Room18'sLearningJourney

2011-04-07T14:14:00.002+12:00

We went totara reserve in pohangina. We went to the river and made boats out of flax and sticks. Seth's dad launched them into the river.
Joshua

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This is my boat i made it myself. It was easy.

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Savannah and Charlotte are holding our stink bug called Steve. This photo was taken at the river

By Savannah

2011-04-06T11:13:00.002+12:00

This is Savannah and I holding the stink bug that we found. We named it Steve.

camp - first persuasion

2011-03-15T11:18:00.006+13:00

We think children should go on camp because we might learn stuff that we don't know which would be great fun

Secondly we can get to know people better which means we make new friends.

Thirdly there's fun stuff to do and which we would love it there.

We could also go glow worming which would be a new experience for some of us.

Therefore we think we should go to camp because it will be fun doing all these activities.

SO LET US GO TO CAMP

By Savannah and Olivia

CAMP -Our first persuasion

2011-03-15T11:15:00.005+13:00

I think that children should go on camp because we can do lots of really fun activities which means we can learn new things that we did not know.

Secondly we can get to know other people, which will be good because activities might be more interesting.

Another reason is there are new places to go which means we can explore.

Also we can go glow worming which will be a good experience for all of us.

Therefore I think that children should go on camp because we can learn, get to know people and get a good experience. So please let us go to camp.

By Brianna & Charlotte

Carlos reading

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Destiny Reading

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SWIMMING 2011

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And to think I saw it on Lytton Street!

2011-03-04T11:58:00.002+13:00

Over the last few weeks Room 18 have been working on creating our own stories, based around TO think I saw it on Mulberry Street.
Here are some of our stories! Enjoy reading...remember they are supposed to be silly, just like Dr Seuss!! Keep an eye out for the rest of our work.

We had to

- create a picture plan
- build onto each sentence
- have a noun, verb and adjective in our sentences
- try to use a linking sentence between, such as It can be better than that

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...  
A car going to park.
A truck going to help a car.
An ice cream car stopping in the street.
A cereal box lying on the ground.
The big cereal box getting carried away. But wait, that’s no good. I can see nuts popping out of the box.
Hi Mum, all I saw today was a car going to park in a parking spot.

By Destiny

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...

A big fat old truck on the road.
A big fat old truck with a a trailer on the back.
But wait...what about a loud radio singing?

Well, that’s a bit boring! How about a horn on the top.

It can be better than that! Some boosters on the back of the truck.
It can be better that that though. A big fat old truck on the road.

When I got home when Mum asked me what I had seen on the way to school all I said was “I saw was a big fat truck.”

By Ethan

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...

A car driving down the street.
A car doing skids , no wait suddenly the car crashed and it caught on fire. A banana fireman came to put out the fire and a man came too.

No but wait...I can see an elephant walking down the road.

Hold on..what about an elephant walking down the road, towing with a carriage on the back, covered with spaghetti and the people diving into the spaghetti.

No that’s too boring, what about it started to raining chocolate and marshmellows!!
Now that is cool!

When I got home when Mum asked me what I had seen on the way to school all I said was  “A car driving down the street.”

By Iuean

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...

A dog walking on the street. Naa.. not that. A strong dog. Wait, a deadly dog! Don’t that though. How about a dog chasing a cat. Do you like that? I want a monster dog in war. That’s boring. A crazy dog with a knife gun.
But when I got home “Hey Dad, all I saw was a dog walking on the street.”

By Zachary

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...

I saw a puppy on a lead on a road.
Oh no! A pink puppy pulling a truck.
Oh no , a pink puppy pulling a truck and with a booster on her back and a balloon.
But wait...what about a pink puppy pulling a truck and a balloon with a monkey on top.
But wait...that’s boring. A pink leopard pulling a truck with a monkey on top and a big ice cream.
When I got home when Mum asked me what I had seen on the way to school all I said was
“ I only saw a puppy.”

By Meagan

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...

