Funschool Kaboose

Found this website that I thought you might enjoy. Try the Evil Elves game!
Funschool

Perspective Drawing

Did you like the Perspective Drawing we did in Maths today? Heres the link to the interactive that you can do to practice and the youtube how to clip... enjoy

Perspective Interactive

Bike Safety

We have been learning how to be road wise and how to keep ourselves safe on our bikes. Constable Emily came to school and we had a series of lessons that taught us the skills we needed before we went on a road ride.

Have a look at the movie with pictures from our skills lesson. We were learning about the correct hand signals to use and how to use them on an obstacle course. It was quite a challenge!

Writing Page

I've just updated the Writing page. There are three new links I think you'll like. There are 2 poetry links, one for writing Diamante Poems like we have worked on in class and the other one is for writing a Monster Poem. The last link is to a "Storystarter Machine". You have to select your grade, I suggest the grade 3 -6. Let me know what you think...

Comments

Hi there TEAM 2 and followers, I would love to have some comments added. Not sure how? Easy...  under the post you want to comment on just click on Comment,  then type in your message in the box, where it says Comment as select on the dropdown menu Anonymous then click on Post Comment.  Please add your first name so I can see who the comment is from. I will get an email to say there is a comment and once I have approved it, it will be added on the blog. I won't approve a comment without a name. Only positive and supportive comments will be approved.

Thanks.

Do you have any suggestions of what you would like to see or have added to the Blog? Let me know.

Cashayla Cashes In!

The winner from our class in the Westpac colouring competition was Cashayla! It was worth all the effort she put into her entry. She got a pack with loads of goodies and a Westpac Junior Account. Congratultions!

Yellow and Black Day

Looking forward to the World Cup... we warmed up with Yellow and Black Day. Take a look.

Visitors Welcome!

Hi there everyone, we've had 2267 hits on the blog. We love visitors to our blog but what we would love is some comments added. If you stop in for a visit please give us some feedback.

We had an awesome trip to Te Papa last week so we'll try to get some pictures up soon.

Mini Market

We had an action packed morning. Wonderous One and TEAM 2 got together to have a Mini-Market. First we had to check out the resources that we had to work with, then we brainsotmed some posssible products we could make. After that we used a "Decision Making Grid" to help us choose which would be the best product. We onle had 10 Maddy $ to spend and 2o minutes to make our products. Each group had to promote or advertise the product too. Then everyone had 3Maddy $ to spend! After the
Mini MArket was over we had to calculate which group had made the most profit. It was an interesting outsome for some groups. A couple of groups made a significant profit but a couple of groups ended up making a loss!

Have a look at the movie of our mornings learning.

Warwick Smith in class

Today we had photographer, Warwick Smith, come to take photos of parts of our faces. He is going to use them to create an art work using photos of about 150  children. The finished artwork will be on display in the windows of the Public Library on George Street on the weekend of the 3rd September. You should go along and see if you can find the piece of your face he used.

He was inspired by the artwork of David Hockney

David Hockney pictures

Dont Buy It!

Check out this great website. There are some great activites to try.

DON'T BUY IT

Snow in Palmerston North!

Wow what a extrodinary event...snow in Palmerston North. The next day there was still snow on the ground at school, so we got out and made a few snowballs. One of our lovely teacher aides even thought it was a good idea to put a handhul of ice down Mrs Speirs back! Check out the movie with some of the pics. We also write some amazing diamante poems too.

Our First Task

We had our first "PAYDAY" on Tuesday. We all got paid 5 WI$E. Then we had to make a wallet to put our money in. It had to have our name on it and keep the money secure. We could buy or hire the things we needed from the class shop. We all finished on time surprisingly, maybe because we would get fined if we didn't finish! We came up with some really creative and cool wallets.

Market to Market

This term we are learning about designing and producing a product to sell on Market Day. This will help raise funds for a new playground area. At the moment we have been learning more about money!
Follow the link to play some games that will also help you learn about money matters.

sorted.org.nz

Westpac Helicopter Saving Game

Lemonade Stand Game

Join Us!!!

Great to see we have had over 1200 hits! But only 5 followers. It would be great if you became a follower.

New link...

Do you remember the Maths game we played that we could set the time and difficulty so you can practice your Basic Facts? As promised here is the link to the website. Have a look around the rest of the website, try out some of the other activities. Add a comment if you fine a really good game and tell us the name so we can have a go.

http://www.playkidsgames.com/

5 points for your group if you post a comment with a recommendation!

Check It Out

Great website to have a look at and find out what's happening around New Zealand.
http://www.geonet.org.nz/

Another website worth looking at is
http://www.getthru.govt.nz/web/GetThru.nsf/web/BOWN-7GY2MF?opendocument

Nearly to 1000!

WOW, nearly had 1000 hits already! When you visit the Blog please leave a comment, we'd love to know what you think or give some ideas about what you would like to see happening on our BLOG. Remember to try out some of the links to activities on the other pages.

Be Prepared

Yesterday we were really lucky to have an expert visit our class. Aidan's Dad who works for the Regional Council came to talk to us about being prepared in case of a disaster. We found out about the 4 R's... REDUCTION, reducing the risk. READINESS, having a plan in place. RESPONSE,  who helps us and RECOVERY, how to get over it and carry on. It was a really interesting afternoon. Paul cshowed us a slideshow of when he was in the RED ZONE in Christchurch as part of the Response Team.
Now we have some more ideas for our Inquiry.

Inquiry Experiments

The other day TEAM 2 had the opportunity to do some experiments around our Inquiry topic. It was aslo linked in with our writing focus of procedural texts. It was great to see hands on learning and students making connections! Awesome effort everyone. Add a comment on the Inquiry page and share what you did!

Snowflake Art

Check out our artwork. We sponged the background, cout out the snowflakes and added gliter for effect.

Study Ladder

Great start on Study Ladder folks! Post a comment and let us know how many points you have. Have you been shopping in the Rewards shop? What did you buy and add to your room? Don't forget that each time you log in you help your alien to grow big and strong!

Study Ladder

Team 2 is now ready to climb on STUDY LADDER.
Use the link through Matanginui's Wikispace or use the link below
TEAM 2 STUDY LADDER

Tornado in Bottle

Welcome

Yeah! First parent follower. Welcome Glenn, hope to have more join as the word spreads. Will be getting the children to add posts so hopefully will get a buzz going shortly!

Making Tornados in a bottle.

We had a great afternoon making crazy spinning tornados in a bottle.

Tornado in a Bottle

Mad Spinning Crazy Tornado

Goal:

To make a tornado in a bottle.

Equipment/Materials:

o   2 x 1.5 litre clear plastic bottles

o   Strong tape

o   Water

o   Paper towels

o   Blu-tac

o   Scissors

o   Flat surface

o   Food colouring (optional)

o   Dish washing liquid (optional)

Steps:

1.      Fill one bottle with water.

2.     Put Blu-tac around the top screw part of the bottle.

3.     Put the second bottle upside down on top of the first bottle.

4.     Tape around the two bottle tops to stick them together and make them water-tight.

5.     Turn your two upside down and shake them around in a circle.

6.     Watch your tornado go!

Summary:

You have created a tornado in a bottle!

National Anthem

Practice the New Zealand National Anthem and learn the sign language to it.

Powerful Tornado

Watch the destructive power of a tornado.

Inquiry for Term 2

This term we are looking at Natural Disasters. Our big question is "Why are there more extreme weather disasters happening on our Earth?" We are investigating and developing our knowledge around Hurricanes, Twisters, Tornados, Tidal Waves, Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions. If you have any suggestions of good links please let us know.