Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Zane's NZ Animation


Here is Zane's animation of a landmark found in New Zealand. Can you guess what it is? Listen as Zane shares with you what he knows so far. Leave him a comment about something you know about this landmark.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Room 9s Rugby Movie

Ever wonder what it might have been like playing rugby in 1840? Do you know how it all began? Listen as we share with you a brief explanation of what it might have looked like? And at the end of our movie, watch and quiz yourself on your knowledge of flags from around the world. Here's the clue: they're all in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tihi's visit to Harold


Yesterday was our first visit to the Life Education caravan that travels all across New Zealand. It was so much fun seeing Harold again! Listen as Tihi shares with you his writing about our visit to Harold.

Mahana NZ Flag



Mahana has written a brief paragraph about the New Zealand Flag. Listen as she explains what it is about.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Lorenzo's NZ Flag



Because it is the year of the Rugby World Cup. What better way to learn about it then from our own beautiful country. Listen as Lorenzo briefly shares with you his description.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Zane writes about Immersion Assembly


Listen as Zane shares with you his version of what happened at Immersion Assembly on the first day of term 3. Well done Zane and keep up the great writing!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Stevenson's Term 3 Immersion Writing


At the beginning of every term apart from Term 1. We have an Immersion Assembly that gets children hooked into the topic. This term our topic is called "Keep your eye on the ball". Listen as Stevenson shares with you in detail of what happened, in his own words. Keep up the great writing Stevenson!!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Lorenzo's Handwashing Animation


Here is Lorenzo's handwashing animation that he made in Term 2.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Brooklyn's Handwashing Animation


How important is handwashing? Listen as Brooklyn shares with you.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Sarai's Handwashing Animation


Here's Sarai's animation that she has made using Hyperstudio this term.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Zane's Handwashing Animation


Here is Zane's animation he has made using Hyperstudio. Well done Zane!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Ariana's Handwashing Animation


Here is Ariana's animation that she has made using Hyperstudio.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Cyrus' Handwashing Animation


Here is Cyrus' animation that he has made using Hyperstudio.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Sohel's Noodle Eating Competition


Here is Sohel's recount writing about our Noodle Eating Competition that we had on Monday. He did a great job with his sentence beginnings.

Guess what room 9 did today? Miss Lavakula placed five plates on the mat. This she put some cooked noodles on the plates. After that Miss Lavakula picked five people to eat the noodles. Then Miss said, “Are you ready? Go!” Then we gobbled up the noodles without using our hands.

Please note: that is Lorenzo in the picture.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Falefehi's Handwashing Animation

Falefehi has been working hard this term to create an animation using Hyperstudio and iMovie. Well done Falefehi!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Antonia's Handwashing Animation


This is Antonia's handwashing animation that she has made using Hyperstudio and iMovie. Well done Antonia!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Soap Making in Room 9

This term Room 9 and team 3 made soap using the cold process. We had to cut up the gylcerine and the white soap base and melted it in the microwave. Then we added colouring and fragrances. Don't they look beautiful!!




Antonia's Noodle Eating Competition


Here is Antonia's recount writing about our Noodle Eating Competition on Monday 11th July, 2011.

Guess what room 9 did yesterday? We had a noodle eating competition. Noodles were served on five plates. Then give people got chosen to eat the noodles. People shouted, "Eat it!" and some people won. Some people were laughing because some noodles went up their noses. After that we had to suck juice up off the plates and went outside to clean it with water. The noodles tasted delicious and yummy.