Celebration of learning - some of our award recipients. Congratulations!

Adhya's Pic Collage for Christmas

Henry's Christmas collage

Our teacher

Africa

Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Cerys

writing

  Today room 4 did something different in writing . instead of writing a story , Mrs bridgman wrote a sentence and we had to make it better by using our imagination however we still had to set a success criteria which was : strong verb(s) , connectives , vocab , and punctuation.  

I think this picture is my favorite picture in the world.And I think you are thinking the same am I right? Please let me know. 

Our favorite animal by James and Henry

Our favorite animal is blue and lives in the sea - can you guess what it is? It is a Dolphin!

I like dolphins because they can do lots of tricks and swim fast. 

Mufti Day

Today is muftiday. We can get: hot dogs, muffins, and last of all drinks. Mufti is when nearly everyone in the school gets dressed up. There are about 500 people in Parnell School. 

                                  muffiday


  Today it is a special day because we could choose our clothes.

Making today's date in Maths. Sixteen.Everyone had a different way of making 16.

My favorite animals are:rabbits,giraffes and dolphins too. I like rabbits because they are cute and cuddly

Wet morning tea time by Evan

When the two bells went, we went inside because it's rainy.We played Lego because it's fun. I found my Lego ship and a little car. The ship had a super hiter that can break through anything. At lunch time I am going to play with it.

Ethan coming to my house ByJosephine Li

On Friday my friend Ethan is coming to my house to play. We are going to eat Ice cream and we mite play MONOPOLY or we counld play on my phone or the iPad. I bet Ethan will play on the IPad because he wants to play on the racing game. Last time when he came he said "Can I play on the IPad?'' Off course he can. I told him the password then he saw a racing game. His car is very fast so he zoomed to the the finish line and came first so that's why I think he will play on the IPad.

My favorite animals by Jamie

My favorite animals are:rabbits,giraffes and lions. Giraffes are cool because they are spotty, rabbits are cute because they are small an soft and finally I like lions because they could fight and have sharp claws.

Kakapo by Chloe

Read this free book made on StoryJumper

My Holiday

Zany Zebras by Ada

Our favourit animals By Josephine and Adhya

Josephine:My favourit animals are:Rabbits,Pandas and Cats.

Adhya:My favourit animals are:Rabbits,Tigers,Cheeters and giraffis.

My favorite animal is? Evan and Henry.

Our favorite animal is a blue, silly, cute and get attacked by sharks and is also smart.It's a dolphin.

my favourite animal by Ada and Ruby

Spotty, tall, brown and yellow, guess what animal this is? It's slower than a cheater and faster than a snail. It eats leaves from tall trees and it has hooves that are good for galloping. It's a giraffe!!

my favourite animal

Edward's favourite animal is green Aniconder because it is one of the biggest snakes.The biggest Aniconda can eat:lions,sheeps,pigs and rats [reptile].My favourite animal is the South Armerca Alligtor.They've been found in:deep mud and muddy swamps all aound the everglades.

my favourite animal by Lynae and Maddie

My favorite animal is a Koala because they are grey and Koala's are cute and cuddly. They live in trees in Australia and they sleep a lot.

Our morning!

This morning we had 2 different teachers. We did some writing about whatever we wanted even though it wasn't Friday (free writing day). We didn't do what we usually do such as : setting our success criteria (how we know we've done a good job), buddy feedback or 7 things. However Eddie, Lynae, Evan, Ada and Jamie did use the coloured crayons.
After writing we did Maths. The triangles group went first with the teacher and learned bridging to ten. Meanwhile the Squares were doing Mathletics.
During morning tea time, we played outside.
Finally Ms Bridgman arrived back at school after visiting a different school.

Wacky hair day!

James writes a pirate story!

Eddie writes about the lonely Panda.

Benaiah writes an amazing story.

Ada's native bird story.

Incredible Lego creations today during a wet lunch time.

What happens to waters stretchy skin when soap is added to the water?

Bubbles by Ada

Yesterday in class we experimented using water and soap. First we blew bubbles just using water and a blue stripy straw. Next we added a tiny bit of soap to the water. When we blew the bubbles again they spilt everywhere. It was a huge mountain of bubbles! Then we blew bubbles outside. One of the bubbles floated swiftly above the trees and out of the school.

Mufti Day Term 3 -class of super stars!

Cross Country this week -what a great spirit the children had at this event!

Henry creation!!!!!!!!

The Olympic Rings by Cerys

http://storybird.com/books/the-olympic-rings/?token=ph796se7m9

Word families word work by Cerys

Word work today - working with "word families"

Shaun writes a lovely tale about a little rabbit.

Ruby writes about an owl - very creative Ruby and wonderful word choices!

Ruby writes about an owl - very creative Ruby and wonderful word choices!

Working together is part of some Daily 5 activities.

Read to Someone involves reading with a buddy  - one student reads while the other Checks for Understanding, asking 'Who?' and 'What happened?'

