The Lorax Speaks for... (5)

Here is Molly and Lochie's "The Lorax Speaks for..." video.

Please leave them a comment if you enjoyed it :)

Our Maori Language Week Celebration

On Friday we went to the whanau classroom to do some activities. The activities were sticks, pois and strings. We did the activities because it was Maori Langauge Week. The teachers who helped were Whaea Trina and Whaea Erina. First we listened to the instructions. Then we went off to the activities in groups. We were in 3 groups. Room 15 and 16 helped us.

For the sticks we had to bang them on the floor in time to some waiata. When we used the poi we had to swing then around. For the string games we had to make something with the string. You put your hands into the other person's string and they pulled it and your hands got stuck in! Then they let our hands go free.

We thought the afternoon was fun, exciting and great. We learned how to use the sticks and how to play the string games.

Collaboratively written by Jaime, Lochie and Zoe

Room 9 SKYPES Auckland!

Yesterday, after much technical difficulty (Skype was overloaded), Room 9 got to "skype" our buddies - Room 18 @ Meadowbank School in AUCKLAND!

We used a special thing on the computer called SKYPE which lets you call people worldwide who also have skype, using your computer... for FREE! Both Room 9 and Room 18 also had webcams so this also meant we could SEE our buddies!

Watch the movie below to view the highlights!

Next term, we are going to fix our audio problem and then skype Meadowbank again to ask them all the questions we have about how they deal with rubbish, recycle and reuse things.... they are our EXPERTS!

Student Voices: Blogging

Let US teach YOU!

Still confused about WHAT a blog is or WHY we love them?
Well listen to this! We recorded it today with Rachel.

It's going to be shared with other teachers from all over the world!
Primarily it's an AUDIO file so you'll be doing more LISTENING than LOOKING!

Enjoy.... unscripted and candid 6 & 7 year olds doing what they love best.... TALKING!

Featured students: Josh, Joseph, Lochie, Jessie, Ben, Tayla, Jonti, Darcy & Kerry.

Our Learning about Butterflies

During the last week of Term our reading has been based on the fantastic Go Zone newspaper for kids that came out a while ago - "Amazing Butterflies".

We have had a great time finding out about the parts of butterflies, the life cycle of butterflies and different species of butterflies.


Today we took all our butterfly knowledge and compared and contrasted butterflies to moths. We had to consult all of our fabulous books from in the library and our go zone to check (validate) what we thought before it went on our venn diagram. (Rachel has used Kidspiration to type up our ideas for the picture here)

We learnt that moths also have a proboscis (straw like tongue) and they have a similar life cycle to butterflies too!

Look at what Lochie learned about butterflies and moths and their similarities and differences:

Our Trip to Cable Bay - the rocky shore!

On Friday Room 9 and Room 16 went to Cable Bay to look at the rock pools.

I went with Molly and my Mum in the car. When we got there we had lunch on the rocky beach.

My favourite creatures were the sea anemone, blue crab and cushion star.

By Kerry

On Friday we went to Cable Bay. I caught some rockfish.

My favourite creatures were the crabs, the fish and the starfish.

The crabs moved fast. The starfish clung onto the rocks. The fish could go under small rocks. I caught three fish for my group.

By Lochie

On Friday Room 16 and Room 9 went to Cable Bay to see the rock pools. I went with Ben and Penny.

When we got there we had lunch. Then we went an explored the rock pools.

My favourite creature was the clingfish. It looks like a rock. The mussel was bright and the starfish clung onto me.

By Sam

On Friday Room 16 went to Cable Bay. I went in the car with Nano, Darcy, Jaime and myself.

When we got there we had lunch.

My favourite creatures were the fish because it was all slimy, the crabs because they have cool shells and the starfish because it had tentacles.

By Jonti

More photos of our Cable Bay trip are on our flickr photo page - feel free to browse, download and print these gorgeous pics!