ATHLETICS DAY 2011

Spellodrome Free For 2 weeks

Please sign in and have a look around this site. I will group you by week 2. You can play games or live spelling. Have fun! Sign in detail are exactly the same as Mathletics.

Rugby World Cup Movie Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E60a0OvK14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrHswybzw1o&noredirect=1

SENIOR SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

RUGBY WORLD CUP FEVER -OPENING DAY WRITING

RWC –Flags Flying High

Can you imagine being part of history? The All Blacks can because they want to win it! Sitting in between  59, 999 people is a lot! We will beat Tonga!

Twenty different countries flags have risen everywhere in New Zealand. Everyone is going mad about the RWC. Everyone is excited and wants to go to each game live!

My favourite team in the Rugby World Cup Is The All Blacks or Wallabies. My favourite All Black is Sonny Bill Williams, who is supposed to be called Sonny William Williams. My favourite Wallaby is Quade Cooper, the Australian kicker.

Tonight there will be the opening ceremony at Eden Park with Dave Dobbyn, Black Eyed Peas and others for the fanzone.  

See you there folks!

By Luke

RWC

The Rugby World Cup has started! After months of waiting the biggest sporting event has begun.

This is the 2^nd RWC in New Zealand since 1987.  Now everyone is going rugby crazy!

There are black flags everywhere, fireworks going off and everyone’s dressed in black. Tonight the kick-off is starting. There will be singing, fireworks, and of course lots and lots of rugby!

Visitors from around the globe are swarming over to New Zealand to watch the big game! The stadium is massive. About 57 times bigger than a 3-storey house with a giant backyard!

But who cares about these facts, because I’m going to grab a rugby ball, paint my face black and watch Richie McCaw score the winning try!

GO THE ALL BLACKS!

By Albert

RWC 2011

The waiting will be over today! It’s the day that the Rugby World Cup arrives to Eden Park.

The Rugby World Cup game is going to be wild because it’s part of the history of life. There will be almost 1,000,000 people watching the Rugby World Cup.

I am thinking how will the RWC start? Like maybe some fireworks coming out, or maybe songs coming out of the speakers; like 'World in Union' or 'Right Here Right Now' or even the Flower of Scotland!

The people that I see are all dressed in black shirts or black faces. The first game will be held at Eden Park at 8.30pm.

By Caleb

The RWC Starts

Today is history repeating itself because today is the start of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The whole country is supporting its one team, the All Blacks, yeah!

At school everyone is dressed in black to support the All Blacks. Mr Mac and the boys did a flash mob Haka in front of the staffroom.

The Rugby World Cup  started in 1987. It’s now 2011, so that’s 24 years of rugby, but really the RWC only happens every four years.

By Ashley

Rugby World Cup 2011

The Haka has begun around the country. It’s here, right now, the waiting is all over!

Everywhere I look is black. Fireworks are going off.

Dressed in black ready for the start. Dan Carter kicks….it’s a goal! The crowd goes wild.

At my school, Friday the 9^th September the Rugby World Cup start has meant we all dressed in black –Black out day!

By Kyla

CREATIVE WRITING WEEKS 4 AND 5

We have been learning to show, not tell in our writing. This means we use lots of description to create an interesting picture in our audiences head. Please read and leave a comment.

Who am I ?

I am alone, no one to talk to apart from myself. No one to look at apart from myself. I have been hurt by the cold damp wind.

God is talking to me and telling me to stick up for myself but I can’t do it, I just can’t! I can hear nothing, see nothing or feel nothing, I am cold where is my jumper and trousers.

 I have been around from the year  after the earth was formed. The moonlight is shining above me and I am scared, scared that the bullies will come.

Please help me, I want to get out of here quickly before the bullies come back. What’s this, I’m stuck, stuck in the ground. I can’t move ahhhhhhhhhh!

By Gemma 

Who Am I?

