MERRY CHRISTMAS ROOM ONE

BELOW IS A LINK THAT HAS SOME GREAT FREE MATHS GAMES TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR MATHS IN THE HOLIDAYS.

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE HOLIDAY.

Free maths games-Soft Schools

Christmas Wish Video

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FUN DAY PHOTOS

FUN DAY 2012 on PhotoPeach

End Of Year Shared Lunch

Benjamin's ICAS English Medal

Room 1 Yearbook 2012

These are the first few yearbook pages we have made. Take a look and let us know your thoughts.


Open publication - Free publishing - More christmas

Snowy Christmas Link Using google earth

Click on the link below and see your house.



have a look at your house on a snowy Christmas day



By Hunter

Room One Book Reviews Term Four

Imaginative Animal Reports

This week Room One wrote an imaginative report. They are so creative. Have a read and please give us some feedback!

The Lawk

The lawk is a cross between a lion and a hawk.

Lawks can grow up to two metres long. Its body is shaped as a lion and it has the giant wings of a hawk.

Lawks live in high mountains in caves. They have to change houses every year.

Lawks love to give children rides in the sky. Lawks like to eat rocks, ice and snow. They like to swim in lava in their spare time.                    
By Luc

The Tikey

The tikey is a mammal. It is a cross between a tiger and a monkey.

Tikey have big round eyes like a marble. It is fluffy and has orange stripes with brown fur. A tikey has huge feet, with claws as sharp as lots of needles.

Tikey lives in school trees and loves the children. They make any tree home, but if a tikey stays too long in a tree, it claws stop working and it tumbles down.

A tikey is friendly and makes children laugh. Tikey loves chocolate and eats it all day long. 
By Zoe

                            Torellioa

The torellioa is an arachtile. It is a cross between a chameleon, boa and tarantula.

It has scales with 8 small stubby legs. Its 4 feet long and its feet can slide up so it slides along. It’s black with orange stripes.

It lives in small holes in houses. It shrinks to the size of an ant and grows to the size of an elephant.

It scuttles around eating everything with its fangs

By Jack

                     The Griffepuss

The griffepuss lives in the forest in a cave, far away from all the animals. The griffepuss has long legs the size of a tree trunk. The nose is the same size as a stick.

It has a long flapping tail that it can swim with. It has to go swimming in a big river; it can breathe under water for 20 minutes.

It gives birth to eighteen griffepuss every two years, but they do it under water sometimes. The griffepuss lives for 90 years or even 100 years. They die in their home, well caves where they live.

By Star

                          

                           The Great White Shion

The great white shion is a predator that is a shark with a lion’s mane and claws on its flippers. It has live young. It is a cat yet also a shark.

The great white shion looks like a shark with mane and claws under water. Outside water it looks like a lion that’s blue and white underneath. It’s about 13-15 metres long from nose to tail.

The great white shion lives in Africa in the oceans and on land.

By Nicholas

                          

                                  The Mibi

The mibi is a mammal. It is a cross between a mouse and a bird.

Mibi are small beasts. Their biggest size is 5cm. They have brown fur and wings about 1cm. Its claws are 1cm as well. They also have a fluffy tail that is as soft as wool. The mibi is a beast with small eyes, about 2cm; it has good hearing and sniffing. Male mibi have brown noses and female mibi have pink noses.

Mibi live in our houses and they sneak in and out every day.

This tiny and friendly beast like trading and collecting things that are shiny, like rings and diamonds. The mibi eats 1 kg of candy every day. Because they are small they are hardly seen when flying or sneaking around the house.
By Emma W

                    

                            

Fun in the Sun With Ms Small

A Little Bit of Sunshine and a Hoop on PhotoPeach

Bake Day

BAKE DAY on PhotoPeach

Thursday Baking Day

BAKE DAY on PhotoPeach

ZOO SNOOZE PHOTOPEACH

Zoo Snooze on PhotoPeach

Crazy Hair Day using Photo Peach

CRAZY HAIR DAY on PhotoPeach

TERRIFIC TESSELLATIONS

Room 1’s tessellation art work

Room 1 has been learning about tessellations and we all made our own ones. They look really cool, everybody did a different pattern and a different colour. They’re  all very unique.

A tessellation is a template coped on a piece of paper over and over again to make a really awesome pattern then you can decorate it however you like but the simpler it is the better it looks

Everybody had lots of fun making them and they all look so colourful.    

