Our last day in Room 8!

Thursday 16th December was the last day for us all in Room 8 in 2010.  I have loved teaching all of you - it has been a super, awesome, fantastic, cool, groovy and fun year!  Good luck for 2011 ... and say hi when you see me at school.  We went through different stages on the last day ...

Stage 1 - Angry Denial: It can't be over!  We don't believe it.  WE ARE ANGRY!

Stage 2 - Going Crazy: How can we cope - we've gone loopy!

Stage 3 - Happy: Yahoo School Holidays are on!

Stage 4: Sad - Boo! Hoo! We are going to miss all our friends and Katie!

Stage 5: Happy again - School is over!

What's Up Today?

Swim, Swim, Swim ...

Get a Voki now!

Check out our poem page for a Chicken Pox Movie

Today we wrote poems about chicken pox.  I made the one we created as a class into a movie.  It's on our "Power to the Poems" page ... click on the link at the top of our blog.

It's cool ... here's the link too ... Power to the Poems

John Key visits Plimmerton!

Look who Amelia and Grace met at Palmers on the weekend ...

Peppa Pig and the Musical Instruments

Here is your favourite pal Peppa Pig again as they try out some musical instruments.

Tumblebooks - Read e-books online!

Hey guys,

Here is the link to the Tumblebooks website ... that's the website we've been using this week for our teacher read.  Click on the button below to go through to Tumblebooks:

Enjoy reading!!

Katie

Poem Page and Writing Page

Make sure you check out the poem page and writing page up above (the links are under the blog title).  This is where we'll be putting some of our writing and poems this term.

Gymnastic Funtastic!

Last term in PE we did Gymnastics, and focused on our balance.  We used the beam, trampoline, box,  mat, skipping ropes and hula hoops.  It was heaps of fun, and we improved a lot!  Here is a movie that Katie and Kate made of us.

Let's Make Music

Welcome back to Term 4!  I hope you all had a great holiday, I know I did. :)  This term is going to be busy, busy busy!  Our unit is: Let's Make Music.  Sounds exciting doesn't it?!  We're also going to be learning about lots of different types of poetry.  So get those thinking hats on ... I want to see some awesome poetry.

Speaking of hats ... this Term is a "Hat Wearing" term - so make sure you bring your hat to school (or leave it in your tote tray).  If you've lost your hat you can buy a new one from the office.


Swimming is this term as well - yahoo!!  We will be swimming in Weeks 3-4 and 7-8.

School Songs for Week 10 Assembly

Hiya,


The two school songs for next weeks Whole School Assembly (the last one for the term) are:
Ticket to Ride - by the Beatles
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
We are extremely lucky to have a super talented teacher at school has recorded her version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  Here is her version as well as Israel's, and the Ticket to Ride song as well.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I&feature=channel






Practise lots ... we want to sound awesome!

More Cooking ... Cupcakes this time!

Tom made cupcakes for his home learning challenge, and brought in a presentation showing how he made them.  We thought they looked fantastic and wanted to make them too - so we did!  Tom brought in "Patty" his cupcake maker for us to use.  Check out how to make them ...

  

The ABCs Song

I found this on another blog ... sing along everyone!

Finn's Home Learning Challenge

Finn and his Dad built a helicopter for his Home Learning Challenge - and it was awesome!  He also made a powerpoint and presented it to the class on Friday.   Here is the powerpoint - I love how he used all recycled materials.

Mathletics

Mathletics Week is fast approaching!  This week is a practice week, so get on the website and have a go.  Then next week (23rd August) it's the real thing.  The website is: www.mathletics.co.nz  Remember that your username and password are in your notebook.  Have fun!

Cafe Time

We made some magic menus in class, and decided that we needed a cafe to put them to the test.  We thought about the different jobs in a cafe: cooks, waiters and waitresses, people to make coffee and tea, people to take the money, dishwashers, and customers.  Then we voted on a cafe name.  And the winning name was:
ROSETOWN CAFE!

Here are some pictures of our cafe in action (P.S. Thanks to Amelia and Grace for bringing all their cafe equipment in!) ...

Making Lemonade

We learnt a poem in class called "Lemons".  We like the poem so much we thought we'd better make Lemonade ourselves!  We took lots of photos so I made them into a little movie.  Enjoy!

