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Link to 2010 blog

2010-02-12T17:57:00.004+13:00

Ms F is not working in one classroom at the moment! She is the e-Learning lead teacher for Year 0-2 at SPS right now. Click below to follow the link to her current blog which she is facilitating with a group of Year 1 and 2 Digikidz who are training to support their friends and teachers in Pods 1 and 2 with expertise in e-Learning. Come and see what they are doing because they're really clever!
http://digikidzsps2010.blogspot.com/

Letter of the Week Jj

2009-11-23T12:41:00.004+13:00

We did a circle map using images from Google to show our ideas for our letter of the week. Can you guess what it is? Do you know its sound? We also took some photos of something we have lots of in our class. Can you guess what these are? They all start with a 'j'.

SPS Gala

2009-11-23T11:01:00.004+13:00

We did a mindmap of words to describe our Gala. Can you spot the descriptive words? Who do you think has done the best job?

I went to the school gala and I had a pony ride and it was bumpy. I liked the gala because it was very fun. CN

I went to the gala and I had a fizzy drink and it was very cold. I went to the clowns stall where you have to throw a ball into the clown's mouth and at the end you get a toy. And my Dad and my sister came with me. GV

At the weekend I went to the school gala. And I threw the ball at the cans of coke and I won a prize of a can of coke. I got a bag of candy floss that looked like a fluffy cloud. HW

Yesterday I went to the school gala. And I had fun. I liked my racing car. I did the clown thing. MR

I did go on the bouncy castles. I had candy floss. I bought a big ball. BH

Yesterday I went to the school gala and I did the can throwing. I did the clown game and I got a lollipop that looked like a gumball. AL

At the weekend I went to the school gala and I got my face painted like a dalmation. My face was colourful like a rainbow. And I went on the pirate ship twice. JMC

On Sunday I went to the school gala and I won a truck. It was red and it had HX on it. It was fun and I went on the pirate ship ride and I got candy floss. LMc

Letter Jj

2009-11-17T13:01:00.002+13:00

Today we did handwriting of j letter. we had to think of things that start with j.

The Queen of Hearts writing

2009-11-17T12:49:00.005+13:00

This morning we watched a video from Alice in wonderland and then we did writing. We had to write what she looks like what she sounds like and if we like her,. Noone did. if you want to wotch the video click on the blue word video.

I don't like the Queen of hearts because she is bossy and mean. The Queen of hearts' dress is black and white and red like a ladybird and she is too tall. CN

She is angry like a dinosaur. I don't like her because she is bossy. She has a red dress with a white trim at the bottom of the dress. She sounds like a gorilla. MR

I hate the Queen of hearts. She is bossy and when she is really angry she goes red in the face. She gets really furious and she sounds like she will blow up! I really don't like her. AL

The Queen of hearts is really mean like a bully. Her voice sounds low. I don't like her because she's mean. Under her dress the stripes remind me of a bee. JMC

The Queen of hearts is really mean and she has a loud voice like thunder. The Queen of hearts sounds like an angry monster. Her dress looks like a ladybird. GV

Nutty about nouns

2009-11-16T17:07:00.004+13:00

Today Busy Bumblebees were learning about nouns and verbs. We learned that nouns can be the names of people, places or things and looked in a picture to find as many nouns as we could. Can you see any other nouns in the picture?

Mass and Weight

2009-11-16T14:25:00.002+13:00

We started weight today in maths and we did a mindmap of words that we know to do with weight. Can you think of any other words we need to know to help us with measuring?

Letter of the Week Ss

2009-11-16T12:39:00.002+13:00

We came up with ideas for words that start with an 's' before handwriting today. Once we got started we thought of loads of ideas! Can you think of anything we have missed?

Fireworks Writing!

2009-11-16T12:38:00.005+13:00

We did some great descriptive writing about fireworks night. We watched a short video clip to remind us of some of the sounds we might have heard on the night.

Then we listed some ideas of things we could see and hear.

Some snippets from our writing. Can you notice the descriptions of what we saw and heard?

The fireworks sound like a bomb exploding. They sound like a giant walking. They are red like lava. MR

Fireworks are beautiful and they are like shooting stars. Fireworks are loud like a man stomping. ES

The fireworks are like popcorn popping in a microwave. They look like glitter. GV

The firworks look bright like the sun. They are noisy - BOOM! CN

Fireworks look like rockets shooting through the sky. HW

The fireworks sound like thunder. They are colourful like a rainbow. Fireworks are cool and they are light. LMc

Fireworks sound like lightning and thunder. They look like shooting stars. They are bright like the sun. They look like glowing stars. SR

The fireworks are round. They are quick like a rocket zooming into space. BH

Handwriting Letter Vv

2009-11-04T22:10:00.003+13:00

We talked about things beginning with the letter Vv before handwriting today because our teacher thought it was a tricky letter to get ideas for! Ms F was very surprised that we had such great ideas! Can you think of anything else we could add?

Handwriting letter Aa

2009-11-03T13:01:00.002+13:00

We listed some words that start with an 'a' before handwriting this afternoon. Can you tell which ones have a short 'a' sound and which have a long 'a' sound?

