Week 8

Hi I'm Cullen.
I am the class leader this week.
A new boy started in our class this week, and name is Mitchell.
This week for art we made a huge mosaic. A mosaic is little tiles stuck together to make a picture.
The picture we made was about our topic space.
On Friday some of our class played cricket with the Canterbury Wizards. They made a sausage sizzle for us and we were allowed sausages as we liked. I ate 8 sausage. We did some training with the them and they taught us some skills to improve our game.
We watched the St Albans girls cricket team vs Banks Ave Schoolan, they did well.
After the game we got a goodie bag that had some awesome stuff in it.
We got some signitsures on our mini cricket bat, I got three. It was a great way to spend Friday at school.

Ranfurly Shield comes to visit Room 27

Today we had a special visitor in room 27.

Tabai Matson (Isaac's Dad and the coach of the Canterbury Rugby Team) came to bring the Ranfurly Shield and the Cup the team has won for being the best in NZ. He told us a bit of the history behind the Shield. It is 108 years old and was presented to Auckland by Lord Ranfurly as a football (soccer) cup. The picture on the front of the shield is of a game with a round ball.

Thank you Mr Matson

Week 7

Hi I'm Emma and I was the class leader this week.

On Friday we did some painting and made it into a mosaic.

This week we were also working on our postcards. We were making the picture on the front of our post cards of a planet we are studying or our super hero we were writing about or just a planet on the back of them. We have to write about the picture on the front of our post cards like if we went on holiday there and we are writing back to our mum or if we dicoverd a planet.

Emma

Week 6

Hi my name is Jorja and I am the leader this week.

This week we have done lots of writing about a character from space doing something and then we have to write a problem and how they would solve it.

On Friday we did wombling which means that the whole class goes around the school picking up rubbish. We started at the spider web then went along the fence line then the Big A and the bushes. After that we went back to class. It's great to keep our school clean and tidy.

On Friday we got told that a new boy was coming to our school.

We also got told that our school pool was fine but around it was damaged.

Our topic is space and I am studying Venus with Isaac and Joey. We have done some facts, a bit of our poster and the boarder of our poster.

During the week Emma showed us some things that she made at Brownie camp. Me and Dylan went to Brownie camp as well.

Maiya showed us a picture of a horse she had drawn from the internet.

Next Monday our new person is coming. We just cant wait.

In a couple of weeks we have to sing 4 songs at choir without looking at the words so we are doing the words for Handwriting. We did wombling today as well . Today a special guest is coming so we had to go wombling... Our school looks very clean. Our classroom is tidy as well.

Jorja

Film Makers in the Making

This term has seen some of our children participate in a film maker course. They have made short films about our school to enter a nation wide competition, check them out on http://gatestalbans.blogspot.com/2010/11/movies-about-st-albans-school.html

Book Week Dress Up

Sarah as Alison

from the Book

'Alison Holst Cooks.'

Mrs Brunton as Hairy Maclary's

Grandmother Mary Maclary

from the book

'Caterwaul Capers.'

Book Week Dress Up

Isaac as The Saucepan Man

from the book

'The Far Away Tree.'

Phoebe as Princess Lucy

from the book

'The Tiara Club.'

Suma as Cinderella

from the book

'Cinderella.'

Ethan as Victor Krum

from the book

'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'

Alexa as Lauren

from the book

'Lauren the Puppy Fairy.'

Book Week Dress Up

Finn as James Bond

from the book

'Young James bond.'

Cullen as Harry Potter

from the book

'The Order of the Phoenix.'

Lilly as Samantha

from the book

'Samantha the Swimming Fairy.'

Alida as Bad Jelly

from the book

'Bad Jelly the Witch.'

Curtis as Harry Potter

from the book

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.'

Jorja as

from the book 'Charlotte's Web.'

Helena as Angelina

from the book 'Angelina Bellerina.'

Lalita as Snow White

from the book 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'

Dylan as Ruby Parker

from the book 'Ruby Parker - Movie Star.'

