Adventure World

Room 5 have created their seated area using power poles cut into stumps. We engraved our names onto a stump each, as a way of stamping our mark. We are so proud of our final product and look forward to spending time here in future.

 

Making our mark in Adventure World

We have had a busy few days engraving tree stumps, personalising our very own. We used a lot of energy today rolling each stump up to Adventure World and dug holes in the ground to make a seated area for all classrooms to enjoy. More photos to come.

 

Southland Woman's Hockey Championship shield visits Room 5

The children with the winning shield from Miss Heaps' latest hockey tournament, held in Whangarei. Southland are the National Senior Women's Hockey Champions!

Lunch at the Gore Gardens

Yesterday we had lunch at the Gore Gardens. We enjoyed the company of some parents and grandparents. Here are a few snaps from our visit. Thanks to Mrs Hurley who spoilt us with ice-blocks!

Olympic Art

Here we are using the Olympics as motivation to create some chalk art on the concrete. We have created drawings on the concrete and then inserted ourselves into the picture. We had weightlifters...

We had basketballers...

We had rowers...

gymnasts...

tennis players...

sprinters...

an archer...

and boxers!

Balancing techniques

Room 5 have been learning the importance of balance whilst developing their gymnastics. Here we are trying to balance using two body parts of our choice.

We also tried balancing using three body parts of our choice.

Holiday Recounts

My hands remember holding my freezing boysenberry ice-cream, covered with chocolate while watching the BFG at the movies. They remember getting gooey melted chocolate all over them. They also remember being tucked inside my pockets since it was so cold inside. My hands remember holding the ice cold drink bottle from New World.

My eyes remember staring at the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) sliding his hand through the window and snatching a little girl called Sophie. They also remember seeing the big fat, flesh eating giants sleeping on the rocky ground. They remember gazing at the BFG’s big, heavy ears flapping in the air. My eyes also remember watching the Queen, BFG and Sophie farting and farting all around the Queen’s Palace.

My ears remember listening to Sophie telling the BFG to say words properly. He always says snozzcumber instead of cucumber. Silly old giant! They also remember hearing the giants yelling for help because they were stuck on a small island. They remember the Queen asking Sophie if she wants to live with her. She said, “Yes.” My ears remember listening to the BFG saying that if Sophie tried to escape she will be gobbled up till there is nothing left of her!

My tongue remembers tasting hard hokey pokey lumps crunching in my mouth. They remember the hokey pokey lumps getting stuck on my teeth. They also remember arranging the ice-cream in my mouth since it was so cold and I was almost going to scream! They remember squeezing the pineapple lumps on top of my tongue.

                                                                              Katia

My hands remember touching the shiny light blue water. I was at the swimming pool doing arm circles. The instructor says “One, two, heads up.”

My arms remember getting on the huge inflatables. I also felt the warm water all over my body in the big two metre pool.

My feet remember getting out of the extreme pool. I hopped on one foot into the kiddy pool. My feet remember jumping in the water. Belly flop… BANG! I accidentally went on my feet and banged my broken leg.

My ears remember kids screaming for lollies. “I want lollies,” yelled a kid. The kid is screaming because he does not know where his mother is.

My eyes remember watching people run to the end of the rocket.

My nose remembers smelling hot chips with BBQ sauce all over them. I also smell coca cola mints fizzing into my mouth. I also smell the mints through my nose.

                                                                             Hunter M

My feet remember walking up the stairs to the Invercargill cinema to watch Ice Age. My legs got really sore when I was waiting in line for ages.

My eyes remember finding a seat in Cinema One. I was watching the movie start when the squirrel was in the UFO. He was really funny, especially when he got half way through the door then it would close.

My ears remember people quietly talking to the people they came with. A man came in to tell people off for putting their feet on the chairs.

My tongue remembers eating the delicious choc top (an ice cream with chocolate around it). The fudge was amazing. I wished it was larger because it was so delicious.

                                                                             Kaden

Maths - Mass/Weight

This week during maths we have been learning about how heavy objects are. We identified classroom objects that were less than 1 kg, about 1 kg and more than 1 kg. We all felt an item that was exactly 1 kg and used this as our benchmark to decide the weight of other objects.

We used our estimation skills to attempt to fill a bag with sand that weighed 1 kg.

When weighed on the scales this bag of sand was 700 grams.

This bag of sand was also 700 grams.

This bag of sand was also 700 grams.

When weighed on the scales this bag of sand was 500 grams.

This bag of sand was 400 grams.