Talking Success Criteria

2009-11-03T11:36:00.011+13:00

We did some talking this morning and we recorded our voices in photostory so we could listen and come up with some ideas for good talking. We came up with 4 ideas to help us:

Have a listen to our talking and see if you agree with us!? You need to listen carefully to hear our soft, medium and loud talking then our slow, medium and fast talking and then the girls and boys read alternate lines of the rhyme. Who do you think was the best?

Nursery Rhymes with an 'M'

2009-11-02T17:13:00.002+13:00

We tried to think of all the Nursery rhymes that have an 'm' in them today because that is our letter for this week. We made a wordle but we couldn't think of too many. Can you think of any we have missed?

Then we went round the classroom and took photos of things beginning with 'Mm'. We used the zoom when the objects were far away or up high on the wall. Here are 3 photos, can you see why we chose them?

Humpty Dumpty writing

2009-11-02T12:53:00.002+13:00

We just decided to add 2 more great pieces of writing from 2 boys who are new at school. What do you think they did really well?

Humpty Dumpty is smiling because he is feeling happy. He is hot with his woolly jacket on. JT

Humpty Dumpty is round like a ball. Humpty Dumpty is happy sitting on the wall. DC

Humpty Dumpty writing

2009-11-02T12:42:00.005+13:00

We wrote stories about Humpty Dumpty today. We looked at a picture of him and made a list of clothes and then we did our writing. Here are some of the stories we liked the best.

Can you guess why we liked them?

Humpty Dumpty is oval like an egg. He looks like a magician. His smiley face looks like a cheeky monkey. CN

He has a red tie and he has a red jacket. He has yellow stretchy socks. And he is an egg. MR

Humpty Dumpty has got a red jacket. It is red like lava. He has yellow socks that are yellow like a top of a gluestick. Humpty Dumpty is round like a circle. AL

Humpty Dumpty is jolly like Santa. He has a red bow tie. He has a red jacket with a black collar. JMC

Humpty Dumpty has long yellow socks that are like the sun. Humpty Dumpty has a bow tie and a black and red hat on. Humpty Dumpty looks like an oval egg. GV

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

2009-10-28T15:20:00.006+13:00

We learned the nursery rhyme Peter Peter Pumkin Eater today and we did lots of talking about the kind of person we think Peter is.

We used the yellow, black and red hats to record ideas and then we did some writing. Have a read and see if you agree with our opinions, we tried hard to use similes to make our writing more interesting.

Peter couldn't keep her so he put her in a pumpkin and it was stinky like a skunk. Peter is as angry as a t-rex looking for dinner. JMC

Peter couldn't keep his wife so he put her in a pumpkin and it was gooey. Peter was mean like a scary dinosaur. When his wife ran away he was sad. GV

Peter put his wife in a pumpkin and it was gooey and it was not a good idea. He was angry like a crocodile so he put her in a pumpkin. CN

Peter Peter pumpkin eater put his wife in a pumpkin and it was sticky like glue and gooey like jam. He is really mad like a bull. AL

Peter put his wife in a pumpkin and it was gooey like a fish. Peter was angry like a dinosaur or the meanest t-rex. I don't like him. MR

The letter 'Ee'

2009-10-28T15:13:00.001+13:00

We did the letter 'Ee' for handwriting today and so we thought of different things beginning with an 'e' with a buddy and then we shared back to Ms F and she typed them into a wordle for us. Can you tell the things most people said? Can you think of anything else we could have said?

Letter of the Week Ll

2009-10-27T12:43:00.001+13:00

We found pictures of things that start with the letter L on Google images and in the SMART notebook library. Can you name all the pictures in our circle chart? Can you think of anything else that starts with an L that we haven't got already?

Jack and Jill Writing

2009-10-25T10:30:00.006+13:00

We read Jack and Jill last week and did some writing about the things they do in the rhyme and what we think about them because of their actions. Do you agree with us? We used our word bank to make our writing more interesting, can you find the words we used in it?

Jack is helpful because he fetched the pail of water for his mum and dad to wash their hands. JT

Jack and Jill were helpful to their mum. Jack was strong to carry the bucket. Jack fell down the hill. SR

Jack is a kind and helpful boy because he fetched the bucket. JE

Jack and Jill went up the hill to get some water but Jack was clumsy. He is not good at climbing. CM

Jack is a kind boy. His mum told him to get a bucket of water. He is clumsy. HW

Jack is clumsy because he fell down and broke his crown. DC

Jack is strong to carry the bucket. He walked down and fell. Jack fell over his shoelaces. BH

Jack is a kind and helpful boy to get the water in the bucket. MNB

Jack and Jill went up the hill. The bucket was heavy because it is full of water. Jack fell down the hill and Jill came tumbling down the hill because she is clumsy. ES

Jack be Nimble Writing

2009-10-25T10:15:00.005+13:00

We did some writing about Jack be Nimble. We thought about whether we thought Jack was a good boy or a naughty boy.

