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.