A puppy running down the road. It can better than that.
I saw a ginger puppy with a blue truck behind it. But wait...what about a rainbow monkey behind the truck and playing upside down? Oh that’s a bit boring.
What about a bat adding a blue hat on the top of the truck? I can add more than that. What about a twirl on top of the hat going around and around? It can be way better than that. What about a ear beside the twirl. That’s odd. Let’s have an ear going up and down on the the twirl. Next I could have a monkey swinging off a piece of wood.

But when I get home all I say to Dad “All I saw today was a puppy running down the street.”  
By Jaimee

And to think that I saw it on Lytton Street...

A wagon with a horse dragging its legs along the road. Oh wait on a second there is a zooming bee that wants to sting me...nah..that’s odd.

Hold on, what about a cat chasing behind the wagon and trying to catch up. How about a cat with a hat or a cat with a hat with a lamp on top? Now that the better sentence you ever bet!

So when I get home all I say to Dad is “All I saw was a wagon with a house.”

By Saturn Rose

More Dr Seuss Work

2011-03-04T11:56:00.002+13:00

Emma and Joshua have created a comic life about Dr Seuss. Well done !

SWIMMING GOALS

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OLIVIA: Working on my distance, being able to go further
I can do this now, next time I need to keep my body straight
FRANCIS: To go faster down the length
I can do this, next time I need to concentrate on my breathing
CHRISTOPHER: To learn how to do backstroke
I need to still on this next term
BRANDON: To use my arms and legs
I need to still need to work on this
LIAM: To get better at my kicking
JOEL: To get better at breathing when I'm doing freestyle
I can do this now, I still to work on it.
SETH: To take a breath when swimming
I still need to work on this next term
JAIMEE: To breath correctly
I can do this, I need to work on keeping my legs off the bottom
MEIGHAN: To breath correctly, with my ear in the water
I can do this, but I need to do this consistently
MISTY: To use correct technique for my breathing and backstroke
I still need to work on it
ETHAN: To go faster in my backstroke
I can do this , next term I want to keep my body straight
IUEAN: to use my arms on my front
I can do this, next time I want to get better at using my arms, and getting into the big pool
CARLOS: to get my feet off the bottom
I can get them a little way off the bottom, but I still need to work on it.
EMILEE: To breath correctly, to hold my breath underwater
I can do this sometimes, but need to do it all the time
CHARLOTTE: To improve my breathing
I can do this, but now I need to go faster
MEG: To get down the whole length
I can do this! Next term I need to work on speed
EMMA: To work on my breathing
I need to continue to work on my breathing
CONNOR: To go faster in my backstroke, by kicking faster
I can do this, for next term I need to keep my body straight
ZACHARY: My breathing in freestyle, improve my backstroke
I can do this, but next term I need to continue to work at this
BRIANNA: To dive in and then swim off
I can do this, next term I need to work on my head position
SATURN ROSE: To improve my kicking in my backstroke
I can do this, and now I need to keep my body straight
SAVANNAH: Diving
I need to keep working at this
JUSTIN: Holding my breath for longer underwater
I can do this, next time I need to work on using my arms properly
DESTINY: To keep my head down when doing freestyle
I still need to work on this next term
JOSHUA: To get feet off the bottom without a flutterboard
I need to do this
RHYLEE: For next term I would like to get across the pool, without a flutterboard
JOSHUA: For next term I would like to work on my breathing
SAM: I would like to get better at my backstroke.

Dr Seuss Comic Life

2011-02-22T08:44:00.003+13:00

We have been learning about how Dr Seuss contributed to our society. Here is some information we found out about Dr Seuss
- Charlotte and Brianna

The Lorax

2011-02-15T08:41:00.001+13:00

Room 18 have been doing art around the Lorax. Heres what we had to do:
First we had to paint our paper. Then cut and glue on our coloured grass.
After that we had to draw our tree in chalk then paint it.
Then we drew our Lorax on white paper and painted it light or dark brown.
We cut it out and glued it on and then we had finished!

