What are we proud of this term?

Brody - not talking on the mat Natalia - getting better at Kapahaka Anna - Performing to Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Bailey - Doing Kapahaka Ella - Doing good work Poppy - Doing Kapahaka Tyla - doing kapahaka Jessica - performing for Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Ciara - the feedback that we got from Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Xanthe - making new friends Holly - making two new friends Arabella - working hard in all my learning Summa - Book Character Day Josh P - my maths has improved Daintin - Cyprus - I've got better at Kapahaka Josh O - looking after the devices Chloe - making new friends Archie - working on my learning Matthew - working on my myth Lochlan - I can plait Louie - My speech

Budding Musicians

Today we created music and sound effects to go with the story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" We had fun finding out which instruments would make the best sound for the swishy swashy grass, the squelchy mud and the scary bear. Then this afternoon we worked in groups to create our own sounds and beats. We practised writing these down using 'graphic notation'. Check out the photos of our groups presenting to the class and the graphic notations they created.

Room 11's Flag Designs

For homework this week we designed a flag for New Zealand. This morning in class we talked about our reasons for our flag designs. We all voted for the designs we liked and ended up with three favourites. Here they are and the reasons they were designed or chosen.

I chose this flag because I like the design with the stars on it and the flag on it. From lochlan cockerell.

I chose a flag design that is called kore hearts. It has a river at the top. By Poppy

Frank's design has a long white cloud, blue because we are surrounded by ocean and some features of the old flag.

Weekly Round Up Week 7

This week we thought we would share how we do our weekly round up. Sometimes we write our ideas in our learning journals and other times we sit in groups and talk about our ideas. Then we choose 6 people to wear the hats and ask the children to share their ideas. We also have a 'Yeehaa' hat that we use at the end. Anyone can share something about their week that was great and we all say a big YEEEEHAAA!

White Hat - Facts - What did we do this week? Sidney - There was a fire drill Brody - We did kapahaka and Tiahn sang as an echo Cyprus - We did desk change Poppy - We did sample folder maths with multiplication and division Natalia - We painted parts for our pallet art

Red Hat - Emotions - How are we feeling this week? Arabella - I felt proud when I sang in front of the kindy kids Sidney - I felt stunned when the fire alarm went off Natalia - I felt sad because my friend got bullied by her friends Yellow Hat - Positives - What has gone well this week? Xanthe - I have finished my myth Jessica - I'm happy that the fire drill wasn't a real fire Frank - I've felt excited about going to the Science night with James and Bailey Zidane - The flag designs were good this morning Brianna - I'm looking forward to Father's Day Brody - The writing went well Blue Hat - Thinking - What thinking have we done this week / do we need to do now? Jessica - We've been thinking about science experiments Daintin - I've been thinking about making slides and getting them finished Tiahn - I've been thinking about publishing my myth Summa - I've been thinking about what I want to put on my flag Zidane - We were thinking about music and how to make beats Black Hat - Negatives - What do we need to improve on? Poppy - People were making silly noises Brody - Sitting on the mat nicely and playing nicely at lunchtime Chloe - people need to use their manners at Kapahaka Brianna - People getting bullied Frank - James got hurt Green Hat - Creativity - Did you try anything new this week? Daintin - We did music with instruments Holly - I tried e-ako on the computer again Brody - We did Spellzaar on the big whiteboard Arabella - We played Spellzaar with Snookems in our group

Weekly Round UP - Week 6

Green Hat - new ideas
Brody - wearing yellow clothes for Daffodil Day
Louie - Publishing our marvellous medicine
Daintin - Getting a library card
Frank - I learnt about Eric Carle

White Hat - Facts
Natalia - We did art this week
Tyla - We have worked on our science experiments
James - I've learnt how to build a marshmallow catapault
Micah - Trip to the library

Yellow Hat - Positives
Tyla - Getting dojo points
Lochlan - Working on my science
Brody - Getting points for sanding
Ciara - I have finished my myth publishing

