96th days at School!

Today we have been at school for 96 days!

Every day we count how many days we've been at school. Then we count in 1s, 2's, 5's, 10's, adding 10s or odd numbers to get to the number of days we've had at school.

Today was the 96th day of school. Take a look at the video below to hear us singing our Days of School song. We are going to have a celebration when we reach 100 days of school

The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Retelling

WALT retell a story.

Today we had an experiment and used some new features on our interactive whiteboard (IWB).
We used the video function and some pictures to help us retell an Aesop's Fable we have learned about this week. It is our very first attempt so isn't perfect, but please turn your speakers right up, listen carefully and enjoy!



Well done George N and Pete! You worked so well together to retell the fable of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Next time we'll try it with a big microphone so people can hear you better!

A Visit from Kath Bee

Today Kath Bee came to our school to play to the Junior Choir. Kath Bee is a singer and songwriter.She plays songs for children.

Some of the songs she wrote are:

• Dragons under my bed,
• Individuality
• Seasons
• Save the Planet
• Dad I want to be a Camel

First we sang the "Hello" song. George from our class got to go up and say the greeting "Ciao" from Italy. Next we sang one of her best songs Dragons under my bed. We did some actions too. We also sang Individuality. Kath split our group in half and we sang one line each. Some of the older children did some actions up the front. Jessie was chosen to go up and do actions for the song Dad I want to be a Camel. She did lots of Egyptian camel and animal actions. Pete went up the front to help sing "Save the Planet". He held up a sign saying "recycle". To finish we sang a goodbye song.

We thought Kath Bee's visit was fantastic because it was really fun. She came to do the workshop with us to teach us singing. She came because we sang some of her songs at the Magical Stars Choir Concert.

Shared writing by Room 9

Pete's Big Win!

We have been playing "Who Wants to be a Mathionaire" in the mornings before school. You have maths questions and you have to try and get the maths answers correct. Every time you get a question right you get money. I have been playing lots and lots. Now I have got to the top level. I got all the questions right and I got the million dollar cheque!

By Pete

You can play the basic level of the addition game here to see if you too can win a MILLION DOLLARS!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/mathionaire-addition-quiz.html

Ways to Save the Planet

This term our Inquiry topic has been "10 Ways to Save the Planet"

Here we have some of the completed posters we did with one of the changes or actions we could make to help the planet.

Next term when the rest of our class is back (we have had lots away sick) we are going to finish our unit and make our digital story full of ways you can help us Save the planet!

Room 9's Matariki Wishes

The 24th June was Matariki in New Zealand.
It is the celebration of the Maori New Year.

We had a great time doing three different rotations of workshops.
First we made fern prints with Rachel. Then we did knucklebones with Neroli. After that we did poi and rakau with Lesley.

In the afternoon at eLearning time we thought about our Matariki wishes for the world were. We used Kidpix to draw in pairs what our special wish was.

A visit from Charlie

This is Charlie. He is 12 weeks old.
He is a Goldendoodle.
He had 8 Brothers and sisters.
He came on an aeroplane from Auckland.
When Mum and dad went into the Mitre 10 Mega he did some hiccups.
If you like to eat alot you will be like him.
We gave him a bath and he kept on getting out.
He kept on going under the gate one day and following us to school.
He likes walks.

Typed and written by Ella