Ocean Adventures and more!

Above is a photo of an eagle ray swimming with a black tip reef shark. The person who took this photo is a friend of Rory's family. He was swimming at Kicker Rock in the Galapagos Islands.

Below is a photo of Isla and her new kitten. Isla we are so happy that you now have another special kitten to love. His name is Batman and he likes to scratch his claws on the couch and chairs instead of his scratching board.

 

Also just a quick reminder about sports at the ASB Centre this Thursday. Please send a waterproof raincoat to school with your child as the weather is forcast for rain.

Thanks for your support!

Ka kite ano

Room 3

It's a day made for...

Good morning everybody,

Today we wrote poems starting with the line: It's a day made for...

It's a day made for jumping on the trampoline.
It's a day made for painting the house.
It's a day made for sunshine to play in the grass.
Samuel

It's a day for swimming and running and playing at the park.
It's a day for walking on the waterfront.
It's a day for playing.
I just wish I could do all these things every day.
Olivia

It's a day made for  patting sheep.
It's a day made for  diving down to the coral reef.
It's a day made for going to the zoo.
It's a day made for reading a book.called Loop the Loo.
Harvey

It's a day made for staying in and making invitations for your friends to come over and play and have fun!
It's a day made for having a nice walk to a toy shop and buying new toys for me!
It's a day for going to Junglerama and climbing to the top of the slide and having a good day!
Isla B

It's a day made for going to the park and playing tag.
It's a day made for going to the swimming pools.
It's a day made for going to Junglerama.
Paris

All Blacks vs Australia

Kia Ora,

We have two girls in our midst who were lucky enough to meet the All Black's captain at the rugby game recently.

Here we have Isla and Charlotte at the cake tin for the game.

 

Here is Isla with her cousin, Ritchie.

What a great photo Isla!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your weekend

Tena koutou katoa

We've had a fantastic day visiting the Museum of City and Sails.

Some of our favourite parts were watching the movie about the taniwhas' and Maui, especially when the taniwha's eye popped down from the ceiling. Philippa and Riley liked visiting the old ship store room filled with bales, smelly ropes, mice and sounds from when the first European settlers arrived in New Zealand from England. Benji particularly enjoyed it when he opened the curtain  of the porthole and saw a diver out the window! Marcel had fun finding the largest and smallest boats and we all loved touching the two Maori carvings; Maui and Kupe.

We also have some stories to share with you from this week. We had to choose a colour to write about and brainstorm all the things that we thought of when we thought about that colour. Then we had to add an adjective to the beginning and a verb to the end.

RED

Hot red fire flashing

Good red strawberries smell delicious

Shining red tomato, squidgy

Hard red apple, crunchy.

Paris

RED

My red heart pumping

Vampires red blood exploding

Mum’s red lips smiling

Tired red cheeks puffing

Six red roses dancing

Dad’s red tomatoes squishing.

Samuel

BROWN

Prickly brown bush blowing

Tall brown tree standing

Dark brown eyes looking

Smooth brown chocolate mixing

Big brown box stuck.

Oscar

BROWN

Crunchy brown dirt burrying

Fuzzy brown bear roaring

Beautiful brown eyes shimmering

Yummy brown chocolate melting

Long brown hair flying

Lovely brown horse galloping.

Isla B

SILVER

Sparling silver tin foil covering

Pretty silver moon looking

Glowing silver glow worms sleeping

Shimmering silver stars blinking

Soupey silver pots boiling

Dress-up silver jewellery on me!

Olivia

BLUE

Light blue sky floating

Deep blue waves splashing

Sweet blue berries falling

Little blue birds flying.

Theo

YELLOW

Fijian yellow fish swimming

Sour yellow lemon growing

Ripe yellow banana falling

Many yellow flowers swaying.

Junaid

SILVER

Big silver moon rising

Jagged silver metal shining

Creaking silver door handle turning

Shining silver armour glimmering

Benji

RED

Hot red fire flashing

Juicy red apple, crunchy

Bright red lipstick shines

Lovely red roses, small

shiny red diamonds, special

Amelia

GREEN

Sparkly green frog hopping

Shimmering green leaf falling

Glistering green grapes blowing

Fun green eyes glowing

Long green seaweed dancing

Cool green trees falling.