This is our collage of our work!

We are learning to work with others

2011-02-07T12:12:00.002+13:00

In the first 3 days of school we focused on the Habit of Mind: Working with Others.
Here are our photos to show what Working with Others Looks Like. We worked in a group and had to somehow show the class what we thought Working With Others would look like. We then had to explain it. Here are our photos - how do you think we went?

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Welcome to all the children and parents of Room 18 for 2011. We look forward to having an exciting year, with lots planned. Please keep looking at our blog and responding! We love it when people make posts for us and comment on our work.

End of 2010

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Thank you to all the children who have contributed towards this blog during 2010. All the work will stay on this blog and a new year will begin with a new group of children. Keep up with our posts!

Mrs Waterland

Work from 2010!

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Fact Finding

2010-10-26T09:53:00.002+13:00

This morning we had a little bit of time to see what facts we could find out about plant eating dinosaurs or the Brontosaurus. Here are some of them...can you add to them?

Brontosaurus became the most famous species of all time (Keisha)
The Seismosaurus actually means earthquake reptile (Brianna)
Brontosaurus was discovered in 1874 (Jolene)
Bronotosaurus name is Thunder Lizard (Jack/Joshua)
The name Brontosaurus is now called Apatosaurus (Joshua/Jack)
Brontosaurus had a tiny brain (Olivia/Savannah)
Brontosaurus had a 100year life span (Savannah/Olivia)
Plant eating dinosaurs did not chew food (charlotte)
Bronotosuarus is maybe related to the Loch Ness (Francis)

Dinosaur research

2010-10-19T10:12:00.002+13:00

This term we are learning to evaluate. We are looking at dinosaurs and fossils. We are thinking about how the earth changed so that Dinosaurs became extinct.
Today we used the computers to search out some interesting information to help us do this.
Here are some of our useful facts:

1. Dinosaurs had strong muscles to lift its heavy body (Jarrod)
2. T Rex is classed as a crocodile (Jolene/Lenique)
3. Loch Ness monster is real and its a dinosaur (Joshua/Ethan)
4. We think the Loch Ness monster is actually a family of dinosaurs (Cameron)
5. Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. (Kiana/Brianna)
6. Loch Ness monster is Scotish (Charlotte/Emma)
7. All ground dinosaurs have strong legs, even little ones (Lily)
8. Dinosaurs have changed over time (Francis)
9. There were lots of prehistoric creatures with names we can't pronounce (Savannah/Piper)
10. Loch Ness' nickname is Nessie (Keisha/Gabby)
11. We can go back 4.5 billion years for our earths history (Liam)
12. Some dinosaur legs are bigger than people (Jack)
13. There were 5 sightings of the Loch Ness monster when in 1933 (Tom)
14. People have taken fake photos of the Loch Ness monster (Riley)
15. The Loch Ness monster can be found in the Loch Ness Lake in Scotland (Haare)
16. A T Rex is a meat eater dinosaur (Kiana)
17. The Loch Ness monster was first sited in 1534 (Cameron)

So we need to evaluate do we think the Loch Ness monster is real? Does it still exist?
What do you think?

Production

2010-09-22T12:24:00.002+12:00

The children all worked extremely hard at production time. They looked fantastic dressed up as Buzzy Bees and all that were involved thoroughly enjoyed it. The children were able to move in time, stay in their group, remember their moves and just generally had fun. It was great fun to work with Room 1 and help out the junior children. I was extremely proud of all the children and the effort, time and dedication they bought to the performance. Well done Room 18! What a great show!
Mrs Waterland

Our Production!

2010-09-22T11:43:00.001+12:00

What a fantastic 3 performances we had!

Learning how to animate kidpix

2010-09-01T14:25:00.003+12:00

Yesterday we learnt with Mrs Armstrong Lush how to animate our kidpix work.
We worked really hard and managed to almost produce a whole retell of the story The Lion and the Mouse.
Today we had the laptops and we had to describe one of the characters or the setting from the story "The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe." We could chose to do it anyway we liked. Mrs Waterland said to try to animate it if we wanted to.

