The KINGDOM STORY

ENGINEERING - PIAKO RUA STYLE

Angus, Amber and Blade had a fabulous time at school the other day.  They worked together to come up with this AMAZING and creative creation!

It is lovely to see the kids working together to achieve a shared goal.  Way to go kids!

SENSE QUIZ

Today we continued our learning on Senses.  With Mrs Lunn we did a quiz.  She gave us a little scenario and we had to decide what sense we would use.

Here is the quiz we used so we can do it with you at home... you'll see how COMPETENT we are!

CALENDAR ART

We were super busy in the last two weeks of school, getting our calendar art done.  Here are a few photos of our calendar pictures...

INTRODUCING ONE OF OUR SINGING SENSATIONS

This is Jorden.  He started in Piako Rua in Term Two.  In this photo he is singing into the microphone.  We have a microphone in the class.  At the start of the day, and after any break time, we get together for a song.  One child is allowed to sing into the mircophone.  They even get to choose what the song is!

At the moment our favourite songs are:

• Old town road
• Up
• Fight Song
• Hakuna Matata

MAKING OUR OWN CODES

Last week Mrs Ruawai gave us a challenge.  We have been busy learning how to write code to get from one place to another but this time... we had to draw in the characters and any obstacles that our character had to avoid.  Then we gave our maze to a friend to write the code for.  Our job was check that they got it right.

We LOVED it!

  

 

SPILT MILK - EXPLANATION

Today in Mrs Lunn's Literacy Group, we continued learning to write explanations.  We had to look carefully at the picture and then explain what we think was happening.

 

When the milkman delivered the family milk, a strange cat came out of nowhere and sadly knocked over the milk on the deck.
By Alyssa

I think the milkman got one hundred bottles of milk delivered to a family in Auckland.  The cat came to the doorstep and knocked a bottle over.  The cat drank the milk from the bottle.  Now the family had ninety nine bottles.
By Mason P

When the milkman delivered the family's milk, suddenly the cat scrapped his face on the side of the bottle.  Crash!  The milk dripped.  Then he lapped up the creamy milk.  When he finished the milk, he did it to every other one.  Mum said ... "You are in big trouble.  You are supposed to tell us if we have milk.  You are grounded!"
By Ava

One day the milkman delivered the milk and left it on the front doorstep.  Boof!  The kitten knocked over a milk bottle on the step.   Crash! Crash! Crash!  went the milk.  Then there was only five left in the tray of milk.  When the owner came out of the house, the owner said, "Naughty, naughty little kitten.  Stay in the house!"
By Amelia

One day I was going up to my door step.  When I got there I saw some white stuff on the ground.  My brother left the door open and my cat came out and spilt all the milk bottles.  Splash!  The milk went flying everywhere.  It went all over me!
By Reuben

When the milkman delivered the milk, a random cat jumped up on to the door step and tipped over one bottle of milk.
By Samuel

One day the milkman delivered some milk for the family.  A strange cat didn't look where he was going.  Crash went the milk bottle!  The cat was disappointed because he knocked over the milk on the deck.  The cat was hungry.  Then he began to lap up the creamy milk.
By Coltyn

I think the wind spilt the mile over.  and the cat licked the milk.  The milk dripped off the steps and onto the stones.
By Tryton

One day a cat found spilt milk on the door step and he drank up the milk.
By Jed

When a strange cat came along the milkman had no space to put one bottle.  So he carried the six bottles and put them at the front door.  The cat knocked over the milk.  "Oh no!"
By Jacob N

One sunny day the milk man delivered the milk to the family's house but a kitten knocked the milk down on to the concrete.  Then she got told off for knocking the milk down.
By Jacob P

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

One day, a young Captain Underpants built his house.  Suddenly a villain was on his roof. The he broke the wall.  Captain Underpants punched the villain.  He was dead.  "Three cheers for Captain Underpants!"

By Jed

Captain underpants just saved the World from a taco.  A walking taco!  It had arms.  Captain Underpants loved saving the World.  He ate the taco.  The taco was never seen again.  Everyone cheered for Captain Underpants... still saving the World.
By Kate

One day a villain broke out of jail.  Then... Captain Underpants came to the rescue.  Everyone clapped but the villain had powers.  "Nooo!" said Captain Underpants. "Stop!" he said.  Suddenly the villain stopped.  Captain Underpants said, "Tra-la-la!"
By Brooke

There was a kid in his underpants.  He just defeated a villain's lazar beam.  He found his lab and destroyed everything.  He saved the day.
By Liam

LOST TEDDY - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

Once my family went to Wellington on a train.  My little sister loved her stuffed bear.  She looked out of the window, with her favourite bear but she suddenly dropped it.  She said, "nooooooo!!!"  She cried for hours and hours.  When we got there, she said "Dad, please can you get it for me,"

Me and my Dad and my sister searched.  After a while, we found it on the train track.  She said, "yay!"
By Bower

Annabell was looking out the window.  Suddenly the teddy fell out the window.  Then she shouted, "nooooo!"  She... told Dad.  He said, "We can get it when we get there."
Annabell and her Dad eventually got to the station and went back to find it.  She was happy.  She cuddled the ted.
by Sophia

TERRIBLE TWOSOME - PUBLISHED WRITING

There are two cats.  Their names are Fred and Bob.  They're getting into mischief.  They ran into the bathroom.  They wrapped themselves in toilet paper.  Then they blamed it on the dog when Mum got home.
By Jack

THE LOCH NESS MONSTER - PUBLISHED WRITING

Hooray! I got a snorkel.  I am going to go and pretend to be a dinosaur.  Everyone was scared of him.  He was sad but someone thought that it was an elephant.  It was an elephant.  Everyone found out.  They laughed and laughed and laughed.

