Book Character Day

We had the opportunity to dress up and share the many characters from our favourite stories.  Our imaginations went wild and look at all the different characters we came as.  It was a great time to share our love of reading and the books we like to read.  We have already started to think about what we will be next year.  Better get reading.

Ross Home

Last week the Bi Lingual class and room 5 went to Ross Home to perform the Kapa Haka polyfest ruperta.   They walked up to Ross Home with 3 teachers.   When they got there, they had to wait out side in the hallway. The leader of Maybank came out and told us to come in .  They had finished their morning tea.  The children walked inside and got into their lines. They got ready to sing.  The children sang and danced their hearts out.  The people in Maybank really enjoyed their performance. The children enjoyed their time at Ross Home and are looking forward to visiting them again.

Jordan

Cricket

 

On Tuesday the year six children of  room 5 took part in a cricket session. Unfortanutly it was raining so it took part in the hall. First, they did some catching drills.  Next they practiced their bowling and throwing skills. After that they played some cricket games. Everyone was enjoying themselves and really getting into the activities.   At the end the children packed up and Ewen told them about the up coming "Hooked on Cricket" tournament.  Matai said a big thank you and the children returned back to class.

Meihana

Spelling Quiz

 

This is a group of our speedy spellers who competed in the ODT Extra Spelling Quiz. I was one of them. There were spelling groups from all over Dunedin. The man running the quiz told us that we were the best 200 student spellers for our age group in the Dunedin area.
We went through diffrent rounds with a time limit.  When your group finished,you had to nomanaite one person from your group to take your sheet to one of the  sheet markers.   Each round was a different form of spelling. There was about 20 rounds.
At the end they anounced the winning groups then we had trival questions [they were popular because the prize was a lolly]   Most answers were in the form of a joke.
When we all finished we all got ODT pens and went home.

Sam

By Sam.k

Kapahaka Polyfest

That time again when all our practicing pays off.  Singing.  Dancing. Remembering the different moves. Everybody worked very hard to give the best performance .  Each year we travel to the Edgar Centre and take part in the Polyfest.  This is enjoyed by all.  We can't wait for the DVDs to come out and let us watch some of the other children that performed at the festival.

Visit to D.N.I

What a busy day we had.  Ukulele's in the morning and now visiting D.N.I.
The year 6 children from N.E.V.N. went to Dunedin North Intermidiate School to have an afternoon working on technology.  The groups where cooking,metal work,wood work and fabrics.  Two other school had joined N.E.V.N to take part in these activities.
First we waited for the principal to come, Mr Leach.  Then  he introduced us to the teachers who were going to work with us in the afternoon.  He left after we had been placed into groups.
Then we went off to work in our groups. It was so much fun.   After we finished we got a little drink and a piece of fruit. We left on the bus and when we got back it was time to go home.

Turi

Ukulele Time

This is my recount of our time we participated in the 2012 Ukulele Jam.

0n Friday the 3rd of August, room 5 of North East Valley Normal School went to the Ukulele Jam being held at George Street Normal School.  When the children got to George St , they walked into the hall and sat down in rows.  There was around 400 children all ready to go.
The children played six songs and then went outside to have a break.
They all came back in and the teachers played their song,Surf'n U.S.A.  Next they played six more songs.  The children's fingers were strumming and their voices singing.  The hall was alive with music.
Some Highlanders arrived and they judged the best ukulele design.  The children had put in a lot of effort to make their ukulele's bright and colourful.  After that they joined in with the rest of the songs that the children were playing.
Finally, they played Rock around the Clock.  The hall was rocking!
One of Jasmin's favourite parts was when the teachers played their item.  They even did a little twirl halfway through their song.
It was also nice seeing some of the children from North East Valley getting up on the stage.
Anyway, see you all because I have to go home and put band aids on all my fingers from all my great playing.  Can't wait until next year.

Jazmin

Poem

We have been writing poems from different ideas that we have been looking at.
   


                                     LISTEN

Listen to the soldiers, tramping through the mud,
readying themselves for combat.

Listen to the shells, dropping in the muck,
thud,thud,thud.

Listen to the rain,dripping , dropping to the cold
frozen ground.

Listen to the silence of Christmas cease fire ,
early in the morning.



William

Spelling Quiz

A group of Year 5 and 6 children had been practicing their spelling and language skills to enable them to take part in the EXTRA SPELLING QUIZ.  Each year we look forward to taking part in this quiz.  Its a challenge to complete each question but the competition is great.  An enjoyable time spent by all.

Achievers of the Week

Room 5 have been learning about movement and the way that planes move.

Here are some things that we have learnt:

·         There are four forces that affect the movement of the plane.
·        Weight - force of gravity on the plane, pulling the down towards Earth.
·        Lift – force on the plane, causes it to rise.
·        Drag- caused by friction opposing the motion of the plane moving through the air.
·        Thrust- forwards force on a plane, caused by engines/ propellers on the plane.

