Jump Jam

This week we started Jump Jam. We go ever day after lunch to the hall with Room 1 and 2.

Successful People

Everyone has been working hard to finish their successful people posters for our inquiry. Everyone had to choose someone in New Zealand they felt was successful. The boys included photos, a fact file and qualities about their person that they feel makes them successful. Here are some finished posters.

Water Towers

While we were on our fun day out around Wanganui we observationally drew the Water Tower. When we got back to school Mrs Larsen made them bigger on the photocopier. We then used pastel to colour them in. We glued our pastel and pencil towers onto a bright coloured piece of paper. They look great!

Experimenting with Flip Videos

As part of our new Inquiry, Mrs Larsen gave us a chance to experiment with the flip videos. After having lots of fun we created a PMI. We think they are lots of fun!

Plus
Easy to download
Small, easy to hold
Good sound
You can zoom in and out
Easy to use
Buttons easy to push
Little symbols so we know what each button means

Minus
Can’t pause filming, just stops and starts a new file
Hard to keep steady
Easy to accidently bump buttons
Can’t do as much as a normal video camera

Interesting
Couldn’t work it properly
You can turn sound up
Touch screen
You can put straight into computer
You can erase videos
There are less buttons
You can watch videos

Here is one of the videos taken by Caleb. I thought it was great. It shows me he learnt to zoom in and out and had lots of fun experimenting.

Empty Lot

Today we went for a walk with Room 12 to the empty lot down the road. We talked about what we think is going there and what we would like to see there.

Add a comment to the voice thread telling us what you want to go on the empty lot.

Inquiry

Today we started our new inquiry, Safer Journeys, So lets get creative!

We gathered our first thoughts on safer journeys. Here's what we know.

Maths Game

Today Mrs Larsen taught us a new maths game called Fifteen. Its all about rugby, in preparation for the Rugby World Cup. The aim of the game is to make fifteen to score a try. The person with the most tries wins. It was lots of fun. We have some great rugby card players!

I Got A Pea!

Today in assembly it was Room 6's turn to choose the songs. The boys really enjoyed one of there song choices, so I thought I would put a link here for everyone.

I wonder...

Trail of the Kiwi Killer Poem

Last week Mrs Larsen got us to write a poem about thre trail of the kiwi killer.Mrs Larsen got us to publish them in the morning And here a some of them.

I followed Gretchen into the bush,
I saw a dead kiwi it looked like mush.
The scary bush frightened me,
I felt small under the tree.
It was dark and I heard a dog,
That sounded like a big fat frog!

By William

Mystery Envelope

The boys tried hard all week to do the job inside the mystery envelope and finally on the last day it was done. At the end of the day we got to see what was inside the mystery envelope and we discovered Kahu was the clever person. Finally after all year of it not being done he ensured the recycling bin was put back in the correct place, not in front of the heater. He won a bouncy ball for his efforts. I wonder what it will be next week.

Wall of Fame

I couldn't resist I just had to choose Darian to go on the Wall of Fame. I think the photo says it all!

King of the Den

Orkut Scrap Toys

Aranui Theatre

Today Arnui theatre came to our school to do a play for us. Check out the photos.

Room 12 and 15's Trip Around Wanganui

On Tuesday morning Room 15 was so existed to go on the big trip around Wanganui. The first thing we did was go to Room 12 to get our Buddy's to go to the bus. Our first stop was the lake. When we got to the lake we had a tour around the lake. We saw a lot of ducks and Geese and some pukeko's.

Our next stop was Kowhai Park. When we were a Kowhai Park we had morning tea and we played everywhere.

After that we went to the the Water Tower. When we got there we all tried to draw the tower.

While we were at the water tower Mrs Larsen said that we were going to Queens Park next. At Queens Park we read a story Charlotte and the lion. The setting was based on Queens Park. After the story we had some lunch and played. We just loved rolling down the big hill.

The next interesting thing was Moutoa Gardens. While we were there we saw the Carlton School flowers that we sent for Anzac day.

When we had finished at the Garden we went across the road and we went into the riverboat place. Isaiah wrote in the visitors book for us. We all had fun pretending to be Captains on the boat inside.

After that we went to the Tram Shed. We met the people working on restoring the trams. They told us that they are hoping to put the Trams back onto our streets. When we were there we made a video of everyone having a lot around the Tram.


After that we walked across the town bridge and down the long tunnel to the elevator underground. It was really bumpy in the elevator and it was cool seeing how close we were through the little window. When we got up the top we climbed the steps all the way to the top of the Durie Hill Tower. So of us climbed onto the top ans could see all of Wanganui through the cage. Willaim tried to drop a 10c coin onto the ground but it flew away because the wind was so strong.

On the way to the beach William and Nikora fell to asleep. It must of been a long day, but it wasn't over. When we arrived at the Mole we talked about how the big ships used to come in and drop off supplies. After checking that out we had heaps of fun playing. People made sandcastles, wrote in the sand, built huts and we had lots and lots of driftwood guns.

It was such an awesome day out. We loved spending time with our buddies and had lot of fun.

Mystery Envelope - What will it be?

Today we started something new, the Mystery Envelope. Every week Mrs Larsen is going to put something in the envelope she feels needs doing around the classroom. It could be making sure the books are in nice piles, cleaning the clock bay or checking the back door is locked. The boys have 1 week to try and do whats in the mystery envelope. On Friday we open the envelope, see what it was and see if anyone actually did it. The person who does the thing inside the mystery envelope could win a prize. Each week will be different. I wonder who will be first

Duffy Book

Way to go Campbell. He is our Duffy Book Winner this week. Keep up the hard work!

Ukulele Art

Over the past couple of week we have been working on colouring in our ukulele's. Finally after a lot of hard work we have some finished. Have a look at what Josh achieved. I think they look amazing!

Kapa Haka Show

Today we went to WHS to watch a Kapa Haka and Pasifica performance. Matua Ashley thought it would be a good idea. It might help us when we do things like the Haka Powhiri. We all thought it was great and were amazed at how powerful they sound. We were also surprised to see the effort the boys put in. Can you believe it their chests and legs were red because they were slapping them so hard. Now that's commitment.

Presents from Barb

Today we were really spoilt. Barb, Mrs Larsen's mum, brought everyone a present from Australia. She has been there on holiday for the past week. We were all lucky enough to be given a pencil and boomerang. Mrs Larsen gave us lots of times to play with our boomerangs. It was so much fun. No one was able to make it come back though.

King of the Den

Myspace Message Generators

Striving for Accuracy and Precision

Campbell has been striving for accuracy this week with his art work. He has worked hard to blend his ukulele's. They look great!

Where in the world do we want to visit?

Today I gave the boys a challenge. They had to choose a country they really want to visit and not tell anybody, Once they had decided they needed to find 5 interesting facts about that country. They turned the facts into clues. Tomorrow they are going to create a voki 'Where is the world do I want to go?'

Some boys took the challenge very seriously and would not let on to anyone where they want to go. Check out William and David working hard on the computer under their sheet!