Our class has been writing narratives based on television adverts that we think are effective and attention grabbing adverts. This is a narrative written by one of the talented Rm 24 authors.
Well just yesterday I was in the Westfield parking lot, parking my car. Just then as I turned off my car something really strange happened, my brand new silver car turned into a enormous transformer and started dancing to music. I was really scared at first but soon I realised he was totally harmless so I joined in.
Everyone from inside the mall stared at us but I just said "Join in." Not long after that we had everyone in the mall dancing with us. All of the shopkeepers wondered where all the customers had gone.
All of a sudden the transformer turned back into my car, but everyone kept dancing. Then I wondered why. Soon I realised I hadn't turned off the car radio so kept dancing.
Not long after the dancing we all went back into the mall for dinner. We all hoped a news reporter was there and guess what I'm now reading today's newspaper and it's on the front page with the headline,
"DANCING IN THE MALL PARKING LOT!!!"
Who knows when I'll have another dancing session.
By KW
Friday, 14 March 2008
The Week in Review
Hello Again,
This week we haven't been as busy as we originally were. We have been doing quite a bit of maths like measuring our group buddies and practising our basic facts. In Topic our subject is Advertising Me. We have been looking at adverts and writing naratives about the advert we chose. Some of the adverts we looked at were: The Playdoh bunnies, exploding paint and bouncing balls for Sony Bravia, cars on balloons for Ford and cars transforming into Transformers. We have also been learning the 16 Habits of Mind - our class made posters for each one. In Maths we learnt a new game, it had a really weird name. It was called the "No Name Game". It is supposed to help with adding compatible numbers to 100. Today we have our first assembly. In Written Language we have been learning about capitilisation. In the Computer Suite and in the school library we have been learning about the Dewey Decimal System. The system is:
000s- General Works
100s- Psychology and Philosophy
200s- Religion and Mythology
300s- Social Sciences
400s- Languages
500s- Natural Sciences
600s- Applied Science
700s- Fine Arts and Recreation
800s- Literature
900s- Geography and History
Keep checking out our blog for more new posts on what we have been doing
See you later
Room 24 and Mrs McGhie (Written by KW)
This week we haven't been as busy as we originally were. We have been doing quite a bit of maths like measuring our group buddies and practising our basic facts. In Topic our subject is Advertising Me. We have been looking at adverts and writing naratives about the advert we chose. Some of the adverts we looked at were: The Playdoh bunnies, exploding paint and bouncing balls for Sony Bravia, cars on balloons for Ford and cars transforming into Transformers. We have also been learning the 16 Habits of Mind - our class made posters for each one. In Maths we learnt a new game, it had a really weird name. It was called the "No Name Game". It is supposed to help with adding compatible numbers to 100. Today we have our first assembly. In Written Language we have been learning about capitilisation. In the Computer Suite and in the school library we have been learning about the Dewey Decimal System. The system is:
000s- General Works
100s- Psychology and Philosophy
200s- Religion and Mythology
300s- Social Sciences
400s- Languages
500s- Natural Sciences
600s- Applied Science
700s- Fine Arts and Recreation
800s- Literature
900s- Geography and History
Keep checking out our blog for more new posts on what we have been doing
See you later
Room 24 and Mrs McGhie (Written by KW)
Monday, 3 March 2008
Fun And Education Galore!
We've been really busy again! A couple of weeks ago we went to art classes with Graham Braddock and we had to draw a possum. We had to draw it in a few easy steps:
First set the limits
Next draw the big shapes
Then draw the sub shapes.
Then draw the little shapes.
Then add the detail.
Here is a picture of our finished products -aren't they amazing?
Graham Braddock usually comes to our school every year in February, he's a pretty amazing artist.
Last week we spent 2 days participating in Team 5 Outdoor Education Activities. There were 4 different activities; Bush Craft, Orienteering, Problem Solving and Water Safety.