Surface tension and soap

We have been investigating the states of matter -solids, liquids and gases and the properties of water. This week we explored surface tension and water drops as well as surface tension and soap.
We learned that soap breaks surface tension because the molecules pull away from each other.
we had a lot of fun blowing bubbles and watching them wobble and float away into the distance.
Here are some pictures of us!

Ada's 2 stars and a wish

Adhya's story

Henry's Story

Genya retells his story using his own words

The Alien's Spaceship by Shaun

3 States of matter by Spencer

Hippo Poem by Shaun

Shaun creation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dreaming big by Evan

Ada writes about the spotty giraffe

Candy World by Lynae

Shaun's science writing.

Spencer's book

Spencer's poem

I made a bag by Charlotte

What's my favourite part of this story? By Henry.

We have been learning to give our opinions about what we are reading about. Sometimes we all have different ideas and thoughts about books we read.

Ada does some creative writing!

Shaun writes an adventure story up in space

Cerys writes about the boy who wanted to catch a star.

Cerys writes about dinosaurs!

Visits from Constable Cyrus for Road Safety

Making sure students can fit their own seatbelt correctly

Ruby shows us what she thinks about a Stegasaurus -click on the round tags on the picture to reveal the information!

Spencer has done some creative writing on Storybird,

http://storybird.com/books/the-day-at-the-skate-park-3/?token=4t9yk23cfg

Ada's 3 stars and a wish

Shaun's 3 stars and a wish

We have been discussing Change. We read Mrs Bonniface's book called The Little House.

Created with Padlet

We have been learning about connectives and adjectives.Here are my silly sentences. By Eddie.

Alexandra, Cerys and Ada retell their big book using time words.

Hoot Owl by Shaun

Coding with Ruby's Dad was super fun and exciting!

Homework guidelines for those who missed this communication.

Kereru team Homework.

I have had some questions about homework so I will take the opportunity to answer them and explain about homework in the Kereru team........

Research tells us that not much is gained from 6 year olds doing lots of homework. But it is a good idea to get children into the habit of attending to some short, formal activities related to school from time to time.

READING: We expect children to read at home, to an adult, daily. This might be their reader from their group lesson, their independent reading book selected by them from a box below their instructional level which will be ‘easy’ for them, their library book which you may need to read to them, and on Friday it will be their poem book –yes believe it or not, this IS reading and you need to sign it to show you have either listened to them read their poems, or helped them to read them, or you may have read some of the poems to them.

If there is no book in the book bag, it does not mean no reading. It simply means that you should ask them to select a book from home to read to you, or for you to read to them.

Read to your child as often as possible for as many years as they will listen. My own daughter was still listening to stories when she was a teenager as she listened while I read to her younger brothers. She talks about those books still, many years later. Picture books are great for discussing pictures and stories. A family chapter book is a wonderful way to engage in conversation, in teaching children how to react to a mystery or a scary moment or a joyful one. Read in English or in your home language. Children need to hear the richness of language read by a competent reader.

SPELLING:  Home Learning Book:  In it will be a variety of guides for you to read. Please do so. There will be a list of spelling words which they can practise at home according to the guide. Three or four or five words a week is fine to learn. They should be able to tell you a sentence using the word, and they should be able to write the word. They may want to write a sentence using the words. They can practise this in the Home Learning Book using one double page a week. When they know the words (and this may take a week or more) they can tell me and I will check their progress. This is Home Learning and may not always be “marked.” We do not “test” these words. They are practised in class  in various ways, after the child has learned them.

BASIC FACTS: We expect the students to learn basic facts as set out in the guide in the Home Learning Book. Those who know their basic facts with instant recall are far better equipped to move along in Maths. Remember you can play number games in the car, walking the dog etc.

Mathletics: Tasks will be set according to the student’s level, once we get underway. One or two tasks a week is what is expected and if they are keen to do more, they can go onto Rainforest Maths on the Mathletics site. Plenty of excellent activities there.

We want our students to spend time playing outside, exploring, climbing, using balls and bats, running, having fun. From years of experience we know this makes for a far happier student than one which is made to sit doing Homework for long periods of time when they are only 5 or 6 years old. Please attend to the necessary items over a 10 to 15 minute time frame , then let them play outside.    Thanks -     Jill Bonniface, Kereru Team Leader.

Ada has become a very fluent reader!

Making Lavender Bags with Grandma.

Yesterday Grandma came to Room 4 and we helped her to make some Lavender Bags so she could sell them at the Gala on Sunday. Grandma needs to buy some more fertilizer and things for the gardens that she looks after so beautifully. Room 4 were really pleased to be able to help because Grandma takes vegetables from our gardens to the City Mission.

Retelling our Big Book

We have been practicing retelling our stories to check we understand what happened and in what order. We are using our time words to retell just like we do when we write a recount - First, then, next, after that, finally.

Ada and Cerys have been setting reading goals!

James was making sentences today and he made a rhyming one too!

Genya was makinging correct sentences today during word work.