Reading with Expression

We have been practising how to read with expression. Jorja and Ellie chose one of their favourite stories from the book shelf and recorded themselves reading it.

Do you think they have used lots of expression???
Click the comments button to let us know :)

Ellie-Rose's Reading

Garage Band Poems

One of our rotations during reading is to practise reading fluently. Sometimes we do this on the computer. We record our voices on Garage Band and then listen to see if we were fluent and if we used expression. This is one of Kathryn and Jorja's first attempts.
The class enjoys using Garage Band independently, they are so clever.

Writing - Using interesting words.

Last week I traveled on a train with Nana. I heard the engine rumbling. When we hit the tunnel it was spooky. It went super fast until it slowed down for the people that were waiting at the station for a long time.
By Josh

Writing - 5W Poems

We wrote 5 W poems last week.
A 5 W poem has 5 lines which answer 5 of our question words crating a poem. It helps us to record lots of details.

Line 1 = Who
Line 2 = What
Line 3 = When
Line 4 = Where
Line 5 = Why

Here are some examples:

The ducks
Floated down the rapids
In a big lake
In summer
Because they were hot.
By Ollie

The giraffes
Munch on a juicy sweet leaf
In the morning for breakfast
At the amazing zoo
Because they were hungry.
By Shaynae

Miss Brown
Got told off
Yesterday
In Mr Baldwin's office
For giving us homework.
By Taine

The dog
Bit me
On Friday
At Home
Because I was annoying him.
By Ellie-Rose

Maths on KidPix

The class have been combining their Maths and KidPix knowledge to write and illustrate Maths word stories. Here are some examples. Click on the pictures to make them larger.

Tennis - By Ella and Haylee

Haylee and Ella made this Podcast all by themselves today. They wrote their script, recorded their voices, inserted photos and chose a jingle. Aren't they clever!!!

We will be having Tennis lessons every Friday for the next 4 weeks.

Maui and the Sun By Room 1

Room 1 recorded their voices on garage band with no teacher help. They did a fantastic job.

Things we learned:
Retelling a story in our own words. - Haylee
To speak clearly - Jorja
Put pictures on the computer - Jarrad
Recording our own voices - Josh
Use Garage Band - Harlyn
Put songs at the start and end - Shaynae.

Next time we do this we will need to:
Press the space bar more softly - Ellie-Rose
Make the pictures a better size - Ella

Learn to Type

In Term 4 we are going to learn to type on a keyboard. We are going to learn where all of the keys are and which fingers to use for each key. As we learn this we will get faster! It will help us lots in the future!



















Click on the image above to go the fun, interactive website which will teach you to be an expert typist.
Click on Level 1 then Home Row. When you master that move onto the next stage.

Broadgreen House

These are a few photos from our trip to Broadgreen House. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photos inside of the amazing house. Everyone had a really good time and we were amazed at how much life has changed. We are glad we no longer have to use a chamber pot when we need to go to the toilet...yuck! Although, we really would like to have our own maids! We all decided that we are lucky we have electricity! It must have been so hard without it!

Free Choice Writing. Focus: Verbs & Adjectives

On Thursday Room 1 children had free choice writing. They could write about anything they wished but they had to use exciting adjectives and verbs to help describe their ideas.

Brmm! Smash! I slam my door. Crunch, crunch, the sand squishes under my feet. I scamper over to the wavy beach. "Haylee you have to put on your togs" my mum shouted. So I rushed back to zip them on. "Finally" I said. I sprinted back across the sandy beach. Splash! I dived into the salty beach. I grabbed my dark blue boogie board and sailed along the wavy water.
By Haylee Gardiner.

Mathletics

All Room 1 children are registered on Mathletics. This is a great way for children to have fun and practice their maths at the same time! The practice week is from 16th-23rd August and the competition starts on the 24th August. Students' user names and passwords are in their notebooks. Click the picture above to go straight to the sign in page. Have fun kids!

How many tens and how many ones??

We have been learning how many tens and ones are in a two digit number. At first we found this really tricky but now Miss Brown thinks we are experts. Here are some photos the Diamonds took themselves after making the numbers and matching the correct labels.

Paper Art

We have been learning how to make cool looking art out of paper with Mrs Woodward. We have been twirling, twisting, scrunching, folding and cutting paper to make pictures.

