Room 1 Brightwater 2011

Rain, rain, go away....

2011-12-13T19:37:00.000-08:00

It has been raining heavily all day in Brightwater and it still hasn't stopped! Our parents started picking us up from morning tea time to take us home before the roads and bridges were closed. Mrs Robertson even left at 230pm so she could make it back into Nelson. All the classes from over the bridge had to come down to the hall as the creek was flooding.

Look at the photos Mrs Lines took this afternoon of the flooding at our school!!!

What a fantastic year we had at school!

2011-12-13T15:12:00.000-08:00

We think the best things about 2011 at Brightwater School were...

Healthy Shared Lunch

2011-12-11T18:15:00.000-08:00

Mrs Roberts and Ms Barrett organised a whole-school shared lunch last Friday. We all had to bring something healthy to put inside a roll. Then our buddy class helped us to make our rolls and we each got a tasty, fresh apple too! Some of us tried some new healthy fillings and loved them. We all enjoyed eating tasty food which is good for us!

Pack the Bus

2011-12-08T11:50:00.000-08:00

WOW! The whole school were so generous! On Wednesday the More FM Pack The Bus came to Brightwater School. We all brought food, games, groceries and other things for people who do not have much at Christmas time. We sang Christmas songs and some of us spoke live on the radio!

2011-12-07T14:59:00.000-08:00

We had 5 fabulous people from Room 12 in our class today. Their messages to their new teacher are in the slideshow too!

Christmas Games

2011-12-05T11:16:00.000-08:00

Christmas is Coming

2011-12-05T11:14:00.000-08:00

Christmas Countdowns

Pet's Day

2011-12-02T16:05:00.000-08:00

What a fanstatic afternoon we had on Friday! It was Pet's Day at Brightwater School and
there were soooooo many animals to see! Cats, dogs, ducklings, turtles, ponies, chickens, sheep, calves, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and even a zebra...

Shape Animals

2011-11-30T15:30:00.001-08:00

Today Jessica and Skylah used the different shapes to make pictures. They both made a cat, but the cats were standing in different ways. Can you see how the shapes make cats?

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They took the photos themselves too!

Brass Band Performance

2011-11-21T17:53:00.000-08:00

Today we were lucky to have a Band perform to us. They came from all over primary and intermediate schools in Nelson and Tasman. They taught us the names and sounds of all the instruments and played songs. Jacques brother played in band.

Kaityn's Colourful Cupcakes

2011-11-21T17:11:00.000-08:00

Today Kaitlyn brought to school some Colourful Cupcakes for us to eat. First she
had to make the mixture. Then she decorated them. Then we ate them. They were delicious.
Here are some pictures.

by Kaitlyn and Caleb.

Thanks Kaitlyn, Mum and Oliver!!!

More maths

2011-11-17T17:55:00.000-08:00

Today in the afternoon some of the class played Addition and Subtraction Bingo. Jordan, Joe and Liam played a different game. They had to put the number tiles in order and then match the number of pictures on a card to the written number. They did a great job and worked together well!

Sensational Singing

2011-11-17T15:48:00.000-08:00

Today in Discovery Time Darby wanted to practise singing one of her favourite songs (Firework by Katy Perry). She brought the lyrics to school and knew all of them! She asked Holly and Kushla to help her sing certain verses and the chorus. Mrs Robertson found the video clip on You Tube and they practised singing and performing it together. At the end of Discovery Time they performed it to the class. We think they did an awesome job! They all want to try singing in the choir next year in middle school. Good luck girls!

Rotation - Maths

2011-11-17T15:39:00.000-08:00

Room 1 loves doing Maths on Fridays! Last Friday we looked at reflection (see below), this Friday we looked at Rotation.

If something rotates it goes around and around. We brainstormed some objects and shapes which show rotation. For example:
-a propeller
-a windmill
-flower petals
-a star (or starfish)
-a wheel on your bike or car
-a fan

We then took one cardboard petal and cooperated with a buddy to draw around it on paper. We then rotated the petal and did it again. We kept rotating it until the petal reached the top again. It formed the flower!

Geometry: Reflection and lines of symmetry

2011-11-10T18:24:00.000-08:00

We have been learning about reflection and lines of symmetry. We know that if something is symmetrical it is the same on each side.