Here is one of animations...thanks to Savannah and Gaby. Well done guys!!

Giraffe poem

2010-08-18T11:01:00.000+12:00

We made up our own giraffe poem, based around our poem of the week - Elephants. Here it is!

Giraffes!

Long rough tongues
Tall thin legs
Long length neck
Spotty smooth skin
Knobby knees
Huge hard hooves
Gangly giraffe
Could I learn from you?

By Room 18

WALT retell

2010-08-17T10:14:00.002+12:00

One reading group are getting better at understanding as they read. They had to retell the story "Crow and the Pitcher" Here is some of the work.

WALT build on our vocabulary knowledge

2010-08-17T10:02:00.002+12:00

2 reading groups are building up their vocabulary knowledge. Here is some of the work they have been doing around new words they have found in known Fables.

WALT be creative

2010-08-17T09:54:00.005+12:00

We have been reading fables. We read The Crow and the Pitcher and it had lots of diagrams in it to solve the Crows problem of getting water out of the Pitcher. We then had to take a fable and design a diagram around it.

Here is some of our work:

Retelling

2010-08-10T10:25:00.002+12:00

Savannah and Gaby have been learnign to retell the story. Here is their retell of Monkey buys Trouble.

WALT find new words

2010-08-10T10:21:00.001+12:00

this is Tommy, Joshua and Tom's new vocab work that they completed today.

Tyrone's Retelling

2010-08-10T10:16:00.002+12:00

Tyrone is learning to retell the story. Here is his picture

iron Brion

2010-08-09T12:13:00.004+12:00

Today room18 went to the hall to see iron Brion. We played memory games and had a dance battle with prizes. We learnt that iron is a mineral. Red meat has lots of vitamin c and we got yummy hamburgers at the END.

BY SAVANNAH & PIPER

Cameron's Fable

2010-08-03T12:07:00.003+12:00

We are learning to narrate.
We have written our own fable. Here is one of them. Thanks Cameron for sharing.
Can you work out the moral or message?

One extremely foggy night a mother kiwi was protecting her eggs, when suddenly she heard something in the bus. She went closer to investigate but she did not realise that it came from teh other side of the bush!

Then suddenly out popped a possum. It grabbed one of the kiwis eggs as fast as a bolt of lightning! The chase was on!

Kiwi quickly turned just in time to see the possum disappear into the bush. Kiwi zipped into the bush hot on possum's tail! Finally the possum was cornered.

"Give back my baby!" said the Kiwi.
"You can have if if you win a death race!" said the Possum.
"How do I now you won't eat the egg?" asked the Kiwi.
"We will both leave the eggs here," said the Possum.
"OK, You're on!" shouted the Kiwi.

The next day Kiwi and Possum met up. Possum said " Ok, first we will submarine to the bottom of Marinas trench, and then we will surface. Next we will go to the beach. Then we will dune buggy up a ramp, through a firey hoop and return to the start."

"Ok,' answered the Kiwil

Finally it was time to start the race.
"All contestants to the start," said the announcer. But what Kiwi didn't realise was that the possum had drilled a hole into the Kiwis sub. But the possum got into the wrong sub! Halfway to the marinas trench Possums sub sank. "Curse you Kiwi!" were his last words.
"I guess I win the race," smiled Kiwi.

When Kiwi got to the shore Kiwi got her eggs back.

The moral: Don't do bad deeds - they do you no good.

By Cameron

Fables

2010-08-03T12:03:00.003+12:00

We have been reading The Hare and the Tortoise, and The Boy who cried Wolf.

We then had to either compare and contrast, retell the main points or look at it from another point of view. Here is some of our work.

T3 oral language: Narrating poems

2010-07-27T09:31:00.005+12:00

This term we are learning to narrate a poem. This is the Success Criteria we came up with.
Success criteria:
- Practice our poem
- Speak clearly
- Look at our audience
- Speak at a good pace
- Use expression to make it interesting
- Use some good movements

We are then practicing in our class and then putting them onto photo booth, to then upload onto our own individual blogs.
Here is one we are going to share from Brianna - she was first!

