Term 1 Goals

We have set some goals for ourselves for this term. We had to decide on one thing that we wanted to get better at. Come in and have a read of our great goals for Term 1.

        

Handwriters of the week!

Three times a week we do handwriting. Over the week we focus on letters which are formed the same way. This week we practiced a, d and g. Miss Stephen was so impressed at how neatly we presented our work. She found it very hard to find a Handwriter of the Day so she had to pick more than one. Below are pictures of this weeks best handwriting. Great work Room 4!

                             

Summer Poem

Today Hunter recoded our poem of the week . Hunter took a photo of the poem from his book and then independently recorded himself reading it. Click the link below (make sure your volume is up) and have a listen to him reading it. You read it beautifully Hunter, well done!

Star of the Week

Harry is Room 4s first star of the week for 2014. Harry is our star this week because of his beautiful manners. Great work Harry, you're a wee star. 

Kids Edible Gardens

We  went  to  the  gardin and we dug out the potatoes. We cookd   them. Then we craked  the eggs  and   we peeld them and  Chopd   the   parsley   and   spring   onions.   And  Miss  Stephen   made   a  dressing    and   then we   all   made   our own   potato    salad   by   Jed.

                       
Making Potato Salad - slideshow

Thank you to Rana, Shanna (Mayara's parents) and Dave (Hunter's Dad) for your help today! It makes activities like this so much easier. And thank you Jed for volunteering to write a wee blurb for the blog! 

Valentines Day

I asked the children of Room 4 what love means and how adults show they love each other. Have a read of what they think.

By getting them treats and cards and surprises - Amelie 

They hug each other and they lie in bed together - George 

Because they marry each other and they kiss - Zeffi and Jacob

They like each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together - Sophia 

They do things together - Jessica 

They find their love and then they get married and have babies - Mayara 

They laugh with each other and at my cat who has a boyfriend - Hamish

By having fun and playing together and helping others - Issie 

Because they are kinda of like friends who like each other - Jed 

They like to visit each other - Lucas

Because they are the same family - Patrick 

They have fights but then they become nice to each other again - Kiera

They say they love each other - Paige 

They hug each other a kiss each other - Bridie 

When they are a Mrs - because that's just the way it is - Paige N

They love each other because they hang out together - Alyssia

Small Sticks Hockey

Today we had an ex Riverlands student, Claudia, come and teach us about hockey. We had a lot of fun and we learnt some great skills. Watch the video below to see us giving it a try.

                                     

Taking Care Of ourselves

In  reading this week we have been reading Taking Care of ourselves. we had to take pictures on. The  I pad and write all the ways we can take care of ourselves - Zeffi, Hamish and Hunter

Conducting a school survey

For mathematics we have been learning about the Statistical Enquiry Model, over the past few days we have been planning our investigation and today we got to gather our data.

In the morning we conducted our statistics survey about transport to and from Riverlands School. We went in groups of 3 to each class and asked them which form of transport they use. Miss Stephen was so proud at how well we stood in front of a whole class of children and had turns talking. We even did a great job at filling out our tally charts. Tomorrow we need to put our results into bar graphs so we can compare our data. (You can click on a photo to enlarge it) 

                                                

                                   This is Jack, Harry and Hamish's survey from the Year 7/8s

Art in Room 4

We are making an "about me" class quilt. Over the past week we have been filling in each section with something about us. Here are our table groups working hard! They are looking great and I cannot wait to put them all up on the wall.

Making Tally Charts

For the next week our mathematics focus is Statistics. Part of statistics is making a tally as an easier way to count out a set. We played a game called Sneaky Snake. We had to throw the dice and move the counter, we used a tally to count how many throws it took to reach the finish. At the end we had to summarise the results in the tally. Some of us noticed that it took people less rolls than others when we compared the charts. 

Have a look at the photos below to see us working in pairs. We were very lucky to have the help of Mrs H-S and Mrs Holdaway as it was pretty tricky! 

Room 4's Writing Wall

We are finally getting some work up in our walls. 

We got to make name cards on Friday and throughout the term we will be adding more of our published writing to them. 

Come and have a look at all our wonderfully published work. 

Supporting Others

This term Riverlands School's Connecting Habbit is Supportive. We read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, which is about sharing and making friends. As a class we brainstormed all the ways that we can be supportive. 

Buddy Class

Today we had Buddy Class. Our buddy class is Room 7 who are in Year 6. We had to complete a student search. It was pretty tricky for the Room 4 children to do independently so it was great having the help from our big buddies. Miss Stephen and Ms Stenson were impressed out how well we worked together. Have a look at the pictures to see the classes working together. We can't wait for our next Buddy Class time!

First Days of 2014

We have been spending lots of time writing and publishing our summer stories. We have been using the laptops, Ipads and paper to publish our stories - which made for a busy classroom.

Some children typed their stories onto the laptop and Ipads for the very first time, and I think they have done a fantastic job.

Below are some of the children's holiday stories, Jed and Jaedyn got to type their stories straight to the Blog using the Ipads, their stories are in the following posts. 

Jaedyn's Motorbike

I went on the  motorbike and I fellof. And.  I went up a big jump. And  I went on back, it then I went.   

Bak home 

By Jaedyn 

Jed's Holiday up North

In     The holidays I  went To the North.  Island. I    Loved it.     We    went   To Wellington     And      Nga rau    And    Auckland.  Then we  went home.    We went   as a family. 

By Jed