Rich Adjectives

We have been learning to use adjectives to describe things. Soon we will use all our knowldge of adjectives to write some awesome poems.

We had to use 6 adjectives to describe an object or a thing. Here are some of our lines:

The toy monkey is green, purple, orange, happy, cheeky and cute.
By Siobhan

My classroom teddy is soft, cuddly, blue, useful, little and has black eyes.
By Grace

The dice is useful, rubbery, small, soft, yellowy and dangly.
By Holly

My learning journal is colourful, useful, small, hard, rustly and rough.
By Te Miri

My pencil is blue, wooden, sharp, smooth, hard, cold and little.
By Arjuna

The globe is round, blue, useful, colourful, big and hard.
By Melany

Can you think of at least 2 words to describe the object in this picture?
Post your answer as a comment below:

NZ's Exports

We have been learning about trading and imports and exports.

New Zealand exports lots of things to other countries around the world. This means we sell other countries things that we have lots of.

Do you know some of the things New Zealand sells to other countries?

Take a look at some of our Inspiration diagrams to find out what!

By Grace & Melany

By Charlotte & Quanah


CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL OF ROOM 9'S DIAGRAMS!

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!

Feathered Friends

Room 9 has been learning about birds.

We have been using our Go Zone that is called "Feathered Friends" to help us.

So far we have learned the names of these New Zealand birds.
They are:

• Fantail (Ethan)
• Kakapo (Luke M)
• Tui (Jack)
• Ruru or Morepork (Merlyn)
• Kiwi (Te Miri)
• Kaka (Luke H)
  
• Kereru (Hayden)
• Kea (Siggi)

We have found out these great facts about birds:

• A kakapo and a kiwi can't fly (Merlyn)
• Kakas are the 'clowns' of the forest (James)
• Kiwis can't fly (Grace)
• Kiwis come out at night and hunt for insects to eat (Luke M)
• Kiwis have whiskers (Ella)
• Fantails have a fan-like tail (Ethan)
• Tuis can fly and they don't have whiskers (Toby)
• Kakapo, tui, fantail, ruru and kea are all names of birds (Oscar)
  

What we like about our school!

Our topic at the moment is:
"It's our school and we're proud of it!"

We have been looking at all of the really cool things we like about Nelson Central School.

We used a special programme called Inspiration to create bubble maps that brainstormed all of our great ideas. You can click on the picture to view our ideas larger if you want.

By Arjuna, Hayden and Chloe


By Quanah and Charlotte

By Melany and Grace

Mathletics and World Maths Day

We have been playing Live Mathletics to celebrate World Maths Day for the past two weeks. It has been lots of fun racing against the clock and playing maths against people from other countries.

We each have had our own username and password and have gained points and bonuses for correct answers. It has been A LOT of fun!

Have a look below to see what some of Room 9 thought of playing Live Mathletics for World Maths Day.
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