Graffiti Group

This group read a journal about Write 4 Gold, which is a competition for graffiti artists to showcase their talents.They looked at how they plan their work and share a message. After practising online, the group worked in pairs to produce a message about what we had learnt during our sessions on the Life Education bus. Here is some of their work...

Anna and Tori's message, which has been selected to be shown inside the Life Education bus, and will travel all over
New Zealand. Well done girls for your fantatsic message!



Lance spread his message on his own, and what a fantastic girrafe!



Alicia and Bries message, with a super drawing of Harold! Nice work girls!

Music group presents their song.

Hana, Brandon, Kyle, Mardi and Adam  read about Nelson musician William Fairbairn, who was recording his own music at the of 7 years old. The group decided to try create their own song. To make the challenege easier they picked a piece of music that they knew and changed the lyrics. The message they are trying to show is for Christchurch to stay strong, and know that people are there to help them. Well done guys, you have worked hard and produce an awesome song!

Sporting update

Netball SuperStars

Well done to Kalyssa, Hana and Amber for making it to the Under 13 Development Rep Team for Nelson Netball. Last Sunday they went to Blenhiem for a tournament against other Upper North Island Teams. Next they have 2 more tournaments that will be held in Nelson over the next few others. Awesome effort girls, remember to play hard and play fair!!!

Well done Poetry Finalists!!

Well done to Thomas, Brandon, Hana and Kendall for representing Room 2 in the syndicate poetry recital finals. Congradulations to Hana and Kendall for being selected to reprensent our syndicate Tamanui Te Ra, in the school finals. Good Luck!!!

Well done to the Room 2 Poetry rectial finalists!

Room 2's Sounds of Joy

We saw the advertisment by Cabury Chocolate, Sounds of Joy. Room 2 decided we would record some sounds of joy in our classroom. We put all the sounds together using Audacity, then loaded this to slides from our Kiwi as Day last term to produce this short film.

Listen carefully and see if you can hear these sounds recorded:

The shaker - used in class to get our attention, Miss Bibby's number count down - thats she does to get us to stop, look and listen, students playing P.E in the hall, a kick of the soccer ball, friends laughing and joking around.

You can also go on the Cabury Website and share our Sound of Joy! The link is Room 2's Sounds of Joy

Room 2 playing "I'm yours" by Jason Maraz on the ukelele in Music today

Kind Deed?

In the Life Education Bus we were all challenged to do something kind and nice to someone with out telling them what we did.
What was the kind deed you did last week?
Post this as a comment.

Riddle for beginners

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

See if you can answer this riddle and leave your answer as a comment

Riddle for experts

The man who invented it doesn't want it, The man who bought it doesn't need it, The man who needs it doesn't know it.

What is it ???

Diamante Poems

Last week we looked at Diamente Poems, which is in the shape of a diamond. Each line uses specific types of words, like adjectives and ing words. It does not have to rhyme.
Here are some examples.

Drawing

writing,shaping

scratching, scribbling, drawing

drawing is a way to stimulate the brain

scanning, reading, truning

action, comedy

reading

By: Sheamus

Horses

amazing, cuddly

jumping, cuddling, neighing

they are always there for you no matter what

running, pouncing, swimming

lovable, friendly

animals

By:Emily

Fire

red,hot

burning, flamming, smoking

heat,sun,icile,water

freezing, shivering, skating

cold, clear

ice

By: Natasha

Cats

playful, annoying

purring, meowing, stalking

cats always land on their feet

slobbering, barking, itching

fast, loyud

dogs

By:Luke

Summer

hot,warm

sweating, running,playing

theres nothing like summer

freezing, snowing, skiing

cold, white

winter

By: Mardi

Day

warm, sunny

playing, singing, learning

when it goes around, it comes back around

sleeping, freezing, listening

cold, dark

night.

By:Kendall

Day 4 Science

This Science session we learnt about solvents and solutes. We looked at polar bonds and no-polar bonds. We tested these by doing experiments and using the bunsen burners.We found out that oil and water do not mix. Here are some photos of the stars in Room 2 working hard in Science.

All the stars in Room 2, working hard in Science.