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we are learning to be creative

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Creativity By Lily And Piper

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More Teeth

2010-06-21T14:37:00.002+12:00

Thanks Olivia and Jolene! Great picture :)
Thanks to Piper as well.

Learning to appreciate our teeth

2010-06-21T14:33:00.001+12:00

Today we had a teeth day - we got given brushes and toothpaste. We then created a poster promoting good teeth care. In the afternoon we watched a movie about teeth and taking care of our teeth. Some of the children then drew a picture using kidpix. Thanks Savannah and Gabby! A great picture!

Animal reports

2010-06-21T14:28:00.003+12:00

We have been learning to inform others. We chose to find some information on animals and then write a short animal report. Here are some of our stories. We hope we have achieved our learning intention of informing - do you know more about these animals now?

BENGAL TIGER

A Bengal Tiger is the biggest of the cat family. It is an endangered species.

The Bengal Tiger is located in India, parts of China and also lives in Bangladesh in grasslands and forests.

A Bengal Tiger is usually orange and black. Sometimes they are white and black. Their height is normally 2 metres or more.

The Bengal Tigers prey includes monkeys, wild pigs and guar. Their favourite prey is Chital and Sambar.

To mark the Bengal Tigers territory the Bengal Tiger walks in circles and urinates. A Bengal Tigers roar can be hear 2 miles away.

A trained Bengal Tiger would be an excellent pet if it obeyed you. Its fur is used for materials.

By Cameron

SNAKES

The snake family is in the reptile family. Snakes are very long.

Snakes live in trees and in hot places.

They eat meat, like mice and frogs.

Snakes do not have ears but they can still hear.

Snakes catch their food by killing it with their teeth and crushing it too.

Snakes have very good eyesight which help them find animal for food.

Some snakes have poison called venom which they use to kill their food.

I would not like a pet snake because it would kill me. . I would only want to see a snake in the zoo.

By Ethan

BUTTERFLIES

Butterflies are in the insect family.

These insects are located anywhere in the whole wide world.

They have antenna, a head, and legs, 2 pairs of wings and they can be different shapes and sizes.

Butterflies lay eggs on swan plants. They hatch into lavae. They eat the leaves to dissolve into a pupa, then they hatch into an adult.

They can fly and spread their wings.

Butterflies eat nectar from plants.

By Emma

PENGUINS

The penguin is a good swimmer. They are in the bird family.

These birds live in the sea and in the Artic. They stay in groups.

They eat fish, squid and shrimp. They also eat krill and prawns. All of the mums go fishing. When the mother gets back they give the fish to the babies and the father.

Penguins are good at diving in the water. They like to slide on their tummies.

Penguin feathers are waterproof. They have black and white feathers. The penguin has wings but they do not use them.

Penguins would be a good pet if you like to go diving.

By Brianna

SNAKES

Snakes are part of the reptile family. Snakes are poisonous.

Snakes can live in New Zealand in the zoos. Snakes live in hot places.

Snakes eat worms and rats. Snakes do not chew, they swallow their food whole.

Some snakes are wet and some are dry. Snakes have no legs.

Snakes are amazing hunters. They can feel the vibrations of their prey. Snakes can spray venom in people’s eyes and blind them. Snakes slither on their tummies.

Baby snakes come from eggs. When they are born they are small.

Snakes are part of the reptile family. Snakes are dangerous.

By Jack

GIRAFFES

Giraffes are the tallest mammals that live in the wilderness. Giraffes live on African grasslands. They live in small herds.

Giraffes are brown and white and have ears and eyes. Giraffes are unusual because they have blue tongues. Giraffes have the longest neck and legs of any animal.

Giraffes walk around and eat, run, sleep and kill predators. They can run up to 56 kilometres an hour!

