Under the tab 'Spelling - Essential Word Lists' you can find the lists of words that are essential for spelling and writing. These are the lists that our spelling programme is based off.
Spelling words will start up again in Term 3. Feel free to practise using these lists. :-)
Monday, June 30, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Cosmodome Visit
321....Blast off! Today AS Class visited the Cosmodome. We learnt so many interesting things about the stars, sun and planets! What an incredible journey to the International Space Centre too! It must be really fun to be an astronaut. Did you know that our galaxy that we live in (The Milky Way) has over 200 billion stars!
Here's what we thought about the Cosmodome, and some things we learnt...
Wow! At school we went to the Cosmodome. We saw Matariki stars. We saw Saturn and Galaxies. I learnt that you can not land on Venus. Ollie
Guess what we did? Well, we went to the Cosmodome to learn about planets. Some of the planets were Venus, Mars and Saturn. Venus has volcanoes on it. Mars is called the red planet because it is red. Saturn's rings are made out of rocks, dust and ice. Zoe
We looked at the stars. We looked up high. Jake
Guess what we did? We learnt all about Matariki. Do you know all about Matariki? I do. Matariki are the hottest stars. Venus has Volcanoes and the volcanoes erupt. Matariki is hotter than the sun. I love the sun because it is warm and hot. Harry
Wow! I learnt that Venus has bad rain. It would melt your skin and your clothes. It is called acid rain. Jessica
Wow! Space is amazing! We had a look at Venus. We saw constellations. He showed us a scorpion. It was a group of stars. Kayleigh
Wow the stars are sparkling above my head. I learnt about Matariki. Matariki is hotter than the sun because they are blue. Madison
54321 I blast off into space. I blast off to the moon. I saw Mars. Alex
54321 blast off! Zoom! Wow is that really the space station? On Wednesday our class went to the Cosmodome. We went into the International Spacce Station. It is where all the astronauts live when they are in space. They also do lots of experiments. Harrison
Check out these photos from inside the Cosmodome.
Here's what we thought about the Cosmodome, and some things we learnt...
Wow! At school we went to the Cosmodome. We saw Matariki stars. We saw Saturn and Galaxies. I learnt that you can not land on Venus. Ollie
Guess what we did? Well, we went to the Cosmodome to learn about planets. Some of the planets were Venus, Mars and Saturn. Venus has volcanoes on it. Mars is called the red planet because it is red. Saturn's rings are made out of rocks, dust and ice. Zoe
We looked at the stars. We looked up high. Jake
Guess what we did? We learnt all about Matariki. Do you know all about Matariki? I do. Matariki are the hottest stars. Venus has Volcanoes and the volcanoes erupt. Matariki is hotter than the sun. I love the sun because it is warm and hot. Harry
Wow! I learnt that Venus has bad rain. It would melt your skin and your clothes. It is called acid rain. Jessica
Wow! Space is amazing! We had a look at Venus. We saw constellations. He showed us a scorpion. It was a group of stars. Kayleigh
Wow the stars are sparkling above my head. I learnt about Matariki. Matariki is hotter than the sun because they are blue. Madison
54321 I blast off into space. I blast off to the moon. I saw Mars. Alex
54321 blast off! Zoom! Wow is that really the space station? On Wednesday our class went to the Cosmodome. We went into the International Spacce Station. It is where all the astronauts live when they are in space. They also do lots of experiments. Harrison
Check out these photos from inside the Cosmodome.
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| Matariki |
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| Stars |
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| Saturn |
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| Star constellations - can you see the Scorpion? |
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| The Milky Way |
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Pirates and Princesses
Last Friday we had our pirate and princess dress up day for Discovery time. There were lots of fun activities to participate such as building pirate ships, playing on iPads, creating treasure/jewellery boxes, making treasure maps, walking the plank, making jewellery and crowns, making telescopes, designing pirate/princess flags, painting princess fingernails and even making pirate/princess finger puppets! Phew! We had a blast! The social skill we were practising was acting in a responsible way. We are learning to act responsibility in all situations, including with different people and in different places. We all did a great job of being responsible learners, even though we were feeling pretty excited about our cool dress ups and awesome activities!
Here are some pictures of the pretty princesses and perky pirates.
Here are some pictures of the pretty princesses and perky pirates.
Reading awards
Wow! Ka pai to all these wonderful children for reaching their 50 nights reading awards.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
RAP-unzel
Rapunzel is the hot favourite to win ‘A Land Far Far Away’s Got Talent With X Factor Idol’. She’s a teenage triple threat, with the voice of Lady Gaga, the dance moves of Beyonce, and the hair of… Rapunzel! But when she refuses to sign a contract with the 'udderly' ruthless 'moosic' producer Simon Cow, he locks her in a recording tower high above the enchanted forest to steal her singing voice with a magic tape machine. What can Rapunzel do now she can’t sing? Rap!
We had an absolute blast watching the RAP-unzel performance yesterday afternoon! We met some very funny characters and joined in with some entertaining songs. Thank you NZ Playhouse touring group for a great show!
We had an absolute blast watching the RAP-unzel performance yesterday afternoon! We met some very funny characters and joined in with some entertaining songs. Thank you NZ Playhouse touring group for a great show!