Above work:
Kaitlyn & Jordan reflecting shapes from one side of the paper to the other - Jordan even made his into a face!
Jess & Jacques painting one side of a butterfly and folding it in half to make the reflection and form the rest of the butterfly.

New talking vokis!

2011-11-10T13:09:00.000-08:00

We found a new website where you can choose a cartoon and make it talk like you. Skylah and Liam recorded their voices this morning and chose their pictures. Click on them to hear Liam and Skylah talking. They are a little bit muffled because we are learning the best way to record our voices.

Johny brings a crayfish to school...

2011-11-02T18:53:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Johny, his dad, Mr Baldwin and Pete!

Koru Designs

2011-11-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

We have been learning about koru designs. It is found in lots of Maori artwork. The shape is similar to a fern unfolding as it grows so it symbolises things like peace, growth and new life.
We practised sketching the shape last week and today we drew big korus and coloured them in with crayon and vivid. We are going to try again later in the week with pastel and dye to get an even better looking picture.

Sam D and Skylah finished their first design today. Don't they look great!

Oral Language

2011-11-01T17:25:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we practise reading with expression. Today we read the poem Snail Party and two people volunteered to record themselves reading the poem with expression. They did so well! Listen to Sam Shelling and Kushla below..

Inquiry

2011-10-31T18:59:00.001-07:00

For our inquiry topic this term we are learning about the different cultures around the world. We started looking at what makes NZ unique today. Here is our brainstorm. Can you think of anything else? Leave comments below if you can!

Click on the picture to make it bigger!

Welcome to Room 1 Jordan

2011-10-31T18:56:00.000-07:00

We are so lucky to have Jordan arrive in our class this week! He has an older brother Sam starting in Room 5. Jordan has already made lots of new friends and met some old ones from his kindy days!

Practise your handwriting online!

2011-10-31T16:03:00.000-07:00

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2011-10-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Room 1 and Room 2 took their favourite teddy down to the park for a picnic! We had all sorts of fun! We played in the playground, played sports, had running races, hid each others teddies and even a chocolate bar treasure hunt! It was a fun but tiring day!

Practise fractions with this fun golf game!

2011-09-30T21:09:00.000-07:00

Click photo to play!

Mihis

2011-09-27T23:12:00.001-07:00

We have been learning to introduce ourselves in Maori.

Tena Koutou -Hello everyone (more than 2 people)
Ko _____ toku ingoa - My name is ______
Ko _____ toku matua - My Dad is________
Ko _____ toku whaea - My Mum is _______
No Whakatu ahau - I am from Nelson
Ko Wairama toku kura - I go to Brightwater School
No reira, tena koutou, - In conclusion, greetings to you all.
tena, koutou, tena tatou katoa.

Countries around the World

2011-09-21T21:52:00.001-07:00

We have been learning about the the different countries playing in the Rugby World Cup.
We had a lucky dip and got given a country. We have been researching our country at home and finding out at least 3 facts about our country.

Today we looked at a World Map. We stuck each flag on the country. We were talking about all of the different countries and the world for over an hour! We just couldn't stop asking questions. Some things we found interesting were:

-Japan is around the same size as NZ but there are about 127million people there and only 4million here! We think they might build tall buildings or they don't have many parks to try and fit everyone in.

-Russia was HUGE!

-Australia is lots bigger than NZ but we still have a better rugby team.

-Africa is actually made up of lots of countries and isn't one place.

-When it was lunch time for us the people in England would be fast asleep because the world turns away from the sun.

-There is a lot of water in the world.

-Some teams have traveled a really long way to get to NZ. If it takes an hour to get to Christchurch from Nelson it must takes almost a day to get to Wales!

Fairytale Plays

2011-09-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

We cut out masks and put them onto cardboard so they were like puppets. Then we practiced retelling the fairytale in our groups. We then performed the plays to the class. Some of us used really great expression and sounded just like the real characters!

Fractions!

2011-09-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

We are learning to find half and quarter of sets of objects.

'The Three Little Pigs' Artwork

2011-09-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

We made art collages of the The Three Little Pigs. We used lots of materials including cardboard, paint, straw, toothpicks, cotton wool and even sand. Look carefully to see the sneaky wolf hiding in our pictures!

