31/05/10 What's Going On?

It was nice to finally have some better weather today. Everyone enjoyed having the chance to get outside for a change. We did some great weekend writing today. Mr D caught up with all the reading and maths groups. The "Circles" are learning about doubles and halves. We learnt about "magic e" and how it can change the sounds of the vowels. We will be learning more about it tomorrow.

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31/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

28/05/10 What's Going On?

It was another wild, wet, windy day but we have had a great day anyway. This morning Mr D showed us a new website he made which has our writing on it. It is really cool. You can see it by clicking here or looking at the Check This Out part of our blog. We did some writing today and we did maths. At lunch time we got to watch "Discovery's Got Talent." It was lots of fun. Mr D started to teach us how to train some one to do a computer skill. We a re getting good at it. Have a great weekend everyone.

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28/05/10 Good Morning with Roberta and Ella

What is a Penalty Shoot-Out?

26/05/10 Good Morning with Roberta and Ella

25/05/10 What's Going On?

It was a wet, wild and windy day today. We were kept very busy by Mr D though. We did some dancing in the rain this morning and we did some great moment in time writing about it too. Mr D only let us jump about in the wet for ten seconds though so it wasn't that bad. For our World Cup inquiry we finished off looking at and thinking about how we know who the teams are at the World Cup. You can see our ideas below. We are doing some really big thinking.

We hope that the weather is a little bit nicer tomorrow!

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Jessica B goes to Carter Observatory

We went to the Carter Observatory. I saw a film about astronauts and stars. I saw some space rocks and they were very cool. It was fun. Jessica.B

25/05/10 Good Morning with Roberta and Ella

24/05/10 What's Going On?

We had a great day today even if it was raining. Mr D changed the day around a bit and it worked well. We did writing and reading in the morning. After morning tea we did some more reading then printing and maths. This afternoon we looked at how we know what teams are at the World Cup. We looked at flags and tomorrow we will look at what teams wear.

Auntie Jackie

On  Saturday I went  to see my  auntie Jackie it was fun. We went to see her new house. It was a long drive  because she lives in Greytown.I went with my nana and my brother Keiran.

24/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

21/05/10 What's Going On?

Miss Ymker showed us how to make magical rainbows this morning. 
We had to put milk onto a plate and add lots of drops of food colouring.  Some of us thought that we might be going to have an interesting coloured milkshake.  When we added a few drops of dishwashing liquid we discovered that it wasn't a milkshake that we had made, but a beautiful swirling rainbow!

Our writing today was all about finding a treasure map.  The clue to finding the treasure was the rainbow on the map.  In our stories we decided to drive down to the beach and search for our treasure.  Wow, what great stories you all wrote.  You all found interesting treasure!

For maths we all showed Miss Ymker how clever we were at telling the time.

After morning tea we read a lovely story that showed us how baby chickens grow inside their eggs.  Timothy told us that the chicks drink the yellow yoke in the egg as their food.    We all wondered how the chicks would get out of their shell.  We learned that they tap their way out with a special egg tooth.  Wow, what clever chicks they are!  Come and check out our lovely chicken art.

21/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

20/05/10 What's Going On?

We had a very productive day today. This morning we did some great illustrations for our latest piece of moment in time writing. We are getting really good at using KidPix now. Mr D met with the "Oblongs" and the "Circles" in maths today. Papa Murray was away sick today but we did Kapa Haka with Mr D. It was funny because when Mr D said tena kotou tamariki ma, everyone said tena koe Papa Murray and Mr D was standing right in front of us!

20/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

19/05/10 What's Going On?

What a busy day. We went down onto the field to get some ideas for moment in time writing. You can see our writing on the new writing page link. For topic we learnt about how a tournament works. We had a go with rolling dice. We also had a paper, scissors, rock tournament. Tasha was the class champion. You can see how we did it below.

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19/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

Bedey and Leo

Hello BD Class!

Bede and I are in the lounge and we are playing my Nintendo Wii. While Bede and I were playing it we unlocked a new level. We had to go to the first level and then the second level.

Have a good night BD class.

Leo

17/05/10 What's Going On?

We welcomed Nadia to our class today. Now we have 11 boys and 11 girls. We did some great writing this morning. Everyone was trying to remember to put in their fullstops and capital letters.  We looked at our blends for this week: "dr" and "fr". Mr D changed some of the reading groups. He thinks it is great to see people moving up reading levels. Mr D hopes that no one brings any more Justin Bieber stuff tomorrow. :-)

This Week's Blends

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17/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

14/05/10 What's Going On?

