Playground Action!

This week in writing we learned to use verbs (action words). After playing on the playground we talked about what we had been doing.  We made our writing more interesting by using these words instead of 'went'.

I crawled in the orange tunnel. I zoomed down the slide. I spun on the pole. I zoomed fast on the flying fox.

        Fern

We walked to the playground. I wanted to go on the monkey bars. I swung to get to the other side. Then I slid down the slide. I did it again. I got off then hung upside down. My head started to hurt so I got off. I walked along the wooden bridge. I slid down the green slide. It was super fast but fun.

        Tea

I climbed up the pole then I reached to the top. I got onto the slide.  I got on the flying fox. I flew to the other side. I jumped on the bridge.

      Aaron

I swung on the monkey bars then I got on the pole and I spun around. I ran on the bridge then I climbed on the monkey bars.

     Ryan

Yesterday we walked to the playground. I climbed on the jungle gym then I walked on the bridge. I slid down the green slide. I zoomed on the flying fox then we all walked back to the classroom.

       Amelia

I jumped on the bridge and moved to the slide. Then I moved again to the grey monkey bars. I spun around.

                    Zayed

I slid down the slide. People were waiting for a turn so I slid down fast. I zoomed on the flying fox.

            Ebony

I zoomed down the slide. I crawled through the orange tunnel. I walked on the wobbly bridge. I climbed on the monkey bars to the top. I zoomed on the flying fox. I liked it.

                     Tane

I slid on the slide. I turned around on the monkey bars.

       Ondreous

I was hanging on the monkey bars. I hoped I wouldn’t fall but I didn’t. After that I swung on the monkey bars. I zoomed on the flying fox. I slid down the slide.

          Brisa

We all walked to the playground. I slid down the slide. It was fun. After that I walked to the monkey bars. I swung upside down. I waited for my turn. After I walked to the climbing frame. I climbed on it. Then we all walked back to the classroom.

       Thea

I hung upside down on the monkey bars.

    Bailey

I swung on the monkey bars. I waited on the ladder for a turn on the slide.

       Julius

I swung on the monkey bars. I spun on the pole.

          Pharell

We walked to the playground to play. We shared the flying fox with our friends. I zoomed down the green slide.

      Tiana

I jumped on the bouncy bridge. It was wiggling and jiggling. Then I walked to the climbing frame. I hung down on the climbing frame. It was fun. I did a flip then I walked to the monkey bars. I swung all the way over the monkey bars.

              Ayanda

WATER SPORTS AFTERNOON

We are learning to do recount writing. We need to have an opening to introduce who (the participants), what (the event) and when (when it took it place). We then write about the sequence of events and add personal comments. 

Yesterday when the water day happened we played in the water sprinkler. That was exciting. It felt like rain. We went on the water slide. We slid on our tummies. We ran then jumped on the mat. It was slippery.

              Aaron

Yesterday afternoon we had a water day. We got the water slide out. We had to run very fast otherwise we wouldn’t go very far. We played dry, dry, wet. I tipped the water on Ayanda. She tipped it on Fern. I liked that game but we only did it three times.

The sprinkler was fun. It had a hole in it.

We showed the parents our swimming.

           Tea

        

On Wednesday it was water day. I ran around the water sprinkler and Tea did too. Tea and I ran very fast. I slid on the water slide. I slid on my tummy and went to the end of the water slide. My mum did not come and see me but I had a lot of fun.

         Fern

 On Wednesday we went to the water slide. We zoomed on the slide.  The slide was slippery. Then we moved to the sprinkler. Mrs Davies sprayed us with a hose. Julius sprayed us with his water gun and Tane did too.

        Zayed

On Wednesday it was water day. I ran into the water under the sprinkler. Tea poured water on me. It was fun. Then we went to the water slide.  I slid all the way to the end of the water slide.

                Ayanda

On Wednesday we ran around under the sprinkler.

Mrs Davies sprayed us with the hose. Julius had a water gun. He squirted us. After that we played with the cups. We put the water in the bucket.

              Tiana

 

On Wednesday it was our swimming sports. We zoomed on the water slide. Mrs Davies sprayed us with the hose. We went in the pool. The parents watched us.

     Tane

We slid on the slide and I made it to the grass.

                 Ondreous

We ran to the water slide. I slid on the soapy slide.