Is Jack good or bad?

2011-09-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

We wrote our opinions last week on whether Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk is good or bad...what do you think???

I think Jack is bad because his Mum told him to sell the cow for money but he sold it for beans. He broke into the giant's house. He didn't listen to his Mum. He stole a hen, gold and a magic harp. Jack also killed the giant. This makes him naughty and bad.
Darby

I think that Jack was good because he got money from the castle and golden eggs and a harp too because they were poor. Jack chopped down the beanstalk and that was the end of the giant which is good because the giant can't kill people now.
Sam Sargent

I think Jack is bad because he didn't listen to his Mum and he also stole the giant's things. He also killed the giant and chopped down the beanstalk with an axe. He climbed up the beanstalk again and again when his Mum said he had to stay home.
Mia

I think Jack is good because everything he stole was actually his father's stuff. He helped his mum who was so poor. He saved the giant's wife because he was trying to kill her and Jack. He was a hero because he saved the giant's wife.
Holly

I think Jack is bad because he came into the giant's house without asking the giant. Jack took a hen without paying and used it for money. Jack is also bad because he didn't listen to his Mum.
Sam Shelling

E-books

2011-09-09T02:15:00.000-07:00

Great new website with loads of e-books. Listen to the stories or read along as well. Then complete the activities afterwards about the book. Choose from the drop down menu the appropriate age level and the type of book you are after.

Click the picture to go straight to the website.

Disco

2011-09-01T18:27:00.000-07:00

Today at lunch time there was a school disco. We had to dress up as our favourite character and give a gold coin donation to get in. We could buy drinks and sweets too! There was even a real dj! All the money raised is going to St John so they can buy a new ambulance. Room 1 had some groovy disco dance moves.

Reading on Garage Band

2011-08-31T16:37:00.001-07:00

Click play below to hear Tom read his story! He recorded himself on Garage Band and then we played it back to the class.

Visit to Garden and Library

2011-08-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Room 1 met Room 2 at Washbourne Garden for lunch! We had lots of fun running around, feeding the ducks and playing with the balloons which some people gave us. Then Room 1 went to the Richmond Library. We got split into two groups. The first group went with Laura and got a tour of the library. Lucy read a story to the other group. Then the groups switched around. We got to issue books out on our Library cards if we had one. We can get out up to 20 books! It was a fun day. Thanks to all of the parents who came with us and helped out!

Multiplication!

2011-08-24T14:52:00.001-07:00

We have been practising our skip counting to solve multiplication problems.

4 x 5 means 4 groups of 5.

Jessica arranged her teddies to make 4 x 5 and then skip counted to find out there would be 20 teddies.

Letters to Little Red Riding Hood

2011-08-23T21:42:00.000-07:00

Dear Red Riding Hood
Were you scared when the wolf came because I was! He had sharp teeth and pointed claws. Thank you for the delicious cakes and the pretty flowers. Come and see me again some time. Thank you for getting me out of the cupboard. Sorry the wolf tricked you. You were really brave. Please thank your dad for helping to save me. Was the axe sharp?
Love from Grandma (Mia)

Dear Red Riding Hood
Thank you for the delicious chocolate muffins. Were you scared when the wolf was chasing you? Was it scary when your Dad put you up in the tree? Were you feeling sorry for me getting stuck in a cupboard? Were you happy when your Dad killed the wolf?
From Grandma (Cole)

Dear Red Riding Hood
Were you scared when the wolf chased you?I liked your muffins. Did the wolf try to eat you? Thank you for the food.
From Grandma (Sam Sargent)

Dear Red Riding Hood
I liked the chocolate iced cake with banana biscuits. I was scared when I saw the wolf in my bed! I had to climb up into the cupboard to hide from the big bad wolf! He had very big, sharp teeth. I was glad your dad cut the wolf.
From Grandma (James)

Tennis

2011-08-23T20:53:00.001-07:00

We have been learning tennis skills with Ngaire. She comes once a week and we get a half hour session. It is so much fun and we learn heaps of ball skills!

Another new game

2011-08-23T02:56:00.000-07:00

The magic e makes the vowel say its name!!!

