Monday, May 31, 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

Our Responsibility Voice Thread

This term we are learning about Virtues. Our first Virtue is on Responsibility. Today we answered questions on: What is Responsibility?, How can I be responsible at school? and How I can be responsible at home?. Check out our Voice Thread.

Zeba's Group of Five

Today Zeba made many groups of five. Check one way she makes a group of five.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Kylie's Group of Five

Today Kylie made a group of five using the blocks. Check how she made her group of five.


Saturday, May 22, 2010

Darshana Groups of Five

Today Darshana made groups of five using the blocks. Check out one example of a group of five.


Friday, May 21, 2010

Drain Voice Thread

As part of out topic we are learning about drains. Check out our Voice Thread on what a drain is, why we have drains and how we look after them.

Sharing our Groups of Five

Today John was very creative with his thinking and showed different ways in making Groups of Five. Check out his movie and strategies he shares.


Thursday, May 20, 2010

Maki's time at the Waitakere Dam




Maki loved her time at the Waitakere Dam. She liked seeing the glow worms in the train tunnels. Check out her recount.


James' time at the Waitakere Dam


James loved going to the Waitakere Dam Trip. He enjoyed the train ride and liked looking at the wetas in the tunnels. Check out his recount.


MacKenzie reflects on her writing

MacKenzie found using full stops tricky. Check out her reflection.


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Imaging numbers

Vincent and Latham's group were learning to picture numbers. These two boys tested the whole class on their strategy. Check out their movie of this concept.


John makes groups of five

John was very creative with his thinking and made different groups of five. Check out his move.


Loisi groups of five sentences

Check out Loisi's movie on her groups of five sentences.


MacKenzie shares her Maths thinking

Today in Maths MacKenzie made a groups of five using the blocks. Check out her movie.


Kylie reflects

Kylie found using sounding strategies to sound out spelling words tricky, when she wrote her recount. Check out her reflection.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Mia reflects on her writing

Find out why Mia was pleased with her writing.


Monday, May 17, 2010

Jazamain's reflects on her writing

Find out what Jazamain was pleased with in her writing of the Waitakere Dam trip.


Sunday, May 16, 2010

Latham refects on his writing

At times we forget about the most important aspect to our writing which is reflecting and evaluating on how well we've done and what we could do better next time. Today Latham reflected on what he was pleased about with his writing of the Waitakere Dam visit. Check out his reflection.


Saturday, May 15, 2010

Jazamain's time at the Waitakere Dam




Jazamain enjoyed the trip to the Waitakere (Nihotupu) Dam. She liked going on the train ride and looking at the giant mushrooms through the bush. Check out her recount on this trip.


Friday, May 14, 2010

Mia's great time at the Waitakere Dam




Mia loved loved looking at the Wood Pigeons and Fantails in the trees as she walked through the bush. Check out her recount.


Thursday, May 13, 2010

Harry's recount on the Waitakere Dam trip


Harry felt happy when he went through ten dark tunnels at the Waitakere Dam. Check out his recount on this memorable experience.


Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Howard's recount on the Waitakere Dam


Howard loved going through ten tunnels on the train ride. He liked the glow worms and was excited to see the wetas. Check out his recount.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Maths: Groups of Five

Last term we learnt about Groups of five. Groups of five consist of numbers that equal five. Examples of this are: 3+ 2 = 5, 2+2+1=5, 1+1+1+1+1=5, etc. Check out our great Math Mathematicians.

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Halaiano's time at the Waitakere Dam


Halaiano had a wonderful time at the Waitakere Dam. He got to see Weta's, Spiders and Glow Worms. Check out his recount.


Monday, May 10, 2010

Loisi's recount on the Waitakere Dam Trip


Loisi had a great time. She liked how Mia's Nan Selina looked after her. Loisi enjoyed going on the train and looking at the glow worms and wetas. Check out her recount.


Sunday, May 9, 2010

Gozan's recount of the Waitakere Dam trip




Gozan loved the Waitakere Dam trip. He went on a train that took him through ten tunnels.


Saturday, May 8, 2010

Chase's recount of the Waitakere Dam Trip


Chase loved going through the dark tunnel on the train and spotting the glow worms above him. Check out his recount.


Friday, May 7, 2010

Atlanta's recount on the Waitakere Dam Trip




Atlanta had a great time when she went to the Waitakere (Nihotupu) Dam. She liked the train ride and enjoyed looking at the wetas and glow worms.


Thursday, May 6, 2010

James' time at the Waitakere Dam

On our train trip James got to see these large wetas in the tunnel. Check out his movie.


Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Latham's time at the Waitakere Dam

On our Waitakere Dam visit we went on the train and went through 10 tunnels. We followed this water pipe along our train journey.


Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Darshana's time at the Waitakere Dam




Darshana had a great time at the Waitakere Dam. She enjoyed getting to know the Parent helpers and liked going on the train ride.


Howard's time at the Waitakere Dam

On Tuesday it such an exciting day for Howard as he went on the bus to the Waitakere Dam.


Monday, May 3, 2010

Latham's recount on the Waitakere Dam trip




Latham enjoyed himself at the Waitakere Dam. He loved walking through the bush and going on the train. Check out his recount.


Halaiano's time at the Waitakere Dam

Halaiano liked looking at the spiders through the bush on the way to the Waitakere Dam.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Jessie reflects on the Waitakere Dam Trip

Jessie went for a long walk in the bush to get to the Waitakere Dam.


Saturday, May 1, 2010

Gozan's time at the Waitakere Dam

Gozan loved going on the train and watching the weta's and spiders in the train tunnels.