Black Hat - Negatives
Archie - Handball didn't go well
Holly - I want to make more friends
Xanthe - I had some troubles with friends
Bailey - I got stood on in Soccer

Red Hat - Emotions
Zidane - Nervous because I've felt scared
Arabella - Proud because I lead a song in kapahaka
Sidney - Sad when I sprained my ankle
Tiahn - I feel happy about my spellathon certificate

Blue Hat - Thinking
Josh P - Thinking about my maths
Jessica -  I've been thinking about science
Summer - I've been thinking about what to do in Flexi Time
Poppy - Thinking about my art work

Weekly Round Up - Week 6

Green Hat - New Ideas
We have a new student - her name is Xanthe
Natalia - I got up in front of the class for Fast 'n Furious for the first time
Holly - I created some new skipping ideas
Arabella - I made my own science experiment
Brody - I played in a 7's tournament for the first for Nayland

Red Hat - Feelings
Cyprus - I'm happy about my myth writing
Summa - I'm happy because I got a certificate at assembly
Micah - I'm happy about getting my myth writing finished
Xanthe - I was happy that I got a certificate at assembly

Blue Hat - Thinking
Josh P - I have been thinking about how to make my medicine
Jessica - I have been thinking about how to finish my recipe
Anna - I have been thinking about the next steps in my medicine
Ella - I have been thinking about finishing my work

Yellow Hat - Good Things
Frank - I really like tagging people in Ultimate Tag
Archie - The spots that Zidane and I have will be helpful
James - I'm getting better at reading
Lochlan - It's good that I have finished my myth

White Hat - Facts
Matthew - We got to play on the tiger turf
Arabella - I started a song in kapahaka
Poppy - I learnt how to do a google slide
Brody - We did skipping

Black Hat - Negatives - Things that didn't go well
Micah - There were some people making silly noises on the carpet
Tyla - Some people have been sick
Natalia - We should be nice to people
Frank - People making noises at kapahaka

Term 3 Weekly Round-Up Welcome Back

White Hat - Facts - What have we done this week?
We were learning about Science - Tiahn
The Tiger Turf man is starting to lay the turf - Frank
We shone torches onto discs and made coloured rainbow light - Holly
Richard talked to us about Albatross birds - Jessica
We've been learning about Statistics - Natalia

Yellow Hat - Good Things - What we liked - Positives
Writing Rockets finished writing a burger recipe - Cyprus
We liked the science and found out how to light up boxes with bottles - Bailey
We lined up quietly outside - Micah
We've done good experiments with balloons - Poppy
We listened well the the scientist that visited - Anna

Black Hat - What didn't go so well - What do we need to work on?
I didn't like getting chased by girls - Josh P
We had to practise lining up to be quiet - Matthew
Some people were pretending to have weapons - Archie
The boys had to do press ups in kapahaka - Poppy
People are throwing their lunchboxes around and not waiting to be told to go by a teacher - Ciara

Red Hat - What feelings have you had this week?
People that make silly noises make us feel annoyed - Brody
We feel sad when we have problems with our friends - Zidane
I've been sad because people annoy me - James
We feel sad because we didn't get to play with the balloons much - Arabella
I felt sad when I had troubles at lunchtime - Ella

Green Hat - New ideas - What new things did we try this week?
Science with Richard de Hamil - Daintin
Science with the Overhead Projector - Josh O
We made the giant wings - Sidney
We have been learning about Science experiments - Summa

Blue Hat - What thinking have we done this week - What things do we have to think about some more?
The maths had mixed take-away and plus and we had to think about which one to do - Louie
In science I had to think about mixing colours - Holly
We had to think about science experiments - Jessica
We had to think about balloons and cans and bottles in science - Lochlan

Yippee It's nearly the holidays - last weekly round up of the term!

