Kung Fu Preying Mantis

Here is the video from BBC earth that inspired our story writing this week.  It lead us to learn the words predator, ootheca, nymph, carnivore and adaptations. Do you know what all these words mean?

Preying Mantis by Demetrius

Demetrius worked hard on his writing yesterday and he used a very interesting word.  Listen for it in his story - Do you know what it is?

The Praying Mantis By Esela

Esela has shown hiranga/excellence this week in her story-writing.  We watched a video about a praying mantis being stalked by a spider.  Esela then wrote a story to retell what happened.  Listen for the surprise at the end.

Values in Action

Last week three students in Room 12 were awarded a certificate for displaying the school values.  T.J and Zahara got a certificate for hiranga (excellence).  T.J has been working very hard on his writing and Zahara is giving thoughtful and detailed comments to her classmates.  Esela was awarded a certificate for pakirehua (curiosity) - she has been asking lots of questions to help her learning. Well done!

Learning to Comment

Today we were learning how to write comments on the blog, we focused on giving compliments.  We worked in pairs to write a comment on a white board and then onto the blog.  It was hard work and we made a few mistakes but we got there in the end and we are very proud of ourselves.  Soon we will be blogging masters!

Growing Gardeners

Today Room 12 went into our garden and planted some seedlings.  We can't wait to eat the our own homegrown vegetables!

Insect Learning from Sala

Sala has been using seesaw to learn the parts of an insect.  Check out the work she has done!  Sala, you are going to be the expert when we get back to school!

In the next video Sala had to move the words to label the body parts of the insect.  She then practiced saying the words.  Ka pai Sala! 

The Very Quiet Cricket By Eric Carle

This a great story and it has lots of insects in it.  When you've finished watching it maybe you could retell the story to someone in your family.

Sala's Reading

Sala used Seesaw to complete a reading activity.  She read the book Stick Insect by Dawn McMillan.  Here is a video of Sala reading two pages of the book.  I love the way you read the book with fluency Sala!

An insect filled meeting

Kia ora tamariki.  Yesterday I met La'talia, Sala and Naomi on Zoom.  We learnt a little bit about Wētā and read a story.  We also got to share what we had been doing by looking at our class blog together.

 Here is a short video of what our Zoom, along with some pictures.  There is a video of the story we read at the end of this post so you can read it too.

Here is a video of the story we read:

Wally's Insect Hunt

Kia Ora e hoa ma! Wally and I went on an insect hunt, it wasn't very successful but maybe you guys want to have a go and see what you can find. You can send photos of what you find to Miss Mac, good luck!

Stick Insect By Dawn McMillan

Watch the video and listen to the story.  Then test your knowledge by clicking on this link to complete a kahoot quiz.

Minibeasts

This term we are going to be learning about minibeasts.  Check out this slideshow to learn a little more about all those creepy crawlies in your garden.

La'talia's Maths

Latalia has been learning to count on to solve addition problems.  Check out what she has been doing.

Darth Oscar

Last week I posted a picture of my cat Oscar dressed as Darth Vader.  I asked Room 12 to think of some words to describe him.  Take a look at the picture.  Can you think of any words to describe Oscar? Write them in the comments or on a piece of paper.  You could think of words to describe what he looks like, what he might be feeling and what his personality is like.

Take a look at the work Sala did.  Well done Sala!

Bugs Bugs Bugs

Take a look at the video to see what our topic is going to be this year.  Think about what you already know about bugs.  You could write it in the comment section or on paper and take a picture of it, or you could just tell someone in your family.

Another Zoomtastic Meeting

We had another zoom catch up today.  It was fun, we heard what everyone had been up to and we read the story 'Not Now Bernard' by David McGee.

If you missed out and want to listen to the story here it is. I challenged the students to draw their own monster and write a story about what it would get up to in their houses.  Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. 

Pigeon Post

Marley-Anne drew a picture of the pigeon playing with her and wrote a story about it.  Well done Marley-Anne! 

Pigeon Drawings

Yesterday I posted a video showing how to draw the pigeon from Mo Willem's book 'The Pigeon Wants a Puppy'.  Take a look at the drawings Sala did, practice makes perfect! 

  

Maths Fantastic!

Marley-Anne, Demetrius and Sala have been doing some maths investigations on Seesaw.  They were asked to look at the picture below and think like a mathematician. 

Take a look at some of the maths thinking they did: