What are we proud of this term?

Brody - not talking on the mat Natalia - getting better at Kapahaka Anna - Performing to Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Bailey - Doing Kapahaka Ella - Doing good work Poppy - Doing Kapahaka Tyla - doing kapahaka Jessica - performing for Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Ciara - the feedback that we got from Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Xanthe - making new friends Holly - making two new friends Arabella - working hard in all my learning Summa - Book Character Day Josh P - my maths has improved Daintin - Cyprus - I've got better at Kapahaka Josh O - looking after the devices Chloe - making new friends Archie - working on my learning Matthew - working on my myth Lochlan - I can plait Louie - My speech

Budding Musicians

Today we created music and sound effects to go with the story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" We had fun finding out which instruments would make the best sound for the swishy swashy grass, the squelchy mud and the scary bear. Then this afternoon we worked in groups to create our own sounds and beats. We practised writing these down using 'graphic notation'. Check out the photos of our groups presenting to the class and the graphic notations they created.

Room 11's Flag Designs

For homework this week we designed a flag for New Zealand. This morning in class we talked about our reasons for our flag designs. We all voted for the designs we liked and ended up with three favourites. Here they are and the reasons they were designed or chosen.

I chose this flag because I like the design with the stars on it and the flag on it. From lochlan cockerell.

I chose a flag design that is called kore hearts. It has a river at the top. By Poppy

Frank's design has a long white cloud, blue because we are surrounded by ocean and some features of the old flag.

Weekly Round Up Week 7

This week we thought we would share how we do our weekly round up. Sometimes we write our ideas in our learning journals and other times we sit in groups and talk about our ideas. Then we choose 6 people to wear the hats and ask the children to share their ideas. We also have a 'Yeehaa' hat that we use at the end. Anyone can share something about their week that was great and we all say a big YEEEEHAAA!

White Hat - Facts - What did we do this week? Sidney - There was a fire drill Brody - We did kapahaka and Tiahn sang as an echo Cyprus - We did desk change Poppy - We did sample folder maths with multiplication and division Natalia - We painted parts for our pallet art

Red Hat - Emotions - How are we feeling this week? Arabella - I felt proud when I sang in front of the kindy kids Sidney - I felt stunned when the fire alarm went off Natalia - I felt sad because my friend got bullied by her friends Yellow Hat - Positives - What has gone well this week? Xanthe - I have finished my myth Jessica - I'm happy that the fire drill wasn't a real fire Frank - I've felt excited about going to the Science night with James and Bailey Zidane - The flag designs were good this morning Brianna - I'm looking forward to Father's Day Brody - The writing went well Blue Hat - Thinking - What thinking have we done this week / do we need to do now? Jessica - We've been thinking about science experiments Daintin - I've been thinking about making slides and getting them finished Tiahn - I've been thinking about publishing my myth Summa - I've been thinking about what I want to put on my flag Zidane - We were thinking about music and how to make beats Black Hat - Negatives - What do we need to improve on? Poppy - People were making silly noises Brody - Sitting on the mat nicely and playing nicely at lunchtime Chloe - people need to use their manners at Kapahaka Brianna - People getting bullied Frank - James got hurt Green Hat - Creativity - Did you try anything new this week? Daintin - We did music with instruments Holly - I tried e-ako on the computer again Brody - We did Spellzaar on the big whiteboard Arabella - We played Spellzaar with Snookems in our group

Weekly Round UP - Week 6

Green Hat - new ideas
Brody - wearing yellow clothes for Daffodil Day
Louie - Publishing our marvellous medicine
Daintin - Getting a library card
Frank - I learnt about Eric Carle

White Hat - Facts
Natalia - We did art this week
Tyla - We have worked on our science experiments
James - I've learnt how to build a marshmallow catapault
Micah - Trip to the library

Yellow Hat - Positives
Tyla - Getting dojo points
Lochlan - Working on my science
Brody - Getting points for sanding
Ciara - I have finished my myth publishing

Black Hat - Negatives
Archie - Handball didn't go well
Holly - I want to make more friends
Xanthe - I had some troubles with friends
Bailey - I got stood on in Soccer

Red Hat - Emotions
Zidane - Nervous because I've felt scared
Arabella - Proud because I lead a song in kapahaka
Sidney - Sad when I sprained my ankle
Tiahn - I feel happy about my spellathon certificate

Blue Hat - Thinking
Josh P - Thinking about my maths
Jessica -  I've been thinking about science
Summer - I've been thinking about what to do in Flexi Time
Poppy - Thinking about my art work

Weekly Round Up - Week 6

Green Hat - New Ideas
We have a new student - her name is Xanthe
Natalia - I got up in front of the class for Fast 'n Furious for the first time
Holly - I created some new skipping ideas
Arabella - I made my own science experiment
Brody - I played in a 7's tournament for the first for Nayland

Red Hat - Feelings
Cyprus - I'm happy about my myth writing
Summa - I'm happy because I got a certificate at assembly
Micah - I'm happy about getting my myth writing finished
Xanthe - I was happy that I got a certificate at assembly

Blue Hat - Thinking
Josh P - I have been thinking about how to make my medicine
Jessica - I have been thinking about how to finish my recipe
Anna - I have been thinking about the next steps in my medicine
Ella - I have been thinking about finishing my work

Yellow Hat - Good Things
Frank - I really like tagging people in Ultimate Tag
Archie - The spots that Zidane and I have will be helpful
James - I'm getting better at reading
Lochlan - It's good that I have finished my myth

White Hat - Facts
Matthew - We got to play on the tiger turf
Arabella - I started a song in kapahaka
Poppy - I learnt how to do a google slide
Brody - We did skipping

Black Hat - Negatives - Things that didn't go well
Micah - There were some people making silly noises on the carpet
Tyla - Some people have been sick
Natalia - We should be nice to people
Frank - People making noises at kapahaka

Term 3 Weekly Round-Up Welcome Back

White Hat - Facts - What have we done this week?
We were learning about Science - Tiahn
The Tiger Turf man is starting to lay the turf - Frank
We shone torches onto discs and made coloured rainbow light - Holly
Richard talked to us about Albatross birds - Jessica
We've been learning about Statistics - Natalia

Yellow Hat - Good Things - What we liked - Positives
Writing Rockets finished writing a burger recipe - Cyprus
We liked the science and found out how to light up boxes with bottles - Bailey
We lined up quietly outside - Micah
We've done good experiments with balloons - Poppy
We listened well the the scientist that visited - Anna

Black Hat - What didn't go so well - What do we need to work on?
I didn't like getting chased by girls - Josh P
We had to practise lining up to be quiet - Matthew
Some people were pretending to have weapons - Archie
The boys had to do press ups in kapahaka - Poppy
People are throwing their lunchboxes around and not waiting to be told to go by a teacher - Ciara

Red Hat - What feelings have you had this week?
People that make silly noises make us feel annoyed - Brody
We feel sad when we have problems with our friends - Zidane
I've been sad because people annoy me - James
We feel sad because we didn't get to play with the balloons much - Arabella
I felt sad when I had troubles at lunchtime - Ella

Green Hat - New ideas - What new things did we try this week?
Science with Richard de Hamil - Daintin
Science with the Overhead Projector - Josh O
We made the giant wings - Sidney
We have been learning about Science experiments - Summa

Blue Hat - What thinking have we done this week - What things do we have to think about some more?
The maths had mixed take-away and plus and we had to think about which one to do - Louie
In science I had to think about mixing colours - Holly
We had to think about science experiments - Jessica
We had to think about balloons and cans and bottles in science - Lochlan