Bridge Valley Video

Check out our video from Bridge Valley Camp! We had an awesome time last Thursday and Friday!

Bizarre Bazaar

On Wednesday in Week 8 we had a Bizarre Bazaar which was based on a market in Africa. We sold toys, books, food and drinks and we also had games like hockey, golf a treasure hunt.

Why were we doing the Bazaar?
We used the Bazaar to rasise money for Geremi in Mali because he is our sponsor child.

What did our class do?
Our class sold decorated cookies and baking and some people made tiny teddy drivers and others did a game called beanbag throw.

What was my favourite thing about the Bazaar?
My favourite bit was selling the tiny teddy drivers.

By Abbey Markham

Bridge Valley Camp

Bridge Valley Camp

Hi. We're Riria & Connor and we're going to talk to you about Bridge Valley Camp.

What are we looking forward to at camp?
We're looking forward to all the fun games we get to do and play, like going down the mini water slide.

What's special about camp?
Something special about camp in the Middle Syndicate is that when you're a year four you get to stay overnight for 1 night!

When is camp?
Camp is in Week 9 so it is only 2 weeks away! Exciting. And it is on Thursday and Friday.

Riria and Connor.

Movie Trailers

Check out our exciting movie trailers in the tab above! Some awesome videos, and more to come!

Powerboats

On the 9th and 10th of November the super fast power boats were at lake Rotoiti. Some were small and some were big and they had all sorts of colours including green, white, blue and red. Well those are the colours that I remember. 

The power boats are super fast boats, that go up to 200kph - that's fast! The water was rough and the boats were nearly flipping which was scary. I wouldn't want to drive power boats.

The boats look like these pictures: 

   

  

By Justin

Everyday Books

This week we got every day books.

What are everyday books?
These are boxes of books that have different levels of books. There are three colours: green, blue and orange. The blue is for the golden dragons, green is for fire dragons and blue flames and the orange is for fire breathers.

What sort of books are there?
There are 50 different books like in the blue box there is 'Flies are fascinating' and 'Take care of your teeth', in the green box there is 'Jet packs' and 'Antarctica' and in the orange box there is 'Amelia Earhart: Adventure in the sky' and the 'Killer hairdo'.

Why do we like everyday books?
We like them because there are lots of types of books. Some are funny and some are really interesting as well.

By Abbey and McKenzie

Reading Folktales

What have we been reading in Room 6?
We have bean reading folktales from countries like Mali and other countries in Africa.

Why have we been reading these?
because we are learning about third world countries and these folktales come from third world countries. It also helps us to practise our reading and our comprehension - that means understanding a story.

What do I think about folktales?
I really like them because they are funny and because I just like stories. These folktales all have a little message or meaning.

Here is a little bit about the folktale I have been reading, called 'Why the Hare has no Tail':

Long ago all the animals had no tail or they had very little ones. One day a lion told all the animals to come to him and get tails. It was raining and cold that day so the hare asked the other animals to get him a tail from the lion. The animals asked what kind of tail he wanted. He said "any that will fit me, but not too short and not too long." In the afternoon that day, all the animals came back with their beautiful tails but none of them came to the hare and gave him his tail. They had all forgotten and that is why the hare has no tail.

I think this story is trying to tell me that I need to just do stuff myself and not rely on other people to do it.

By Abbey Markham!

Our Water Journey

In Term One we completed a topic about the changes we can make to affect environments (positively or negatively) in the future. Room 6 focussed on water in our own environment, and applied for funding to put a water tank up by our school garden to collect run-off rainwater from the shed. This is a powerpoint presentation of our journey from start to finish! Enjoy.

Water tank pres. from room6nps

Times Tables

It is important that the children know their times tables off by heart to help them learn and master advanced strategies in maths. By the end of Year 4 they should know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables, but if they know more than these it will only be beneficial to them. Here are some websites with games that can be used to help practise these facts:

MULTIPLICATION GRIDS

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/504/multiplicationpuzzle.swf

MULTIPLICATION BONDS

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf

FISHY MULTIPLICATION

http://www.what2learn.com/home/examgames/maths/subtraction/

TIMES TABLES GRID FIND

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma13tabl-game-tables-grid-find

Ellie's Tidy Numbers

Ellie wants to show you how to use tidy numbers to solve maths addition problems up to 1000.

Lily on Tidy Numbers

Check out Lily teaching how to use tidy numbers to solve maths problems really easily!

Nelson Museum Visit

Last Thursday we were lucky enough to visit the 'Roman Machines' display at the Nelson Museum. Room 6 won a free class entry thanks to Kate who entered us in a competition.

