Hour of Code

Today we joined millions of other children around the world for Hour of Code.  Here is the link if you'd like to do some more at home.

Hour of Code

Cool Maths Game for Capacity

Here is a cool game to play to help us learn about capacity.:

http://www.turtlediary.com/math-games/measure-volume-to-save-the-fish.html

More or less than a litre

More or less than 1 Litre on PhotoPeach

Christmas Bauble Day

Thursday is Christmas Bauble Day. You can break out the Christmas earrings and tinsel! Wear it with your school uniform.

Capacity

Today we were identifying what is more or less than 1 litre.

Elevators

We have made elevators using a cotton reel as a pulley.

Elevators - Made using Pulleys on PhotoPeach

Wheels Day

What cool fun we had using this Simple Machine - The Wheel Making Simple Machines

Wheels Day - Wednesday 11 November

Remember its Wheels Day on Wednesday. Bring a bike, scooter or skateboard. Don't forget to bring a helmet!! Your parents must drop and pick your pick up from school.

Athletics Day 2015

Writing Information Reports

Check out how to write an Information Report.  There are some examples there for you to read.

Information Reports

Book Character Day Fun

Book Character Dress Up Day

Remember it's Book Character Day on Friday. Come to school on Friday dressed up as your book Character.

Here are some examples to get you started with ideas.

Simple Machines

Check out these Simple Machines

Mighty Machines - Incline Plane

Today we learnt about Incline Planes.  We made some incline planes out of cereal boxes and then tested them using a toy car. We discovered that the taller the incline plane the further the car travelled.

Parrots Reading Group

The Parrots have been reading about different types of Sea Habitats. They have shown what animals live in different Sea Habitats using PicCollage.

New Zealand Shake Out

On Thursday we are joining with the rest of New Zealand for Shake Out drill. Remember if you're in an Earthquake:

Drop
Cover
Hold

Mighty Machines

We have begun our Science Unit Mighty Machines. We had to classify different objects into whether we think they are a machine or not. Here is our thinking. I wonder if our thinking will change as we learn about Simple Machines.

Kelly Sports

On Friday we have our Kelly Sports day from 9am - 12.30pm. Come dressed in blue and white to represent Scotland!!! The cost for the day is $4. Parents you are invited to come down and cheer for Scotland!

Cake Sale

Remember there is a Cake Sale on Friday 25 September at 12.45pm outside the hall. They will contain eggs and dairy products. You are allowed to buy one piece each at $2.

Money goes towards getting our Jump Jam team to Christchurch.

South Hornby Reading our Penpal letters

Room 11 and 12 at South Hornby school in Christchurch were really excited to read our letters. Check out their blog which has pictures of them reading our letters. Can't wait to get their letters.

South Hornby School - Middle School

Noah our TV star

Noah is going to be on the Attitude programme on Sunday morning, Channel 1 at 8.30am. Check it out!

Here is the link to watch the programme:

Attitude - Guide Dogs

Rugby World Cup Supporters Day

Remember to dress up on Friday to represent the country you are supporting during the Rugby World Cup.

Turtle's White Hat Thinking

The Turtles reading group have been reading the book Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice. The used their white hat thinking to show what they have learnt about some of the food we eat.

Monkeys Reading Group

The Monkeys read the Aesop fable Little Donkey. The Little Donkey complained about every season of the year. The moral of the story was to be content with what you have. The Monkey then did a Pic Collage showing the different seasons of the year.

Freaky Friday

What a Freaky Friday we had!!!!

Freaky Friday

Remember Freak Friday. Come to school dressed in something unusual! Remember your gold coin donation to help our Jump Jam team get to Christchurch.

Strike Percussion

Enjoy some of the Strike percussion performance from today.

Daffodil Day

Pictures from Daffodil Day today. Thanks Rosalind for the great pictures!

Turtle's Yellow Hat Thinking

Today the Turtles reading group did some yellow hat thinking for the positive things about big and small families.

Daffodil Day on Friday

Remember its Daffodil day on Friday 28 August

Reuben's visit to Room 8

Reuben’s visit to Room 8.            

Nibble, nibble, nibble. Today amazing Room 8 had a special visitor called Reuben. He was such a cute lamb. She came here because we had never seen a baby lamb, but I have.

First Nikki, Robyn and of course Reuben entered our wonderful class. Robyn was telling us some things about Reuben. Reuben was a cute little boy lamb. He didn’t have a mum because his mother kept pushing him away. The reason why his great mother pushed him is because she had another boy lamb. His mum gave birth to Reuben  5 short days ago. He had a pair of sharp horns as sharp as someone’s tooth. He was wearing two nappies and he had no teeth.  

Next Reuben got to have a walk around the class. He was quietly nibbling on Frederick’s jacket, Jonathan’s jacket and my navy jacket. “Yuck!” He was walking on me, Sheena and Sandhya hardly! He was still wandering around the room and some eager children wanted to pat him. Reuben was just too adorable.

After that Sandhya got to feed Reuben his milk and from his bottle. One of his nappies fell off! ¨Ha! Ha! Ha!¨ But he had it changed to his new nappie, same as the other one.  When he finished changing into his nappie that had a special hole for his tail he still had a teeny bit time to walk around and everyone had a pat. They went home quickly and we started our wonderful, great recounts.

I felt excellent like I was very, very rich. I thought that it was the best visit and I would like to see some more lambs or sheep next time or whenever!!!!! “I really would like to see a some more please!” Please let it be a fluffy lamb, because he wasn’t that fluffy. (Well sort of.)Only a little bit.

By Yew Wei

Reuben’s visit to Room 8

Mrs Taege told  us that we were having a special visitor. I wondered who it would be. Nicky was outside Room 8 and she was holding something as white as a sheet of washing. I thought it was a bunny and that’s when I noticed it was a cute fluffy lamb.

Then Nicky and Robyn came inside with Reuben. He was a boy lamb and a twin. His mother didn’t care a bit about Reuben because she was busy looking after Reuben’s twin. I thought that was a really mean thing to do to a lamb that was just 1 day old. Reuben had no teeth so he couldn’t harm us. He eats 3 to 4 times a day. Reuben was wearing two nappies.

After Robyn told us about Reuben she let him go.Reuben started scampering about and walking into people’s lap.She really liked Sandhya. Maybe because she liked the smell of her.Just then Reuben’s nappy fell of so Nicky said she would show us how to put on an nappy and that’s when I noticed there was a hole in lamb’s nappies because its tail needs a hole to go into.

Finally Reuben looked like he was hungry. So Robyn told Sandhya  if she wanted to feed Reuben because  she had been really brave when Reuben had started scampering on her and Sandhya said okay.She fed him some milk from a nice cold bottle.The lamb drank  it up in 1 minute. It was still drinking when all of the milk had gone. What a weird thing to do.

I felt  sorry for Reuben because he had no mother to

care for him. When he left I got over with it. I was still thinking about him when it was Reading.

By Siya

Oxford Owl

Check out Oxford Owl for some great books to read!

Oxford Owl

Black Hat and Yellow Hat Thinking

The Monkeys reading group read a book about some Grandparents who lived in a bus instead of an ordinary house. They used black and yellow hat thinking for the positive and negative things about living in a bus.