Read our writing and see if you agree with us! Can you find the similes in some of our work?

I don't like Jack because he can burn himself. Jack is naughty like a cat. MRz

I don't like Jack because it is dangerous jumping over fires. He is dangerous like a lion. JD

I don't like Jack because he is naughty like a dog. It is not a good idea to jump over a candle. CN

I don't like Jack because he is dangerous like a dragon. Jack is tough like iron man. He is silly like a clown when he jumps over the candlestick. MR

I don't like Jack because he is naughty like Gizmo and Rex when they were playing with Christmas decorations. JMC

I like Jack because he can run fast like a cheetah. Jack is brave like Booster and strong like Batman. AL

Jack be Nimble Nursery Rhyme

2009-10-25T09:57:00.003+13:00

(Chart sourced from http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/)

We learned Jack be Nimble as our poem last week and we did some work using rhyming words based on the riddle rhymes at: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rhymes/_and_rhymes.htm#This_Week

Can you find the rhyming word in the poem that matches the words we changed?

He's using mortar to make them stick,

Watch him place the next red brick.

Tap, tap, tap on the shell so thick,

Then out will come the baby chick.

He was so happy, that guy named Nick,

That with his heel he gave a kick.

He wanted the fly but he had to be quick,

With his tongue he gave a lick.

Jack saw the ball, he got there quick

And with his foot he gave a kick.

He really didn't feel well that little guy named Rick,

In fact he was feeling awfully awfully sick.

Benny's new watch played a trick

It never went tock it only went tick.

Can you think of any other rhyming words we could use?

Letter of the Week Gg

2009-10-19T13:06:00.004+13:00

Lots of us are still having trouble learning the sound for the letter Gg. We did an activity this morning to show that most words that start with G have a 'g' sound at the beginning and only sometimes words start with a G where it makes a 'j' sound. Did we put all the objects in the correct place? Can you think of more ?

Gala Mufti Day

2009-10-19T12:38:00.006+13:00

Last Wednesday we had a fun mufti day to raise money for our school Gala which is coming up on 22nd November. We had to wear mismatching clothes and had lots of giggles checking out the different outfits. The teachers and children dressed up. We did some writing to describe the things we saw and we took photos but we remembered not to show faces to make sure we were being cybersafe. Can you spot the clothes that are mismatched? You need to look carefully because some things are tricky to find! Can you see what Ms F did that was odd? Can you see the photos that match our writing?

I have five pony tails in my hair and it looks cute. I am wearing a jersey that has stripes on it. I am wearing stockings that are stripy. GV

At mismatching mufti day I'm wearing a t-shirt back to front. I was wearing a boot and a sandle. I'm wearing spots and plain and stripes. JMC

I have a spiky mohawk with blue, red and green food colouring in it. And my shoes are open, the velcro is off. My shirt is the wrong way. AL

It was mismatching mufti day and JMC had her t-shirt on back to front. She had one pony tail and she has one shoe on and one boot. CN

I have my jumper on back to front. AL has a sock on and a sock off. AL has a mohawk. MR

Firewise opinions by the Lollies and Cookies Writing groups

2009-09-22T17:53:00.008+12:00

Have a read of some of these great stories. The children have given their opinions. Sometimes they are easy to spot because they start with 'I think' sometimes they are harder to spot. Can you find the children who wrote their opinion?

If there is a fire you have to get down, get low, get out. But if there is a fire on your clothes you stop, drop and roll. You should not play with matches you might get on fire and get yucky burned hands. Dial 111 if there is a fire but if you are in bed and the fire is in your bedroom you have to get out your window. LC

When there is a fire I should get down, get low, get out and tell Mummy and Daddy that there is a fire! And if you clothes burn you stop, drop and roll. And if your bedroom is on fire you should get out and stay out. And if there is a fire your mum or dad should dial 111. SB
I don't think kids should play with matches or lighters they could set a fire. A fire can be outside or inside. Smoke comes from a fire. A big bit of smoke could nearly kill you. If your clothes get on fire you gotta stop, drop and roll. Fire could burn you really badly. We can tell an adult to dial 111. Some fire are safe and some aren't. KND

The fire was an emergency. We have to tell an adult and the adult can put out the fire. AS

I don't think children should put out fires because they could burn them. And if your bedroom is on fire you should stop, drop and roll. Children shouldn't play with matches or lighters. IR

Candles are dangerous because you will knock it over and it will start a fire. PM

An enormous bonfire is dangerous because if you walk into it you will have to go to hospital. I got burnt by hot water when I was making pasta and I had to run it under water. Fire is good and bad because the fire that is bad can go very high but the good fire doesn't go very high. I have nearly tipped a candle over! AL

A safe fire has a glass door. A dangerous fire is lots and lots of flames. If there is a fire you could dial 111. Heaters are safe. Candles are not safe. GV

Kids can't play with lighters and matches. They might make a fire. Heaters are safe. Candles are not safe because they might make a fire. JMC

Being firewise!

2009-09-22T17:22:00.006+12:00

We are learning how to be firewise at school. This mindmap shows our ideas about different types of fires and why we need them. Can you think of anything we haven't mentioned?