Click the image to play or go to the Literacy Games on the side bar and click on Magic e.

New Literacy Game

2011-08-21T02:11:00.000-07:00

Sight Word Bingo

Click the picture to play!

Our Cool Rocky Shore

2011-08-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

We made a cool rocky shore last term and we wanted to share it with you. From Room 1.

Shared Writing

2011-08-08T01:46:00.000-07:00

Today in writing we wrote a character description. We found out this meant we needed to describe what the character looks like and their personality (the type of person they are). A character is a made up person, animal or creature in a book or program. We had a go as a class writing this one, then wrote our own. Come and read our story books for more fabulous descriptions.

What we know about fairytales

2011-08-01T21:30:00.000-07:00

Click picture to enlarge and make clearer.

New classmates!

2011-07-06T19:11:00.000-07:00

We have four new boys starting in our class next term!!! They are all moving from Room 13. They came to visit us twice this week. We are so excited about having them in our class!!!

Callum & Tom!

Reichen & Joe!

Science

2011-06-30T20:45:00.000-07:00

Oobleck
We read the story Bartholomew and the Oobleck written by Dr Seuss. Then we went and made our own oobleck!

The mixture feels solid. We can punch it and mould it into shapes. Then, like magic, it turns into a liquid!!!! We came up with lots of words and similes to describe it!

sticky like glue green like Shrek lime coloured hard like a rock slimy like a snail dripping tough icky sloppy slippery squishy gooey strong weird
oozes between our fingers magical

Making Bubbles

Cup Stacker - Find the letters fast!

2011-06-29T00:47:00.000-07:00

Click the picture and stack the cups as quickly as you can.

Worm Farm

2011-06-28T18:09:00.000-07:00

Today Mary Curnow came to talk to us about worms and worm farms. We found out lots of interesting facts:

Worms

Worms have 5 hearts - Liam.

Worms have 2 sets of muscles. Short muscles make them stretch out and the one long one is in the middle makes it shrink - Darby.

They don't have eyes, teeth, arms, legs, ears and hair but they have bristles - James.
They don't like eating oranges, lemons, mandarins or onions because it burns their skin - Mia.
The stripy worms are tiger worms and they are good for compost heaps - Cole.
They don't like the light and they don't like too much rain - Kushla.
When you hold worms you need to wear gloves because our bare hands will burn their skin - Holly.
The food goes in its mouth and is squeezed to it's gizzard where it is ground down and then it comes out its tail end - Boyd.
Worms pretend to be dead when we pick them up because they don't like the light - Jess.
They need egg shells to help make their babies - Sam S.

Worm Farms

Compost bins have three layers - Ethan.
The lid has little air vents that also let in rain - Kynan.
In the top layer we put the food scraps like potatoes, apples, weeds and flowers - Sam D & Kaitlyn.
In the middle layer the worms make the compost - Jacques.
In the bottom layer worm juice is collected - Skylah.

Science

2011-06-26T21:03:00.000-07:00

Can you blow up a balloon without using your mouth??? We can!!! The balloon is being filled up with a gas.

Today we learned about solids, liquids and gases. We learned that you can't really see a gas. Air (oxygen) is a gas. When we breathe we take in oxygen and blow out another gas called carbon dioxide. The trees do the opposite - we need each other to survive.

A liquid is something you can pour (like water). A solid is something you can hold (like ice).
Chocolate is a solid but if we melt it we would make a liquid.

Let's Have a Party

2011-06-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

Room 1 hosted the whole school assembly on Friday. We read poems, shared our artwork and photos and performed Let's Have a Party. Everyone thought we were fabulous.

Discovery Time

2011-06-23T16:04:00.001-07:00

Mrs Robertson has been trying to get us to be creative and see what we can make out of boxes and containers. Caleb made an army tank, Sam D made a jet boat and Sam Shelling & Kushla made a robot!

We also made 3D shapes with playdough. Check out Darby's plate of sphere shaped tomatoes!

Ripper Rugby

2011-06-23T16:01:00.001-07:00

On Wednesday we had Ripper Rugby Skills with Andrew Goodman!!! We had so much fun and can't wait to go again next week!

