2010: Our Buddies

Our buddies are Year 4 and 5 students from Room 13. Their teacher, Karen Roger, sends a number of students down to our class every Friday at 11AM. Our buddies support us on the mat during the introduction of the Big Book. Afterwards they help us trace over some high-frequency words and then we draw and colour a picture together.

2010: Meet Our Students:

2010: Lucy's story about Poppet

Listen to Lucy's story about Poppet. Why did Poppet cry?

2010: Jean's story about Dad's Car

Jean's made up this story about Dad's car. Why did Dad have to take the wheel off?

2010: Lily Cat by Hogan

Listen to Hogan reading his story about Lily Cat. What did mum say to Lily Cat?

2010: Our Peg Dolls

We had so much fun making an old toy ... a peg doll. They were so easy to make, and they all looked beautiful.
Our Peg Dolls on PhotoPeach

2010: Our Threading Toys

Mrs. Inggs taught us how to make a threading toy. This is what we did:

• we chose a picture, then we coloured it in.
  
• we laminated our pictures
• we hole punched the outer edge of our pictures
• we tied a length of string through the first hole, then
• we threaded the string in and out the holes all the way around our pictures.
  

We have displayed our pictures on the window, so that we can take them down and practice threading over and over again.
Our Threading Toys on PhotoPeach

2010

We went to Motat earlier this week, and we had so much fun learning about old and new toys. Have a look at our photo's:
Our Motat Trip on PhotoPeach

2010: EARTHQUAKE

Watch this video of us in the Earthquake Simulator at Motat:

2010: Cup-and-ball Toys

Cup-and-ball Toy on PhotoPeach

2010: Juliet and Genevieve

We sadly had to say goodbye to Franky, our pet rat last week. He was diagnosed with bronchitis in Term 1 and was prescribed a course of antibiotics. He never did fully recover, and slowly deteriorated, despite having been so well looked after by all the students. The vet agreed that he was in a lot of pain, and that it would be best to put him down.

Our two new class pet guinea pigs, Juliet and Genevieve have filled the hole that Franky left.
Juliet and Genevieve on PhotoPeach

2010: Our Season Tree

Our Season Tree on PhotoPeach

2010

Wishing our mums a happy Mother's Day.
Happy Mother's Day on PhotoPeach

2010: My Toy Octopus

Mrs. Inggs taught us to make octopus toys. They turned out beautifully. Have a look:
My Toy Octopus on PhotoPeach

2010: My Favourite Toy

We brought our favourite toys to school and shared them with the students and teachers in our class. We didn't want you to miss out, so we have made a podcast.

2010

Table Tennis coaches taught us fun warm up activities, before we learnt to balance balloons on our bats. We then tried to balance the table tennis balls on our bats, and later bounced the balls gently on our bats. During our second session, we moved on to the table tennis tables. We had so much fun!
Table Tennis on PhotoPeach

2010

Watch this video of all of us dancing to the
Pukeko Stomp.

2010: Our TravelWise Assembly

Our TravelWise Assembly on PhotoPeach

2010: Our TravelWise Surprise

Our TravelWise Surprise on PhotoPeach

2010: Easter Bunnies!

Easter Bunnies on PhotoPeach

2010: Matthew's day at the beach

Listen to Matthew's recount about his day at the beach.

What was the dog playing with?

2010: Jacob went to the playground and the video shop.

Listen to Jacob's news.

What DVD did he choose?

2010: Jackson's Favourite Song

Listen to Jackson's first podcast.

What did he use to listen to his favourite song?

2010: Samuel's story about a boy on a bike

Listen to Samuel's first podcast.

How do you think the boy felt?

2010: Mathew's story about Roy

Listen to Matthew's narrative about a boy called Roy.

Has that ever happened to you?

2010: Jacob's Fun Day

Listen to Jacob's second podcast. He went to a fun day at Kauri Park School.

Do you think Jacob had fun?

2010: Matthew's Cat Daisy

Listen to Matthew's first podcast about his cat Daisy. He loves Daisy so much, and often carries her around. He also likes to pick her up and take her to her food bowl.

Where does Daisy go when she wants to rest?

2010: Our Footprints Wordle

We came up with these descriptive words when we looked at our decorated "Wild Things" footprints:

2010: Uncle Eric's Picnic

We all went to Uncle Eric's Picnic at Long Bay Regional Park on Wednesday the 17th of March. We had so much fun. Have a look at our photo's:
Uncle Eric's Picnic on PhotoPeach

2010: Footprints

Footprints on PhotoPeach

2010: Jacob's Soccer Practice

Listen to Jacob's first podcast of his personal recount.

Do you think that Jacob enjoys soccer?

2010: Lucy's Swim and Play.

Listen to Lucy's first podcast of her personal recount.

Do you think she enjoys swimming and playing with her sister and friends?
How do you think her daddy felt, when he found the rabbit in his garden?

2010: The Ice Cream by Hogan

Listen to Hogan's first podcast about a boy eating an ice cream. He is still learning to draw pictures using KidPix, so he used photo's of painted pictures for this podcast.

Do you think the dog was naughty?

2010: The Ice Cream by Zane

Listen to Zane's first podcast about a boy eating an ice cream. He drew the pictures on KidPix.

Did the dog like the taste of the ice-cream? How do you know?

2010: The Ice Cream by Jean

Listen to Jean's first podcast about a boy eating an ice cream. She drew the pictures on KidPix.

How did the boy feel about it?

2010: Swimming

Swimming on PhotoPeach

2010: The Hungry Caterpillar Narrative

Students in the Rockets Group worked on "The Hungry Caterpillar" narrative this week. They shared their ideas for each picture, and wrote fabulous sentences at the end of the week. In the photo's below, each student is pointing to an idea that he/she contributed.

Below is a photo of their vocabulary for the narrative, and a photo of the group in their work space.

2010: Valentines Day Cards

We had fun making heart cards for mum and dad for Valentines Day.

2010: Our first lesson with our new buddies.

Our first lesson with our new buddies. on PhotoPeach

2010: Our Monarch Caterpillars.

Our Swan Plants ... and more! on PhotoPeach

2010

I drew this picture free hand. It's a picture of Rakiya the pregnant giraffe in Auckland zoo.