We heard about some machines from Roman times and how these machines even help us today. We also got to play with some models of the machines to see how they work. Here are some photos of us at the museum.

Bridge Opening

News reporters Justin and Jayda here at the bridge opening! Our helpers are Delta, Lucy, Connor and Jahzin.

On Friday the 21st of June Nayland Primary finally opened the Poorman's Stream Bridge that goes from the driveway by Otumarama to the Nayland Primary School Dental Clinic. Earlier in the morning the City Council blessed the bridge and we got to be the first ones to cross it. First we started by lining up and it took ages. It was like sitting on the Antarctic ground while waiting for the bridge to be introduced. But the mayor was there and we felt manahau! Then a man spoke and he was as old as time itself. He told us the bridge will be there for hundreds of years after we have passed away. It is going to be there for lots of people to get to school easier and faster. Laela cut the silky blue ribbon and we finally crossed.

Justin, Jayda, Connor, Jahzin, Delta and Lucy.

News reporters and important people came.

One man was 99 years old!

It was a cold, sunny morning.

We received passports as we crossed the bridge.

Card Houses

Bang! Is it going to work? Don't stomp! Back away! Get behind the cones!

You have to hold your breath so you don't obliterate it. You have to be so, so careful and calm plus be light when putting the cards on top.

In room 6 we have been busy making card houses. Riria and Riley made a card house about 10 times the size of the Eiffel Tower. It was gigantic. When we were done we just added more stories but then bang! Riley made the wrong move and it tumbled down with horror. Riria said "no!!!!!" as it collapsed. She yelled at Riley as hard as she could. You could probably hear it from a mile away. After a while she got over it but it was disappointing.

Lots of other children have got excited about building card houses too and are getting better every morning.

Riria, Riley, Lachlan and Analise.

Shared Lunch

Last Tuesday room 6 had a shared lunch. We came into the classroom and saw all the fabulous looking foods. It was happening because Jessica was leaving. Bo said "wow" and she was bursting to try the foods like a person who hasn't eaten in a week! Finally it was lunchtime. "We can eat all the food now," we said but Kate said "go outside and wait til Mr. Witty has got his big surprise." We wanted to know what it was. Kate called us back and we found out it was fish and chips. Room 6 were stomping like a stampede of elephants and were as loud as bees buzzing around the classroom. The food was so yummy that we couldn't stop eating it. When the class tasted the food they said "WOW THIS FOOD IS YUMMY."

Bo, James, Jonah and Stephanie.

Collage in Room 6

Waves of colourfulness shone across our classroom. It was our collages. In room 6 we made beautiful collages of people and animals. We started doing face collages and the pieces were the size of a bee. Jake's background pieces were the colours of a rainbow but Teina's colours of her background were brown like chocolate of cowpoo. When we were making them it felt like it was going on forever. We cut up lots of different shapes and glued them on the creative collage. The next collages we made were animals. The animals were as beautiful as a flower just blooming. The pictures looked like they were real and the collages were as bright as the sun. When they were finished we couldn't believe our eyes.

Anushka, McKenzie, Lorelai, Jake and Teina

Room 6 Mini Talent-Show

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Room 6 mini talent show. Last Wednesday we had an amazing talent show. We had the talent show because sadly a child was leaving Room 6. Her name was Jessica. Some of the children in the class did fabulous singing and performing. The people had just the perfect voices because they were brave, confident and they had just heaps of brightness. They were just as brilliant as an angel singing including the boy ones. We couldn't believe how many people came with the talent inside of them. We think it's in their blood. They had picked the perfect songs for themselves and they were fantastic in the songs that they performed. When Ellie performed she was nervous like facing a tiger but she felt very proud to do a good job. People had the most wonderful comments to share as well.

Lily K, Tor, Ellie and Libby

David Hill Visit

David Hill once flung his finger inside of a gooey nostril.

David Hill came to our school to tell us about his writing career. He told us about lots and lots of books. He told us about so many interesting books which were the most interesting things on Earth. He has written 25 books. His daughter got bitten by a dog which was interesting so he wrote a story about her. The story about her was called Danger Dog. His first book Seeya Simon has brilliant pages!

Caleb, Nathan, Baillie and Lily H

Learning about David Hill!

The Man Himself.

An Eager Audience.

Cross Country at Nayland College

Tuesday 11th June

Today we went to Nayland College to do cross country. It was muddy and my shoes got muddy too. I came 11th in my race. I was in the 8 year old girls race. I yelled really loud when I was supporting the other runners in my house group.

By McKenzie

Dressed Up in House Colours for Cross Country!

Walking to Nayland College for the Run!