Shape Hunt

2011-06-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have been naming them and labeling how many sides, edges and corners the shapes have. We went on a hunt around the school to find the different shapes.

Magazine Umbrella Art

2011-06-15T17:46:00.000-07:00

Look at the terrific artwork we made by tearing up magazines! We have needed our umbrellas lots lately because of all the rain!

Click on picture to see even larger and to read who has created each artwork.

Cross Country Champions

2011-06-08T20:41:00.000-07:00

Today the whole school walked down to Lord Rutherford Park and competed in the school cross country. The video below shows the Year 1/2 syndicate kids all crossing the finish line! Well done everyone!

Holly's Voicethread

2011-06-02T14:46:00.000-07:00

Photo Experts

2011-05-30T19:51:00.000-07:00

We are learning how to take fabulous photos.

Today we learned how to use the zoom buttons and to hold the button half way to let it focus before clicking the whole way down.

We also learned that there are different types of views. You could do a:
Giant View (as if you were looking down)
Possum View (as if you were looking up to climb a tree)
Snail View (as if you were crawling along the ground)
Eye View (from the same level as your eyes - most of us usually do this!)

We experimented in the playground taking these types of photos. Have a look at our awesome photography.

Liam's Helicopter Voice Thread

2011-05-30T18:54:00.001-07:00

Art Road Show

2011-05-30T02:01:00.000-07:00

Today the Real Art Road Show came to Brightwater School. Room 1 and 2 went inside the enormous trailer and saw lots of different artwork. The artists used so many different things to create their artwork. They used pencil, paint, blankets, steel, neon lights, wood and even real animal parts. We had fun looking at the artwork and deciding why we did or didn't like it and wondered why the artist made their artwork.

The teddy bears in a circle. by Darby

2011-05-19T15:30:00.001-07:00

Holly and me made a group of teddy bears in a circle. The colours of the bears were yellow,blue,red and green. We put red and blue teddy bears in the middle. We put the small teddy bears in the front then we put the teenagers and the adults at the back. They go from smallest to biggest. The bears in the middle are called Sophie and Sky from the Mama Mia.

Slideshow Program

2011-05-18T01:59:00.000-07:00

Mrs Robertson found a fun, new way to share our photos with you. We are going to learn to create these shows ourselves.

Rocky Shore & Aquarium Visit

2011-05-10T20:37:00.000-07:00

Today Room 1 and 2 went on a trip to the Aquarium and to the Rocky Shore. These are just a few of the fabulous thing we found and saw. We had so much fun!

Rocky Shore & Aquarium on PhotoPeach

Autumn's Leaves

2011-05-08T21:21:00.000-07:00

Today Room 1 went outside to see what was happening to the trees in Autumn. We looked at the different coloured leaves and watched the way they fell to the ground. We saw bare branches and leaves covering the ground. We picked up the leaves to see what they felt like, then we walked through the leaves and listened to the noise it made.

Then we wrote stories about what we saw, heard and felt.

In Autumn the leaves are green red orange and brown. They fall off the trees and land softly on the ground and they make a crunching noise. They look beautiful on the ground.
Mia

The whistling wind blows the leaves out of the trees.
Cole

In Autumn the leaves fall to the ground silently. They are different colours. When you pick up the leaves and you crunch them they make a sound.
Jess

In Autumn leaves fall. They fall everywhere. The ground is messy. Leaves float down. Leaves are colourful. The trees don't have much leaves. The leaves have lots of colours and the leaves die.
Jacques

Crabs!

2011-05-08T19:54:00.001-07:00

We are going to the Rocky Shore and Aquarium on Wednesday. We have been learning lots about fish, crabs and other sea creatures. Look at the crabs we drew today!

Skylah

Kaitlyn

Sam D

Ethan

Player of the Day

2011-05-08T19:50:00.000-07:00

Hi. My name is Caleb. I was player of the day for my rugby team in the weekend. This is my trophy and player of the day ribbon. I was player of the day because I scored six tries. I did lots of mud skids. I was the fastest runner. My team got ten tries.

Diaper Derby - Fun4theBrain Subtraction Game

2011-05-01T20:09:00.000-07:00

Diaper Derby - Fun4theBrain Subtraction Game

Creative Writing

2011-04-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

We have been writing creative, imaginary stories in Room 1 and learning to use adjectives. We found out that an adjective is a fancy name for a describing word and that they make our writing sound interesting!!

