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.