We are now working on a different type of paper art called Weaving.

Maths - Measurement

Maths: Measurement - Weight on PhotoPeach

We had fun learning how to measure the weight of different things. We had lots of different activities to help us learn about the weight of objects and using the scales. We decided it is important to know how to measure things especially when it comes to baking!

Magnetic Letters

During Reading the groups rotate around different literacy activities when they are not reading with Miss Brown. One of the activities is to create words and sentences out of the magnetic letters.

Here is what Ollie, Harlyn and Jarrad did during their time at this rotation on Tuesday.

Click on them to make them bigger.

Old McDonald & the Bionic Bunny Show

Old McDonald and Bionic Bunny Show on PhotoPeach

Old McDonald had a farm but poor weather conditions meant he had to sell most of his animals! Then the evil Farmer Jane set a bionic bunny onto his fields to ruin his farm forever so that people could sing about her instead of Old McDonald! Jip, his trusty farmdog, and the few remaining animals helped to save the day. The show was very funny and the actors were very, very talented. We hope they come again with a different show next year!

Assembly

We ran assembly last Friday and we were FANTASTIC! We played charades, sang and danced to Wobbly Tooth, read a funny poem with expression, shared what we found out in Maths and showed some of our awesome Picasso artwork. We each had a turn speaking into the microphone. Miss Brown and our parents were very proud of us.

Writing - Adding Details: The boy ran to the finish line.

Room 1 has been learning to focus on one idea and make it sound really interesting.

They were given the story "The boy ran to the finish line." Their challenge was to rewrite the same story but make it sound more interesting to the reader.

The class decided it would be more interesting if they used adjectives and similes. They thought it could do with more details like; how the boy looked, what his body was doing, how he felt, what he heard and what he saw.

Here are some of the new and improved stories. Do you think they sound more interesting?

The speedy, fast boy ran to the white flapping flag. He was limping and he felt tired because he had such a long race. He was puffed. He had spiky hair and red cheeks as red as a rose. He is fit. His body was wobbling like jelly when he was finished. - Ella

The little boy staggered across the white finish line. He was so proud of himself. He badly wanted to win a prize. Lots of people cheered for him. His legs shaked (shook) because when he stood on the ground he stomped. - Tessa

The speedy boy darted to the shiny, white finish line. Everyone cheered for the boy as he zipped past them. He was so fast that he past everyone and won the race.
- Daniel

The speedy boy who ran as fast as a cheetah raced to the finish line and he got a prize! He got a bag of lollipops. Was he fit? Yes he was! People cheered for the boy who was racing. - Harlyn

What has Room 1 been doing for PE this term......?

Soccer Skills on PhotoPeach

Wacky Hair Day!

Brightwater School raised $375.20 for the Nelson/Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust from our Wacky Hair Day.

Virtual Keyboard

Click on the picture to go to this keyboard site and see what you can learn to play.

Descriptive Writing

The Giraffe
This giraffe has a long tongue. They have beady eyes. Giraffes are spotty like chicken pox. Their horns are big and fat. The tail is long and skinny and fluffy.
- Paris

The Elephant
The elephant has big floppy ears. He's grey like the concrete. He has super sharp tusks. He has crinkly skin like Grandma and Grandad's.
- Jamie

The Pig
The pig is as pink as a marshmallow. It has got a big nose. It is massive.
- Ellie-Rose

ANZAC Day Video - Turn sound up LOUD.

Room 1 made a video all about why we celebrate ANZAC Day. Please watch us. We found it fun and learned lots making it.

We had to speak loud and clear - Chloe
We had to look at the camera - Hayley
It was really fun - Liam
We sound amazing - Daniel
We made the video to tell people about ANZAC Day - Ellie
It was cool being on video - Ella

Holiday Recounts

In the fantastic holiday we went for a 3 hour drive. We stayed for 5 fantastic Easter nights and we went fishing. We got 5 sharks and 1 cod and a sting ray.
By Shaynae.

