Rarotongan Flowers

We drew some Rarotongan flowers using two pastel colours which complimented one another. We blended the two colours together. We used white crayon and green dye to draw leaves and then attached them to our flower.

Writing

We have been innovating text books. We innovated Where the Wild Things are. We had to use adjectives, nouns and verbs to add interest to our writing. We are also learning how to vary the way we begin and join sentences.

Where the Wild Things Are by Renee

It was a sunny Sunday and I was in my bedroom because I broke Mum's vacuum cleaner. Suddenly my room turned into a jungle and then there was a swing. I went on the swing and it was so much fun. I jumped off the swing and landed on a tree branch. I jumped of the tree branch and then I was on a big butterfly. I went on the big butterfly and it could not hurt me but.... it could fly very high! The big butterfly landed on the ground. The big butterfly flew away. Next I saw hundreds and thousands of butterflies everywhere in the sky. I got a net and caught a very pretty butterfly and I said let the butterfly party begin. One little butterfly danced. Suddenly I was in my bed and there waiting for me was my lunch and it was still hot.


Where the Wild Things are by Ben

It was a Monday night Alex was breaking glass then he made Mum clean it up so he got sent to his room. Suddenly Alex's room turned into a lake. There waiting for him was a jet plane. Yikes a witch. Alex tamed them with a magic trick. Let the party begin. The witches did magic. Alex was lonely he missed some one very much so he got back in his Jet Plane and he flew back. When he got home he saw his dinner and it was still hot!



Where the Wild Things are by Tom

It was a stormy Monday night when Tom was sent to his room for hitting his sister with hard rocks. In his bedroom a forest grew and grew until.... there were no holes in Tom's bedroom. He ran until he came across the biggest lake in the world. Tom went on water skies to a island. There on the island were monsters. The monsters showed their horrible claws. The monsters thought for a minute to make Tom king of all the monsters. Tom said the monster dance begins. Tom sneaked on to his water skis to his forest where his dinner was still hot.


Where the Wild Things are by Millie

It was a sunny morning on Sunday. My Mum said "go out side Millie". "No". I started throwing soccer balls at my Mum. I got sent to my room. When I woke up my room turned into a palace. A whale came I hopped on the whale. The whale took me to a island. I met mermaids. They splashed and turned on the rocks. They made me Queen of the mermaids. I said let the party begin. The mermaids splashed and turned on the rocks and flipped and rolled. I said Stop. I sent them to bed with out dinner. I did not want to be there I said I want to go home. I saw my dinner and it was still hot!

Maths

We are learning about Money. We are able to recognise NZ coins and their values. We have been using role play to purchase items using different coins to pay for the item e.g. We paid for a 50c apple using two 20c coins and one 10c coin or using one 50c coin. We would love to practice coin totals at home this week!

Te Reo

We have been learning new songs and actions in Te Reo this week. One song we have been learning in class are the Maori days of the week. Here they are:
Rahina - Monday
Ratu - Tuesday
Raapa - Wednesday
Rapare - Thursday
Ramere - Friday
Rahoroi - Saturday
Ratapu - Sunday

Today we visited the senior school to watch the kapa haka group perform a powhiri. It was very exciting for us to watch the actions and listen to the singing!

Jump Rope for Heart

We have been keeping fit this term through our skipping programme. We have learnt new jumps and been very diligent in practicing these not only in the morning but in our break times as well! We have learnt how to perform a basic jump, skier jump and bell jump. On Friday mornings we practice jumping over a long rope.

Magic Hats

We read Magic Hats by Mem Fox. Come into Room 2 and look at our magical hats we drew using paint, dye and other materials. Above are 2 examples.

Turtles

We are learning to write character descriptions.
What I was looking for: Name of turtle, what the turtle looked like, a smilie, verb, WOW words, full stops and capital letters.

My pet turtle is called Clare. She has a purple and yellow shell. Clare moves like a snail. She likes to clap her flippers.
By Emily

My pet turtle is called Pra-wa. Pra-wa has a blue shell and a pink shell. She has two different blue colours.
One is dark blue. She moves like a running tiger. She sounds very noisy! Pra-wa likes to swim like people. She splashes!
By Pra-wa

My turtle is colourful. His name is Rainbow because he looks like a rainbow. He is small like Barbie. He has a smile on his face. He likes to swim.
By Sinead

My pet turtle is called Osarea. She is a Mum. Osarea moves slow in the water. Osarea looks like a rugby ball. Osarea makes splashes in the water.
By Milly



My pet turtle is called Bubble. She looks like a pink and green bubble. She shines like all the precious jewels. It twinkles and makes whirls in the water.
By Rachel

My pet turtle is called Hoho. My turtle Hoho looks very old. He is dark green and light green. When he is in his shell he looks like a stripy ball. Hoho makes a creaky noise when he is moving. Hoho likes to clap his hands when he is going to shuffle across the mud. I love Hoho!
By Evie


My pet turtle is called Max. He has a brown pattern on his shell. He’s fast like a cheetah! He sounds like he is blowing bubbles when he’s lying down. He swims then he rolls over to get to sleep.
By Thomas

My pet turtle is called Tiny Tom. He has a gold shell like a cheetah. It glides through the glimmery water. Swish he goes when it swims in the deep dark sea. When he glides he glides down to the bottom and he swims on the bottom.
By Ben
My pet turtle is called Phoebe. She looks like a doughnut. It is slow like the sea. When she is twirling and swirling she sounds like a very hungry turtle. She claps with excitement. She is so clever. I love her so much!
By Grace

My pet turtle is called James. His shell is green. He likes to swim in the sea. He makes a shhh sound like the sea.
By James

My turtles name is Crash Car. My turtle looks like a racecar because he has a number on him like a toy racing car. Crash is very slow like a snail. Crash Car sounds like a motor when he glides through the blue water. He’s fantastic at swimming.
By Tom

My pet turtle is called Clare. Clare has a green shell. She is a little turtle. She has a small shell. She moves like a snake.
By Orla

My pet turtle is called Rocket Croc because he rockets up out of water like a crocodile. He runs like a cheetah. Rocket Croc lands in the water.
By Luke

My pet turtle is called Dungeon. He looks like thunder and lightning.
By Theo

My pet turtle is called James. My turtle has blue on his shell. My turtle can swim really fast.
By George

My pet turtle is called Batcar. Sometimes he spins on his shell. He looks like a bowling ball. He looks like a bowling ball when he goes into his shell. He looks like he is square.
By Connor

My pet turtle is called Rascal. It looks like a king because he has brown hair. He has blue eyes. He moves like a snail. He makes a shshshshsh sound in the water. He likes to swim in the beautiful water.
By Lachlan

My turtle is Patrick. The turtle looks like a snail when he walks. He can run very fast like a cheetah.
By Renee