What's happening in AS Class? Week 8
Phew! What a a busy but fun-filled start we have had to Term 1! It has been so eventful that Mrs Saunders has hardly had time to share all the cool things we have been doing in class on our blog! Here is a quick overview of some of the things we've been doing and learning.
Swimming
Swimming ran for 3 weeks this term, over weeks 4, 5 and 6. We all had a blast and it was great to see everybody making tremendous progress in the water. Thank you to all those parents that came in to help our during swimming times. Your help is much appreciated!
Athletics Day
Wahoo! What fun we had last Wednesday on our Junior Athletics day. We were lucky that the rain stayed away so we could enjoy our day down on the school field. We all ran, jumped and threw our best so we were pretty tired by the end of the day, Luckily for us, Mrs Saunders knew how tired we would be so we relaxed at the end of the day with a special treat DVD. Last Thursday, we did some writing about Athletics day. Our goal was to use an interesting story starter to hook in the reader and to use exciting describing words to say what we could see, hear and feel. Here a few stories to share...
I can hear a smash like glass. The cheering is loud like a loud radio. A blasting radio! I can see Devoy and Kendall and Blake and Hillary. I can hear people shouting. Ollie
I can see balls fly, fly, fly fly. It was like balls were jumping. Caleb
Blast off! It sounded like an elephant stomping on the ground while we were doing athletics. Victoria
Whoosh! 3,2,1...The javelin was taking off into space. After the javelin we went to sprints. I was like a Falcon and I was like a cheetah. Harry
Reading awards
Congratulations to those children who have got their 25 nights reading. We are such magnificent readers in AS Class. Ka pai to Abbey for being the first student to reach 50 nights. Wahoo! Great stuff Abbey. We are close to reaching some more reading awards so check back in soon to see more photos!
Reading Focus
This term we have been focusing on blends with r. We have looked at fr, gr, br, pr, cr and dr blends. Next week we will be learning about the tr blend. What words can you think of that start with these blends?
Writing - Language experiences
Every Tuesday morning AS class get together with BD Class to do a learning experience. Learning experiences are fun, hands on lessons that help to build oral language and engage children in writing. So far this term we have built rockets, played with bubble wrap, played with the giant parachute and did a chip tasting challenge! We use our 5 senses as well as exciting describing words to make our writing interesting to read. Here are some examples of some super writing...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Today AS class went to BD class. We had yummy chips. They were delissimo! My favourite flavour was the chicken. It tastes like salt. It smells like smoke. It looks like waves. Mason
Bam, bam, bam. Jumping jellybeans on the parachute. I can see balls popping like popcorn. It was like dolphins flying. Maddie
Pop, pop, pop went the bubble wrap! It was very bubbly because it was very soft. Preslee
Swimming
Swimming ran for 3 weeks this term, over weeks 4, 5 and 6. We all had a blast and it was great to see everybody making tremendous progress in the water. Thank you to all those parents that came in to help our during swimming times. Your help is much appreciated!
Athletics Day
Wahoo! What fun we had last Wednesday on our Junior Athletics day. We were lucky that the rain stayed away so we could enjoy our day down on the school field. We all ran, jumped and threw our best so we were pretty tired by the end of the day, Luckily for us, Mrs Saunders knew how tired we would be so we relaxed at the end of the day with a special treat DVD. Last Thursday, we did some writing about Athletics day. Our goal was to use an interesting story starter to hook in the reader and to use exciting describing words to say what we could see, hear and feel. Here a few stories to share...
I can hear a smash like glass. The cheering is loud like a loud radio. A blasting radio! I can see Devoy and Kendall and Blake and Hillary. I can hear people shouting. Ollie
I can see balls fly, fly, fly fly. It was like balls were jumping. Caleb
Blast off! It sounded like an elephant stomping on the ground while we were doing athletics. Victoria
Whoosh! 3,2,1...The javelin was taking off into space. After the javelin we went to sprints. I was like a Falcon and I was like a cheetah. Harry
Reading awards
Congratulations to those children who have got their 25 nights reading. We are such magnificent readers in AS Class. Ka pai to Abbey for being the first student to reach 50 nights. Wahoo! Great stuff Abbey. We are close to reaching some more reading awards so check back in soon to see more photos!
Reading Focus
This term we have been focusing on blends with r. We have looked at fr, gr, br, pr, cr and dr blends. Next week we will be learning about the tr blend. What words can you think of that start with these blends?
Writing - Language experiences
Every Tuesday morning AS class get together with BD Class to do a learning experience. Learning experiences are fun, hands on lessons that help to build oral language and engage children in writing. So far this term we have built rockets, played with bubble wrap, played with the giant parachute and did a chip tasting challenge! We use our 5 senses as well as exciting describing words to make our writing interesting to read. Here are some examples of some super writing...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Today AS class went to BD class. We had yummy chips. They were delissimo! My favourite flavour was the chicken. It tastes like salt. It smells like smoke. It looks like waves. Mason
Bam, bam, bam. Jumping jellybeans on the parachute. I can see balls popping like popcorn. It was like dolphins flying. Maddie
Pop, pop, pop went the bubble wrap! It was very bubbly because it was very soft. Preslee
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| MMM! Yummy chips in our tummy! |
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