Cross Country Running

We have started cross country running practice on most days.  We are trying to get fitter by beating our own personal best times.  First we did a slow jog and timed how long it took.  Then the next time we went a little bit faster and tried to beat our own time.  Next week we are going to be going a little bit further.

From Elliyah, Abby, Lily and Room 16

How to sketch people

Room 16 wanted to get better at sketching people.  We had a look online and had a lesson then started practicing ourselves.  Check out some of our amazing sketches!

Meet Gurgle and Cola!

Here are Gurgle and Cola on the couch.  They are two new members of the Room 16 learning community.   We use them in circle time so we know who is allowed to talk and they are really good listeners!  We use circle time to come up with great solutions to solve our problems, and ways to make sure the problems hopefully don't happen again.

By Jake, Ian, Emma, Mr Clark, Levi, Elliyah and Room 16

Beach Trip Recount Writing

Here is our class recount that we wrote about the beach trip:

Thunderbolts Beach Trip
 Boom! Crash!  The freezing green waves crashed against the black rocks.
 I was with the amazing thunderbolts community on a Beach trip to Takapuna.
 First we walked along the yellow wet sand.   Then we slowly climbed onto the glistening stone path and we zipped along the gravel trail to Milford beach. Finally we arrived and had our tasty lunch before making sandcastles.
 I could feel the burning hot sun shining on my skin as I gazed at Rangitoto lying in the ocean like a whale.
 I felt amazed but exhausted when we arrived back at school.

Thunderbolts Beach Trip

What a fantastic day we had at the Beach!  Check out these clips that show all the fun we had last Tuesday.

Koru Art

This week we created some awesome artwork.  We used pastels and sharpies to create these amazing Koru's.  These Koru patterns represent our families and Whanau, with each frond shape being a member of our family.  We felt amazed and surprised at just how good these Korus look.  Please come into our class and see them.

By Oliver, Ian, Levi, Scarlett and Room 16

Week 2: Eels, ducks and more!

This week we went on a small walk to the duck pond close to school.  We came back and wrote about what we saw.  Then a few days later we added adjectives to make our writing more interesting.  A sentence such as "we saw some eels" magically became "we saw some grey, slimey, slippery eels swimming through the dirty muddy water".

Great adjectives Room 16!

By Mr Clark