I’m standing here in the cold breeze. The wind whistling through my white hair. As I stand tall and strong I wonder when the cold winter will be over. I grow older and older, bigger and bigger. Life is great around here. I have all the food I want and all the water I can drink.

The springtime is coming while the lake has no more ice skaters. It is getting quiet and lonely, but then I remember I won’t be alone. I will have all the birds. Ahhhhhhh, what a lovely life I have. Can you guess what I am?

By Emma

What Am I?....

One early morning, I wake up in a winter wonderland all alone. I stretch out my frosty fingers.

I am covered with a white cold icy blanket of snow.

It is Christmas but no one was there.

Rocks nearby are frozen solid.

I am leaning so close to the water I am about to fall!

The water shows half of my reflection.

Little drops of snow come falling down; it is so cold in the North Pole. Santa won’t come by.

What am I?

By Catherine

Who Am I Today ?

It’s a blue cold winters morning. Its smell so fresh as I wake up. I’m listening to the birds sing they’re all around me.

I’m standing with my arms out .You can see my frosty fingers blowing all around.

Icing sugar cubes are down below me, as hard as a rock being thrown into the sea. There’s a lake so hard people can ice sake along it. I hear people talk but they only hear a whisper from me. Snowflakes drop from above.

    By Shaina

 

 

Room 3's All Black Support Movie

Check out the awesome movie Room 3 made to support the All Blacks! Click on the link below to view it on You Tube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2b3HsXiqMg

Speech Finalist No 2

Room One Speech Finalists

WEEK 5 TASKS

This activity involves finding remainders in word problems.


http://nz.ixl.com/math/year-5/interpret-remainders


Using this link please find some background information on a New Zealand disaster for report writing in class.


http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids/nzdisasters/


REMEMBER YOU NEED TO HAVE ALL YOUR BABY INFORMATION IN THIS WEEK.

Learing Updates From Room 1 Reporters

Speeches

Ki Ora, Bonjour I’m Taine and I am going to talk about speeches and what we have learnt. I know speeches have to be three minutes. Also we have to memorise them and put them on cue cards. You have to use gestures, expression, a good stance and a clear voice. A good stance is not swaying side to side or one leg in front of each other. Gestures are your body movement that fits in with your speech. Of course you should know what expression is and also a clear voice. When you do the real thing it actually is quite freaky and scary, but once you start it isn’t that freaky. So I think speeches are one of the most important things in term 3 at Sunnyhills Primary School.

By Taine 

WEEK 4 Spelling Activity

Using the below link make a crossword with your spelling words to try out on other groups in class.                                                                                                                       
       http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/crossword/

Descriptive Writing Week 3

KORU

I’m a koru sitting in the darkness, with the soft dark green leaves sitting softly around me, and I’m the brown Koru sitting on top of all this greenery.

Can people see me as they stroll through the beautiful forest? Or are the soft leaves covering me too much? Behind the leaves are little black patches of darkness.

Suddenly and quietly a few people walk past me, and I hear them whispering, and they’re saying look at that beautiful koru representing nature.

Suddenly a bolt of happiness runs down me. Has me, the  brownest koru been noticed?

Another bolt of happiness runs down me. So what am I? … the happiest koru of them all.                           By Jess

HOME LEARNING ACTIVITIES WEEK 3

This link is all about reviewing the prefix activity we did in class this week. Read through the fact sheet and start at level one on the quiz.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/wordbuilding/prefixes/index.shtml

We are onto our last week of measurement so you may like to try some of the activities on the below link. It includes temperatures, metric units and volume.

http://nz.ixl.com/math/year-4


REMEMBER AUSTRALIAN MATHS EXAM TUESDAY

MATHLETICS UPDATE

Wow what a week. We made the top 50! Well done Room One. Keep logging on and completing tasks. Set yourself  aside 2-3 times a week to log on. Go over in class activities, play live maths or complete the assigned activities.
Don't forget Rainforest Maths at the top of the screen. It has so many activities to support your Maths learning. No pencil or paper needed! 
Also check out the Times Tables Toons if you need to memorise them, it loads of fun.  Our next goal is to hit number one for Room One! Keep up the good work.
Mrs Stevens.

