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

Rippa Rugby Skills with Cameron.

Today we were lucky to have a Rippa Rugby skills session with Cameron Goodhue. It was very hot but we had great fun!

Water safe lessons with Tracey

We have enjoyed our two swim safe lessons with Tracey. We learned that our life jackets needed to fit us correctly and be tight. It was fun rolling backwards into the pool with and without the
life jackets.


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More Reading Responses

We have been showing our understanding of our reading texts by completing these activities on our ipads.
We are becoming experts at taking photos and cropping them.

Reading Responses

Welcome to our 2016 Blog.
We have been learning to do reading responses on the Explain everything app on our ipads.
We have learned how to take photos from our reading books and to complete activities that show we understand what we are reading.

NIGHT NOISES

This week we read this piece of writing by Joy Watson. We talked about the verbs the author used to make the writing descriptive. We then wrote about the noises that are made while we're asleep. We tried to use descriptive verbs.
We published our writing on the ipads.

Night Noises

In the night

Cats fight...

Spitting, scratching, hissing, howling

Chasing, racing, hunting, prowling...

Every night.

In the dark

Dogs bark...

One will start, the rest reply,

Shouting dog news to the sky...

When it's dark.

While we sleep

Hedgehogs creep...

Snuffling, snorting as they pass,

Making pathways through the grass...

While we're asleep.

FLOWER SHOW & PET DAY

We had a very busy and creative morning. We made colourful sand saucers, vaseline saucers and amazing models using fruit and vegetables. Mrs Davies thought our vaseline saucer petal designs were great. Some of us used our learning about symmetry in maths in our patterns.

Breeze has written this story about her day.

On Friday it was our Flower Show and Pet Day. We made vaseline and sand saucers. I made a pattern with petals for my vaseline saucer. I made a pattern with flowers for my sand saucer.
We made fruit and vegetable models. We made ladybugs, frogs, pigs and racing cars. We used apples, grapes, carrots, potatoes and cucumbers.
We made gingerbread men and we got to eat them at home. They were yummy. They tasted delicious.
I liked the lamb and the goldfish. I liked feeding the lamb because it was fun.
The lamb jumped, the goldfish swam and the dogs barked. The guinea pigs squeaked. Two rabbits ran away and everybody chased them.

                                          Breeze