Isla M

GREEN

Ultimate green light savers swishing

Long green grass swaying

Flying green leaves falling

Tasty green apples swinging

Two green eyes sparkling

Deep green jungle alive.

Hector

RED

Big red fire climbing

Sparkling red throne sitting

Rosy red apples, juicy

Shining red ferrari racing

Wet red rocks shimmer.

Marcel

PINK

Hairy pink pig oinking

Pretty pink princess dancing

Little pink baby crying

My pink lips smiling.

Delaney

 GREEN

Moving green frogs eating

Crunchy green leaves falling

Soft green grass blowing

Shimmering green paper fluttering

Smart green parrots talking. 

Riley

WHITE

Blank white eyes lovely

Flapping white flag flat

lonely white rubbish bins watching

Sailing white boats bristling

Quack quack white goose flapping.

Philippa

RED

Hot red fire flashing

Juicy red apple, crunchy

Bright red lipstick shines

Lovely red roses smell

Shiny red diamonds sparkle

Floppy red hair falls.

 

Charlotte

BROWN

Dig brown soil up

Shiny brown eyes shimmering

Fun brown hair plaited

Cool brown shoes bought

Sparkly brown gate open

Glittery brown glasses paid for.

Amelia

PURPLE

Light purple scarf blowing

Above, purple kites flying

Fallen purple flowers, still

Purple shoes outside.

Caitlin

 

Storytime...

Aye, aye shipmates!

Our Sea Adventures enquiry topic is going really well. At the moment we are organising a trip to the Maritime Museum. I will be sending home a permission slip with all the details about it in the next couple of days.

Today in Writing, we were working on using speech marks and a simile.  Hector has done a fabulous job with his story, below.

The other night I zapped to my friends house...well actually, my cousin's house. We watched Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Then it was hometime. I said, "Goodbye Aunty Eva." And we disappeared off into the dark. The night was as warm as a blanket.
By Hector

Tomorrow we are off to the ASB Centre again so please remember to wear the appropriate footwear and clothing so you can run around easily and not trip over. We are all very excited about playing Floor Ball!

Room 6 are selling cupcakes for 50 cents each on Monday. There is a limit of two per person. If you would like one, please remember to to bring along your money.

Please come into our classroom and see our Enquiry display. The children have been working so hard at making bright and colourful under water dioramas, full of fish, seaweed, shells, rocks, sharks, starfish, whales, mermaids and more.

Have a great day.

Ka kite ano from Room 3

Story time

Kia Ora everyone,

Today we are going to share some stories.

I looked on Max's PSP. I looked and looked and looked. By Rory

In the holidays I went to New Plymouth. I was afraid to go down the hydro slide. My whole body was frozen. Then I went down the hydro slide. By Theo

My cousin plays hockey. There's lots of people playing too. I love my cousin. She's the best at hockey. She always gets goals. Sometimes the other team gets goals, but I like my cousin's team best. By Delaney

A long, long time ago I was scared to go down a dark, dark water slide. I figured out it was fun after I went down. Paris

A woman was surfing on a board. A dophin was tired going up and down. A big wave came up into the air and down again. The sun rose and it shimmered onto the waves like the moon was sparkling on them. Caitlin

My body was shaking. I was frozen. Then I looked at the sea. I said to myself, "Okay, I'll do it". And I did. My father was very proud. "It's getting very late", my father called out so I got out and we went home. Hector

Kia Ora

Kia Ora everyone,

Today we travelled to the library and we talked to Ottarly, for the first time, about how we find books. We learnt that the letters on the spine of fiction books come from the author's last name. We also learnt that the numbers on non fiction books are from the dewy decimal system.

We didn't loose anyone along the way on our brisk walk because we were holding hands. Thanks Megan, for lending us a helping hand on our trip.

We'd all like to tell you that our reading is going very well and in our writing we are doing extremely awesome work. We especially like "show, don't tell".

Have a lovely day.

By Room Three