Giraffes eat twigs, leaves, plants and trees in the wilderness.

Baby giraffes are born from their mothers. Giraffe’s usually only give birth to one baby at a time. Baby giraffes are called calves. A baby giraffe is two meters tall.

Giraffes are the tallest animals on earth. I wouldn’t like to have a pet giraffe because it wouldn’t fit in my house.

By Joshua

BUMBLE BEES

Bees are in the insect family and they are very little with little wings too.

Bees can live in a hive, bee shacks and trees. Bees live in most parts of the world, except the Artic and Antartica.

They eat nectar and pollen and honey too. The honey goes in little holes in the hive.

The Queen Bee lays the eggs in small holes with wax in it. Then the egg hatches into larva and larva changes into a pupa. Then pupa changes into an adult bee.

Bees gather pollen and when they find pollen the do a little dance and then they work to make the honey.

A bee must visit over 4000 flowers to collect enough nectar to make one tablespoon of honey.

Bees are insects and they a little prickle called a sting. Some people are allergic to them and can die if they are stung.

By Piper

ANZAC WORK

2010-06-15T14:43:00.002+12:00

We made care package to show our appreciation for people. We thought that if we were fighting in the war we would appreciate these items. Watch our movies to find out some of our things.

ART APPRECIATION

2010-06-08T07:56:00.003+12:00

We have been learning to appreciate different artists. We looked at Georgia O'Keefe and then did some art work that was like her art work. Here are some examples

Tyrone playing his ukulele

2010-06-04T14:15:00.002+12:00

Twice a year the Senior Stars are involved in clubs.

This is Tyrone playing his ukulele. He was so proud of what he achieved!

Assembly

2010-05-31T08:59:00.002+12:00

Last Friday Room 18 had the pleasure of sharing their lovely art work with the whole school. We are really proud of what we have achieved with our art work.

Finding Information

2010-05-31T08:41:00.002+12:00

Kiwi group has been learning to find information and facts around beekeepers. We had to design and present the information any way we wanted to. Kiana and Piper presented theirs as a poster. Here is our poster.

Reporting

2010-05-07T08:42:00.002+12:00

Tui reading group have been practicing summarising text, in order to inform others. Here is their second take of their movie. They did an awesome job, figuring out how to use imovie independently. Tui group compared and contrasted their first movie and decided the second take was better.

Enjoy learning about some creepy killers

Tui Group

Glogster - this is your challenge for this term

2010-04-12T19:36:00.000+12:00

More Bird Feeder Ideas

2010-03-31T11:46:00.003+13:00

Have a look...have a go...did it work?

Bird Feeders

2010-03-29T14:19:00.004+13:00

We were very successful at making our bird feeders. Here are some ideas you could try at home! By Hollie and Gabby

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What have we learnt this term?

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More Reflections

2010-03-25T21:33:00.003+13:00

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We have been focusing on Problem Solving all term. Here are some of our reflections on our strategies that we have learnt to use.

2010-03-16T21:02:00.006+13:00

Room 18 have been learning to entertain others. We wrote narratives for junior children. We then created our stories into a book. We based our story around the Gingerbread Man. We wrote our story from the point of view of the fox. Keep an eye out for our fantastic work over the next few days :)

I am learning to entertain others : By Charlotte

2010-03-16T14:04:00.002+13:00

This is my narrative about Mr Fox. Read, enjoy and leave a comment

Swimming Goals

2010-03-07T15:35:00.001+13:00

We return to the pool this week for our last week of swimming instruction until Term 4. Here are our goals we are working on:

Jarrod: Swinging my feet when diving : I am going to work on this in Term 4

Jack: Breathing with freestyle: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to try to swim faster
Gabby: Breathing on my back: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to swim a length without getting tired
Joshua: Keeping his eyes open, watching where I’m swimming: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to work on getting my arms straighter
Hollie: Keeping my body straight in freestyle: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to work on making my arms going faster
Keisha: Swimming the whole width without stopping: I can do this on my back, in Term 4 I am going to aim to get right across
Piper: Breathing on my back: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to work on going faster and work on not getting water up my nose in backstroke
Emma: In backstroke keeping my legs together: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to do better freestyle
Kiana: Trying to not sink: I achieved this, in Term 4 I am going to practice my breathing when doing freestyle
Brianna: Faster with the 200m challenge: I almost achieved this, I am going to work on this in Term 4
Charlotte: Keeping my arms out of the water in freestyle: I achieved this. I am going to work on swimming across the pool without stopping.
Lily: Working on my breathing in freestyle, I achieved this. In Term 4 I am going to work on my backstroke
Jolene: Diving – going across the pool: I achieved this. In Term 4 I want to be able to swim 100m.
Tom: Being more confident to put my head under. I achieved this. In Term 4 I want to swim a whole width without stopping
Savannah: Working on my breathing in freestyle: I achieved this. In Term 4 I want to swim faster.
Olivia: Keeping my legs straight when kicking. I achieved this, I am now going to work on keeping my body straight.
Riley: Diving – keep my head down. I did this, In Term 4 I want to be able to keep my legs straight
Francis: Keep afloat with my starfish on my back. I can do this. I want to be able to swim a 100m.
Luka: Swimming straight in backstroke. I was able to do this. I need to be able to swim faster 100m.
Tyrone: Backstroke – legs keeping straight. I will still need to do this.
Jared: Kicking and putting my head under. I will still need to work on this.
Ethan: Keeping afloat on my back. I still need to work on this in term 4.
Tommy: Diving out – not down. I still need to work on this in term 4.
Liam: Diving – keep my head down. I almost achieved this, i want to keep my legs straight.
Lenique: Diving – keep my head down – fingers go in before my feet. I achieved this. In Term 4 I am going to work on swimming 100m without stopping.
Cameron: Keeping my body long. I improved on this but I still need to work on it in Term 4.

Bird Feeders

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We have decided that we would like to see more birds outside our classroom. We decided that we should make some bird feeders.

We asked Mr Roberts (who is a bit of an expert) to come and talk to us. Mr Roberts came and showed us how he makes Bird Shacks. A bird shack is where birds can go in and build a nest. He showed us how he put the bird shacks together. Then we had a discussion around the types of food that birds would like:

Honey and Sugar Water
Mutton Fat
Bread – wholegrain bread because it has seeds in it
Seeds
Berries

We talked about what types of birdfeeders we could make.
Mr Roberts thought that a Pinecone one would be really good. We would have to dip the pinecone into fat, then put seeds on it. The birds can balance on the pinecone to eat.

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More adjectives

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WALT use adjectives

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PROMBLEM SOLVING

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on Friday the 7 we played a game

and we had to use our problem solving strategies. We had a group and we had to knot ourselves up and listen to each other, then we had to unknot ourselves without letting go. We had to work together. We had to take turns unknoting ourselves.

solving strategies

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We are learning to work as a group. Jarrod A We are learning to listen to ideas. Liam We are learning to persist. Emma

Our challenge was to get acros the Field in four hoops without falling out.

It was challenging

Term 1 Problem solving

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While we have been back at school we have made some art that was our name in a circle.We have also had Mrs Waterland come around and took photos of us.On the first day back we wrote stories about our holiday,but we could only choose one thing.

WELCOME TO 2010

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Welcome back everyone to another great year. We hope you enjoy reading about our adventures in Room 18 and all of our learning. This year we are really focusing on getting feedback from other people so please leave us as many comments as possible.

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Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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Send your own ElfYourself eCards

More sound pictures

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SOUND EVALUATION

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All term the children in Room 18 have been learning about sound. What makes sound, how we can recognise sound, interesting facts about sound. Our Global Learning Intention was " to investigate" and that is what we have done! Here is some fantastic work as a quick hour evaluation, using kidpix, to let their teacher (who has been out of the classroom a lot!) know what they now know or have found interesting. Well done Room 18. Great work.