By Kate

Dumbo found a Brachiosaurus neck.  Dumbo used his feet to make a snorkel.  He ran to the lake.  He was the Loch Ness Monster.

By Liam

For Christmas, Dumbo's family was wrapping up presents for Dumbo.  He was so excited to open his presents and guess what he got .. a diving present.  Do you know which one it is?  The Loch Ness Monster!

By Alyssa

The elephant wanted to scare the people in Scotland.  When he comes back to his family he is going to say ... "I scared a lot of people.  Hundreds of people.  Then the family said to the elephant, "did you see any fish" . "Yes I did.  I saw clown fish."  His snorkel likes the Loch Ness Monster.  The elephant put his trunk in this snorkel.  The sea is close to the forest.  The elephant is stepping on rocks.

By Jacob N

"It is just what I wanted!" said Dumbo, unwrapping his new snorkel.  "Thank you Mum and Dad. Please can I test my present."  

"Ok," said Mum.  He ran fast.  Suddenly, Splash! Everyone thought it's a scary monster!

By Jacob P

Dumbo always wanted a snorkel.  It was his birthday.  He got a snorkel.  "Thank you Mum and Dad.  You know what I always wanted."  Dumbo raced outside and through the woods and the mud.  He just realised it had his favourite dinosaur.  It was a Brachiosaurus.  He didn't want to take it off.

By Brooke

THE DOG AND THE DOLPHINS - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

Skye the little dog was on the boat.  Skye jumped off the boat and had fun with the dolphins.  He leapt with the dolphins.  The dolphins helped the dog.  I was happy that Skye was having fun with the dolphins.  I wanted to jump in but my Mum said "no."  When we got to the house.  We gave Skye a bath.
By Braxton

The dog wanted a drink of water but the dog fell in the water.  Then the dog saw two dolphins.  Then the dog started to copy the dolphins.  The dolphins have short fins and a long mouth.  The dolphins are diving.
By Jacob N

Ruby was a small, white, furry dog.  Suddenly she fell into the sea.  She jumped of his owner's boat.  Suddenly the dolphins saw the dog from falling in the sea.  The dolphins gave the dog back to the owners on the boat.
By Ruby

I went to a boat chase the stunt dog was driving a car by himself.  Suddenly the dog did a flip because everyone clapped hard and hard.  The dog won the prize.  Inside the prize, was a bone.  It was a golden bone!
By Jacob P

Skye is a white dog.  She is small.  Her family went on a holiday to the beach.   Skye saw a pod of dolphins and she ran into the sea.  The she started to jump with the dolphins.  The owner saw Skye.  He smiled.
By Neva

Max my stunt dog is out of a movie.  Max my little dog, had lots of fun with the dolphins and the dog was jumping with the dolphins.
By Kruz

PARTNERS IN CRIME - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

Mum made hamburgers but Mum forgot the mustard.  Mum went to the shop to buy some.  Some time later, the dogs came and stole them.  Chihuahua climbed up the big dog escalator to the bench.  Just then the car came into the shed.  Mum came up the stair.  Just the Mum opened the door. "Get out!" she shouted.

By Mason

The Chihuahua jumped up on to the big dog's butt because the dogs wanted food.  So the chihuahua jumped up on the bench.  Just then Mum came in.  She told the dogs off.  "Go Out!" said Mum.By Bonnie
"Hee, hee, hee" said the chihuahua.  The big dog said to the chihuahua "Gosh... hamburgers! Look!"  "Good! Can you help me said the little dog.  "Yes, I would like to have some too," said the big dog.Mum came in... "Get out!" By Liam
The dog sat down and the chihuahua jumped up on the dog's back.  The kids wanted Mum, so Mum went to them.  When Mum opened the door, she shouted, "Get out!"  So the chihuahua ran for the cat flap.  The other dog tried to go through too but he got stuck.  So the Mum smacked his butt so the dog got out.  His butt was still sore!By Neva

MYSTERY KETE

This week, we started a new routine.  The Mystery Kete is an oral language activity that we do in our Literacy groups.  A child takes the Mystery Kete home and choose something to put inside it.  They have to keep it a secret but they can write down a few clues to tell the kids.  On Wednesday Jacob shared his clues with the class.  We were stumped!  After asking a few questions we FINALLY guessed that it was some money!  Jacob's Dad brought it home from South Sudan.

