Room 14

Seasons

2011-08-31T16:22:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day of spring!
We found a great little song on the four seasons.

Algebra

2011-08-29T15:19:00.000-07:00

Room 14 are learning all about algebra. We have made lots of different patterns using shapes. Now we are learning about Greater than, less than and equals. Take a look at how we are learning this.

Buddy Class

2011-08-09T00:58:00.000-07:00

We have been learning with our Buddy Class how to take photos and use the macro function on the camera. Take a look at some of the photos we have taken. We will publish more along with the success criteria when we have our picks for the Digi Awards! Our focus for our photo's has been on 'Our Environment'.

Welcome Back!

2011-08-09T00:06:00.000-07:00

We have started Term 3 in style with the week beginning with gymnastics. Take a look at how good we are at it!

Making Recycled Paper

2011-07-13T17:03:00.000-07:00

Room 14 has been making recycled paper! I wonder what or how Room 14 is going to use their recycled paper when it is dry?

Leave a comment with ideas on how Room 14 can use their recycled paper.

Pacifica Art

2011-07-11T19:38:00.000-07:00

Room 14 has been looking at Pacifica Art using Manawatu as their motivation for their drawings. We used crayon and dye to create a night illustration of the windmills on the Tararua Ranges looking through a window from our own homes.

Subtraction

2011-06-29T15:30:00.000-07:00

We are learning to subtract numbers. We found a catchy tune to help us remember how to takeaway.

Geometry

2011-05-25T15:19:00.000-07:00

We are learning all about our 3 demensional shapes. Listen to the song that is helping us learn.

Big Yellow Taxi

2011-05-23T01:10:00.000-07:00

We are learning a new song for our Team Assembly...

(Highlight the below link and paste into top search box)

http://youtu.be/qVD6_BGV8mM

ANZAC Collage

2011-05-23T01:05:00.000-07:00

Take a look at the work we did on ANZAC...

What action can you perform to protect your environment?

2011-05-18T17:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some ways we can protect our environment.

Welcome to Term 2

2011-05-03T19:57:00.000-07:00

We are learning about compound words. Compound words are two words that are joined together to make one word, ie bluebird, firefighter.
We know all about Onomatopoeia which describe words that make sounds like crash, zoom, smash and bang!
Our inquiry this term is about our environment.

Come in and take a look at some of the things we are doing!

Duffy Theatre

2011-04-10T01:10:00.000-07:00

Duffy Theatre on PhotoPeach

Place Value

2011-04-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

We are learning all about Place Value in Maths. Click on the Maths Link 'Life Guard' and see how good you are at saving lives!

Double Numbers

2011-03-29T14:17:00.000-07:00

Room 14 is learning all about double numbers. Check out the song that we are learning!

Counting Leprechaun

2011-03-28T14:26:00.001-07:00

Room 14's Mighty Monkey

2011-03-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

At the bottom of our blog we have our class pet. He is a monkey that we have called Mighty Monkey. Mighty Monkey eats hundreds of bananas! To feed Mighty Monkey you click onto the 'more' button, click on the banana and drag the banana onto a branch. You should try it out! Good Luck

Honesty

2011-03-27T00:08:00.000-07:00

Room 14 are learning all about being Honest and telling the truth. The below link has a catchy little song that is helping us to learn

Length

2011-03-17T18:49:00.000-07:00

We are measuring our shadows. We are learning all about lenght. We found out that our shadows were longer than our bodies. We used iceblocks sticks to measure the length.

Measurement - Weight

2011-03-17T18:44:00.000-07:00

Look at the different ways we can measure. We learned that a pencil was lighter than one block. We are now using words like bigger, heaviest, lightest, light and heavy, balanced, even, littlest, and extimate.

2011-03-07T15:51:00.000-08:00

Fern's Core Culture

2011-03-05T01:25:00.000-08:00

We have been learning all about the Fern's Core Culture.GROWTH.
Growing
Responsibility
Ownership
Wisdom
Truth
Honesty
Using crayon and dye we made a puzzle that shows us our core culture.

Hand Washing

2011-03-05T01:00:00.000-08:00

Mrs Pam Owen the Health Nurse came and spoke to us about the importance of making sure we wash our hands the correct way. When we wash our hands we should be quietly singing the happy birthday song twice just to make sure we are taking our time and making sure our hands are clean. We should be brushing our teeth twice a day, brushing our hair daily (did you know that by brushing your hair you break the legs of head lice) and that we should be showering at least four times a week and changing our undies at least once a day. All this and what we have learned with Harold and Ronald McDonald we should be the healthiest children around!