White ideas - Facts
We performed at the assembly - Poppy
I did a lot of writing - Brody
We finished our Suess-tastic display - Jessica
We did student lead conferences - Frank

Green Hat - New Ideas
I have found out that I can write a snow poem - Arabella
Building with other people - Zidane
We've worked faster this week - Holly
I got to build with some lego - Daintin

Red Hat - Emotions / Feelings
I felt confused and frustrated at the student lead conference - Holly
I've been sad because Libby is leaving - Brianna
I'm sad that I'm leaving - Libby
I've been happy because my mum has played with me - Tyla

Blue Hat - Thinking
I have been thinking about slowing down with my work - Jessica
We had to think about what we were going to build - Brody
I had to think about wow words for my stories - Anna
I need to think about talking slower at Assembly - Frank

Yellow Hat - Good things/positives
I am happy about talking at assembly - Tyla
I am happy about my Sample Folder - Ciara
It's good that some 3D models got displayed - Anna
I'm happy that I know how to use the chrome book - Arabella

Black Hat - Bad things/negatives
I didn't like Summer leaving - Holly
I don't like it when people are mean to me - Jessica
I don't like that Libby is going to a new school - Summa J
I'm mad that people have been teasing me - Ciara
I think that people should stop making silly noises - Frank

Weekly Round Up

Red Hat - Emotions
It was exciting doing the Kapahaka performance - Arabella
I was excited because Kapahaka learnt a new song - Frank
I'm happy about the maths work I am doing - Ella
I feeling confident about my learning - Holly

Blue Hat - What have we been thinking about?
We've been thinking about our playground designs - Libby
We've been thinking about our Suess-tastic display - Sid

Black Hat - What do we need to change or work on for next week?
We need to work on being quiet when we get back to class - Matthew
Don't talk when the teacher is talking - Brody
We have to be quiet for Whaia Timeka when we go in to Kapahaka - Louie
Be sensible on the mat - Tyla

Yellow Hat - What good things have been happening next week?
I'm happy about my playground design - Jessica
Making our Suesstastic display - Arabella
I think we've been doing well making our models - Frank
We are doing well getting our pictures done - Holly

White Hat - The Facts
We've started the Truffala trees - Brody
We've finished our leaf art - Summer D
We had a visit from a netball coach and played some games - Zidane

Green Hat - New ideas - what's coming up?
Getting ready for our class assembly next Friday - Jessica
Getting ready for the school holidays - Summa J
Student led conferences are next Wednesday - Chloe

Thinking using our 6 Thinking Hats

Yellow Hat - What good things have happened this week?
We did some really good art using indian ink - Holly
We came up with ideas about the new playground equipment we are designing - Louie
Our writing about the Dr Suess characters - James
Our class novel "The Pencil of Doom" - Libby

White Hat - What are the facts?  What have we done this week?
We worked on problem solving for Maths - Holly
Fact Finding for reading - Libby
We have been reading Dr Suess stories - Summa J
We have played maths games - Summer D
We learnt a new spelling game called "Spellzaaaaaar!" - Sidney

Black Hat - What do we need to improve?  What should we work on next week?
Wearing our uniform properly - Ciara
Knowing how to login to our google accounts - Cyprus
Don't make annoying sounds - Frank
Lining up outside quietly - Arabella
Make sure we have a black pen to write with - Natalia

Green Hat - What new ideas or activities have we done?
Doing indian ink on our art was new for most of us - James
We are coming up with new designs for the playground - Arabella
We used similes in our writing at Writing Rockets - Cyprus


Blue Hat - What thinking have we been doing?
We have been thinking about how to keep our equipment safe and not spilling the dye! - Libby
We have been thinking about the play spaces at our school and what is missing. - Josh O
We have been thinking about playing nicely on the playground. - Archie

Red Hat - What feelings or emotions have we had this week?
I'm proud of my first go at Kapahaka - James
I'm proud of myself because I got the answer right in maths problem solving two times - Poppy
I'm happy about my learning, I am learning more - Natalia
I felt good about learning what a description was - Matthew
I'm happy that I got into the senior Kapahaka group - Arabella
I feel sad about not being with my sister - Summer D

Wow Week Projects

Today we started our Wow Week project.  Moana Syndicate has the challenge to design some playground equipment out of tyres.  We looked at the space we have been allocated - the garden beside the library.  Then we searched for some ideas online.  We found a great pinterest page that had lots of different ideas.  After we talked about these we drew some designs and shared them in groups and as a 'walk and gawk'.  The class came up with some fantastic ideas and I can't wait to see what they choose to do.

