Congratulations to a super-nice person in Room 4, who is always gentle, kind and caring. This young lady always gets on with her learning without distracting others. What a fabulous role model you are Arnika!
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Other poetry
These poems were inspired by our plane poem format. They are super-original!
FACES
Freckled faces,
Wrinkly faces,
Old, young, fancy faces.
Pale, white, black faces.
Those are just a few.
Children's faces,
Adults faces
Big, fat, smiley faces
Up on heads faces
Babies faces too.
Friendly faces,
Mean faces
Don't forget naughty faces.
Last of all, best of all,
I like girl faces!
Written by Alyssa
HORSES
Black horses,
Cool horses,
Wild, mustang, dangerous horses
Long, thin, skinny horses
Those are just a few.
Tame horses,
Caramel horses,
Appaloosa, spotty horses
Fast, running, racing horses
Gallopping horses too.
Fat horses,
Neighing horses,
Don't forget loving horses,
Last of all, best of all,
I like magic horses.
Written by Samara
Plane Poetry
Check out some of Room 4's poetry from today (inspired by our airport visit)...
Qantas planes,
Jetstar planes,
Air New Zealand planes,
Popular American Airlines planes
Those are just a few.
Expensive planes,
Private planes,
Quick cargo planes,
Large hold cargo planes
Float planes too.
War planes,
First planes,
Don't forget Condor planes
Last of all, best of all,
I like Boeing 747 planes.
Written by Toby
Fast planes,
Enormous planes,
Air New Zealand planes
Noisy, big Jetstar planes
Those are just a few.
Passenger planes,
Private planes,
All Black planes
Up in the air planes
737 planes too.
Stunt planes,
Fancy planes,
Don't forget jet planes,
Last of all, best of all,
I like lolly planes.
Written by Ryan
NZ planes
Circus planes
Big, fat, long planes
Hard working fertiliser planes
Those are just a few.
Round planes,
Fast planes
Quick, hot planes
Disappearing planes
Blending-in planes too.
Beautiful planes,
Dirty planes,
Don't forget stinky planes,
Last of all, best of all,
I like candy planes.
Written by William
Little planes,
Big planes,
Noisy, quiet, float planes.
Private, royal, celebrity planes.
Those are just a few.
Fast planes,
Slow planes,
Jetstar jet planes
Up and down planes
New planes too.
Good planes,
Bad planes,
Don't forget crashing planes,
Last of all, best of all,
I like ALL planes.
Written by Anna
Little planes,
Big planes,
Enormous, cool, float planes.
Noisy, loud, quiet planes.
Those are just a few.
Jetstar planes,
All Black planes,
Fast, racing planes
Up in the sky planes
Colourful planes too.
Passenger planes,
Jet planes,
Don't forget top-dressing planes.
Last of all, best of all,
I like lolly planes.
Written by Lanie
Qantas planes,
Jetstar planes,
Air New Zealand planes,
Popular American Airlines planes
Those are just a few.
Expensive planes,
Private planes,
Quick cargo planes,
Large hold cargo planes
Float planes too.
War planes,
First planes,
Don't forget Condor planes
Last of all, best of all,
I like Boeing 747 planes.
Written by Toby
Fast planes,
Enormous planes,
Air New Zealand planes
Noisy, big Jetstar planes
Those are just a few.
Passenger planes,
Private planes,
All Black planes
Up in the air planes
737 planes too.
Stunt planes,
Fancy planes,
Don't forget jet planes,
Last of all, best of all,
I like lolly planes.
Written by Ryan
NZ planes
Circus planes
Big, fat, long planes
Hard working fertiliser planes
Those are just a few.
Round planes,
Fast planes
Quick, hot planes
Disappearing planes
Blending-in planes too.
Beautiful planes,
Dirty planes,
Don't forget stinky planes,
Last of all, best of all,
I like candy planes.
Written by William
Little planes,
Big planes,
Noisy, quiet, float planes.
Private, royal, celebrity planes.
Those are just a few.
Fast planes,
Slow planes,
Jetstar jet planes
Up and down planes
New planes too.
Good planes,
Bad planes,
Don't forget crashing planes,
Last of all, best of all,
I like ALL planes.
Written by Anna
Little planes,
Big planes,
Enormous, cool, float planes.
Noisy, loud, quiet planes.
Those are just a few.
Jetstar planes,
All Black planes,
Fast, racing planes
Up in the sky planes
Colourful planes too.
Passenger planes,
Jet planes,
Don't forget top-dressing planes.
Last of all, best of all,
I like lolly planes.
Written by Lanie
Dunedin Airport Trip
Room 4 had a fabulous trip to Dunedin Airport as part of our inquiry topic learning all about how airports work and why they are important places. Check out this presentation that we collaborated on. If you weren't able to come on our trip you might learn something new from looking at our presentation.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Student of the week - Byce
Bryce really has made OUTSTANDING reading progress this term. So far he has had FIVE reading level tests to try to find his next reading level. Way to go Bryce!!!
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Gymfest Event 2014
Today we went to the South Otago Gymfest competition in Balclutha. We have been training throughout term 2 and 3, learning gymnastics routines and aerobics routines for the competition. Our aerobics team 'X-il-r8' performed in the groups sections with a really cool aerobics routine, which can be seen by clicking on the title above.
We had 9 gymnasts in the artistic section. They competed as teams and both teams were awarded a silver certificate which is a really great result.
Alyssa
Anna
Arnika
Bryce
Imogen
Isla
Lanie
Samara
Everybody competed really well and we are so proud of our gymfest teams!! Congratulations to you all!!!!
Elephant's Toothpaste in the Lab
We had the coolest visit to the science lab. It was part of our unit about solids, liquids, and gases.
We all had to wear safety glasses. Mrs McTavish was our expert scientist.
William was the first assistant. He got to help Mrs McTavish create the mixture.
We loved watching the elephant's toothpaste oozing out of the bottle. It started off really fast and high, then it slowed down to a slow ooze.
It sure did make a lot!!!
We decided to do it again, but this time we added black food colouring instead of pink. Toby was the assistant.
It was a great reaction too....
...so we did it again. You can see from Mrs McTavish's face just how much she loves science! And we loved her enthusiasm as we visited the lab!
It was such a terrific afternoon, we can't wait to go back to the lab again!!!!
Check out our videos to see the reactions actually happen.
Elephant's Toothpaste - Video 1
Elephant's toothpaste - video 2
Elephant's Toothpaste - video 3
Friday, September 12, 2014
A surprise visitor to Room 4
Check out who 'popped in' to visit us today - our friend and author Kyle Mewburn! It was great to catch up with Kyle again and we gratefully received his second Megasaurus Mash Up book. We know there will be queue of students wanting to read this!
We always love to read Kyle's dedications!
Student of the week - Isla
Congratulations to our super-writer Isla who has been producing some fabulous pieces of poetry and narrative writing. Keep it up Isla - we enjoy reading your unique and creative writing.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
ICAS results
Check out these clever cookies from Room 4 who all achieved outstanding results in the recent ICAS writing and spelling assessments. Go to their individual blogs to find out their results...
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