Habits of Mind

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The children have been busy learning how to write their own posts, with a new login! Each blog group has been given challenges over the last few weeks - so please stick with us as we experiment.

I recently found a good movie about the Habits of Mind and what it means. I thought it would be useful for parents to view so they have a deeper understanding of what we are trying to achieve in the classroom with the children , and so as parents you are more aware of what the children mean. Please watch and talk to your children about the Habits they use frequently within the classroom. Please also give us some feedback on how useful you found it.

Blog busters

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We are learning to perform a play in front of an audience. jarrod We are learning to use a clear voice.tyrone We are learning to act out the words.chelsea

brainbusters

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w.a.l.t. performing a play

sucsess criteria

work with others

a clear voice

listen to the performers

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we are learning to preform a play

be clear
persist
know your script
eye contact

by the bloggers

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We are learning to perform a play.

our success criteria is. eye contact, know your script, expression, a clear voice, act out the words, work with others.

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We are learning to preform a play in front of an audience

Success criteria.

Look at your audience.

Use expression.

Be clear.

Work with others.

act out the words.

The Gunners

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we are learning to:perform a play infront of an audience

our success crieria is:

Have a clear voice, work with others, look at the audience, act out the words.

plays

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we are learning to preform a play in front of a audience

success criteria

Eye contact

A clear voice

Know the script

DX,play

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We are learning to perform a play. Success criteria for a play: speck clearly, persist, know your lines, don't just stand there, communicate, smile , don't put your book in front of you, practice.

amazing bloggers

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w.a.l.t preform a play in front of an audience

are success criteria is

practice

work with others

use a clear voice

know your script

use eye contact

listen

expression

act the word

create and innovate

preform a play

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we are learning to preform a play -know your script -speak clear -take part in the play -us actions -practise play

-create and innovate

what tommy and peter heard

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leaves, girls screaming,cars,metalramps,rain,voices,branches,doors,otherclasses,footsteps,mrs.wpen

What jack w heard

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I heard:

cars

wind

people yelling

trees

rustling leves

clock

cat purring

what i heard

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Kiana heard

cars

bath

clock

foot steps

cupboard door

next door neighbour

chiar being moved

What chelsea heard

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I heard:

cars

trucks

wind

trees blowing in the wind

rustling leaves

music

sounds

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In my room I can hear... the piano, my brothers, stomps,yelling, the computer, winging, anoyance and playing by cameron

Room18'sLearningJourney

More Mulberry Stories

camp - first persuasion

CAMP -Our first persuasion

Carlos reading

Destiny Reading

SWIMMING 2011

And to think I saw it on Lytton Street!

More Dr Seuss Work

SWIMMING GOALS

Dr Seuss Comic Life

The Lorax

We are learning to work with others

End of 2010

Work from 2010!

Fact Finding

Dinosaur research

Production

Our Production!

Learning how to animate kidpix

Giraffe poem

WALT retell

WALT build on our vocabulary knowledge

WALT be creative

Retelling

WALT find new words

Tyrone's Retelling

iron Brion

Cameron's Fable

Fables

T3 oral language: Narrating poems

More Teeth

Learning to appreciate our teeth

Animal reports

SNAKES

BUTTERFLIES

ANZAC WORK

ART APPRECIATION

Tyrone playing his ukulele

Assembly

Finding Information

Reporting

Glogster - this is your challenge for this term

More Bird Feeder Ideas

Bird Feeders

What have we learnt this term?

More Reflections

I am learning to entertain others : By Charlotte

Swimming Goals

Bird Feeders

More adjectives

WALT use adjectives

PROMBLEM SOLVING

solving strategies

Term 1 Problem solving

WELCOME TO 2010

More sound pictures

SOUND EVALUATION

Habits of Mind

Blog busters

brainbusters

by the bloggers

The Gunners

plays

DX,play

amazing bloggers

preform a play

what tommy and peter heard

What jack w heard

what i heard

What chelsea heard

sounds