Our Poetry Voicethread

We have been learning to write great poems. We have been using lots of adjectives in our poetry to describe and make our writing interesting.

Take a look at our Voicethread below where you can hear us reading our best poems (if you can't see it, make sure you press reload on your Internet Browser).

Trade-a-thing Day

On Thursday 21st of August Kowhai Syndicate held a "Trade-a-thing Day" in the hall to celebrate the learning we have been doing in our Inquiry topic of Trading - looking at imports and exports. We each brought 2-3 things we no longer wanted anymore to trade/swap with other children in our syndicate.

Here are what some of Room 9 thought of Trade-a-thing Day:

I thought Kowhai's trade-a-thing was great. I got a book, a rabbit and a toy Jasmin. Before that I had an Aladdin book, a bag with a pencil sharpener and a ball and a bag with some other stuff in it. I traded with Logan, Ella and a girl in Renwick 2.
By Charlotte

I thought trade-a-thing day was great! I liked it because there were lots of cool toys and you could trade. There were lots of other children to trade with. I traded a fire engine for a spider (with Toby) and a puzzle for an aeroplane (with Oscar).
By Merlyn

I thought trade-a-thing day was fun. I traded with Quanah, Grace and Holly. I treaded with Grace for her pony and she got my giraffe puzzle. I traded with Quanah my cheetah puzzle for her violet doll. I traded with Holly my elephant puzzle for her doll's mirror.
By Siggi

I thought Trade-a-thing day was excellent, fantastic and fun. Before I had a note book, a teenage mutant ninja turtles car and a spider. After I had a fire engine, pen and the teenage mutant ninja turtles car. It was on Thursday. I liked trade-a-thing day because I like trading things.
By Toby

I thought trade-a-thing day was fascinating. I traded with Tyler. I traded my bouncy ball for a bionicle. I did not trade my car. I wanted to trade my car but everyone else only had little stuff to trade.
By Dylan


Here is a video of Room 9 all lined up with their things ready to trade:




[Special thanks to Dylan and Jack for making the title credits for our movie]

How to do rainbow writing

Room 9 read an article in Junior Journal 24 that explained how to do "Rainbow Writing". So with Caroline we did our own!

By using our instructions you can also do your very own rainbow writing!

What you need:

• oil pastels
• pencil
• 2 pieces of paper the same size (Ella)

What you do:

1. Use the oil pastels to draw stripes (Melany)
2. Put the other piece of paper underneath the stripey piece of paper (Holly)
3. Write on the back of the coloured piece of paper (Dylan)
4. Take the piece of paper off - now you have rainbow writing (Tyler)

Here are some examples of our rainbow writing.
(click on any picture to see it larger)

How to make a Pop up Card

We are learning to write instructions on how to do different things.


Here we will give you instructions on how to make a pop up card. Maybe you might like to have a try yourself!


You will need:

• Coloured A4 paper
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Pencil
  

How to make it:

1. Fold the piece of paper in half like a book (Holly)
2. Draw a 6cm line using your ruler from the middle of the fold (Luke M)
3. Cut along the line with the scissors (Toby)
4. Fold two triangles out from the cut (Logan)
5. Unfold the triangles (Amber)
6. Open the card out like a tent (Ethan)
7. Push the big triangles through to the other side and fold them (Charlotte)
8. Fold the folds of the triangles (beak) the other way so they stick out (Oscar). This makes a mouth.
9. Close the card. Make sure all the mouth is pushed inside and fold it all down (Arjuna)
10. Open your card and decorate it! (Ella)
    

If you get stuck, this website, is what we used to help us.
It has great photos of how to make the folds.

STORM!

On Wednesday afternoon Room 9 was at Room4 and the lights went on and off. A few minutes later the internet went off. Next the storm began. When Room 9 went back to our classroom we had to run because it was really scary and stormy. We had to wait to be picked up. Mum and I took Grace home in the car to her house. Olivia, Grace's sister, kept on crying because of the storm. Grace and I were scared too. When Mum and I went home, Mum could not cook my dinner because we didn't have power. So I had to have KFC. After dinner, my Mum's rose bush was dancing about in the garden. I hated it because it was scary and frightening.

By Siggi

On Wednesday afternoon Room 9 went to Room 4. Room 9 did Kidpix drawings. The lights went off and Room 9 looked outside. A storm had come. The internet stopped working. Room 9 lined up. Room 9 ran back to Room 9. I cried because I was scared. When I went home lots of trees had fallen over.