By Laura

Check out the model we used on link below:

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/first-second-grade/tessellation/

SENSATIONAL ZOO SNOOZE

What an awesome trip yesterday. We left in thunder, hail and rain but had an amazing day. Have a look at the photos below and stay tuned for what this fantastic bunch of Year 4 children have to say.

HIGH FIVE TO BENJAMIN FOR HIS .I.C.A.S. EXAM SUCCESS

Have a look at the Eastern Courier article about Benjamin's amazing success in the I.C.A.S. English exam. 

He obtained first in New Zealand for Year 4. First out of 4,731 students who sat the test!

WOW! You rock Benjamin!

Read the article on the link below:

Benjamin in Eastern Courier

Thinglink Interactive Pictures

This week Room One learnt about a new website 'thinglink'. This website creates an interactive photo with links to video, information and other details about your topic.Have a look at our work so far by clicking on one of the links below.

Tapaswi thing link

Doris's thing link

Rishika's thing link

Athletics Day 2012

EXcellence in ICAS Results

Have a look at the amazing results in the last newsletter...

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION & ASSEMENT FOR SCHOOLS ENGLISH

We have received notification that Benjamin   achieved the top score in New Zealand in ICAS English in Year 4 and will be receiving a University of New South Wales medal in December. Congratulations Benjamin, this

is an outstanding achievement.!

Keep watching for more about this as Benjamin is going to be interviewed by the local newspaper!

Q R Codes Term 4

QR Codes!

On Monday 15,^th Room1 learnt how to do QR Codes with Mrs. Prescot     our ICT teacher.

This is what a QR Code looks like this:

        Handy Hints                    Answer

How muchmore do you pay to mail a first-class letter by U.S. Postal Service today than your great-grandfather would have on November 3, 1917?

Please have a go but don’t bother if you don’t have an ipad.

 

First you use the keywords and use them to find out the answer, then go on Google and type the keywords then your answer will probably come up.

Then if you have an ipad you can scan picture, (QR code) then you will get your answer. But you do need a special app to do this.

By Jasmin

POETRY TASK WEEK 1

PERFECT POETRY 

In Term 4 we will be looking at some different features of poetry including rhyme, similes, metaphors, alliteration and personification. 

Your task is to choose a poem of interest. Then to memorize and present it back to the class. The poem needs to have 4 stanzas or more and be suitable for sharing back to class.

Please have this ready by the end of week 1.

We will start to look at at the features and present poems in week 2.

Some useful links are below. You may like to get a library book out to choose from, talk to Mum and Dad about poems they like and why.

http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/poetry.htm

The below two links have a range of poems but do have a lot of advertiseing to watch out for.

http://www.classroomjr.com/poems-for-kids/


http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/pocket/poetry1.html

Senior Assembly Items Week 8

ICAS Spelling Stars Year 4

Below are our clever distinction and high distinction spellers.

Topsy Turvy Friday

Have a look at what some of Room One wore for Topsy Turvy Day

FRACTURED FAIRY TALES

Little Red Horse Rider

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Little Red Horse Rider. She lived with her mum in New York.

One day her Mum said she needed to move out. So Little Red Horse Rider set off to her boyfriend’s house in Kentucky. She didn’t have a car so she took a taxi. On the way she stopped for some lunch at Pop Eyes Chicken.

After about an hour she came out and there was a rat as big as her! She karate chopped it and got into the taxi. The rat started chasing her and it got to Little Red’s boyfriend’s house before Little Red.

When she got to her boyfriend’s house the rat was in the house in disguise, so Little Red thought it was her boyfriend. But really her boyfriend was in the closet.

Then Little Red went to her boyfriend,( but really it was the rat )she was going to give him some cookies. Then the rat was about to eat her. But then a Hobo busted into the room.The Hobo hit the rat on the head with a sledge hammer and got Little Reds boyfriend out of the closet and all they lived happily ever after thanks to the Hobo. 

By Caleb

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Little Red Riding Hood. She and her Mum and Dad lived in a lovely apartment near the forest. Little Red Riding Hood loved to plant flowers in her garden.

But one day her grandpa got very sick so Little Red Riding Hood had to bring some snacks to her grandpa’s house down in the middle of the forest.