For Bush Craft we watched a video and found out what we needed to take on a bush walkor tramp. On the video it showed people who knew what they were doing and people who DIDN'T know what they were doing and didn't check any of the conditions. One group tested how fast the river was going and didn't cross it. The other group on the video didn't test and tried to cross so someone lost their bag. We learnt a lot about what to do and what not to do if we ever go to the bush ourselves.
We thought Orienteering was the best activity because it was like a treasure hunt, the clues were scattered all over the place. We didn't have to use compasses because they are a bit tricky to learn to use in a hurry. On the first day Mrs McGhie wrote the clues and they weren't too tough. The next day though, the people who had won the day before wrote our clues and they were really HARD!
For Problem Solving we had to imagine we were at the "Tricky Swamp" and we had to find a path through it on the grid Mrs Peters gave us. A boy from another class got through it first. It was quite hard to find our way through in the first place but, we finally got through. Mr Halkyard and Mrs Peters took turns at running this.
Water Safety meant you had to wear an over sized T-Shirt and you had to create a flotation device made from milk bottles, string and pipe. We worked in teams to make our flotation devices. It was lots of fun.
Our class is participating in the Voices of the World project with children from all over the world. We had to create some pictures to represent the numbers 1 - 10 and then use Photostory to create a movie with our voices counting to 10. We chose to count in Maori as New Zealand is the only place in the world that it comes from (although there is Cook Island Maori as a language but it's a little bit different. Our movie should be uploaded to the Voices of the World wiki site in a few days. In the meantime you can check it out here.
We are loving having a blog and are enjoying all your lovely comments. Mr Lietze's class wondered why we didn't have photos of our lovely smiling faces. We decided not to put pictures of ourselves on because we have been talking about cyber safety and being careful about our "digital footprints". However, we'd love to know what you think? Maybe some of you that have been blogging for a while might like to leave a comment sharing your opinions. We like to hear different points of view.
First set the limits
Next draw the big shapes
Then draw the sub shapes.
Then draw the little shapes.
Then add the detail.
Here is a picture of our finished products -aren't they amazing?
Graham Braddock usually comes to our school every year in February, he's a pretty amazing artist.
Last week we spent 2 days participating in Team 5 Outdoor Education Activities. There were 4 different activities; Bush Craft, Orienteering, Problem Solving and Water Safety.
For Bush Craft we watched a video and found out what we needed to take on a bush walkor tramp. On the video it showed people who knew what they were doing and people who DIDN'T know what they were doing and didn't check any of the conditions. One group tested how fast the river was going and didn't cross it. The other group on the video didn't test and tried to cross so someone lost their bag. We learnt a lot about what to do and what not to do if we ever go to the bush ourselves.
We thought Orienteering was the best activity because it was like a treasure hunt, the clues were scattered all over the place. We didn't have to use compasses because they are a bit tricky to learn to use in a hurry. On the first day Mrs McGhie wrote the clues and they weren't too tough. The next day though, the people who had won the day before wrote our clues and they were really HARD!
For Problem Solving we had to imagine we were at the "Tricky Swamp" and we had to find a path through it on the grid Mrs Peters gave us. A boy from another class got through it first. It was quite hard to find our way through in the first place but, we finally got through. Mr Halkyard and Mrs Peters took turns at running this.
Water Safety meant you had to wear an over sized T-Shirt and you had to create a flotation device made from milk bottles, string and pipe. We worked in teams to make our flotation devices. It was lots of fun.
Our class is participating in the Voices of the World project with children from all over the world. We had to create some pictures to represent the numbers 1 - 10 and then use Photostory to create a movie with our voices counting to 10. We chose to count in Maori as New Zealand is the only place in the world that it comes from (although there is Cook Island Maori as a language but it's a little bit different. Our movie should be uploaded to the Voices of the World wiki site in a few days. In the meantime you can check it out here.