By Dylan

On Wednesday afternoon Room 9 went to Room 4. When I went on the computer the lights went off and there was a storm. When I looked out the windows it was raining and windy.

By Holly

Yesterday afternoon Room 9 went to Room 4. It was windy, stormy and thundery. The lights flickered off and on. It was really, really noisy. We drew Maui and the Sun pictures in Room 4. We also did maths. Then we got back to Room 9. The wind pushed us forward and it was raining too. We waited to be collected by Chipmunks or parents. Dylan was crying because he thought his Mum or Dad wasn't coming. In the front field the branches were on the grass and the basketball hoops had fallen over. The soccer goals were fallen over too. Then we went home.

By Beau

When Room 9 went to Room 4 we sat down on the mat with our rulers and pencils and rubbers. Then Room 9 went on the computers and the other half of us went and did their maths. While we were doing that the lights flickered on and off and it was windy. I looked out the window and the basketball hoops were down. After we finished we went back to the classroom and sat down on the mat. We waited for our parents inside so we did not get blown away. My Mum came to pick me up so I left school and went to pick up my little sister.

By Tyler

Maui and the Sun retelling

Last week Room 9 looked at the legend "Maui and the Sun".

We had lots of discussion and listened to the story a few times. Then we had to retell it in our own words and write a recount of what happened in our writing.

Here are some of our recounts, some will even be published in the next school newsletter! We hope you enjoy them :)

Once upon a time in the olden days the sun went too fast. The villagers didn’t have enough time to do their chores. Then Maui made a plan to catch the sun. Maui got his bravest men to come and help him catch it. They asked one of the women to weave a rope for them to use. Maui said a karakia to protect it. They walked all night and slept all day until they reached the edge of the world. Then they found the sun. They caught the sun and made it go slower.

By Te Miri

A long time ago the sun went too fast. The villagers didn’t have enough time to do their jobs fast. One day the villagers got mad. Maui got a plan so they went to the sun’s lair. They got ready. A big red light came up. The sun popped up. “Pull men!” said Maui. Maui went to the sun and started to beat the sun. “Stop it! Stop it!” said the sun. “Only if you go slow so we can get our jobs done, ok?” said Maui. “Just let me go,” said the sun. From then on the sun always went slow.

By Dylan

Once upon a time the sun always travelled too fast across the sky and the villagers did not get time to do their chores and for the children to play. Maui said “make me a rope and a trap”. Maui called his best guards to help him so they walked night and day until they got to the edge of the world. They found the sun’s hole and put the rope over the hole. Then they sat down and waited until the sun came out. Then Maui pulled the sun in until the sun said “yes, I will slow down!”

By Tyler

Itineraries for visitors to Nelson

This term we have been planning an ITINERARY for a new visitor to Nelson.

In our scenario, our visitor was to be a 60 year old Grandma who enjoys art, walking, craft and reading.

Our task was to:

"Plan an itinerary around Nelson for a visiting 60 year old Grandma.
Include where you would go in the morning, for lunch and in the afternoon.
You will need to be able to walk to all your destinations from Nelson Central School."

Here are our finished slideshows that detail our ITINERARY, use the arrow keys to flick through the pages :)

Celebrating Matariki

Today Matariki Nelson Central School and other people around New Zealand celebrated MATARIKI!

Kowhai Syndicate had a traditional-style shared kai (food) consisting of:

• Pumpkin & Kumera soup
• Pork boil-up with onion & silverbeet
• A bread roll
• Apple pieces

Check out our video to learn a little about Matariki and see what some of Room 9 thought of the kai!

Last two Holidays Videos!

Hurray!

The last two holidays videos have been put together from content gathered from Room 9 during the first 2 weeks of term.

We did our drawings in Kidpix and recorded our talking using the Digital Voice Recorder. Movie Maker then helped us put it all together into a movie!

Check out the last 2 videos below!






We hope you enjoyed the videos :)

Emma

Room 9 has two teachers for 5 weeks!

One is Rachel and the other is Emma!

Emma has been helping Room 9 with their learning.

Here is what a few of Room 9 had to say about Emma:

• Emma is here to help us learn - Dylan

• Emma is a nice teacher - Ella

• She helps us with words that we don't know - Luke M

• We like Emma - Siobhan

• She is a good teacher - Charlotte

• Emma helps us with our writing - Merlyn

• Thank you for teaching us Emma - Oscar

• You are a great teacher Emma - Amber

[Kidpix picture by Ella]