School Song for this Friday - Fireflies

Whole School Assembly is this Friday and the school songs are Scooby Do and Fireflies.  Here is the music version and the karaoke version ... so a final few days to practice!

Making Honey Crackles - Snap! Crackle! Pop!

This  term our unit is "Food Glorious Food" - we are looking at procedural writing and food technology.  Combining these we decided to make rice bubble slice ... or "Honey Crackles" - the new Room 8 name for it!  After taking lots of photos, we decided to use them to make a movie explaining what we did.  And here it is!  We thought it tasted super yummy!!

Brodie's Home Learning Challenge

Brodie has been busy at home with his home learning challenge. Here is an awesome little movie he made about his cars, with help from his Mum!

Dolphins Blowing Bubbles

Finn emailed me the link to a cool youtube clip of dolphins blowing bubbles.  They are so clever - I wish I could do it!  Here is the clip:

Island Bay Marine Education Centre

Today we had an awesome trip to the Island Bay Marine Education Centre.  Someone must have done a sun dance for us, because the weather was gorgeous (maybe a little bit chilly but that's ok!).  Victor & Judy at the Centre were fantastic, showing us some awesome sea creatures - both in the rock pools outside and inside "the bait house".  Check out their website: http://www.octopus.org.nz/ They have open days on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month - definitely worth a visit again.  We got to touch heaps of starfish, sea cucumbers, crabs and lots more.  We also got to feed the fish and the turtles.  Here are some pictures of the day ...

There was a sneaky wee octopus there too who decided to move from one tank to another by squeezing through a hole.  The hole was tiny, about the size of your fist.  We'd seen it on you tube clips, but it was cool to see it for ourselves.  He can squeeze through the hole because octopus don't have bones.  Check out the video I took of it ...

Argh - Dress Like a Pirate Day!

Argh me hearties ... On Friday Kowhai Syndicate had "Dress Like A Pirate" Day ... and there were plenty of dastardly looking pirates out there!  Those landlubbers were all a mite scared!  We sung a song at assembly, made pirate flags, drew treasure maps and munched our lunch on the 'poop deck' (otherwise known as the verandah!  It was a great day me hearties ... check out these pics ...

Cross Country Results

Last Thursday we finally got to hold the Year 1-3 cross country, and all of Room 8 were fantastic!  Everyone tried their best, and it was awesome to see the big smiles on everyone's faces coming through the finish line.  Some of our class got places too:

Year 1 Boys: 4th - Tom, 5th - Troy

Year 1 Girls: 3rd - Marae

Here's some pics of the Room 8 superstars!

Rock Pool Trip is on!!!

Fingers crossed we are all go tomorrow (Thursday 10th June) for the trip down to the Plimmerton Beach rock pools by the Fire Station.  Do a sun dance tonight before you go to bed!!  We will go at 10.50am with Room 20 and Room 6.

Year 1-3 Cross Country

We are going to try for Wednesday at 9.10am to run the Year 1-3 Cross Country.  Fingers crossed for the weather!  Check the school website www.plimmerton.school.nz to see whether it is on or not in the morning.  We will be having a practice tomorrow (Tuesday) - so wear good running shoes.

Rock Pool Trip - Tuesday 8th June

Hiya!

Remember that we've got our Rock Pool trip coming up on the 8th June.  It's the first day back after  Queens Birthday weekend - so make sure you don't forget!  There's a few of you who haven't brought their permission slips back yet - get them in quick!

You should wear good shoes for walking over rocks, a warm jacket and a hat.  It's going to be great ... I wonder what we'll find!

Learning to Count to 10 in Te Reo Maori

In class this term we've been learning to count to 10 in Te Reo Maori.  We decided to make a movie with Room 9 to help us practice at home counting.  This is one of our Homework Challenges - so practice, practice, practice and you can get it signed off!

School Disco!

Here's a pic from Amanda (Finn's Mum) of Robyn, Grace, Amelia, Finn & Tom at the disco.  It looks like it was a fun night!  I did a "little" doctoring of the photo on www.picnik.com.

The Blue Whale - Awesome Video

We have been learning about Whales this week ... and we watched this awesome video on Blue Whales by David Attenborough.  Did you know that Blue Whales are the largest animal in the world?

New School Song - Love of the Common People

Our new school song is "Love of the Common People" by Paul Young.    Check out the you tube clip below - practice, practice, practice!  It starts at about 30 seconds in.  The other song is Individuality.

