Our learning.....

In Term 3 and Term 4 Room 4 has been creating their own claymation in groups of 2 and 3
and here is one of the claymation photos.

Room 4 has also been painting some master pieces!




















By Anita

Our Amazing Writing

By Emily

Tropical Island

Its a beautiful place with clear and shiny water.
It's somewhere in the mountains, but nobody knows where.
Its always open in the summer time with heaps of cool birds just like bellbirds. 



By Emma

The Animals of Nature

In the sky I see beautiful take offs of butterflies. 
A kea soars through the sky, they smile at me. 
The ginger cat creeps through the grass.

Learning 2013

 

Throughout the year we have made playgrounds, painted portraits and lots more...

Looking Back at 2013

Looking back at 2013 we have enjoyed making our me booklet's, our calendar art, window art, our portraits, Kapa Haka and dance, and our trip to Orana Park. We have enjoyed our visit to the Eco shop, swimming, doing our poems, Horton Hear's A Who,  Run Bike Run, Athletics, Maths, Reading and Writing, Maori, animal drawing, making our pillows, Fitness and word study.
By Ashleigh and Alyssa

Poetry

In Room 4  we have  been doing poems  these  are some  of mine...

This one is called  CLOUD    ISLAND

SOFT CANDY  FLOSS  CLOUDS  PONIES PLAY ON SKY ISLAND ON A NICE SUNSET.

AND FINALLY THIS ONE IS CALLED BUTTERFLY
BEAUTIFUL  WINGS  PRETTY  PATTERNS SO GENTLE  FLY HIGH THE SKYS THE LIMIT
BY EMMA HILL

The Sky

                                                  Sky                                                      

                    

Sky flowers gold and red blossom high above our heads
Spotty cats pointing there stick all over town last night 
This is the wind that shapes the tree  
Raging in from foaming seas 
There are valleys and mountains just as on land

Availll

In Reading we are learning about the programme Availll.  It is actually fun. The first movie we watched was 'Horton Hears A Who'.  There were 5 activities and they were called - Last Words, Match the Meaning, Mystery Word, Synonym Search and Word Hunt. They were all fun and easy!
 By Jorge

Dance Fever

I can't stop dancing! I'm dancing in the classroom I'm dancing in the hall I keep dancing at the disco even at my home I'm dancing on the toilet! Could it be the mystery of dance I forgot its Dance Fever          Oh no!  Tts dance fever help me!
By Jorge

Learning German With Lea

This term we are learning German with Lea.
We are learning how to count to Ten in German
and how to say our name in German too.
How to say the alphabet.

Student-Led Conferences

Next week on Tuesday and Wednesday we are  having our student-led conferences! This is how some students are feeling...


Taylah - ''I'm feeling both excited and nervous!''

Emma V - ''I'm looking forward to it but also a bit worried!''

Lauren - ''I'm feeling half way between confident and not!''

Grace - ''I'm feeling scared and excited at the same time!''

     

                                                                  By Taylah

Dance!!!

This term we have been doing Dance with Room 15 and 20. We are doing Gangnam Style and the Harlem Shake. We are performing it at our School Gala. Here are some people that would like to share something that they like about dance with you...          

Lauren-"Learning and teaching our little buddy".                                                                                        Anita-"Learning the moves".                                                                                        Zainab-"Learning new moves and she likes it".    

By EmmaVincent

Writing Twisted Poems

In Room 4 we have been writing twisted poems this is mine.

        

                                                                AT NIGHT

The night was dark and deathly still there was hardly a sound. One Ruru calls it's own name  it's wing's are invisible and make no sound. Out in a shed a boy is listening for radio waves from mars this night. Out on the street teenagers throwing lemons at windows until they see someone come and spread out like peanut butter. A boy wriggles into a sleeping bag which is like a cocoon.

By Aaron

Beau and Jack

Beau and Jack where very slack they do a lot of whack.
Now and then they get a pen and stick it in a den.
And at the end they got a rat and that was the end of that!

Alicias Poem

Candyfloss 


Fluffy and soft
as sticky as toffee
sweet and unhealthy
delicious every colour

 by Alicia Close

Computer

My Mother goes on the computer and searches Facebook on the internet.
"Click!" goes the mouse as Mum clicked onto a virus.
Shannyn Oakes and Lauren Close went on the Oaklands school website but got in the virus 
too! It was muddled like a maze.
My kind, friendly Brother got a disconnection
to complete a game with Shannyn and Lauren
and quit his game to help.
He ran to help just as a monkey popped
out of the screen like a Jack in a box.
More and more furry monkeys came
out of the youtube screen.
The monkeys were as brown as chocolate.
Lauren and I watched as he pressed a safe
button and all the monkeys were as still as
a statue.
We trained the monkeys to play Mathletics 
and then the monkeys lived happily ever
after. It was as good as gold. 
       

Our Chain Poetry

Chain Poems

WALT: Create a chain poem that tells a story from 8 words on a specific topic.

Tigers

By Ashleigh & Anita

Lots of tigers are fat and cuddly

They are also furry and soft

They look very stripy in black and orange fur

Some tigers are scary and very frightening

Baby tigers are cute and small

Tigers are lots of fun sometimes

They can grow as big as a zebra

They have very clawy claws

Apple

By Ellen & Jayden

As round as a ball

So very juicy yum, yum, yum

As crunchy as a pear

Sometimes as red as blood

Sometimes as green as grass

Sometimes even yellow with red

As delicious as an apple pie

And so yummy for your tummy

Butterfly

By Emma H & Zainab

Whish, whish goes the butterfly’s wings

They are so beautiful and colourful

As they flutter to collect nectar

Butterflies flying so high

Landing on pretty flowers and smelling them

Beautiful patters on their wings

So precious

And gentle butterflies fly

The sky’s the limit!

An Ogre Lady

By Emma V & Taylah

A young boy knocked on the door and saw an old lady shaking furiously

Suddenly the old lady claps and the lights turn on

Quickly the young boy punches the window for an exit out of the terrifying mansion

The old lady tightens her grip and holds the boy so tight he could only just breathe

The Old Lady’s hands were so extremely cold it sent a shiver down the boy’s spine

The sun is shining hot upon my face through the dirty broken window

I had a brainwave…

If I slap the Old Lady she might loosen her grip and I would be able to escape

So that is what I did

After that the Old Lady ran to the door but couldn’t see me because I was already half way home

“Hip, hip hooray!” I yelled while I was running

Animals

By Jacob & Beau

I think mammals are hairy so they can keep warm

Retiles are scaly and sometimes bizarre

But I think I like reptiles more than birds because I like snakes

Crocodiles are carnivores

They have four legs, some no legs at all!

I don’t like herbivores

I like fiercesome animals

CHAIN POEM

I SAW WHEELS TURNING
I HEAR PISTONS RAGING LIKE A EXPLOSION
I SAW SUSPENSION BOUNCING LIKE A FROG
IT WAS AS BIG AS A MINI
IT WAS AS SHINY AS THE SUN
IT WAS AS NOISY AS 23 LADIES SCREAMING
IT WAS FAST AS AN AEROPLANE ON TOP SPEED
IT WAS AS WIDE AS A TRUCK
IT WAS A MOTORBIKE
WOW!

BY MADYX AND THOMAS