STEEP RIDE

We used this picture as a prompt for our writing today.  We talked a lot before we started writing, about what we noticed in the picture, what we wondered and what we though might happen.  Here's what we came up with....

I saw a boy riding on his skateboard.  He fell off it.  He cried and cried.  His Mum came running to help him.  He had a big graze on his head.  His Mum carried him home.
By Amelia


On a massive hill, I think he will brake his head before he goes for his long swim.
By Liam

I see my brother on my friend's skateboard with no helmet, at our friend's house.  My Mum did not know, so I called out to Mum and she came out.  She called him to come inside and he did come inside and he got grounded.
By Sophie

I see a boy on a skateboard . He is riding on the steep hill.
By Bana

I noticed that he might fall off.  I noticed that there is a drain.  I can see that there is a ramp.
By Kruz

I see a boy riding down a hill.  It is a steep hill.  I think that he might crash into the water.  There is a brown drain.  All of the houses have orange roofs.  There is a white fence.  The hill is ginormous.  The water looks very cold.  I think he should put a helmet on.
By Madison

CROSS COUNTRY STORIES FROM THE JUNGLE

 I went to cross country and came second and my mum said if I came second I could go to Breakers for dinner tonight.
By Courtney

 I came 4th place and I ran so fast I almost fell over. Courtney came second place and I was very happy.
By Estela

 I went to cross country and I nearly passed Eden. I came 2nd place. I got a certificate.
By Angus





















I went to cross country and I saw Angus and he came 2nd place .  I don't like running it gave me a head ache.
By Joseph

STARRY NIGHT - VINCENT VAN GOGH 1889

Today our writing was inspired by Van Gogh's painting, the Starry Night.  Have a read of these amazing stories!  Feel free to post a comment if you enjoy them too.  Thanks!

Starry Night - By Ruby

In 1889 there was a painting.  It was called Starry night and it was a happy night.  It was a windy night.  There was a tree and there is the stars were twinkling.

Starry Night - By Brooklyn

I saw a cool village and the stars were twinkling through the sky.  The moon was shining though the beautiful sky.

Starry Night - By Layla

I see a church in the middle.  Van Gogh's painting looks so calm.  I'm going to fall asleep.  I see long grass.

Starry Night - By Lucas

One windy night the moon was shining and the stars were shining and the moon was full.  The people were asleep in their beds.

Starry Night - By Ava

I was coming home when I heard a strange noise from the church.  When I got to the church I heard the Maori people were singing Maori songs.

Starry Night - By Jed

In a picture there was a lot of stars and there were a lot of house and there was an upside down tree.  There was a church.  The moon was shining and the stars were shining.  The people were at the church.

Starry Night - By Bower

One starry night at a small village, the moon was shining in the dark sky.   The stars were shining too.  Some people were sleeping in their houses and some people were just watching TV or Netflix, or just resting at their homes.  People's lights were on.  Then I went outside and lay down.  I saw many stars and the moon.  The moon was a half moon.  It was cool.  Then I went home and slept. The next night, I saw the same thing.


Starry Night - By Madison

I like this picture because it looks cool.  There are bright stars and the moon is very bright.  The town is dark and there is a tree.   There is a black tree beside the town ... the wind looks pretty.  The stars are twinkling in the dark sky and the people are at home.

Starry Night - By Phoebe

It was windy at the village.  The starts were shining and the moon was shining.  The church was closed.  The people were not all asleep.  Some were awake and the children were asleep.

E HIA NGA MEA? - HOW MANY THINGS?

In Te Reo we have been learning how to ask "how many things".

In the slideshow you will notice that before tahi there is the word Ko.  Number one is very important so it has Ko in front of it.  The numbers 2 to 9 have E in front.  This shows that it is a number because those words in Maori can also mean other things.  For example Rua is also a cloud.  By putting the E in front, it means that you are talking about a number.  Once you get to tekau -ten, you don't need the E because tekau is only a number.




Here is a photo of Tryton and Van matching up the tens frames to the words in Te Reo.

PUBLISHED WRITING - THE STORM ON THE SEA OF GALILEE

Yesterday our writing was inspired by Rembrandt's painting The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.  

Have a read of our wonderful work...

One stormy night, we went sailing out in the sea.  Then then boat tipped over. Everyone ran to the other side and they stabilised the boat.

By Geordie

One stormy night a ship got hit by lightning.  The sea crashed over the bow.
By Liam

One stormy night there were black clouds zooming across the sky.  A boat came along and was tipping over in the waves.
By Anahera

The waves carefully crept over to the boat.  The boat started to tip.  The sailors started to hikoi (walk) over to the other side of the boat.
By Ava

The man was sailing the boat and there were some people and there was some people were upside down.  They got hurt.  The boat was sinking.
By Noah

One day there was a stormy sea.  There was a ship and there were sailors and a wave came in and the ship split apart.
By Jed

MAKE IT MONDAY - COSTUME DESIGN

Here is a few of our favourite costumes!

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