Tuesday 26 August 2014

AHOY ME HEARTIES from Room 1B Pirates !!!!

 We have been writing instructions on many things like:
how to make toast, how to make a paper plane, how to brush your teeth, how to do The "Witch Doctor" dance
 and
 how to make a pirate hat!!!!

"Yayee!" said Kieran, Alexis and Ryan. "Let's do it!"
  

"OK, well, first you need to get a piece of newspaper that is shaped like a rectangle." said Charlie, Braden and Anika.


"Fold the paper in half. " said Marcus, Oliver
 and Lucia.


"Fold over into the middle to make the top of the hat pointy." said Wairua and Matilda. 


"Zac is showing you how to lift up the front flap at the bottom to fold it back." said Tammy and Jordy.


" Flip the hat over and lift up the front flap at the bottom on the other side and fold it." said Shelby, Nikolai and Ian. 


"Put on your hat and shout, ARRRRRRRR!"


A PIRATE'S LIFE IS SO MUCH FUN!!
We are off to climb the rigging - Bye.


Sunday 24 August 2014

Morepork

Morepork
When I touched the morepork it felt ticklish. It had white spots on the mighty morepork. The morepork eats spiders and other big animals like mice. The morepork is brown. The beak is like Sunshine and Snowy’s beak. Its beak is like a triangle spoon to catch big big animals so the morepork doesn't starve to death. It must have slammed into the window.

By Aidan 



The Morepork
Today in class we saw a morepork, it had big black wings. It had wonderful white spots. I got to touch the morepork. Nearly all of the people in my class wanted to pat him. I was the first person to pat him because I was at the front of the line. I was whakamā, but when I touch it he was soft. His heart had broken.
By Alesana 



The Morepork
Today the morepork was dead because he fell down late last night. He was next to Rachel’s house. On the morning Rachel found the morepork . The class likes morepork.

By Bianca 

Morepork
Today Haidee showed Room 4 a morepork. It was fluffy. We were so fascinated. It was soft and it has talons, and a round beak. It was dead.
By Sean 

The Dead Morepork
Last night a ruru died. It looked cute. It looked like Sunshine and Snowy. It was spotty. It was black, it had white spots on its wings. Its tail and wings were like a fan. I was so sad because it died. It was bigger than a canary and it was a native morepork. It had sharp claws.
By Aubrey 

Morepork
We have a clever morepork. It is little. It was tickling my hand. It had soft feathers. It is cute. It has a cute beak and sharp talons. It has a fan tail.
By Chloe 

Morepork
Today I saw a magnificent ruru. Haidee held the ruru. Then most of the champion class got to touch it. Then we had to wash our hands. The ruru is pretty and beautiful and very spotty, and lucky last, cute! Oh, wait and its dead. And awesome!
By Courtney 



Morepork
Today after morning tea time Haidee brought a magnificent surprise. It was a dead bird, but not any bird it was a New Zealand native bird the marvelous Morepork. I was so surprised. It was stripy and spotty. There were black and white patterns on it. Do you know it was brownie white and a little bit black. When you spread its fluffy feathers it is beautiful. It has a tail that is like a feathery fan. It is actually really sad that it died. We have to look after them so they don’t become extinct. I got a bit whakamā (shy).I got to feel it. It was softer than a cat. Their beaks have a curve on the end to catch their prey. So that is about the morepork that I saw.
By Eden 

Morepork
Today we saw a morepork and it is very cute and soft. Its beak is sharp. It has sharp claws. Moreporks eat spiders and insect and mice.
By James 

The Morepork
My teacher showed us a morepork. I was proud. It was soft with white sports and she was brown as well. It was a lovely morepork and I like looking after animals. It looks like a fan and its wing too. I liked it so much I wished I had one.
By Jessica 

Morepork
I love moreporks. They are cute and it is stunning. It is spotty and it has claws. Its soft and its claws help catch its prey. It is soft and it has a curved beak. Its feathers were ticklish. It is dead and it was a baby.
By Lily 

Morepork
After morning tea Haidee showed us a morepork. It was feathery. Its claws can grab his food. His nose was like a rock. If you wanted to pat it, you lined up. I patted it. Its feathers were as soft as rabbit’s ears. They eat white tail spiders.
By Mackenzie 



The Beaky Morepork
I was holding a morepork. I was a little bit whakamā. I was really shocked as well. It was feathery too. Then we all had to wash our hands. We had to describe the morepork and write a description as well. I was sad because it died. But it is in a better place now.
By Pouniu 


The Mighty Morepork
Today Haidee showed us a morepork. I was whakamā at first. Haidee let the class feel it. It looked like it had spots of white chocolate and patterns of brown chocolate. It looked soft and cute. I didn't pat it because you didn't have too. I am super sad because it was dead.
By Dylan 

The Money Morepork
Today at school Haidee our teacher showed us a morepork. It had big talons to grab prey. But sadly it was dead. It was tiny. I’m sad the magnificent magic morepork is dead. The marvellous morepork is spotted all over. The morepork is a native bird only found in New Zealand. Its colours are brown, black and white. It has a little beak. The beak is silvery grey. His beak is beautiful. Its tail is like a fan and his wing feathers are like a spread out big fan. After touching the morepork I washed my hands with soap.
By Rhys 



The Morepork Day
Today our class had a morepork. It had huge talons like hamburgers to eat little mice and other birds. It was softer than silk. It was spotty and black and brown. Also fluffy and cute. Its feathers were really long. It had a curved nose. I have seen a dead sparrow. I would really like to see it again.
By Alastair 

The Ruru
I like the ruru because I touched the ruru and it was soft to touch because it was fluffy. It had spots on it. I saw the eggs and I touched the feathers and the feathers were soft. The tail was soft too. I saw the legs and the sharp yellow beak. It eats white tails that are poisonous spiders. The eyes were closed like it was asleep but it wasn't asleep it was dead.
By Levi 






Wednesday 13 August 2014

Room 3 Making Lemonade Recount and Instructions


Yummy Sweet Lemonade



Guess what? Room 3 made some delicious lemonade on Friday at Discovery Time. Lots of people brought lemons to make the lemonade. The lemons came from Ben's lemon tree and Lily's Nanna's lemon tree and Tyler got his 20 lemons from his Auntie's house. Ngatai also brought a big bag of lemons to share.  Miss Gunston put all the children in groups of 4. Each group took it in turns to follow the instructions to make the lemonade. The first group spilled their lemon juice all over the table so they had to start again. One group accidentally put hot water in their lemonade so they made hot lemonade! Miss Gunston told us to drink our lemonade outside just in case we made a mess. Haidee came from next door to check out our lemonade.  She said "hot lemonade is good for your throat".  If you want to make our yummy lemonade follow the instructions below. 





Lemonade Instructions


You Need:

* 1/2 cup of sugar
* 2 cups of cold water
* 4 lemons
* Sharp knife
* Chopping board
* Lemon squeezer
* 4 cups
* Measuring cup
* Spoon
* Jug to mix it in

Instructions

1. Roll the lemons on the table to make them easy to squeeze.
2. Cut all of the lemons in half.
3. Squeeze the lemons on top of the lemon squeezer until all the juice is out. 
4. Pour the lemon juice into the jug to mix it. 
5.Get 2 cups of water.
6. Measure the sugar. 
7. Put the sugar into the water.
8. Add the lemon juice. 
9.Mix the water and sugar and lemon juice very well.
10.Pour the lemonade in the cups.
11. Drink your lemonade outside. 
12. Wash your cup.