Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Volcano acrostic poems

This week we have been writing acrostic poems about volcanoes. We have been trying to use descriptive language and paint a picture of the volcano for the reader. Listen to these poems to see how we went..


Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Rock Cycle Explanation

Jimmy, Zane and Taine decided to make an explanation video about the rock cycle. Watch as Professor Porkchop explains...

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Rock cycle dance

Maggie raps the rock cycle as the group Jordana, Maggie, Hayley, Lauren and Lucy created and performed a dance that demonstrates the steps in the rock cycle. We were totally blown away by this performance!! These girls really worked their strengths well within the group, and challenged themselves to rewrite the lyrics to a rockcycle rap! Well done girls

Rock cycle animations

Josh's rock cycle video I admire all the boys groups that have showed amazing determination and resilience to get these animations made!! After several days of attempting to create their animation, they have solved many problems and finally have produced their rock cycle animation. More to come soon...

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Newspaper Star

Can you guess who this is?
I was looking through the Nelson Weekly newspaper tonight and I found someone from our class.

Can you guess who it is???

This photo was taken at the Kartsport Nelson Sunbelt Sprint Championships over the long weekend. I hope the person in this photo can tell us more!!

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Our Special Guest!


Yesterday we were greeted by a special guest, Adie from the Tasman District Council. It was great having her here and we learnt a lot about our topic this term, Our Changing Earth. She taught us about all the different types of rocks and soils in the Tasman region. Here are a few photos from when she was here.

Endball challenge

Yesterday Room 2 had their endball tournament against Room 7. Sadly we lost, but we tried our best and I'm sure that we will win next time!!! It was a close game ending in a draw at full time. It went into extra time where we just let the win slip away. Great try guys! Posted by Lauren and Maggie :-)
Make a video of your own at Animoto.

Guess The Singers???

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This month it is New Zealand music month, so your challenge is to try and guess the name of the artist, band or singer in the different pictures!!! Each picture has a letter next to it. So when you think you have your answer please comment with the name of the singer or band next to the letter which is by the picture! The winner who guesses all the answers right will win a PRIZE... Good luck from Lauren and Maggie :-)



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Monday, 27 May 2013

Exciting Sentences!!

In writing we have been working on writing interesting sentences. Here are some of the best sentences for:      The boy went up the stairs.

The tired boy stumbled up the never ending stairs.
By Tahlia

The hyper boy marched up the rickety, old stairs.
By Lauren

The infuriated boy thundered up the creaky, wooden stairs.
By Lucy

The grouchy boy trudged slowly up the old, creaky staircase.
By Shevana

The terrified boy slowly shuffled up the old, creaky stairs.
By Jimmy

Please comment on what you think of these awesome sentences!!

Posted by Maggie and Lauren.

Friday, 24 May 2013

Creating games

This week we are creating new games in groups, so that we can practice the skills we need to play End Ball better.

These photos are of the groups trailing their games with another team, and fixing the problems before we play the game as a whole class.

Next week we will be playing all the games.

We are also looking at what makes a good team and leader.

Comment below what you think makes a good team member and what makes a good leader