We had a really great day today. We were learning about continents and the groups that organise football in those continents. We finished off our koru art which looks great.

What is a Confederation?

A confederation's job is to organise the football for each continent. There are six confederations.

What is a Continent?

Today we have been learning about the continents. We learnt that a continent is a big piece of land. On those continents are countries. Some continents have more countries on them than others. Australia is the only continent that is a country. We made this map today to show where the continents are. We guessed pretty well!

14/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

1200 Hits

Yay! We have had 1200 hits on our blog :-)

10/05/10 What's Going On?

Today was our first really rainy day for a loooooong time. But we had a great day anyway. This morning we looked at all the things that make New Zealand special. You can see them in the post below. Mr D is pushing his maths groups hard. The "Triangles" are learning to count backwards from 20, the "Oblongs" are learning to put numbers in order and the "Circles" are learning to find numbers before, after and in between up to 100. Tomorrow is the end of Week 4. The term is flying by!

Things That Are Special to New Zealand

We are learning about New Zealand and what makes it special. We looked at the flag. We learnt that the stars are the Southern Cross. You can see these stars at night time. The Union Jack means that we used to belong to Great Britain. You can see a lot of other things that make New Zealand special too.

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13/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

Bluey and Keenan

I put Blueys name on a rock

10/05/10 What's Going On?

What a stunning day today. A great way to start the week. Everyone worked really hard today. We are trying really hard with our counting backwards in maths. It is pretty tricky with some of those teen numbers. We published our forest stories so they will be ready to go up on the wall this week. Mr D will be away tomorrow because he has nearly lost his voice. He will be back on Wednesday. Be good everyone.

Cory's Rugby

On saturday I got 2 tries at rugby. I got player of the day and I got a trophy and a ribbon.

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10/05/10 Good Morning with Robert & Eddie

07/05/10 What's Going On?

We had a very productive day today. We had a great session in the computer suite illustrating our moment in time writing. We are getting really good at using KidPix. Mr D posted all our pictures with our stories on our writing page on the blog click here to see all our great stories and pictures. We finished off some of our koru art and had buddy time. Have a great weekend everyone.

07/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Roberta

06/05/10 What's Going On?

What a clever class! Mr D was really impressed with everyone's great moment in time writing. Everyone was using great description...well done! Mr D has made a separate page for all of our writing.  Check it out!

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06/05/10 Good Morning with Roberta and Ella

05/05/10 What's Going On?

What another beautiful day. We went for a walk in the forest this morning to get some ideas for our next piece of moment in time writing. It was such a nice walk. We came up with some great ideas for our writing tomorrow.

We worked really hard in maths today. The "Triangles" were learning about putting numbers in order. We are learning to count backwards from 20. It is a little bit tricky counting back so we should do lots of practise at home.

This afternoon we tried to find out where some places in New Zealand are. We coloured the right places on the right island in green, the wrong places on the right island in orange and the wrong places on the wrong island in red.As you can see we have a bit of learning to do.

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What we thought:

What we now know:

Rue du Barri

When I was in France, I found a street named after me. How cool! Mr D :-)

Keenan's Rd

My mum and my Nana  saw this road sign on holiday  in Australia.

Wordle

Go to www.wordle.net and have a go at making one of these real cool "Wordles"

05/05/10 Good Morning with Roberta and Ella

04/05/10 What's Going On?

What a great day. It was so nice to have the sun shining all day. We did some great work today. Mr D was really impressed with the  way that everyone tried really hard with their printing...because yesterday wasn't too flash. We did some writing about our favourite books today. Mr D's favourite book is Bad Jelly the Witch. This afternoon we did some work on the "br" and "cr" blends, then did some buddy time. We got to practise the cross-country course with our buddies. Have a great evening!

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04/05/10 Good Morning with Robert and Eddie

Hannah`s message

On Sunday I went to Island Bay Marine Sanctuary with Grace and  Renske and mum and Cam. They have touch pools  and I touched a starfish and fed the big fish in the big tank. They splashed me when I dropped the food they tried to grab it and they moved their tails and it splashed out on the floor.

It is fun.
Hannah