We talked about safe and unsafe fires today and did some writing. We found out that matches and lighters are tools not toys so children should never play with them.

Trains Facts

2009-09-09T12:40:00.007+12:00

We have been searching for information about trains to answer our big question Does Howick need better public transport? We already knew a lot about trains and we used that to write some questions to find out new information.

Then we searched using non-fiction books and games on KnowledgeNET on the computer. We did a trash or treasure to sort our ideas to make sure we answered our questions. We recorded our ideas in voicethread today. Can you find out who is answering each of our questions? Look at the Trash and Treasure chart to help you.

Letter of the week Yy

2009-09-07T10:36:00.008+12:00

PM and CN made a glogster for the letter of the week 'Yy'. They tried to think of interesting words to describe each photo. What do you think of their text fonts and colours? Can you read the writing clearly?

Letter of the week Hh

2009-09-07T10:36:00.007+12:00

JMC and MR made a slideshow for the letter of the week "Hh'. They tried to think of good descriptve words for each object. Can you find any photos that we could improve on? Some people are just learning to take photos!

Letter of the week Ee

2009-09-07T10:36:00.001+12:00

GV and AL made a slideshow for the letter of the week 'Ee' and thought of interesting descriptive words. Do you think they chose suitable words for each photo?

Trip to Motat

2009-09-03T14:42:00.004+12:00

Can you find the descriptive words in our writing about Motat?

Motat on PhotoPeach

I did see planes and I went in the plane house. I had fun on the tram ride! And Fiona had a map. AS

The old green car has no seat belts. It is old. The seats are old. BH

The army tank is very slow like a slug. It was used in the army. I like the army tank because my pop went to war. AL

I saw a bus that was green and it had lots of windows but you couldn't go in the bus because it was closed. I liked the mirror maze because it was confusing that's why I liked the mirror maze. GV

At Motat I saw a little plane. It was yellow. LMc

The tram was green. I went to look at the car. CMc

At Motat I saw a steam train. JD

The train carries lots of people. The green car is old. The bus got to the bus stop. ES

The green car looks rusty and it had a little window. It has no seat belts. HW

The army tank is very strong like a jet. It has a gun on the top and it has tracks. My favourite part of Motat was the maze. PM

Trip to Motat

2009-09-03T14:31:00.002+12:00

Room 8 went to Motat last week. We had so much fun. We did some writing about what we saw, heard, felt and also what we liked the BEST. Can you find descriptive words in our writing? Can you find the similes? JMC made a slideshow to share some of the photos we took.

When we went to Motat there was only one thing we could touch and sit in except for the Game Zone games. There was an army tank and a fire engine and a steam engine. We went on a tram, it got bump, it was fun. There was not enough seats so some people had to stand up and held on to handles. When we got off we saw planes. Outside the Game Zone were whisper dishes. When we went in the car I drove! JMC sat next to me and Miss B sat in the back. We got to turn the handle. The car had no seat belts. I don't think it was safe. I learned that steam engines need steam to go. Trams need electricity to go. Trams go on tram tracks. KND

I went on the tram. The tram is green and yellow. You don't have to drive it, you have to steer it. LC

At Motat I saw a steam train. MRz

The tram was green. They run by elecricity. I went on the tram. I like the tram because it is green. All of room 8 rode on it. SB

The car had no seat belts. I went in the car. I helped drive the car. We all went on the tram. I liked the mirror maze. I went on the wobbly table. JMC

At Motat I saw a yellow bus with black wheels on it. JE

I saw a green tram. I had a ride on it. The green car had soft seats. I went in the steam from the steam train. My favourite thing was the mirror maze. IR

At Motat my favourite thing was sitting in the car. SR

I saw a rocket ship at Motat. The rocket ship is blue and white. The rocket ship goes up to the roof. My favourite thing is the talking thing. MR

The train track is black. The train is yellow like a sun. The wheels are black too like a laptop. CN

Our voicethread

2009-09-03T13:56:00.001+12:00

We recorded our ideas about motorbikes again today with Ms F and it worked at last! We are all very happy that we can share our work now becos it took a long time to finissh it.

Finally finished!

2009-08-24T12:00:00.008+12:00

We finished our voicethred today because we had a bit of trobble with the sound. We hope it is okay now but think it is a bit quiet. What do you think? Can you tell the yellow thinking hat ideas and the blak thinking ideas?

Sorry still having technical problems with our voicethread. Watch this space we should be with you shortly after we record tomorrow for the 3rd time! Hopefully it's 3rd time lucky (Ms F).

Using Google Earth

2009-08-20T20:29:00.005+12:00

Wow! Room 8 and Ms F had so much fun on Wednesday! We used Google Earth to zoom in on Picton Street and Cook Street in Howick and looked for different types of vehicles!

We did a tally to see how many of each type of vehicle we could spot on the streets. We were particularly interested in finding out whether more private or public transport is used in Howick. What do you think we learned?

We were a bit disappointed to find the bus stop on Picton Street with people waiting but no bus!

