Assembly 8-4-16

Well done to our students who shared the Punctuation Orchestra in assembly today. You can watch it again here http://tautoruandautahi.blogspot.co.nz/2016/04/our-punctuation-orchestra.html

Naughty Animal Writing

This is our helping circle. We read our work to one another to see if we need to make changes. Our buddies can help us. We listen to our buddies so that we can get ideas for writing. We can make changes if we need to and we learn more about language.

We watched a movie about Brian (the sheep) walking in  the Marlborough Sounds. 

Brian was snatched by a naughty weka, never to be seen again!

This inspired us to write about naughty or funny animals...

Dora 
By Clem
One day my cat went under the house. There was a door that led under the house. My cat was scratching. My Parents got some food so Dora  would   come out of under the house, but it did not work.  So we tried meat, but that did not work. My mum had to go under to get her out.

Mini 

By Nikora

One day when I went to my friend’s house we played outside. We went inside and right in front of the door was Mini the dog. He jumped up on me and didn’t stop licking me on my face. I wanted Mini to stop but I couldn’t open my mouth.

My Cat 

By Finlay

One day my cat had escaped from my house. She ate a dead bird. I was very mad at her because she ate the disgusting dead bird. It wasn’t good at all. Then she ate another one. I was so mad that I nearly exploded.

The Weka
By Angus W
The weka stole my favourite toy motorbike.  I had to buy another one. The new toy is even better. It is remote control.  

Naughty Animal 
by Marnie

Nic and the awesome sheep called Brian went on a adventure. They saw a naughty, naughty weka and he scuttled over to Brian. Brian wanted to take a photo with Mr Weka. So Brian got ready for his photo. The weka started scuttling over to him...

What really actually happened to Brian?

Mr Mouse 

by Liam

Mum was frantically opening the draws. I could see mum reaching for the peanut butter jar. She went off to wash her hands. I walked forwards, just then two sneaky eyes approached. Then it scuttled forward. It had four legs, a pointy nose and long teeth. It was a mouse! It ate all of the peanut butter. ‘’MUM!’’ I screamed.

The Duck
By Cooper
The duck stole my train. I loved it. The duck lived very far.

Naughty Worms 
By Leola

Mum was planting broccoli in the garden on a sunny calm day. “Mum, what are you doing?” I screamed from the bathroom.

“I’m planting!!!!” Mum responded.

A few days later…”Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghhh.” Mum shouted.
Then I came… “what’s wrong?” I asked.

“These worms are munching in our broccoli.”

The Weka
By Olivia
The weka stole my bag. I got it back. Then I got the weka some food from home. He ate the whole packet.

Fabulous Football

Today in our soccer training we played trucks and trailers. Someone was the truck and someone was the trailer. The trailer had to keep up with the truck. The truck had to loose the trailer. First, we played without balls and then with balls. This helped us learn how to control the ball and look out for people who might be tackling. We then played a game of football.

Shared writing by Chrissy's base group.

Afternoon music sessions

In the afternoons groups have been experimenting with instruments to create musical pieces. We have been exploring how to make a variety of sounds and then working together to compose songs. 

Our Punctuation Orchestra

When we have been talking about reading goals with our students, some of them said that they wanted to learn more about punctuation. This is the punctuation pyramid. It has 5 levels of punctuation. We have made an action and a sound for each one.

This is us having a go at the punctuation orchestra.

See it for yourselves at assembly on Friday!

Colour, Colour and more Colour!

We have been experimenting and changing colour and learning about different artists...we mixed lots of different colours to make sure colours and now we have been painting and writing about our own interpretations...check out our video and some of our great writing!

Surf the Sea, not the Debris!

As part of our inquiry about change, we are learning about rock pools. We have been thinking about how to preserve our marine life and keep our beach tidy.

Today we put an elastic band around our hand and put the other hand behind our back. We had to try and get the elastic band off of our hands without using any other body parts. We did not succeed. This shows that you shouldn't throw anything into the sea as it might hurt our marine life!

We talked about how litter can affect sea life. Sometimes turtles think that plastic bags are jellyfish.

We are making posters to tell people not to throw rubbish on the beach. Watch this space...

By Rim and Mitchell

Here we are working hard on our posters...