Ronald McDonald

2011-03-05T00:56:00.000-08:00

Ronald McDonald came and spoke to us about Road Saftey. We now know what to do when we have to cross a road. We have to STOP, LOOK and Listen. We also have to be carefully with sneaky driveways!

Life Education

2011-03-04T23:45:00.000-08:00

In Week 4 we went and seen Harold in the life education bus. We learned all about healthy eating and what our bodies need to survive. Did you know that we only need three things survive? We need lots of water, healthy food and oxygen.

Welcome to our two new students

2011-02-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

2011-02-09T01:10:00.001-08:00

Welcome Back To School For 2011

2011-02-09T00:26:00.000-08:00

Come and see who is in Room 14 this year!

Iron Brian

2010-08-15T03:21:00.000-07:00

Iron Brian came into school and taught us all about healthy eating. We even got a hamburger at the end!

Gymnastics

2010-08-15T03:04:00.000-07:00

We are loving gymnastics!

This is what we like about school.

2010-08-15T02:47:00.000-07:00

Room 9

2010-08-15T02:33:00.000-07:00

We are all looking forward to beginning a new term with lots of new learning.

ABC RAP

2010-07-29T02:00:00.000-07:00

Check out how we are learning our alphabet!!

Can you help us?

2010-06-13T00:05:00.000-07:00

We have been using 'The Alphabet Key' to name all the animals we know from a to z but we are missing a few. Can you help us to finish our list?

Room 9 & 10 Poppies

2010-06-12T23:25:00.000-07:00

Come and view our Poppies that we made using collage techniques.

Wellington Zoo

2010-06-03T02:50:00.000-07:00

We are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo
How about you, you, you...
Because of the amazing support we had, we got to Wellington zoo.
We had an awesome day filled with new learning, lots of fun and a big bus trip!
Come and take a look at all the animals we saw!

Character Day

2010-06-03T02:04:00.000-07:00

Which Book Character are you?

A Day In The Life Of Room 9

2010-06-03T01:30:00.000-07:00

Take a look at how our day is filled in!

Who is coming to read?

2010-06-03T01:28:00.000-07:00

Hiwi the Kiwi

2010-05-26T02:27:00.000-07:00

We had Hiwi the Kiwi come to school to teach us all about water safety. We had lots of fun singing, dancing and laughing.

Cake Stall

2010-05-26T02:13:00.000-07:00

Look at all the yummy food that our parents made!! Thanks to them we are off to the Wellington Zoo. We are hoping that we will learn how to help animals from becoming extinct.

Music with Mr Mason

2010-05-26T02:07:00.000-07:00

We are learning all about keeping a beat and a rythem. It is amazing what sounds we can make!!

Petting Zoo

2010-05-16T23:32:00.000-07:00

Zippity Zoo! Will we see monkeys and elephants? "Yes" said the children in Room 9. We were all surprised at the animals we saw. After we wrote about our experiences at Zippity Zoo we recorded the animals we liked and why on photostory 3. Listen to the amazing stories we wrote.

Week 1 and 2 Term2

2010-05-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been an amazing couple of weeks. We are learning statistics in Maths, asking open and closed questions, putting up wonderings, brainstorming on animals, blowing bubbles and baking for the letter of the week.
Take a look and see if you can see what we have been up too?

Buddy Class Portraits

2010-04-19T01:36:00.000-07:00

Take a look at the amazing art work we did with our buddy class. Using crayon and dye we made our self portraits.

Our Last Butterfly

2010-04-18T22:53:00.000-07:00

All of term 1 we had an amazing amount of caterpillars turn into butterflies with the last one changing in the holidays. We have captured the life cycle of the butterfly in Photostory 3 which we would like to share with you all.

Weetbix Triathlon

2010-03-23T23:07:00.000-07:00

We had our buddy class (Room 3)come in today and talk to us about the Weetbix Triathalon. You should see the movie clip we made!

Making Ice-Cream

2010-02-21T23:29:00.000-08:00

Making Ice-cream

2010-02-21T23:25:00.000-08:00

Room 9 and 10 on a Thursday Mornings have been baking! On Week One we made ice-cream. (Take a look at our photos), Week 2 we made cupcakes and last week we made afghans.
Makes for a yummy day!!

2010-02-21T22:47:00.001-08:00

2010-02-21T21:35:00.000-08:00

We have been busy bees in the last 3 weeks. Not only have we settled into our routines but we have started to learn all about school life. Take a look at our self manager skills!

The Holidays

2009-12-15T14:47:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day of the holidays.
I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday with family and friends.
See you all in the New Year :)