Motorbikes Thinking Hats!

2009-08-20T20:14:00.006+12:00

We put our thinking hats on this morning and used the yellow and the black hat to give an opinion to the question: Should people ride motorbikes? We looked at some photos and then we recorded our ideas in a table and voted to answer the question.

What did most people think?

After that we did some writing and have been busy recording our ideas into voicethread. We haven't quite finished because we decided after listening to our first voicethread that we needed to practise a bit more to do a better job this time. Watch this space it's coming soon...

Starter Activities...

2009-08-12T20:39:00.006+12:00

In Room 8 we do different activities on the smartboard in the mornings, before the bell, to practise our skills. We made a map in Kidspiration on Monday and had lots of fun planning how to get to different places on the map. Can you name all the places we chose? Do you think we should add anything or take anything away? We will have another go when we've had some opinions from people! Thanks!

Today we had to show we were at school by finding and dragging our vehicle to the correct group in the parking lot! Can you name the different groups? Why do you think we have grouped the vehicles like this?

Blends Video

2009-08-09T22:46:00.001+12:00

How many words can you see and hear that start with a 2 letter blend? Can you make a list of them in your comment?

Big Wheelie Wednesday

2009-08-05T10:41:00.007+12:00

We had a really fun time on the big courts this morning. We brought in things with big wheels to share. We took turns riding round the court safely. We all had to go the same way. There was a few crashes but noone got hurt. We did a mindmap when we got back to the classroom then we did some writing and Ms F helped us record our ideas about some of the photos we took. We had so much fun. Can you give us any advice on how we can improve our speaking after listening to our voicethread?

Our exciting motorbike experience!

2009-08-04T21:11:00.011+12:00

Today all the Pod 1 classes met on the netball courts and had a look at 2 different motorbikes. One was a traditional style and the other was modern looking. We looked carefully at the bikes to see how they were similar and different. We took turns taking photos of the bikes. Then we listened carefully to see if they sounded different! When we went back to our classrooms we did a venn diagram to show all the things we noticed. Have a look at our collage of the photos we took can you tell which bike is which from the information in the venn diagram?

Our first voicethread!

2009-08-03T20:56:00.003+12:00

We had a go making a voicethread to accompany our photos for our letter of the week objects beginning with the letter 'h' today. We think the audio is a bit quiet so we are going to have another go tomorrow with a different headset. See if you can hear our voices, are some people easier to understand? Can you tell us your opinion to help us get better at using this tool please?

Thanks, Ms F

Letter of the Week gr and gl blends by LC

2009-08-03T13:14:00.004+12:00

Last week we had G as our letter of the week but we looked at things that start with the gr and gl blends and today in writing time LC made a slideshow in photostory. She added labels with different colours and transitions and chose some music to go with the slideshow! She is very clever.

Wheelie Wednesday Slideshow by SB

2009-08-03T13:10:00.002+12:00

Today in writing time SB made a slideshow using the photos we took on Wheelie Wednesday. The children took turns taking 3 photos each and making sure we were being cybersafe by not taking shots of faces. SB added some lebsl for the photos. Can you give us your opinion please?

Herbie Writing

2009-07-28T22:15:00.005+12:00

Today we watched some excerpts from the Herbie movie with all the other children in Pod 1. We helped make a mind map with lots of ideas about what he looks like, sounds like and what kind of car Herbie is! Then we did some drawings thinking about showing some of Herbie's personality. Then we took photos of our drawings and made a photostory. We typed our ideas into it. Ms F is going to load the photostory tomorrow.

Here is the finished photostory. We chose the music from the songs we are learning this Term and because it's about a car. Can you listen carefully to find out what kind of car the song is about? (Clue: It's not about a Beetle)!

Transport Mindmap

2009-07-27T13:16:00.000+12:00

Here are all our ideas about Transport...

The evolution of dance!

2009-07-22T20:54:00.004+12:00

We have just started a fun unit on dance this week. We did a mindmap of out ideas about dance and then we watched a video and added more ideas. We added our 2nd lot of ideas in red, look at everything we thought of after watching the clip! Can you think of anything else we could add?

Disney's Cars

2009-07-22T20:09:00.003+12:00

We watched the 'Cars' clip today with Room 1 and we talked about all the different features of the vehicles. We learned two new words: spoiler and mags and we talked about all the different reasons why the vehicles have their particular features. A lot of us had seen the movie 'Cars' so we could share ideas about the car's personalities too. We did a mindmap together to help us with our writing and then after we'd finished our writing we chose some excellent examples to be published here.

Mater is rusty and he has a hook. He is Lightning Mcqueen's friend. He pulls cars out of the mud and when cars have lost a wheel. AL

Sally is blue and fast. She has 2 doors and polished wheels. ES

Rookie is a rectangle shape. On the side he has a number it is ninety-five. MR

Sally is blue like the sky. She looks fast and she is a posh car. Sally is shiny like a diamond and she is polished. KND

Lightning Mcqueen is red and he is nice because he has a smile. CN

Sally is a nice car. She is blue like sky. She is a posh and beautiful girl. SB

The Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival

2009-07-03T18:50:00.003+12:00

Watch this video by Abby and Zach. Make a list of all the things that need to be done to get a hot air balloon up in the air? Choose one of the hot air balloons and write a description.