The True Kiwi Way

Ben and I have put this video on for you to check out as it shows everything to do with our culture that we learnt last term.
We thought you would like it, tell us what you thought?
By Brandon

Life Education Bus

This week having been going to the Life Education Bus to learn more about drugs and alcohol. We have been looking at the affect and consequences they can have on our bodies and our life.

Room 2 focusing hard in the Life Education Bus.

Room 2 getting the street names for drugs.



Harold talking to Room 2.



Harold listening to what Room 2 learnt in the session.

Here are some comments students made about what they learnt:

Kerey said "In the life education bus I learnt that glue was a drug and it mucks up your brain!"

Cameron couldn't believe that there was "about 20 street names for marijuana!"

Kyle thought "that drugs and alcohol can make you do stupid things, like stand on tops of cars."

Regan was shocked "that some drug addicts started drugs at the age of 13 and that has since dropped to about 9!"

Thomas said "people can have a different personality when they drink a lot of alcohol."

Ellie learnt "that you don't have control over what you are doing when your wasted or drunk."

Lucy couldn't imagine that "some people had to take drugs just to get up in the morning or to do any little thing".

Science Week 7



Can you find yourself in this collage?

 This week we are learning about the periodic table and what they look like in atom form.

What if Poems.

This week we have been looking at What if poems?
We followed the structure of asking a strange question that the next line answers with a statement.
Here are the first few people who finished their poems today.

What if?
What if everyone was perfect?
I might get a bigger allowance.
What if sunlight made things wet?
I could go swimming in the desert.
What if cars were good for the environment?
I would drive everywhere.
What if this poem was true?
By: Regan

What if?
What if running made you unfit?
I might be fat.
What if I could be a chicken?
I could lay eggs.
What if I was a bouncy ball?
I would go to the moon.
Do you like eggs?
By: Luke

What if?
What if the rain was warm?
I might actually like the rain.
What if McDonalds made you skinny?
I could be just the right size.
What if Mars was the world?
I would live there.
What if the world never ends?
By: Amber

What if?
What if there was no winter?
I might live on a beach.
What if money made you poor?
I could be a millionaire.
What if school made you dumb?
I would quit school straight away.
What if there was no such things as poems?
By: Thomas

Do you have a what if question?

Science experimenting

Session 2 in Science.
Trying to mix an acid and a base to make it neutral!

Science on PhotoPeach

What did you find at home that you thought was an Acid, Neutral or a base?
Write your find in the comment box.

Welcome the World Winners!!

Well done to Emily and Lance.
Emily won the students vote for the best idea to welcome the world to the Rugby World Cup. Her idea was to have a fountain of L'n'P outside the front of the stadiums and people could take a drink as they entered to the games.
Lance won the teacher's vote, because he went the extra mile and made a power point presentation to demonstrate his idea of giving postcards to ticket holders as they entered. The postcards would have images of New Zealand places on them.
Fantastic effort to Emily and Lance, great ideas, keep up the good work!

Worth a look...the power of words!

Random Jokes:)

What do you call a fish with out an eye?
A Fsh!!!!


What do lazy dogs do for fun?
Chase parked cars!!!


What kind of cheese is made backwards?
Edam!!!


We are looking for the funniest joke, post yours as a comment.:D
We hope to hear from you soon!!
By Lucy and Ellie:)

What am I?

Yet another way to write cinquain poems...

Winter,
Snow on the ground,
Fire places going,
Lots of fun playing in the snow,
Snowmen.

Thomas.



Winter,
Ice cold weather,
Sitting by the fire,
A warm cup of hot chocolate,
Season.

By Natasha.

A different way to write cinquain poems.

Poppies,
Red,happy,
Growing,dancing,shining,
Symbol of peace during war,
Peace.

By Xaylan.

Chocolate,
Sweet,smooth,
Melting,breaking,pleasing,
Melts on my toungue,
Cadbury.

By Lucy.

School,
Fun,exciting,
Learning,writing,running,
You learn something new everyday,
Classroom.

By Kendall.

Ice cream,
Sticky,sweet,
Freezing,licking,enjoying,
Melts in my mouth,
Delicious.

By Ellie.