      Julius

On Wednesday we had our water sports. We ran under the sprinkler. It had a hole. We filled the cups up and we tipped the cups into the bucket. We went on the slide. I ran so I could go fast on the slide. It was slippery I felt happy.

        Ebony

On Wednesday we had a water day. I played the cup game. We were running to put the water in the bucket.

                 Ryan

We ran to the water slide. I slid on the soapy water slide.

             Pharell

Understanding what we read!

We are learning different ways to respond  to our reading on our ipads to show our understanding.

Beach Clean Up

During seaweek all the classes at school walked to the beach to do a beach clean. Before we went we talked about what rubbish we might find. Do you know how long it takes for different sorts of rubbish to break down?

We learned that -
A paper towel takes 2-4 weeks
Newspaper takes 6 weeks
Plastic bags take 10-20 years
Plastic bottles take 100 years
Disposable nappies take 50-100 years
Tin cans take 50 years
Aluminium cans take 200 years.


It was a lovely day so after we had picked up all the rubbish we could find we took the opportunity to have a play at the beach and make some sand sculptures.


On Friday we went to the beach. We didn't get that much litter. Room 6 did. That was bad. When we were finished one of the gloves blew away, but I got it. If no-one had got it, it would stay there for one hundred years. Luckily it didn't. That was good.
We got to make  sand sculptures. Thea and I made an octopus. The tentacles were made out of seaweed. I pulled some slimy stuff out so we could make the mouth. It looked funny.
                                         Tea


On Friday we walked to the beach to look for rubbish but we didn't find much. That was good. Room 6 found more than us. When we were finished we made sand sculptures. I made a mountain with sand.
                      Amelia

There was not much rubbish but I saw a plastic bag. I picked it up. After we had picked up the rubbish we made some sand sculptures. I made a girl out of sand.
                         Ayanda

The  beach was awesome because we collected rubbish. We put the rubbish in the rubbish bin.
After picking up rubbish we made sand castles. I looked at other people's sand castles. I wrote my name in the sand with my finger. Tea and Thea made an octopus.
                                              Tane

 We went to the beach to clean the beach. I found a plastic bag so I picked it up. It was fun. We didn't pick much rubbish up. We made some sand sculptures.
                                      Aaron

We went to the beach. Me and Brisa and Zayed were picking up rubbish, Rubbish is not good for the sea animals. We made some sand sculptures. I saw someone's sand castle with seaweed on it.
                      Fern

 

 

 

 


I went to the beach to find rubbish. I found a lid. We didn't find much rubbish but Room 6 had lots of rubbish. When we had finished we made some sand sculptures. We made a hole and then we went back to school.
                                               Ryan

We didn't find that much rubbish which was good. But I found a plastic lid. I didn't want to touch the germs so I put my glove on. After, me and Tea made an octopus. We put hair on the octopus which made it look better. It made me laugh. It was very funny. Then we put the eyes on the octopus. After that I put a mouth on.
                    Thea

Monarch Butterflies

We have had many caterpillars in our classroom. We have watched them eating and eating and growing bigger and bigger. We now have thirteen chrysalises! Some of the caterpillars crawled a long way looking for food so some of the chrysalises are in strange places. We will now watch the changes that take place in the chrysalises and wait for the butterflies to emerge. Last week we were lucky to see one caterpillar change into a chrysalis. It was amazing!

Yesterday we watched it turning into a chrysalis. It wriggled and jiggled. Its skin dropped.
                 Tea

One day I saw a caterpillar turning into a chrysalis. It wriggled and jiggled. I was surprised when the caterpillar turned into a chrysalis. Today I saw some more chrysalises.
               Amelia

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When the caterpillar was nibbling it turned into a chrysalis and then it turned into a butterfly. It flew away. Yesterday we watched another caterpillar turn into a chrysalis.

                                          Tiana

When I came in the classroom I saw a butterfly flying around outside. It was very pretty.

Caterpillars are very special. The butterflies are special too. The caterpillars have been moving around. They have been making chrysalises in silly places.

                              Fern

The caterpillar grows and grows and grows then the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis.

Ryan

When I came into the class I saw the caterpillar chewing and growing and it got bigger and bigger and bigger!  It turned into a chrysalis for two weeks. When it hatched it was a butterfly.

The caterpillars are going to funny places. Three caterpillars are hanging on the wall.

                                                       Tane

I saw a caterpillar turn into a chrysalis. It was wriggling and jiggling and the skin fell off.

                                                       Ayanda