All the groups were very good at sharing their ideas.  We focused on explaining what our designs meant and being a good listener.

This group decided to do their sharing out by the garden so they could imagine what it might look like.

We did a 'Walk and Gawk'.  Silently looking at everyone's work and thinking about ideas we liked or found interesting.

                 
                                                             Frank shared his designs.
                                    
The ideas about creating a creature that we could climb through and on top of was popular.  The class also really liked the teeth.

                                                        Louie told us about his ideas.
                                  

Poppy had lots of different ideas to share.

             The class liked these too and wondered how we could hold the giant flower up.

Natalia had some very thoughtful ideas.

The class were interested in the idea that this design went around in a loop.

 What wonderful work today.  Did you notice all the Room 11 students showing excellent listening manners.  They also asked very thoughtful and useful questions.
Ka pai - Achieving Brilliance and working hard. Kia Kaha

Welcome Back Everyone - Nau mai haere mai

We've survived the first week back!!!
This week we have talked a lot about the new Nayland Primary logo so the ideas from that are used below.

Achieving Brilliance
Great work in all subjects - Josh O
Trying our best on things that are hard - Arabella
Putting a great effort on the Keeping Clever maths activities - Mrs Mackean
I got into one of the Rippa Rugby Teams - Brody
We've worked well with Constable John, Mrs R and Dallas this week.
The Writing Rockets have made a great start and had a successful week - Mrs Mackean
We had a great soccer session with Nicole

Kia Kaha
We moved away from someone silly at lunchtime - Holly and Summer
I had to help a friend - Arabella
Some people had to be brave and tell the teacher about things their friends had done - well done!
I told someone to stop bullying - and they did - Ciara

Confident Learners
Thank you for trying the new 'Keeping Clever' boxes for maths, you're doing a great job - Mrs Mackean
Brianna was brave and told us her answer even though she wasn't sure if she was right
We are looking forward to making our photo essays next week about the Nayland Primary Logo

Creative Communities
We had 6 teachers on Monday......
Thank you; Mr Sawyer for taking school singing, Mrs R for all the work with spelling, Constable John for talking to us about keeping safe, Nicole for showing us how to dribble a soccer ball, Dallas for helping us with basketball and Mrs Mackean for the rest of the day.

We are starting to train for Cross Country which is in week 6.
We have talked a lot this week about Anzac Day and some of us are looking forward to the Dawn Parade tomorrow.

Touchstone Walk

What a wonderful morning we had out in our local community.  I was so proud of the class and the way the went about their jobs this morning.  Room 11 were in 7 groups that they had selected themselves.  In each group they had children from the different teams they have been working in this week, so they had a stone designer, a map maker, an illustrator, and a story writer.  This was important because each group had been allocated a stone to place.  Each group had prepared a map and highlighted the part of the story that told them where they needed to place their stone.
We had wonderful parent helpers and beautiful weather, we set out to place these stones.

 We had to keep checking the story to see where he stones should go.

                                             Our first stone placed outside Nayland Kindy.

 The next stone outside Broadgreen Intermediate.

 Nayland Pools had the next stone.

 Broadgreen History House

 Samuel's Rose Gardens

 We took a moment to smell the roses.

 And check out the massive trees.

 The Railway Reserve, Songer Street

 We had a morning tea break at the Railway Reserve.

 We made it, all the way to Octopus Garden.

 We had time for a quick play at the playground.

 Isel Park

 The last stone.

 Lunch in Isel Park

Heading back to school along the Railway Reserve.