We are loving having a blog and are enjoying all your lovely comments. Mr Lietze's class wondered why we didn't have photos of our lovely smiling faces. We decided not to put pictures of ourselves on because we have been talking about cyber safety and being careful about our "digital footprints". However, we'd love to know what you think? Maybe some of you that have been blogging for a while might like to leave a comment sharing your opinions. We like to hear different points of view.
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
VoiceThread
Yesterday we contributed to a VoiceThread about Sir Edmund Hillary. Ms Hellyer at Tradale Intermediate created it and her class Rm 18, Mr Lietze's class (Year 6s from Tauranga) and our class have all shared our ideas about the attributes that made Sir Edmund Hillary special. We have also thought about how we could be like him and have set goals for ourselves based on these attributes. We drafted our ideas first, then recorded ourselves reading them outloud onto the VoiceThread . You can click the play button on the VoiceThread below to hear our contributions and see what children from other schools have added. Rm 18 are going to add theirs soon and some other schools might add things too so check back and see. Our recordings are attached to the cat picture (Mrs McGhie's cat Merlin)and are scattered all through the VoiceThread . We were really excited to be able to hear our voices and think it's pretty cool to be working on a shared project with these older children.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
The Busiest And Most Exciting Ten Days Ever!
This is our first official blog post. We shared our ideas and sentences and Mrs McGhie was our scribe and typed it up for us.
When we first started school we were a bit nervous. A few days after starting school we did heaps of Maths tests. We also did a 100 word spelling test... phew! Soon we realised that our teacher was really cool and fun (Mrs McGhie thinks we're really cool too). We have only been at school for 10 actual days, but we have been super busy and feel like we have been here for months. We talked about our ideal classroom and also about what we have to do and what Mrs McGhie has to do so that we can learn as much as possible. These are the charts we created that show all our ideas.
We have been lucky enough to get to go to the Life Education caravan twice. In the Life Ed caravan we can learn about different topics and every time we go we learn about something different. Life Education is part of our Health curriculum.
When we walked in for the first time we came into a small room and Corine started to talk to us about the human body and friendship. We got to watch a video about the smartest robot in the universe called Ozone. Ozone was quite impolite and grumpy - he hasn't learnt his manners yet. The second time we went we learnt about bullies. We found out that if you are someone who is a bully then you are not a brave person quite often. Corine taught us to use our WITS
Walk away
Ignore
Tell someone
Say "I" statements
There was also a giraffe called Harold. Harold had made up a song and showed us the video of him singing it. He went to Wellington to make the video. Harold made us laugh because he asked a girl in our class on a date! We're only 9. Harold told us some really funny jokes like "Why didn't the skeleton go to the party? Because he had no BODY to go with". Corine shared information about a special helpline for kids called Kidsline and also one for text bullying created by Netsafe. We only get to go every two years and when we go to Intermediate only some people will get to go again as it depends which school you are in.
On Monday we were lucky enough to go to MERC ( which stands for Marine Education and Recreation Centre) as part of our Outdoor Ed programme. There were lots of different activities like archery, abseiling, rock wall climbing, raft building, surfing, kayaking, body boarding and canoing. We were put into different groups so we all got to do different activities.
Some of us had to build a raft and try it out in the ocean. Some people even got to jump off the raft into the water. We also learnt how to tie different knots to keep our raft together like the reef knot and a figure of eight. You had to be careful to make sure that the raft wouldn't break.
Rock climbing and abseiling were the safest activities at MERC because you are all attached to ropes and harnesses and the adults are holding on to you and keeping an eye on you. (Our instructor said they were the safest). The rock climbing and abseiling walls were 8 - 10 metres high. There was one rock climbing wall where you got to climb across the wall - called the "Bouldering Wall" and you had to have a spotter for safety.
Canoing was the hardest because your arms got sore. Canoing was really fun because we got to go out really far and some of us jumped off the canoe ( we had life jackets on).
When we were doing surfing we learnt how to stand up and some of us had a paddle race. We saw what looked like an old pirate ship it had lots of sails and masts.
