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!