We are making hot air balloons out of papier mache for art and we have hung our balloons up in the classroom to dry.

Unfortunately something's gone wrong with this one! Can you figure out what's happened to it?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

2009-07-03T18:30:00.002+12:00

Watch this clip and describe what Chitty Chitty Bang Bang looks like when he is flying? Imagine you are riding in the car - what can you see? What do the people on the ground think about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

Chuggington

2009-07-02T10:43:00.001+12:00

Disney's Cars

2009-07-01T22:25:00.001+12:00

Watch this clip and choose a vehicle to describe. Think about its colour, shape, size, features, part in the story.

Donald's Duck!

2009-07-01T22:14:00.003+12:00

Watch this clip and see what kind of engine you think Duck is. Can you describe his personality? What does Donald think about Duck? What do you think about how Duck and Donald behaved?

Budgie the Little Helicopter

2009-07-01T22:08:00.002+12:00

Watch this short clip and see what different vehicles you can spot. What kind of character do you think Budgie is? What can you see him doing that helps you with your opinion?

After we watched this clip we created a mindmap and used it to help us do great writing. We are getting good at finding words in a word bank and copy them accurately. We chose some good examples of writing that fit the criteria to share.

Budgie is a helpful helicopter. Budgie has a yellow cap with a blue B on it. Budgie has a blue body. Budgie's sound is brrrr. GV

Budgie has a yellow cap with a B on. He has blades on him that go trrrrrr. Budgie is nice. JMC

Budgie is very kind to other vehicles. He would help them when there is an emergency. Budgie is mainly blue and yellow and he has a yellow cap with a blue B on it. If Budgie was real he would be a very good friend to have. I like Budgie. KND

I watched a video about Budgie is helpful because he saved the train. He is blue and he has a yellow cap on. AS

Budgie is kind he has a B on his hat. He has a blue body. The propellor goes like this: brrrrrrrrr!!! SB

Fruit Bowl Artwork

2009-06-29T20:41:00.005+12:00

Here are some of our fruit bowl art works. Can you name all the different fruits? Ms F

Letter of the Week Rr

2009-06-29T19:49:00.003+12:00

We worked together today to find objects that begin with this week's letter of the week Rr and objects that do not begin with Rr. We thought that we would use the colour red for the Rr objects because red starts with an r too. Ms F

Letter of the Week Rr

2009-06-29T17:19:00.003+12:00

We made a slideshow as a class today for our letter of the week this week which is Rr. We took turns taking photos with the digital camera and then we chose all the special effects together as a whole class. Some people liked some things and others didn't so we needed to vote each time to be fair!
Ms F

Fruit Kidpix

2009-06-28T16:15:00.003+12:00

Ms F has finally managed to get some of our Kidpix drawings onto the class blog! We only have a few to share at the moment. Can you guess what fruit we tried to draw? This is our first time using Kidpix and we had fun!

Funny Food Faces!

2009-06-25T10:34:00.005+12:00

Yesterday in writing we made some food faces with bread! We used something fruit or vegetables for the eyes, nose, mouth and hair. We thought the faces looked very funny! We did some great writing describing what the faces looked like. We had to think about the colours, shapes and size of the fruit and vegetables. We are going to choose the 4 best pieces of writing to be published next week.

(Photos replaced using vuvox.com as slideshow previously shared using bubbleshare).

Here is our fabulous writing. Can you guess what the faces looked like?

The face has an orange carrot nos. The eyes are green circles. BH

My face has a carrot nose and it has spaghetti hair. It is curly and it is hard. JMC

The eyes are green circles. My face has yellow worms for hair. It looks sparkly. The colourful face has an orange nose. CN

My face has a little tomato nose and grape eyes. SR

My face has got a red tomato nose. CA

The grape is oval and purple. The cherry has a stem. The mouth is a tomato a red tomato. It looks like a moon. The tomato is little. SB

My hair looks like green lettuce. The cherries are purple. I wanted hair like spaghetti. I need to make another toast. The mouth will be a banana. AS

It has a mandarin. It has a nose that is a mushroom that is upside down. The tomato is the red eyes that look like the sun. AL

My face has a raisin mouth. It has a red tomato nose. It has oval grapes for eyes. MRZ

My face is long. The hair is hard spirals. The eyes are round. It has green eyes. HW

The little tomato eyes look like a red sun. It has curly sprouts for the hair and the big mushroom is the nose. And the orange mandarin is the mouth. PM

My face has carrot hair. It has grapes for eyes. LMcC

My face is a bread face. It has brown raisins for a mouth. ES

Shape Slideshow by IR

2009-06-18T12:53:00.001+12:00

Shape Slideshow by AS

2009-06-18T12:51:00.001+12:00

Shape Slideshow by SB

2009-06-18T12:51:00.000+12:00

2D Shapes Slideshow

2009-06-17T21:04:00.001+12:00

We went for a walk around our playground and took turns taking photos of 2D and 3D shapes. Then we practised putting them into a slideshow using the smartboard and the data projector. Some of us are going to make our own slideshows next week. We had lots of fun trying the different effects! Come and look again soon for more slideshows.