Our stories needed to:
*describe the person in the story (the character)
*describe where the story takes place (the setting)
*include something that goes wrong (a problem)
*include how the problem gets fixed (a solution)

Check out some of our fantastic stories below! Click on each picture to make it larger.

Our Volcano

2011-04-13T13:38:00.000-07:00

Throughout the term we made our very own volcano. There were a lot of different steps and it took a long time! We got tired of doing the paper mache. Our favourite bit was making it explode! Watch our video to see photos of the volcano being made, testing different explosions andthe volcano erupting!

WE LOVE TO READ

2011-04-13T13:29:00.000-07:00

Darby reads the big book to the class!

The Lions read their book for a second time outside!

Finished Artwork

2011-04-08T01:27:00.000-07:00

Look at our fabulous portraits! Come in to Room 1 to see the rest of the portraits displayed along our wall. We think they look just like us and we had lots of fun making them too!

The Monkeys read to the class!

2011-03-31T13:12:00.000-07:00

Sam and Caleb are in a reading group called the Monkeys. They have been making awesome progress with their reading and yesterday they read their book to the entire class! The class thought they sounded fantastic.

Interactive 100s board

2011-03-29T15:04:00.001-07:00

We use this interactive chart to help practise counting to 100 or skip counting.
Click the above picture to practise at home!

Our beautiful sunflowers

2011-03-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

Our sunflowers are colourful. We coloured them with are yellow and orange pastels. We dyed the backgrounds blue, red or green. We did them with Mrs Inch. We coloured the inside of the sunflower brown and put black dots for seeds. The stalks and leaves are green.

Written by Room 1.
Photos taken by Holly.
Photos uploaded by Caleb and Johny.

KiwiSports Day

2011-03-22T12:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to KiwiSports Day at Wakefield School. There were so many different activities and we all had so much fun!!! Afterwards, we had lunch at Faulkners Bush and went for a walk up to the look out - we could see all the way to the sea!!! Here are a few photos from our fabulous day!

New Maths Game

2011-03-16T17:28:00.000-07:00

Click the picture above to play.

Giraffe's Reading Activity

2011-03-15T16:31:00.000-07:00

The Giraffe's are learning to retell a story. As a group we chose four points from the book and wrote them in order. Kynan and Sam D drew the pictures to match. Then they took and uploaded the photo onto the blog themselves. Great stuff boys!

Ethan's pegs

2011-03-15T12:45:00.000-07:00

Pool Party

2011-03-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

Pool Party with Room 2 on PhotoPeach

Last Friday we had a Pool Party with Room 2. We were allowed to bring anything from home. The pool was full with snorkels, flippers, blow up toys, water pistols and boogie boards. It was so much fun!

NEWS: Caleb, Darby, Mia, Ethan & Kushla

2011-03-13T23:54:00.000-07:00

Who went to a birthday party? Where did Ethan go for the weekend? Click below to find out.

Kaitlyn's Painting Photos

2011-03-09T12:16:00.000-08:00

We have been painting in Room 1.
We used white paint to sponge the outline of a face.
We took the face off and waited for it to dry.
We mixed two primary colours together and used the sponge to dot the background.

They look really colourful so far.
We can't wait to see what they look like when we have finished.

Weekend News

2011-03-06T18:18:00.000-08:00

Who went to the beach? Who lost a wobbly tooth? Push play below to find out!

Kynan, Sam D, Sam Sh, Matty and Kushla share to the class what they did over the weekend.

Red & Black Day for Canterbury

2011-03-03T20:35:00.000-08:00

Today was Red and Black Day.

We wore red and black clothing to support the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. We all brought a gold coin donation - some people brought even more!

As a school we raised $485!!! This money will go to the schools in Christchurch to help rebuild their broken buildings.

Discovery Time

2011-03-03T20:06:00.000-08:00

During discovery time this week we focused on working together.

Jess, Kushla and Mia made tantrix patterns.

Lots of people chose to make a boat - they floated...for a while! We found out the cardboard sinks when it gets soggy, the tin foil boats or ones with straw bases were better!

