  A mouse came out from under the ground.  The cat pounced on the mouse.  Then the queen screamed because the mouse was her pet.  Sadly the cat went back home on a pirate ship.  It was not a nice adventure.
By Rion

Handwriting Stars....

In room 10 we try to be the best handwriters we can be.
We put letters on the line.
We make tall letters go to the top of the line.
We keep our letters all the same size.
We leave even spaces between words. 
We keep our letters close together inside words.

Look at Stijn and Ethen's outstanding handwriting!

Duckie Duck...

We read a book called Duckie Duck.  He liked to do different things.  When all the other ducks went flying, Duckie Duck went in a hot air balloon. When all the other ducks are asleep Duckie Duck goes outside with his flashlight.  When all the other ducks go swimming, Duckie Duck goes in a boat.  When all the other ducks eat grass Duckie Duck has a picnic basket.  Duckie Duck likes to do his own thing.
We painted Duckie Duck...we hope you enjoy looking at them!
Can you find your Duckie Duck?

Here comes the sun...

We read Maui and the Sun and created our own sun designs from the legend.  Maui wanted to slow the sun so he had time to fish and hunt in the daylight.
Here in Dunedin we just want to see the sun...

Blast Off...

We are learning about our planet in space... our first question is why do we have night and day?

Swimming....

We just love going to swimming lessons ... thank you so much parents for helping us out at the pool!

Cross Country 2013....

Well the weather wasn't as kind as it could have been but it was a cross country race after all!  The children were determined and they all completed it ...well done room 10!  I tried to get action shots of all the children but my camera was a bit slow and the children were a bit fast.  But you can certainly see the determination on some of these faces...

Detectives....

On Monday we trudged up the hill to the community garden.  Richard showed us the caterpillar eggs and the tiny caterpillars on the swan plant in the garden.  The caterpillar eggs are tiny white dots.
 " The caterpillar eggs turn black when they are ready to hatch,"  said Beth.  
Good detective work room 10. 

Our First Butterfly...

We have a swan plant in our classroom. The first butterfly emerged from the chrysalis on Saturday while we weren't at school!  Sneaky butterfly!  Mrs S. took the butterfly up to the community garden and let it dry its wings on the swan plant up there.

Welcome to Room 10 2013

HELLO from all of us in room 10!

Farewell...

We had a shared lunch today to farewell Harish who is moving back to Malaysia, and also to celebrate our time together in room 10.  What wonderful food we had - thank you parents for sending it along for us to share.  You can see the very happy faces!

Book Character Day...

Today the whole school celebrated 'Favourite Book Character Day". 
 We had spidermen and ghosts,
 kings and foxes,
 mice and pirates,
 princesses and mermaids, 
oompa loompas and Charlie from the chocolate factory,
Ben 10 and ninjas,
 skeletons and monsters. 
 We had a lot of fun!

Amazing writing...

Last week the children discussed the effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York.

Max, Luke and Lola did some amazing writing as a follow up...

Splish, Splosh, Splash...

We just love going to swimming lessons.  Look at these happy faces...

Cupcakes...

Yum!  Harish brought Angry Bird cupcakes to school on Friday for his birthday.  Thank you Harish - they were scrumptious!

Art Gallery Creations...

Here are the beautiful pictures the children created at the Art Gallery.  Can you see the ocean junk sinking to the bottom of the sea?

Artists at work...

Today we visited the Art Gallery and worked with Mr Neumegan.  First we looked at some of the art work in the gallery.  Then we created some of our own art all about things that float and sink.  We will bring our art work home but we want to show it off at school first!

Cake creation...

Happy Birthday Ben.  Thank you for sharing such an amazing castle cake with all of us.  Yum!