We made paper planes to see if we could find theses 4 forces.  It was interesting the types of planes that we made.  To help us with our designs we used a you- tube clip to helps use make one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0U_vc2vU5g

Soccer

We are lucky at our school because we get to play soccer against other school.  Every second week we verse another school in our area.  Its a good time to get to play with other children in the school and to get to see other children from other schools.  We are all good at our soccer skills and we love showing them off.  Sometimes its hard to make the team because everyone is so good and there are a lot of us.  We can't wait until the next game.

Star Achievers of the Week

Swimming

We have had a block of learning to swim. Everyone enjoyed taking part and learning different skills.  There are great swimming teachers who take us and make it fun.  I was able to do back stroke and Connor was able to put his head under the water.

Harley  Connor M

Jordans Fish

During the weekend Jordan and his dad entered a fishing competition.  This was Jordan's first fishing competition and he was very nervous that he would not catch anything.  But guess what ?  At the last minute this fish jumped onto his line and won him the second prize of the day.  It was a great fish at 10.4 kg's.  Jordan is looking forward to next years competition. 

Achievers of the Week

Clay Creations

Creating clay bowls was a task that we all set out to do.  Changing a ball of clay into a bowl was done through the pinching technique.   With patience and time we created these bowls.  After they were fired they were stronger and could hold a range of things.  We enjoyed making things with clay.

Cameron's Homework

Cooking seems to be a popular topic when it comes to our Topic Challenge.  Cameron used the topic of donuts to show how yeast can be used to help things rise.  He loves cooking and history , so he told us the history of the donut.  The extra was getting to taste his homework.  History can be so yummy. 

Topic Challenge

Molly had been working hard on this Topic Challenge.  She was focusing in on, "How to make gingerbread biscuits."  They were fun to make and follow a recipes.  She thought she would bring the evidence of her homework to share with the class.  We thought she should get 10/10 for her challenge.

Aidhan's Topic Challenge

Presenting your homework can always be a challenge,especially trying to find a way so that everyone can understand it.  Aidhan presented his Topic Challenge by creating a model and writing up his information.  An interesting topic that also sparked the interest of others.

Stars of the Week.

First Aid

Learning what to do if someone was hurt in our playground was the lesson of the day.  Many of us are peer mediators and we are always helping others.  It was important that we knew what to do to help other children.  We learnt a range of things.  How to stop bleeding,  fix a sprain or just to give a kind word .  It was all important to know.  Have a look at some of the different things that we got up to.

 

Egg-traordinary Day

Eggs,eggs,eggs. Everwhere you looked you could see and smell children cooking with eggs.  Finding different ways that eggs could be changed was our focus.  Boiling, omeletes,poached and scrabled were the food of choice .By the end of the morning, everyone was full.  It was great to have a go at cooking the eggs in different ways.

Museum Visit on Chemical Changes

Our visit to the Otago Museum saw the class discovering the changes that a range of chemicals can go through.  We saw clouds being made, sounds being created with baking soda and sending coke cola into the air.  Learning is fun when you get  stuck into a task. 

Wheels Day

Wheels Day is something we all look forward to each Friday.  We scooter ,bike or skateboard around the netball court smiling as we show off our tricks.  Check out some of the moves we have been teaching each other.

Poetry writing

Learning to write acrostic poems has been an interesting task. Finding the right words to describe ourselves has been a little tricky but we have come up with some. To go along with our poems we have been practicing our sketches of ourselves. Putting in the detail was the goal and was achieved .

It's in the bag

Finding out about ourselves has been alot of fun. People have shared a range of things about their interests,family and sports.. Its amazing how many of us have the same interests as each other.

2012 A Great Start

Here we all are back at school for 2012. It has been a great start and we have been enjoying each others company again. With new responsibilities everyone is finding out what they need to do to help and work around the school.

EOTC Week

At the end of the year the year 6 children take part in a great week for EOTC. Here we get to have a go at things that some of us have never had a go at. Learning to put up a tent when the wind is blowing was hard but most of us got them up and spent some time in them. Tramping ,orienteering,cooking,knots are just some of the activities that you get to do. All of us had a great time.

Golf

We are really luck at our school as we have many sports people that come and teach us skills . Golf was the sport of the day and many of us were glad to pick up our clubs and have a go. Many skills were learnt and we are looking forward to some of us taking part in next years golf tournament.

Cushion Making

During term 3 and 4 a group of children from our class tried their hands at knitting. With the teaching and help from Mary ,we learnt how to knit and pearl. Mary had shown us some examples of what we could aim for. Most of us decided to make a cushion. Using different colours and making squares we finally finished . We were very proud of what we had made.