Blackberry the Guinea Pig

Thanks Annalise for bringing Blackberry in to show us. He is such a cute & cuddly Guinea Pig!!

Dress Up Day Fun

It was great to see so many different costumes today! Congratulations to Jenna C who won a prize for the best Turanga Team costume.

Fraction Fun with Mr Higginson

Fraction Flags - For maths

Fraction Flags

Check out our Folk Art!

Here are some examples of our folk art that we made for lamb & calf day. We used the artist 'Heather Galler' as a model. Come into the classroom and check out all the other works of folk art. They are amazing!

Making a Grass Head

This youtube video might help you when you are making your own grass head.

Grass Head Website

If you want more information about how to make a grass-head for our homework challenge, go to this link: grass head website

Shake Out Website

If you want to know any more information about the 'Shake Out' earthquake drill, go to this website: Shake Out Website

Soccer discovery creations

During discovery time, some children decided to make photo collages of soccer images. We will be having our soccer tournament on thursday. We are all looking forward to it!

Check out Beth's persuasive writing!

I love homework

I think we should have homework. Here are some reasons why:  Firstly it helps your brain so you can learn better at school.  Secondly if you do really good homework you may get awarded with something, for example a certificate.  Last of all you could get better at your maths and your teacher can see you climbing up that basic facts ladder.  I hope you agree with me now that you should start doing more homework.

Beth Kenna

Room 16

Kalaye's Fraction Poster

Kalaye made a cool poster all about fractions on the ipad this week. She used photomess to help display the pictures. Thanks Kalaye!

Carter's Writing

What do we use Fractions for?

We are going to be learning all about fractions over the next few weeks. As a class, we talked about what fractions are used for. Why do we need to learn about fractions? Here are our ideas:

Playdough Recipe

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups white flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream tartar
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons oil
couple drops of food colouring

Directions:
Mix flour, with salt and cream tartar in a bowl.
Add boiling water and oil plus a couple drops of food colouring.
Mix quickly then knead on a floured board until firm. Add extra flour if sticky.
Store in an airtight container.

Emily the maths super star!

Emily has been working so hard on her basic facts - she has been practising at home all the time. Today she was working on her times tables in her spare time in the classroom. You're doing so well, Emily!

Our friendly furry visitor

This afternoon, Jade's puppy came to visit. His name is Leo and he is very cute! He is ten weeks old.
What other words could you use to describe Leo? Write your words in the comment box.

Olympic torch writing on the iPad!

Gymnastics Fun

Jenna's Creative Writing

Check out Jenna's story about a cyclone that she did for homework. She used lots of interesting language features in her writing!

Cyclone

From my bedroom window, I can see rain falling as hard as a stone; people cold and wet, wrapped in blankets and coats but still cold; hail bouncing like a ball and crashing on the road, making people slip over; iron garage roofs blowing off; stones flying up and breaking windows, rolling along the road faster than the cars; trees as tall as a sky tower waving madly and branches crashing off; I can hear the wind whistling like a washing machine, making coconut trees fall down; stones clicking against the windows; thunder loud and scary like an evil demon. Lightning destroying people with its fire. Scary, like being chased by a crocodile.

By Jenna Casey!

Our wonderings about the Olympics

We have been thinking about what we would like to learn about the Olympics. 

Here are our wonderings. Have you got any more wonderings? Post a comment!

Wacky Hair & Pajama Day!

Over the next two weeks, we are learning about measurement. Today we had a talk about why we need to learn how to measure things. Here is what we came up with:

Writing about Winter

We have been learning how to add language features to our writing to make it sound more interesting. We know how to use similes, alliteration and onomatopoeia. We have been writing about winter. Check out what Angus and Ollie wrote today!

Everything is white and cold in winter.  Only on the hills its like the clouds are falling from the sky. And I think I’m an ice cube when I first step outside because... it is freezing in the winter, yes it is freezing in the winter.  It is so cold that when we step into the snow all that I  can hear is a slurp slurp slurp.

 Angus

Winter is a place where the ground is covered in a white blanket.  “So cold, so cold!” people say. Everyone has got their fire going or their heater.  Everywhere people are wearing gumboots and people are staying in bed.  No one wants to hop out of bed. So when it is winer you’d better get warm.

- Ollie

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Starfish group, go here to find more information about frogs

Onomatopoeia Sentences

Today we learnt how to write using the language feature: onopmatopoeia. It is called onomatopoeia when the sound of a word is the same as its meaning.


Here are some great onomatopoeia sentences that we thought of today:


* The whoosh of the windmills whirling wind (Thomas)
* The thump of the judge's hammer (Ethan)
* The squeal of a really surprised mouse (Kaci)
* The patter of a little mouse scattering across the ground (Caitlin)
* The squelch of a big blob of paint (Emerson)
* The squelch of runny mud between my toes (Brodie)
* The patter of rain on the roof (Campbell)


Can you think of any more? Post a comment!

Podcasting with Room 8

Today we learnt how to do podcasting with Room 8 in the library. Here are some photos of the session.  Thanks Caleb for being a great photographer! If you know what podcasting is, maybe you could post a comment and describe it!

Thomas uses a number line to solve a maths problem

Jenna B uses a number line to solve a maths problem

Emerson using a number line to solve a maths problem

Drawing with Graham Braddock

We had lots of fun learning how to draw cartoons today. Thanks Jenna B and Thomas for making a cool page of photos on the iPads 'photo-mess' app!

Using the iPad in a creative way during Maths time

Today we used different creating apps on the iPads to show how to display and solve a word problem for maths. Here are a couple:

Annalise baked cupcakes for us!

Thanks Annalise for making those yummy cupcakes for us to eat! What a nice treat!

Turanga Team Science Ignite Week

 This week in the afternoons, we have been learning lots of new science concepts.  Here are some photos of what happened in Room 13 and Room 15. Thanks Emily K and Jenna C for being great photographers!

Orkut Scrap Toys

Our Goals for Term Two

We have just set our goals for term two.  Here are some examples:

This term I want to get better at writing more in my draft book. I am going to achieve my goal by writing at home instead of playing. (Emerson)

This term I want to get better at my basic facts and to get up to step 30 or 31.  I am going to achieve my goal by going on mathletics and practising with my Auntie (Brodie)

This term I want to get better at running more laps around the track.  I am going to pace myself and take my time running. (Kaci)