Thursday, July 29, 2010

Get Wise!

We had a very busy day today. In the morning Jeff from ASB took us to the Cash Olympics! We learned about eftpos cards, shopping around, needs, wants, saving and spending money.

Here are some fun games about money and financial literacy:
Money games - Sorted.org.nz

We had an early lunch then went to plant trees in Queen Elizabeth Park. Check our blog again in the weekend to see video footage of us helping our community.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Haast's Eagle

Kevin's reading group were learning about giant eagles today. Did you know that the biggest eagles in the world used to live in NewZealand? Liam and Maxwell found a great animation of a giant eagle attacking a moa on the Te Ara website. Click on the link to watch it.
Haast's eagle - Te Ara website

Awesome Aotearoa!

We're learning about New Zealand history. We've been finding out what it was like in New Zealand before the first people arrived. Emily talked to her parents about what we'd been reading and her mum gave her some more information on giant weta and moa to share with the class. Jack B took some photos of Emily telling the class what she'd found out.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Gymnastics

On Tuesday we went on a bus to gymnastics. We acted like dominos with Rose. We jumped on the trampoline and we swung on the bars. We also climbed the rope. I was pretty close to the top. We acted like monkeys. We made lots of noise. We went on the beam. It was awesome on the way back. I sat in the front. We went past my house. When we were waiting for Room 6 we went to the park. It started to rain. We got back on the bus. The rain was pretty heavy.
by Otis

Fergus

Today Emma Y brought her dog Fergus. He is black and white and he is ten weeks old. He is really cute and really soft. 
Today Emma Y brought her dog Fergus. He is black and white and he is ten weeks old. He is really cute and really soft. He ran to me and went on my knees. He went under my legs. When I said, “Shake hands,” he put his paw on my hand and I had heaps of fun.
by Liam

My Holiday

In the holidays it was my birthday. For my birthday party we went to Laser Strike. You have  to shoot people in the other team. You need to shoot them four times quickly before their shield powers up. If you manage to shoot them four times quickly you get about 60 points. My sister who’s about four and one third got 180 in her first level! It was the best birthday ever.
by Maxwell

Lily and Molly

Today Kate’s baby sisters came. She loves them because they are her baby sisters. I got to hold Lily and she is cute. Kate got to hold Molly and got to have her photo taken. We all had a turn to hold Lily and Molly. Kate’s other sister was there too. I had fun.
by Kiaya
Ms Leishman will put some more photos of Lily and Molly's visit on the Room 8 media section of the school website.


Monday, July 19, 2010

Pet Day

We held a Pet Day to celebrate Right Choice Day at the end of Term 2. It was great fun. Mr Deadman took these photos of the lady from the Kennel Club and her dogs.

New Games!

There's some great games on this site for Basic Facts practice. Try them out and tell me which ones we should use at school.

Fruit Shoot and other games