Skylah, Holly and Darby baked cookies with the play dough and made flower pots.

Johny's Hunting Book

2011-03-03T20:03:00.001-08:00

Johny loves going hunting with his Dad! He has a special book with photos and stories about his hunting adventures. He shared some of his favourite pages with us.

More exciting news...

2011-02-27T16:25:00.000-08:00

Listen to Jess, Sam S, Liam, Johny and Cole share news about their exciting weekends!

Forming letters correctly

2011-02-24T00:23:00.000-08:00

This interactive website lets you watch and practise writing the letters of the alphabet correctly.
Click on the pictures below to get started!

Sam Sargent's Starfish!

2011-02-22T00:31:00.000-08:00

Sam brought some super exciting starfish to school today!
He found them while our celebrating his Dad's birthday.

Oral Language - News

2011-02-20T16:02:00.001-08:00

We have been learning to speak clearly and loudly to an audience.
Listen to James, Caleb, Kaitlyn, Boyd and Jacques share their exciting weekends!

Learning through the use of a TV

2011-02-17T18:45:00.001-08:00

Room 1 has a new TV to aid our learning.

Today we had our poem on the TV and highlighted the rhyming words in green. Then we brainstormed words to rhyme with game and wrote these beside it (yellow). We also looked at the contraction I'm (red) and discovered it means the same as I am.

During discovery some of the class went on Reading Eggs which was connected to the TV. Ethan, Cole, Skylah, James and Matty all worked together to spell out words and make sentences.

Free time in the pool!

2011-02-17T18:35:00.000-08:00

We are so lucky at Brightwater School to have our own swimming pool. We get to go swimming every day after lunch with Room 2. We have swimming lessons Monday-Thursday and then on Friday we get a chance for free time! Check out some of the photos of us having fun in the pool!

Buddy Class

2011-02-17T18:24:00.000-08:00

This year Room 1 are super lucky to have Room 11 as our buddy class.

Today Room 11 came into our class and helped us with our spelling tests, then we read stories to each other and showed them our work around the room.

We had lots of fun with the big kids and can't wait for buddy class time next week.

Sam Shelling's Special Visitors

2011-02-14T18:58:00.000-08:00

Today I took a guinea pig and rabbit to school. They like lettuce and guinea pig and rabbit food. Sneaky and Max are their names. They are soft and cuddly.

Making our own graphs

2011-02-14T18:42:00.000-08:00

The class worked in pairs to make a Room 1s Favourite Colour graph. They were all very clever.

Making a graph.

We found out that red was the most popular colour in Room 1.

Caleb's Seaweed

2011-02-14T10:55:00.001-08:00

In the weekend I went on my boat and I caught a shark and I went to the old whaling station. My mum caught seaweed and it is stinky.

Mum says it is the fastest growing plant in New Zealand.

Writing: In the holidays....

2011-02-11T20:04:00.000-08:00

In the holidays I went to Pohara with Mum, Dad, Riley and Elliot. We slept in a tent. One night I slept in the little tent by myself.
Cole

In the holidays I went camping and my dad made a swing. We had fun. There was lots of grass and dirt.
Caleb

In the holidays I went to the bach for my sister Abbie’s birthday. It was at Pohara. Mum and Dad gave her a blue bike. She loved it and so did I as well. We went to the beach. I saw my friend at the beach in Pohara and I went to my next door neighbours.

Holly

In the holidays I had a zhu zhu pet called Jilly and she broke down so my dad got another zhu zhu pet called Rocko. He says “ha-ha”. He is brown. I went to Yogi Bear and it was funny.

Jessica

Tricky Maths!

2011-02-09T19:56:00.000-08:00

We have been learning to make and understand graphs.

This is what we found out about our favourite shapes...

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Meet the children in Room 1

2011-02-09T19:54:00.000-08:00

Meet Room 1 2011!!! on PhotoPeach

Reading with Expression

2010-11-22T14:10:00.001-08:00

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???
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Ellie-Rose's Reading

2010-11-14T15:30:00.001-08:00

Garage Band Poems

2010-11-10T19:02:00.001-08:00

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.

2010-10-25T19:21:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-25T19:12:00.000-07:00

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