Kayaking you got to go out into 3 metres of water. You got to stand up and kayak around. You also got to jump out of the kayaks and try to get back in. Some people hooked up to another kayak with wires and got towed along as they paddled. We had to lean over the edge of the kayak and try to kiss the water! Some of us fell in.
All of the instructors at MERC were really nice and we had an awesome day. While we were waiting to go to our next activities some of our instructors put on some music... it was really loud! We also want to say a BIG thank you to all the parents who came to help.
We have been really busy, but we are learning heaps and are having a fabulous time.
When we first started school we were a bit nervous. A few days after starting school we did heaps of Maths tests. We also did a 100 word spelling test... phew! Soon we realised that our teacher was really cool and fun (Mrs McGhie thinks we're really cool too). We have only been at school for 10 actual days, but we have been super busy and feel like we have been here for months. We talked about our ideal classroom and also about what we have to do and what Mrs McGhie has to do so that we can learn as much as possible. These are the charts we created that show all our ideas.
We have been lucky enough to get to go to the Life Education caravan twice. In the Life Ed caravan we can learn about different topics and every time we go we learn about something different. Life Education is part of our Health curriculum.
When we walked in for the first time we came into a small room and Corine started to talk to us about the human body and friendship. We got to watch a video about the smartest robot in the universe called Ozone. Ozone was quite impolite and grumpy - he hasn't learnt his manners yet. The second time we went we learnt about bullies. We found out that if you are someone who is a bully then you are not a brave person quite often. Corine taught us to use our WITS
Walk away
Ignore
Tell someone
Say "I" statements
There was also a giraffe called Harold. Harold had made up a song and showed us the video of him singing it. He went to Wellington to make the video. Harold made us laugh because he asked a girl in our class on a date! We're only 9. Harold told us some really funny jokes like "Why didn't the skeleton go to the party? Because he had no BODY to go with". Corine shared information about a special helpline for kids called Kidsline and also one for text bullying created by Netsafe. We only get to go every two years and when we go to Intermediate only some people will get to go again as it depends which school you are in.
On Monday we were lucky enough to go to MERC ( which stands for Marine Education and Recreation Centre) as part of our Outdoor Ed programme. There were lots of different activities like archery, abseiling, rock wall climbing, raft building, surfing, kayaking, body boarding and canoing. We were put into different groups so we all got to do different activities.
Some of us had to build a raft and try it out in the ocean. Some people even got to jump off the raft into the water. We also learnt how to tie different knots to keep our raft together like the reef knot and a figure of eight. You had to be careful to make sure that the raft wouldn't break.
Rock climbing and abseiling were the safest activities at MERC because you are all attached to ropes and harnesses and the adults are holding on to you and keeping an eye on you. (Our instructor said they were the safest). The rock climbing and abseiling walls were 8 - 10 metres high. There was one rock climbing wall where you got to climb across the wall - called the "Bouldering Wall" and you had to have a spotter for safety.
Canoing was the hardest because your arms got sore. Canoing was really fun because we got to go out really far and some of us jumped off the canoe ( we had life jackets on).
When we were doing surfing we learnt how to stand up and some of us had a paddle race. We saw what looked like an old pirate ship it had lots of sails and masts.
Kayaking you got to go out into 3 metres of water. You got to stand up and kayak around. You also got to jump out of the kayaks and try to get back in. Some people hooked up to another kayak with wires and got towed along as they paddled. We had to lean over the edge of the kayak and try to kiss the water! Some of us fell in.
All of the instructors at MERC were really nice and we had an awesome day. While we were waiting to go to our next activities some of our instructors put on some music... it was really loud! We also want to say a BIG thank you to all the parents who came to help.
We have been really busy, but we are learning heaps and are having a fabulous time.
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Welcome
Welcome to our classroom space in the blogosphere. We will be using this blog to share the exciting things happening in our class this year.
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