Star Wars Lego Movie 2 !!! finn

Ruth as the Fairy God Mother

from the book

'Cinderella.'

Sasha as James

from the book

'James and the Giant Peach.'

Joseph as The Wizard

from the book

'The Wizard of Oz.'

Emma as The Witch

from the book

'Room on the Broom.'

Book Parade

Maiya as Judy

from the book

'Pony Club.'

Jesse as Harry Potter

from the book

'Harry Potter and the Goblets of Fire.'

Joshua as Glen

from the book

'The Diary of the Wimpy Kid.'

Hi Im Max and I am the leader this week. This week we did a quiz about books because it was book week. On the last day of book week we had to dress up as a book character. I was chosen 'Best dressed' in our class and our whole class got a certificate for everyone making a big effort to come along to school as a character. School finished on Thursday because of show weekend.

Saturday 6 November

Star in the Making.

This photo of Emma was taken after her ballet recital this weekend.

Week 4

Hi my name is Curtis. I am the leader this week.

This week room 27 have been learning about space. We need to answer questions like
"Why is space so dark?"

On Wednesday a couple of us were chosen to go to Cricket coaching after lunch. We played with some Canterbury coaches and I got 3 wickets.

On Thursday, 3 children from our class went to the Zones Athletics Day. They were Finn, Bailey and Alida. They all did really well. I did not go because I am not old enough.

Have a good weekend.




BYE
BYE

Curtis :)

Check out the work Sasha did at Gardening club today.

He made a reindeer out of potato, yams and rosemary.

It even has a red nose.

Good work Sasha

Swan Planting

We practice manaakitanga with our buddy class.

Today we planted some plants to make a butterfly garden.

Week 3

Hi I'm Lalita and I'm this week leader.

This week we had our Year 3-6 athletics Day.

Our first event was discus then long jump,

shot put and high jump. We had lunch then

after lunch we did sprints. Last of all we did

relays and then there was a parents verses

Teachers relay. It was really funny beacuse

one of the parent fell over and then rolled over.

On Thursday Mrs Brunton was not at school,

she was sick and we had Mr Scott teaching us

for the day. We did some learning about rivers

with him. On Friday, my favourite day, because

we spend time with our Buddy Class. We planted

Swan plants with our Buddy Class (room 21) and

when they grow we will make a butterfly garden.

It will be really beautiful when that happens.

We are learning all about seasons and the earth

and space right now.

Diwali

Hi my name is Alida

Last week was Diwali and our class celebrated Diwali by making Indian things like rangoli patterns and other different things. My favourite Indian thing that I liked was the necklace that we made out of straw, tissue paper and string. This week we are practicing lots of sport games like discus, shotput and sprints for our athletic day next wednesday.


bye bye

Alida

17 Friday september 2010

Hi I'm Ethan and I'm class leader for week 9

On Tuesday we did athletics practice for the first time, to prepare for Athletics day. Our class did shot put and relays.

Yesterday there were Year 3/4 touch rugby trails. The teams will be playing after school on a Wednesday, starting next term.

The new classes have been moved in to, they are Rooms 1,2,3 and 4 and the old classes are being demolished with the roof being taken off. 

Brumby Bakery gave each child in the whole school a gingerbread man to help to cheer us all up after the earthquake. We wrote thank you letters to them.

Have a safe weekend

Week 7

Hi my name is Alexa. This week we have been painting a Gingerbread Man to finish off our KOS unit. I finished my 'dot art' to hang on the wall.

Today the school raised money for Daffodil Day by having a mufti day to support and donate money towards the cancer society. We put our coins out on the courts on a drawing of a daffodil and then we had a whole school Jump Jam. There were spot prizes for best dressed. I won the best dressed for our class.

The grass near the new building is finally free to play on and the new building is nearly finished for the Junior classes. 'YAY'

Room 27 presented the assembly on Thursday in our class and I was in a group that played a song on the recorder that Sarah helped us learn. We were also put in teams for the big day out. My team that I'm representing is 'WALES'

Have a nice time at the Disco for Jump Jam.