Andy Goldsworthy Art

HOME LEARNING LINKS WEEK 2

Try this game to convert between different units of measurement. There are 3 levels to choose from.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/measuring/lwc/game.shtml

Complete this spelling activity on syllables that will re-inforce our spelling this week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/index.shtml

MATHLETICS: OUR GOAL IS TO BE IN THE TOP 50 CLASSES IN NZ!

Please get online and start completing assigned tasks. Remember to click on the help question mark if you are unsure. I really want to see Room One in the top 50!
You can still join Mathletics until January 2012 at the cost of $15 if you have not yet signed up!

WEEK ONE SILENT LETTER ACTIVITY LINK

Click on this link. Then spend some time reading the fact sheet and completing the quiz.
Lastly just for fun try the game; Silent Invaders. Remember there are three levels so challenge yourself.





http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/silentletters/index.shtml

Some Rugby Websites To Start researching Past All Blacks

http://allblacks.com/

Check out under the TEAM heading some past and present players.

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/fanzone/education/index.html

Start looking at what countries are participating and all about them.

Happy holidays Room One!

Rugby World Cup Starts Soon

Term Two Science Experiments On Display

Report Writing

Sunnyhills School

Sunnyhills School is in Pakuranga, Auckland 17 the Crest. Children can come and enjoy school at the age of 5 and stay from years 0-6. Sunnyhills School focuses on high quality teaching and learning.

Sunnyhills Primary school is a decile 10. It has a huge field, pool, 2 courtyards, 24 class rooms, a butterfly garden, a vegetable garden, 3 playgrounds and a canteen. We have lots of cool ICT equipment like bloggies, laptops, I pads and more!

This is why I think that Sunnyhills school is the right choice!

Drama In Arts Week-Can You Identify These Sculptures?

Camp Recounts

                                  The Flying Fox

Getting ready to put my harness on I’m feeling nervous but I know I can do it. I’ve got it on. Now it’s time to go up. I’m walking up feeling nervous but excited. I’m at the top of the hill. A man was ready to hook me on to the flying fox. 

Hooked on, ready to go. I walked to the second step in the wooden box. Everyone was cheering me on. I was as scared as a bird in a house. I backed out. Someone else went before me to make me feel more comfortable. After two more people it was my go. 

I put my strap on and went to the second step. 1 2 3, I was worried, 4, 5. I jumped, was I going to die. Suddenly, bang. I hit the ground on the other side.  I had made it.

But wait, I’m only half way there. I’ve got to get back.  I know what’s going to happen.

                                                                             BY Katie

Flying fox

‘Can I do it, I think so’. I was thinking while I was walking up the hill. Finally I got there with my heart pounding very fast. My harness got clicked on to the rope. I took one step on the step then I was in the air. My heart was POUNDING more than the fastest drummer in the world. I felt like screaming but I didn’t want to. I got to the other side. I was relieved to touch the ground. Oh no!! Another one. I walked slowly to the other flying fox. I get clipped on and away I go. The instructor said to run in the air when you almost land. I did that but when my left foot touched the gravel, ‘swish CRASH’!! My left foot slipped and it was bleeding. It hurt really badly. I got two plasters one my knees and I was alright after five minutes. Even though it hurt it was fun in the air. I would so go back there if I could. It was the best flying fox EVER!!!

                                        By Hayley

Science Fair Testing Term 2

Andy Goldsworthy Artist

http://www.morning-earth.org/artistnaturalists/an_goldsworthy.html

Writing Ideas And Help

http://www.writingfun.com/

Camp Highlights

Multiplication Fun-Check Out This Link!

Multiplication drills

Room One's Fabulous Art

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Art Prints Inspired By Don Binney

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