What could this be?

This morning Room Four received a large thick envelope. We had several guesses as to who it may be from. We discussed how we can discover who sent the mail without opening it, all we had to do was to look at the back of the envelope where the sender information was. We were super excited to find out it was from...  SANTA! He sent us a package explaining we are under Elf surveillance. In the envelope we received posters, a letter from Santa and a meet our Elf sheet.

We were a bit puzzled as to why we couldn't find our Elf. Was he/she hiding to well? We came to the conclusion that maybe he/she wasn't going to appear until we named him/her. We all wrote down a name on a piece of paper that we liked. The name with the most votes was the winner.

The winning name was.... Lockie Elfie. Lockie is a child in Room Four!

Once we had named him, he appeared! We found foot prints of magical dust in the classroom and Lockie Elfie hiding in the art area of the class. I think he is hiding there so he can make sure all the children are doing the right thing on the mat. This means they are focusing on the speaker, keeping their hands still and putting up their hands.

We will keep you all updated when Lockie Elfie makes his next move. We all need to be on our best behavior so that Lockie Elfie doesn't report us to Santa! That would be horrible.

 

 

Santa Letters

What a wonderful surprise we had when we all received letters from Santa! He is pleased to hear how fantastic Room Four has been this year, he knows we are trying really hard to follow the 3 R's (Respect, responsibility and resilience). Here are some photos of all the excitement.

 

 

Top Team

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to travel to Paroa School to compete in the Top Team Games. It was a brilliant day full of laughter, water and cooperation. What a fantastic day it was to play in the hot sun, lucky we had water challenges to cool us down!

 
 

Rabbits

Today we were very lucky to have some rabbits visit us in class. They were super cute! We decided we wanted to have a turn at drawing our own rabbits. Using Google Draw, we gave it a go. Here is a picture of mine and below are some pictures of the cute rabbits that visited us. Have a look on our blogs to see our drawings.

 

Tasty!

Kyah - Helping people if they are stuck

Latoia - Making people happy when they are sad

Jai - Helping others when they are lonely

Charlotte - If someone is hurt then you can get them an ice pack

Billy - Following all the rules

Spencer - Being kind to others

Respect Popcorn

Today we had a chat and a snack! Having a snack of popcorn and talking about respect is perfect for a rainy day. Have a look at our slide to read all our ideas around respecting adults and children.

Animations!

Today we learnt how to make animations using Google Slides! Have a look on our blogs to see our creations. Here's one I made, Miss McGeady.

It has been a spooky week!

Room Four have had a very spooky week! We have learnt all about Halloween, had some tasty treats like worm and spider ice blocks, played bingo and completed some very funky art.  Our classroom was decorated with skeletons, pumpkins and spider webs. Have a look at the pictures below of our wonderful art.

 

Twilight Athletics

Room 4 had a fantastic time at our twilight athletics this week. We were proud to show our skills to our families and the wider community. Here are a few pictures of the night, head on over to our learning site to see more!

 

 

Healthiest Schools!

We are participating in the healthiest schools NZ pedometer challenge. We all have been given a red pedometer to wear around our wrists. We are going for walks around the block to make sure we get our steps up. Yesterday was our first day recording our steps. Our average for yesterday was 9,228. Hopefully we can beat our score today. Our goal is to walk from Auckland to Queenstown. Challenge accepted!

Term 4

Term 4 is here and we are super excited to get stuck into our learning! Make sure you keep checking back here on our class blog and also our individual blogs, for updates on our learning.

What will we make this week?

This week we are making something very different. Using the resources and ingredients below, can you guess what we might be making?

Resources:

• 2 Jars, Tablespoon, Wooden spoon, Small plate, Wool, Paperclips

Ingredients:

• Hot Water and Bicarbonate of Soda

  

Candy Crystals!

We are so excited about how our crystals turned out! Sadly some of us had a small hole in the tin foil so all the liquid ran out onto the plate. This meant the water didn't evaporate.

Look what happened when we ate our crystals! They were so yummy but really messy.

Candy Crystals

Room 4 are scientists today! We are experimenting with sugar, hot water, food dye and tin foil.  Can you guess what might happen with all these ingredients?

Have a look on our individual blogs to find out our predictions, steps, equipment and ingredients used.

Maybe you could follow our steps and make some for yourself! We would love to see photos!

Meet Us!

Hello Room 1 at Wainui Beach School! Today we looked at a map to work out where Gisborne was, we had a look at your blogs, and talked about how Tui Mai Tuhi Atu works. We are looking forward to blogging with you this term! We've made a slideshow to introduce ourselves to you, check it out:

Cheese!

We had a fantastic time making delicious cheese. Some of us were a bit worried to try the cheese because it didn't look too nice when we were making it. You can find heaps of photos on our learning site.

 

Plastic

Room four has been very busy today learning how to make plastic! They have used some of the same ingredients they are going to use to make cheese, dark blue milk and vinegar.

Have a look on our learning site for more photos!

 

Youthtown

We are lucky enough to have Youth-town come in every second week to teach us new skills in physical education. We are having so much fun and the progress we are making is very visible. Here are some photos of what we have been doing. If you would like to see more, head on over to our learning site. Miss McGeady has a folder full of photos!

Exciting delivery!

We have an exciting delivery on its way to room four. It is due to arrive any day now! Have a look at the pictures below and see if you can guess what it may be.

Have you figured out what we are making?

Earlier on we posted a picture of a box full of goodies. Did you guess what we could be making?

Here's a clue... it's very tasty but icy cold!

Room four is making... ICE CREAM! We are so excited, this week we are turning breakfast foods into ice cream. Can we eat ice cream for breakfast? Of course we can, (If Mum and Dad aren't looking!)

Thank you to Schoolkit and DairyNZ for this amazing opportunity. We will be posting more updates throughout the week so keep checking back on our progress!

Get NZ Writing

Room 4 was lucky enough to send post cards to a buddy class. On these postcards we had to write different metaphors and color in the pictures on the back. When we joined all the post cards together, they made one big poster. Below are some of our metaphors and a picture of the end result. Our buddy class in Auckland were so excited to receive their parcel.

Lockie is as friendly as Minnie Mouse on Mickey Mouse clubhouse.

Spencer is cool like a tank.

Sarsha is kind like a baby bird.

Kira is small as a flower.