Making Masks at Makerspace.

"We made masks at Makerspace.  I made a monster." By Teejay

Teejay and Najari made monster masks at Makerspace out of the packaging from apple boxes.  They enjoyed showing us their masks and roaring like monsters.

Santa and the Reindeer

Another Christmas story the children have enjoyed is "Santa and the Reindeer".  The children liked the way that Rudolf didn't give up and like a true champion he kept on practising until he was perfect.
"When Rudolf tried to fly he fell down.  He didn't give up and he pulled Santa's sledge.  He was right up the front."  By Teejay

"Rudolf is a reindeer and he can fly because he has got a magical nose."  By William

"Rudolf couldn't fly but he was a champion and he said 1,2,3 and he was flying."  By Jade F

"Rudolf couldn't fly because he wasn't practising enough.  He tried really hard and he didn't give up.  Then he was the leader.  By Kyzel

Kyzel with his picture of Rudolf practising how to fly.

Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers

As Christmas is nearly here we have been reading Christmas stories.  The children enjoyed listening to Slinky Malinki's way of redecorating the tree with himself as a fairy on the top of the tree.  Here are two of their stories.

"Slinky Malinki is a sneaky black cat.  He destroyed the Christmas tree and mischievously hid the fairy under the rug." By Witari

"Slinky Malinki saw the Christmas tree and ruined all of the decorations.  He cheekily hid the fairy under the rug."  By Teejay

Phoenyx drew a picture of Slinky Malinki and the Christmas tree.

Nelson the Baby Elephant

We have been learning about elephants and one of the books we read was "Nelson the Baby Elephant".  The children enjoyed this book and Kohatu and Teejay wrote stories about Nelson.

"Nelson is little.  He fell down because he had wobbly legs. "  By Kohatu

"Nelson is a small baby elephant with thick grey skin.  He comes from a big family who love him."  By Teejay

William's picture of an elephant family.

Teejay's elephant at the waterhole.

Studying Zoo Animals

Team 1 are off on a trip to the zoo soon so we have been studying some of animals we will see.  This week we looked at lions and the children have already learnt a lot of facts about them.

William with his lion kidpix picture.

"Lions can roar loud and he has teeth like a vampire.  The lion can run really fast.  He has a big wide mouth and sharp teeth to eat his food."  By Najari

"The lion looks camouflaged in the yellow grass."' By Ashley

"The lion is a golden yellow like the grass he lives in.  He eats meat."  Dictated by Journey Lee

Kamryn took a photo and typed her story on her iPad.

"Father Lion has a furry mane around his head.  It is a messy golden mane." By Teejay

A Leopard is Flying

A picture of a leopard that looked as it he was flying motivated the children's writing and drawing this week.  Some thought he was like a flying super hero with his paws spread out while others thought he was scary.  Here are some examples of their sentences.

Jade F wrote - "The leopard has lots of energy.  He is like superman.  He is hungry and he likes meat."

Kohatu thought -  "The super hero leopard is flying to get some food."

William wrote - "The super hero leopard is strong and brave and he is tough."

Tevita thought he was like a running machine - "The lean mean leopard machine is happy to run in the sun."

Kyzel wrote - "The scary leopard is running through the green grass in the sun."

Teejay thought the leopard might have a different reason to run as cats don't like having baths.  He wrote,  "The scared leopard is running away from having a bath."

Ashley's picture of the leopard

Team Assembly Awards

This week at team assembly we helped Teejay celebrate his 6th birthday by singing him "Happy Birthday".  Our team focus for the week was to be kind and caring and this was awarded to Jade F who is always so kind and caring, helps others and is a great friend.  You know the Pt England way, Jade F.

Duffy Books to take Home!

We were very excited to be given two Duffy Books to take home and treasure.  Kohatu, Tevita, Teejay, Najari, Madison and Phoenyx are showing their favourite books.  Thank you Duffy Foundation for giving us such wonderful books.  Room 16

Writing with a Stylus

This week in our iPad lesson with Mrs George we learnt how to use our stylus with our iPads.  We learnt how to care for our stylus then we had fun writing a sentence with our strange new "pencils".  Didn't Phoenyx, Jade and Teejay do a good job of writing!  Class 16