Algebra

As part of learning about patterns we made our own 'growing' patterns.

Personification

This week in writing we are learning about personification.

This is where a thing, or idea is talked about as if it was a person, and as if it can do things that it can't REALLY do.

Time crawled.
The wind whispered.
The sun beat down.

One reading group even found an example in our story yesterday
'At night, she lay in bed, and listenened to the sea breathing in and out under her door'

Yesterday we practised with a buddy on white boards.

We had to have ...
a noun (the thing)
something it was going that really only people could do
adjectives (describing words)
a conjunction (joining word like - while, but, although)

Here are some awesome examples that the class have written in their books today

The raging fire danced around the brown, dusty wood. - by Sara
The bright fire angrily danced as it whistled its favourite tune. - by Millie
The furious fire rampaged through the town like the incredible hulk. - by Brad
The vicious fire devoured the house as it danced along.  - by Grace H

Fairy Tales

We are reading and writing Fairy Tales for the next few weeks.

This website is great, it will read the story for you as you read it!

Story Website

Glasgow 2014

Our new topic for Term 3 is going to be really exciting
Here are some great links to explore

Commonwealth Sports

NZ team

Commonwealth countries

History of the Games

Performance assembly

For those parents who weren't able to make it to the performance assembly this afternoon here are a few hi-lights!

Mrs Milner and the choir

Staring: 

                                                             The Senior guitar group

 The Pohutokawa ukulele group

Staring: 

Totara ukulele group

Kapa haka

Staring: 

Suzy's World

This week Mrs Ware has been showing us some short DVD's made by Suzy Cato (I'm sure lots of parents remember her!)

She has been showing us about how the moon changes shape, what life is like on other planets and why satellite's don't fall out of the sky.

We LOVE Suzy because she explains things really well and she is quite silly and funny.

Mrs Ware got the DVD's from Napier library - they are free to rent! There is a whole series on all sorts of science ideas.

There is also a website http://www.suzy.co.nz If you are interested

Te Reo - the weather

This week we were telling each other what the weather is like today.
This blog has a great link

https://learningworld11.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-maori-language-week/

Other words you can use are:
paki - fine
wera - hot
makariri - cold
hukapapa - snowy
ua - rainy
marangi - stormy
maku -wet
pupuhi te kohu - windy