2D Shapes Slideshow

2009-06-17T20:53:00.007+12:00

Lemon Tasting!

2009-06-12T18:56:00.002+12:00

We did a lemon tasting as a motivation for our writing sample this Term. Most of us weren't too keen on the taste but some of us liked it! We did a mindmap using our senses to come up with some good descriptive words to help us do great writing. Can you think of anything we could have added?

Where does food come from?

2009-06-12T15:22:00.002+12:00

Watch this video clip and answer these questions: What do we need food for? What are 2 places we can get food from? Where do fruit and vegetables come from? What 3 animals can we get milk from? What bird other than a hen gives us eggs?

The Gingerbread Man

2009-06-12T15:04:00.003+12:00

Watch this uTube video. How many different 2D shapes can you spot in the characters and backgrounds?

Letter of the Week Gg

2009-06-08T14:52:00.003+12:00

We worked in a group with the Teacher aide today to find things in our magic box that start with the letter Gg. We found g can make 2 different sounds. We put the things into two groups to show the two different sounds g can make. We matched word labels to the things in the box. Then we did a worksheet and had to find all the things beginning with g.

Our Food Rainbow Similes

2009-06-06T20:08:00.029+12:00

The apples are round like balls. The tomatoes are red like the sunset. HW

Strawberries, raspberries, apples and watermelon are my favourite and red lettuce. AS

The oranges are like an orange ball. The pumpkin are orange like a bumblebee. ES

The carrots are orange like a ball that is light orange. GV

Carrots look like fingers and oranges look like balls and pumpkin looks like a big ball too! Anon

Bananas are yellow like the sun. And lemons are like a sour worm or a drink. AL

Bananas are like a phone. IR

The bananas are yellow like the sun. The lemons are yellow like a yellow star. LMcC

The broccoli are green like trees. The lettuce is green like grass. BH

The broccoli are like a tree. The peas are like little balls. IR

The blueberries look like a packet of peas and the blackberries look like dirty dog footprints. PM

The blackberries are blue like the blue sky. The blueberries are like the sea. MR

The eggplant are violet like a sunset. The kumara are violet like purple jelly. JMC

Purple and violet grapes are like jingly bells. An eggplant looks like a stalk. A kumara looks like a purple pear. KND

The cauliflowers are white like fluffy, white clouds. The garlic is white like popcorn. CN

The white mushrooms are like an umbrella. The white cauliflower is like a cloud. The round potatoes are like balls. SB

Our Food Rainbow!

2009-06-04T00:14:00.004+12:00

We wrote similes today in writing. We made a word bank of all the different fruits and vegetables for each colour of the rainbow. We did lots of talking with different buddies and Ms F put the timer on so we could tell when to stop thinking of ideas and share with the class. Can you think of any fruit and vegetables we have missed? We found blue and violet tricky colours. We are going to publish our similes soon.

The Ravenous Beast

2009-06-02T16:51:00.007+12:00

We watched the Ravenous Beast by Niamh Sharkey on dvd today and we tried really hard to find out what ravenous means. After watching the dvd we think it is the hungriest of them all because that's what all the animals in the story say! We made a list of all the different words that describe how the animals eat in the story.

After that we did a venn diagram for the little white mouse and the marmalade cat from the story to see how they are the same and different. We tried hard to underline the adjectives and adverbs.

Our Fruit Art!

2009-05-31T19:17:00.009+12:00

What do you think about our awesome art work! We made it using salt dough. It looked like cookie dough but not the kind you would like to eat! Can you name the different types of fruit?

(Photos replaced using Picassa as previously shared using Bubbleshare.)

Letter of the Week Ww

2009-05-27T20:54:00.005+12:00

We have made a photostory together. Room 8 children took turns to take photos of things beginning with w. We also thought of a window, wink, wave and wings which we could do next time. We added some music as we have been busy practising for our school Assembly this Friday. Let us know what you think.

Terrific Tomato!

2009-05-27T20:23:00.001+12:00

Letter of the Week Pp

2009-05-19T17:07:00.004+12:00

Here is our photostory for the letter P. We found lots of different things in the classroom for this letter. Room 8 children

Super Star Writing - Week 3

2009-05-18T17:10:00.005+12:00

CA has been chosen as our Super Star writer for Week 3 this Term because he has only been at school for 5 weeks and here is his fantastic writing about making jelly:

The jelly crystals were light pink. CA

Letter of the Week Pp

2009-05-18T17:01:00.005+12:00

We had lots of fun today doing a letter of the week chart in Kidspiration. We all looked at the smartboard and found lots of different thing beginning with p. We also took some photos of things in our classroom that begin with p and will be putting a photostory together as well. Ms F would like us to learn how to make our own letter of the week charts on the classroom computers.