Cross Country at Nayland College

Tuesday 11th June

Today the whole of Nayland Primary went to Nayland College for cross country. We had to sit on some tarpaulins and they were a little wet. Most of the parents were there to support their child. Then the races kicked off with the five year old boys. Next was the five year old girls, then it was the six year old boys, then the six year old girls. Eventually it got to the seven and eight and nine year olds. That's the people in our class. Everyone tried really hard and we did great. Some of us like Riria even got first, second or third.

By Justin and Riria

Handball

My name is Jahzin and I love handball. I'm going to tell you all about it.

How do you play handball?
With a handball you need to bounce the ball in your square and then it bounces in the other person's square.


Who do I play handball with?
I play with Jake, James, Jacob, Jonah, Nathan, Riria, Riley and Lee.


Why do I like to play handball?
I like to play because it is fun and cool, and I am good at it.

McKenzie in Christchurch

Hi my name is McKenzie. I had last week off school to go to Christchurch and I'm going to tell you about it. I went to Christchurch to have a check up and go to disney on ice. We first stayed in a hotel called 11am. Then we stayed in Ronald McDonald house. My family only felt one earthquake while we were there. My Aunty and Uncle live there and also my companion from Camp quality. Her name is Beck. She is coming to Nelson this weekend to see me, mum, dad, Lexi and Leo (my whole family). On Tuesday it rained, hailed and snowed and on the way back home we went through the Lewis. IT WAS SNOWING!!! We got to stop on the side of the road and play in it. While we were playing my brother giggled at the snow. My sister took photos of the snow as we drove along. We also had dirt all over our car. Along the road we saw some hawks and pigs. The best part was when my brother giggled at the snow.

By McKenzie

Short Films - Home Learning

Hi Room 6!

Here are the links to the two short films that we talked about for your homework this week.

FOR THE BIRDS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOiyD26cJ2A

ESCALADE: http://shortanimatedfilms.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/escalade.html

Remember:

1. Write about WHERE the film is set (setting).

2. Draw a picture of one (or more) CHARACTER(S) from the story. Write a few words to describe the character around the drawing.

3. Complete the PLOT storyboard that you were given. This means doing a small sketch and writing a summary of each part of the plot in order.

4. Write what you think the THEME or MESSAGE of the film is.

Harlem Shake

Flight Week at Nayland Primary

For the first week back at school this term we have been learning all about flight. We're going to tell you all about it.

What have we been doing in writing to learn and share about flight?
In writing we have been writing facts about things that fly like rockets and hummingbirds.
And we are going to make some posters to show people what we have learned.
Justin

What have we been doing in the afternoons to learn about flight?
In the afternoons we have been swapping over classes to learn about flight. We have been making different things like paper airplanes, parachutes, masks and origami birds and butterflies.
In Room 6: we are making paper airplanes to learn about flight. We tested our planes to see how well they flew.

In Room 7: we made origami birds and butterflies. These are both things that fly.

In Room 8: we made parachutes and tested them on the playground and on the grass. We also watched a little movie about a boy and girl who were going parachuting for the first time. My parachute worked awesomely. It floated down slowly like it is supposed to.
Stephanie

What do we know about how airplanes work?
Airplanes glide through the air because the air helps then fly when it goes across their wings. If they didn't have air going across their wings they would go straight down.
Analise

What do we know about how hot air balloons work?
Hot air balloons go up with hot air but go down with cold air. Hot air balloons go up with hot air because hot air is light and they come down with cold air because cold air is heavy.
Ellie

What do we know about how parachutes work?
The air goes up under the parachute and the gravity is trying to push the person down fast. If it went down fast by gravity the person would be dead but the air going up helps it to come down slowly.
Jessica

Richard de Hamel Visits the Middles!

Who is Richard de Hamel?
Richard de Hamel is a person that tells people about birds. He works at the sub-antarctic islands in between New Zealand and Antarctica.

What did he tell us about?
He told us about albatrosses:
- Albatrosses can fly for six years in a row.
- They sit on the water at night for food. The reason they do this at night is because all the good food comes up to the surface of the water from down in the deep sea.
- Albatrosses have really long wings and they don't need to flap their wings much. They just glide. They have really light bones with air in them.

What did he show us? 
Richard showed us some parts of the albatross:
- The bones from the wings were very light and hollow and they looked transparent. I think they are hollow and light because they were only tiny. It's lucky that the bones were light to help it fly more, otherwise they wouldn't be able to fly for six years.
- We saw the wing of the albatross and Richard told us about the tracking device that they put on the bird's legs to track them.

What was your favourite part of the talk from Richard de Hamel?
My favourite part was Richard getting the big albatross wings and trying to get Jacob to fly. I think that the reason why it didn't work is because he was too heavy.

By Riria, Delta and Libby!