So the next day Little Red Riding Hood got out of her lovely apartment and started going into the forest. Before she got out of her apartment, her Mum said to her: “Beware of the wolves!” But when Little Red Riding Hood was walking in the forest with her basket of snacks a big dog jumped out of a green bush and started chasing Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood ran as fast as she could and suddenly, a man that was hunting animals saw the dog chasing Little Red Riding Hood. BANG!!! The gun shot the dog. But Little Red Riding Hood and the man did not notice that a big brown wolf was looking behind a big tree.  

When Little Red Riding Hood got to her grandpa’s little cottage. She knocked on the door and grandpa spoke. Little Red Riding Hood thought that grandpa’s voice was quiet weird and deep. But she didn’t mind. She just went into the cottage.

But when she saw grandpa, she asked: “What big ears you have.” Grandpa did not answer her. Then Little Red Riding Hood asked: “Where is your glasses grandpa?” But that was not grandpa. It was the big bad wolf. So he jumped out of bed and started chasing Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood ran to the kitchen and…PANG!!! The wolf was dead.

When the real grandpa heard that the wolf was dead outside. He jumped out of the toilet with happiness and a hug.

So Little Red Riding Hood took grandpa back to her apartment with her Mum and Dad for a sleepover for two weeks. They also took grandpa to town for medicine. When he had his medicine Little Red Riding Hood and her family played games at home and planted lots of flowers in their garden. They lived happier ever after.                                                  

By Doris

   

  

     

Descriptive Buddy Writing TERM 3

We have been focusing on descriptive writing to paint a scene in the readers head. This is some of our first attempts from Room 1. Keep tuned for lots more. 

Thunder

6/09/12

 It was a pitch black night and lighting shot across the sky like a cheetah running for the last time. A flood was let loose and water was rushing down scooping up anything in its way. Hail started crashing down on the damp, wet, frosty grass.

Lightning

06/09/12

The storm was gloomy, very damp and wet. The wind, lightning, thunder, and rain were creating a deafening amount of noise and trouble for animals and people to deal with. Suddenly, dark clouds started covering the dull sky making it pitch black.

Fantastic Two

6/09/12

One stormy night lightning sparkled  in the dark sky. The lightning shone as bright as the sun.

That day the sky wasdusky andthe clouds were gloomy. The sound effects became frightening. The wind was getting louder, it was a horrible place. The moon was bright but the clouds started to block out the eerie moonlight.

ELLIE

6/09/12

The puddles were rising higher and higher.

As the the rain poured down it started to flood the dull town.

The clouds were getting darker and the wind was getting louder, it was a horrible place to be.

The moon was very bright but the clouds made it dark.

It was so gloomy that you could not see. Suddenly a gigantic cloud rushed over you and it poured with rain.

MATHS LEARNING TERM THREE

Please check your Mathletics account for assigned tasks. I have added several for each classmember with Mathletics to support fractions, decimals and percentage learning. I will update these every 7-10 days.
Please see me if they are too easy/hard or you want more support activities. Don't forget there is also Rainforest Maths that is EXCELLENT for all areas of Maths we cover in class.

Remember you are still able to join Mathletics if wanted, just let me know.

I will be adding weekly Sum Dog compettions for the rest of the term also.

Below is another great link for fraction games and models.

http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/fractioncafe.html

Mrs S

Speech Task Due 24th August

Historical event or person II

 Source: http://www.times-age.co.nz/weekly/wahine.html

Your task is to present to a small group an informative speech about a famous NZ  person or a historical NZ event.

The speech needs to be a minimum of 1 minute long.

Choose a topic from the MANY different people and events on the CHRISTCHURCH CITY LIBRARIES KIDS WEBSITE-HOMEWORK ZONE (DISATERS AND FAMOUS NEW ZEALANDERS).-see weblinks on bottom of blog for link.

·         Choose a topic , read through your article and take notes, (or highlight key information)

·         Write the main ideas of your speech in your own words, remember to include important events about the disaster/person.

You can put either a picture or some words on a powerpoint or USb stick to help keep the audience interested.

A helpful checklist Have you: q researched your topic? q used all the main points? q practised reading the speech to a good level q practised speaking with a clear voice? q practised speaking without reading ? q timed your speech so that it fits into the set time? Does your speech: q have a beginning, a middle, and an end? q interest your audience?