Wow! This aqua taxi goes really fast it must be going about one hundred knots. It must have a powerful engine. It feels like we are going as fast as a rocket. When we got off we walked to large Torrent Bay. On the way back we had to take three aqua taxis back to Kaiteriteri. When we hopped on the third boat we had to be careful because both boats were out at the sparkly sea.
By Matthew

Oral Language

We have been learning to ask questions after people have shared their news. This makes sure we are listening and thinking about what is being said. At first we found asking questions confusing and got them mixed up with comments. We think we are pretty good at it now!

Have a listen to Jorja, Paris and Daniel's news from the weekend and the questions we had for them.

The Variety Bash

The Variety Bash came to Brightwater School to raise money for sick kids. Vroom,

all the cars came in with yummy treats and a funny show. My favourite part was

the underpants trick. Woosh, water came outof the fire truck hose.

- Daniel

Today the Variety Bash came. The cars raced into the school. We got delicious

yummy treats. Lots of people had hilarious hats. When Variety Bash was here

we got soaking wet. The super hero show was hilarious and magic and he

picked two people to go up. MT meant empty.

- Kathryn

Oral Language

In Room 1 we do a variety of Oral Language activities during the week including sharing news, Mystery Bag (open ended questions), Maori Language, buzz groups, donut speeches, and listening activities. We focus on making sure we are speaking clearly and being good listeners. We discussed exactly what a good listener and a good speaker does.

Today we shared our news in buzz groups and then came back as a class. Haylee, Jamie, Piper, Liam, Chloe and Josh then presented their news to the whole class.

Have a listen to their exciting weekends:

Problem Solving

On Friday we did a range of problem solving activities for Maths.

One of our activities involved estimating. We found out this means to think hard and make a sensible guess.

Our problem was: How many cubes does it take to make a 1 metre tall tower?

We estimated:

Marcus - 15 Kathryn - 60

Taine - 30 Matthew - 60

Haylee - 50 Liam - 50

Jarrad - 10

Then we measured and found the actual answer.

Results: It took 54 cubes to make a 1metre tall tower. None of us were correct but Liam and Haylee were the closest.

Discovery Time

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PE with Mr Head

On Tuesday mornings we have been learning how to catch, throw and aim with Mr Head. We find it lots of fun. We learned to cross our little fingers when we go to catch and to point and look at the target when we are throwing.

Inquiry

In Room 1 the first part of our inquiry unit has been learning all about ourselves and what makes us special. We made posters in Art all about our favourite things. We had a guess the baby photo competition - it was hard but fun as we got to see how much we have all changed. We are also going to make 'All About Me' booklets.

In writing last week we made timelines. These showed us how much our abilities have and will change. We wrote about something we did when we were younger, something we do now and something which we will be able to do in the future. We then typed these out on the computers. It was fun to write on the computer instead of in our books for a change!

Here are some of our ideas:

When I was younger I sucked my thumb. Now I can ride a motorbike. When I am older I will drive a car. - Taine.

When I was younger I went to bed in a cot. Now I can ride a big bike. When I am older I will walk to school by myself. - Chloe.

When I was younger I wore nappies. Now I can make toast. When I am older I will be a hair dresser. - Ellie T.

Come and see more of our timelines on the wall of Room 1!

BUGS

This week both Matthew and Kathryn found some interesting bugs at home and brought them in to show the class. Matthew found a Huhu Beetle and Kathryn a Leaf Bug - unfortunately Miss Brown didn't take any photos :(. We found out the Huhu beetle does not eat and only lives for two weeks! Matthew had a cool container to keep the bugs in which had a magnifying glass so we could see them up close - they look creepy! EWWWW!

Meet Room 1

Meet our class on PhotoPeach

Fun in the Pool

We are VERY LUCKY at Brightwater School to have our own swimming pool. We get to swim every day! Room 1 and 2 swim together every afternoon after lunch. We have lessons on Monday - Thursday and on Fridays we get to have free time in the pool! Have a look at the fun we had this Friday :)

Fun in the Pool! on PhotoPeach

Te Reo Maori - Greetings

Room 1 has been learning how to say hello and welcome in Te Reo Maori. In Maori you say hello in different ways depending on how many people you are talking to. We have been learning the following song to help us remember. How do you think we sound?

Welcome to the new school year!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the new school year!
I am sure we will have a fantastic year full of lots of learning and fun.

Click on the picture below to check out these new numeracy and literacy games.

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