Finn's Holiday Pics at the Pet Porpoise Pool

Finn went to Australia with his family and visited the Pet Porpoise Pool in Coffs Harbour.  They took some awesome photos ... check them out.  One of the photos is of a seal putting rubbish in the bin.  One of the staff at Porpoise World said to make sure everyone knows that: "The biggest threat to sea life is made by humans.  We pollute the water ways with chemicals (such as oil and detergent) and rubbish (such as plastic bags and fishing lines)."  So DON'T LITTER!!

Red Hat Thinking - I felt happy ...

We have been looking at the different Thinking Hats - and wrote about a time in the holidays when we felt happy.  This used our Red Hat Thinking.  Here are our stories ...

I felt happy when I catched butterflies because I liked to catch butterflies.  I liked it because it was fun.

By Tom

I felt happy when I watched Alice in Wonderland.  It was fun.  I loved Alice in Wonderland.

By Nicole

I feel happy when I play with my toys and it is fun.

By Brodie

I went in my pool.  I went with Mum and me Emily.

By Emily

I felt happy when I like swimming.

By Robyn

I was happy in the holidays at Easter.

By Amelia

I love my ball because my Mum bought it for me.  I love it and I love my Mum.  I love it because it is a Warriors ball.

By Marae

I felt happy when I went on the mountain.  I got a lolly.

By Grace

I felt happy when I bought two cars.

By Adam

 

New School Website!

Have you checked out our new school website?? It is pretty awesome ... and has lots of cool things.  Go to www.plimmerton.school.nz  This is the front page:

School Song for Week 3 Assembly - Individuality

Here is a link to a movie of one of our school songs for the week 3 Whole School Assembly: Individuality. Watch it, practice it, sing it lots! The other school song is "The Irish Song" from Term 1.

An Octopus Steals My Video Camera!

Tom brought in for news a newspaper article about Victor Huang who went diving in Wellington and we watched the youtube movie of it. We thought it was pretty awesome - what a cheeky octopus! Here is the movie

Our Personal Portraits in the style of Amedeo Modigliani

We drew pictures of ourselves.  They are based on the European artist Amedeo Modigliani, using pastel and dye.  Amedeo Modigliani was famous for his elongated and elegant portraits, painted in Paris back in the early 1900s. The heads and necks were long and narrow, giving his subjects a very graceful look.

Room 8 Write a Story

Today we became online authors at www.storybird.com.  We made up a story using some silly pictures, and we think our story is pretty cool.  Check it out ... if you have trouble seeing all the writing, view it in full screen.  Enjoy!

 The Falling Cake Accident on Storybird

Room 8's first movie!

Over the past few weeks we have been talking about what each of us are good at.  We decided to make a movie about it, to share with everyone our thoughts!  We showed it at School Assembly today, and it was pretty awesome!  Check it out, and please post a comment to tell us what you think ...

Kowhai Syndicate Camborne Walk

It was a gorgeous day for the Kowhai Syndicate Camborne Walk.  We had lots of fun walking through the bush and along the Pauatahanui Inlet to the beach near Paremata Bridge.  After munching on our lunch we played a few running races, then had some games such as a treasure hunt and sandcastle building.  Finally it was time for the walk back to the car - there were a few tired people!  Thanks to all the parents who came and helped on the day.  Here are some pics from our class.

Camborne Walk this Wednesday

Don't forget Kowhai Syndicate are going on the Camborne Walk this Wednesday. Remember to bring - a packed lunch, your drink bottle, your sunhat, sunscreen, a warm top, raincoat, a change of clothes, and a small towel - all in your school bag.

It should be a great day!

Counting to 100: Bang the Drum

I found this video on an American school blog: The Skinny.  It's a good way for us to practise counting to 100 ... and I know how you all love to do that!  Watch it with your parents ... its cool!

School Song for Assembly this Friday

 Here is one of our school songs for Assembly this week - Mama Mia by Abba.

How does Room 8 get to School?

We have been learning about different types of ways to graph information in Maths.  Last week we looked at how Room 8 got to school.  We made a block graph - here are our results.  It was a rainy day so maybe that's why so many of us came to school by car!

Welcome to Room 8!

Hi!

Welcome to the blog for Room 8.  I can't wait to share some of our work on the blog throughout the year.  We have 10 in our class so far ... and we're having lots of fun.  Check in regularly to see what we've been up too!

Katie