Bye Bye

Alexa

p.s. Pic of me and my friends with our 'Dot Art'

Our Gingerbread Man

Gingerbread men

Hi my name is Alida and I was last weeks leader.

Last Monday our class got a Gingerbread Man to take care of for a week. It was part of our Keeping Ourselves Safe Unit. We learnt how to care for something vulnerable. A few people found it hard not to eat parts of it which was not very responsible. Most of us took very good care of them until Friday. My Gingerbread Mans name was Muggles. Muggles' buttons came off and his legs broke in half but I melted some milk chocolate and put it in the middle of the things that were broken to mend him. On Friday, at our fruit bread time we had a celebration. We shared fruit and biscuits and then we ate our Gingerbread Man - YUMMY!!!

by Alida .

Week 5

Hi my name is Lalita and I am this weeks leader.

This week we have had 2 Keeping Ourselves Safe lessons with Constable Helen. We are learning alot about how to keep ourselves safe.

On Monday we started making an Art piece using Dot Art to be made into a calendar.

This week we finished reading the book called The Indian in the Cupboard, and as a special treat we got to watch the DVD of The Indian in the Cupboard today.

The book is about a boy called Omri and his plastic Indian toy.

Omri was given a cupboard for his birthday and his mother give him a key for the cupboard.

Have a great week-end

jesse

FRIDAY 6 AUGUST Week 3

Hi, my name is Jesse and I am the class leader this week.

On Monday Sarah taught me how to play Bobby Shaftoe on the recorder.
Lilly and I were the MC at the Year 4 assembly. We had it in our class.

We shared our Dot Art (Pointenism), songs on the recorder and Max and Isaac shared a poem each. We also did the actions to Anei ra te Kura, our school song.

Every Friday we meet up with our buddy class and today they came to our class. We have been teaching them Anei ra te Kura and today we started teaching them the actions as well. Sometimes we have lunch with our buddy class. My buddy is also called Jesse.

Have a great week end.

MONDAY 2 AUGUST

Hi I'm Max and I am writing this post for you, I hope you enjoy.

This week our class are leading the assembly. Everything that we are doing is a surprise.
For art we are doing pointenism, pointenism is when you put lot's of dot on your
paper and make a beautiful pattern.
This term our topic is on community, we have been doing lot's of work.

For writing we are doing a recount on are weekend.
I like fruit break.

Today I have a jump jam practise.

I loved being the leader.
Hope you enjoyed reading this.

Bye!!!

Week 2

MONDAY 26 JULY 2010

Hi I'm Bailey, and I'm writing a post for you to read I hope you like it.

Today is Monday and it is the first day of the week, room 27 are having a great day.
Everyday in the morning we do our Karakia to welcome everyone. Then we do the roll.
After that we have oral language, which is presented to the whole class.
Then it is time to have some fun and do fitness. When it is 10 o'clock
we have a fruit break. Then we do our reading. At 11 0'clock it is morning tea (YUM).
After morning tea we have math interchange. (783+46=829)✐
Then it's lunch (YUMMIER)
After that we do topic (FUN)
Then we go home (YAAAAAYYY).

Thanks for reading our BLOG

Week 11

Hello I'm Zac, this weeks class leader. Me and my buddies, Maiya, Joey and Alexa did an act for Kids Fest/Star Fest. We did it in front of our classmates. It's a skit about knights. It's a comedy.
Also we went to see the Matariki Pu Harekeke Art Exhibition. Some of the artists spoke to us about how they made their art works. It was AWESOME!
And... our classroom computer is finally fixed, which is good news because my own computer just got fixed yesterday as well.
It is now HOLIDAY TIME!!!!! Have a great 2 weeks.

Maths Problem Solving Challnge - Write the answer as a comment and show your working!

Problem

Moana set her digital watch at 13:00:00 on the last day of April. Unfortunately the watch loses 11 seconds a day. What is the time on Moana’s watch when it is 13:00:00 on the last day of May?