Have a look and see what you think! Can you name all the different things? Can you think of anything else?

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:50:00.002+12:00

As part of our setting the scene activities to introduce our new unit: What's Cooking we have been making some different foods and then trying really hard to use descriptive words in our writing about what we did. Read some of our excellent descriptions and see if you can give us any ideas for how we can improve our work.

Ms F

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:49:00.001+12:00

When the toast popped it made a pop. It was yummy. MR

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:48:00.002+12:00

It tasted crunchy when I tasted it. It made a little pop. CN

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:48:00.001+12:00

When the toast popped it was warm. The jam was red. JMC

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:46:00.003+12:00

It popped. It was sticky. CM

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:46:00.002+12:00

I heard a crunch when I ate it. I put marmite on my toast. GV

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:45:00.001+12:00

The toast went pop and when I bit it, it made a crunch and it was yummy. The toast was munchie. IR

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:43:00.001+12:00

The toast had honey it tasted sweet and it had some butter. It had some yellow and it had some gold. PM

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:42:00.000+12:00

The jam smelled like honey. BH

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:41:00.003+12:00

When the toast came out of the toaster. When the toast was in my mouth it was crunchy. AL

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:41:00.002+12:00

The toast tasted very yummy and the toast looked yummy. The toast felt sticky. The toast semlled very yummy. The toast sounded crunchy. The toast was black. Under the marmite there was butter the butter is yellow. I loved the toast it was very yummy so yummy! KND

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:39:00.000+12:00

I had toast. It pops out. Marmite tastes yucky. Honey tastes yummy. And jam tasted strawberries. AS

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:34:00.006+12:00

The marmite was yummy. ES

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:34:00.001+12:00

The toast is crunchy and yummy. It is red and I love toast. Marmite is yummy. It was fun. SB

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T16:33:00.000+12:00

The toast looked like blood because the strawberry jam was red. It popped out of the toaster. I like toast. We all had toast. I was excited it was fun and the marmite sticky. Room 8 child

Making Toast Writing

2009-05-18T13:25:00.002+12:00

The toast went crunch. It is sticky. HW

A Food Alphabet

2009-05-18T12:43:00.003+12:00

Today in writing time we played a game! It was lots of fun. We worked with a friend and one of us had a sticky on our head with the name of a fruit or vegetable on it and we had to guess what it was by asking our friend questions. They were only allowed to say yes or no. That got us thinking about different foods that begin with each letter of the alphabet so we went all the way through the alphabet and made a list of everything we could think of. We couldn't find anything for the letters u, x or z though!

Have a look and remember you can click on it to make it bigger.

Letter of the Week Ii

2009-05-17T20:07:00.004+12:00

Our letter of the week this week was Ii and we did find some things to take photos of in our classroom. We had to find a photo of an iceberg and a photo of an igloo as we don't get snow in Auckland. We will post our photostory on Wednesday when we have finished recording the audio. Room 8

Water as Liquid, Steam and Ice

2009-05-15T12:58:00.004+12:00

We did an experiment to find out about how water can change when it is heated. It changes into steam and then when it cools down again it changes back into water. We saw drips on a spoon that we held beside the jug while it was boiling. Then we poured some water into ice cube trays and put it in the freezer to keep it very cold. The water changed into ice. But we noticed that it started to melt quite quickly when we took it out of the freezer and had it sitting in the classroom! We wrote lots of words for ice to describe what it looked like, what it tasted like and how it felt.

Our Ideas about Food!

2009-05-14T11:56:00.005+12:00

We have started our new topic What's Cooking? and have been enjoying doing lots of fun Setting the Scene activities for the last 2 weeks. We did a mindmap of which foods are good for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Have a look.

Letter of the Week Qq

2009-05-09T22:24:00.003+12:00

We worked on the letter Qq last week and found it tricky giving little q nice long tails. We practised writing Q and q in rainbow letters, on little whiteboards, on laminated cards. We also formed the letter using little stones and clay. Then we took photos of items beginning with Q. We didn't find nearly as many as we did for C. Ms F is going to upload our photostory once we have recorded the audio and typed the labels on Wednesday. See if you can think of anything else beginning with Q that we missed?

To the Garden

2009-05-09T22:13:00.002+12:00

Watch the video and see what you learn about how to eat vegetables from the garden.

Letter of the Week Cc

2009-05-02T23:24:00.005+12:00

Our photostory about Cc is ready. We took photos and typed the words with labels so we got the spelling right. Then we chose colours for the words. We found lots of different things for Cc. We didn't have time to record audio this time so we put in some music instead!

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

2009-05-02T23:09:00.012+12:00

We have been looking at some paintings by Arcimboldo. We think they are funny but interesting because they are faces painted in fruit and vegetables! We have made a list of all the fruit and vegetables we can see. Can you find any we have missed? Ms F

Letter of the Week Vv

2009-04-11T14:52:00.004+12:00

Here is our first letter of the week video. We couldn't find lots of things in our classroom for the letter Vv. Can you think of anything else we could have taken photos of or found photos of on the internet? Ms F