How long until Christmas?

Week 10 - Phoebe

Hi my name is Phoebe and I am the class leader this week. 

This week we completed our  Collage and poster for the Ferrymead topic. 

Yesterday, while Mrs Brunton was at a Math Course, we had Mrs Guise teaching us, and  Mary, the music lady, came in and played some music games with us.

For handwriting we are learning to do flicks on our lower case letters.  

This week we had the finals of the poetry competition.  Cassidy from Room 19  came third, Ethan came second and Finn came 1st. They are both in Room 27. 

We are doing some activities around the Kidsfest catalogue for reading and writing. 

We also had a fitness test with Mr McKenzie. We ran 850m and had to better our time from Term 1.  

Have a great weekend

Phoebe

Alida brought along a cake with Matariki written on it to share with the class and our buddy class.

My Mum and I made this yummy cake to share at our Matariki Celebration shared morning tea today. See the 7 stars of Matariki Mum put on the cake. Yummy! from Helena

This is a photo Mrs Brunton took of me today standing in front of our Matariki display.

Week 9

Hi,  I am Dylan and this week I am the class leader. 

This week we celebrated Matariki, Aotearoa New Year. 

Our Buddy class came to see us today and we gave them cards that we had made and wind mills (titi parerera) out of flax (harakeke). We brought food for a shared morning tea and some games from home to play. 

We also had a turn of making a  purerehua. It was once used by Maori to signal people when they were far away. 

On Thursday I got the Heart of Achievement awerd IT WAS MY LAST ONE. Now I am going shopping with Mrs Warren. 

byDylan also helped by Helena

Week 8

Hi, my name is Helena and I am the class leader this week. 

This week our class have been practicing our poems for the 'Poem Competition' next week. We are learning to use expressive voices and gestures to go with our poems. 

For art we have been doing collage about the olden day things to tie in with our 'Ghanges Unit.' 

For reading we have to read a story from a journal and draw pictures in little boxes about it, when we have finished drawing the pictures we write about what we drew. This is called a story map. 

A couple of days ago there was a choir performance. Lots of people came to see it and the school was invited to hear them this morning. They did a great performance. Finn and Joey are in the orchestra. 

Week 8 Term 2

Hi I am Alexa, this week I am the class leader. This week room 27 have been doing lot's of topic about olden day things. We are doing things like bathrooms, phones and transport and discussing how the technology has influenced our life. For reading we have been making presentations about what we are reading. My group read a book about Advertising. We have now had the 3-way confernces, and I heard that they went really well. (I know that my one did). We are having a great time with are new computer. by Alexa and Finn Have a nice week.

Rain, rain go away

Hi all,

I have spent today at e-time in the city learning all about blogs and wikis in the hope that Room 27 will become expert at communicating in a new and wizzy way. I am pretty sure the children will get there before me but it has been fun learning all the things our computers are able to do. Wish us luck. 

Ferrymead Heritage Park May 2010 Room 27

A short film clip of our recent trip to Ferrymead. We gained a better understanding of the technology of yesteryear to help us understand how change in technology affects our lives.        

Coughs and Sniffles

Hi to all, 

We are now half way through our second term at school. Time is flying by and with the cold wet weather, along come coughs and sniffles. 

REMINDER:  if your child is feeling unwell; temperature up, runny nose and cough then keep them warm and snug at home for a day or two.  

We have discussed in class how we can minimize the spread of germs by using the hand sanitizer provided in the class. 

Keep well

Mary

Room 6 girls compete in the St Albans School Year 4 Try-Athlon. 

Buddy Class. Room 6 & 21

Every Friday, just before lunch-time, we meet up with our Buddy Class, Room 21. We share poems, stories and games with each other.

                                      

Welcome note

Tena koutou katoa, nau mai, haere mai. 

Welcome to room 6 blog. 

The children and I will be sharing the exciting things that we do in our room.