My Friend's Party By Dong Hae

Dong Hae enjoyed going to a friend's party. Listen to his recount of the party. He drew the pictures on KidPix and was videoed by Hanbin.

Our autumn walk By Julius

Listen to Julius as he recounts our autumn walk.

Ice experiment by Celine

Listen to Celine recount our ice experiment where we turned water from a liquid to a solid.

Going to the movies By Katharine

Katharine went to the movies with her Mum. Listen to her recount her experience.

Turning water into a gas

Listen to Zachariah read his recount of the experiment we did turning water into a gas.

Going to the pet shop By Grace

Grace went to the pet shop to choose a new pet. Listen to her read her recount and find out what she chose. Grace drew her pictures using KidPix and Ora videoed her.

Going to Rotorua by Neve

Listen to Neve read her recount of a family holiday to Rotorua. Neve drew the pictures on KidPix and Katharine videoed her.

Ice experiment by Liam

Listen to Liam's podcast as he read his recount of the experiment we did turning water as a liquid into a solid.

Playing netball by Summer

Summer plays netball for the school and she wrote about her game last week. Listen to her reading her story. Summer drew her pictures on KidPix and Vianni videoed her.

Ice experiment by Aboudi

Listen to Aboudi as he recalls the experiment we did turning water from a liquid to a solid.

Week 4 Term 2 2009

Look at the shape pictures we have made this week.

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We read a book about rain and were excited to find instructions on how to make a rain gauge.
The next day Brodie came in with a bottle and we made a rain gauge. Next week we will put it out everyday and record the results.

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Later in the week we made puddles - one in the sun and one in the shade. We made predictions as to which would evaporate first. We were right with the one in the sun evaporating first. Many of us were able to explain that when the water heats up it turns into water vapour.

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Ice poems by Stephanie and Sarah

Below you can hear Stephanie and Sarah read their ice poems. As they read their poems you will see the photo they took of a piece of ice.

Going to mini golf by Ashane

Listen to Ashane read this personal recount about playing mini golf with his Dad and sister Hansi. Ashane drew his pictures on KidPix and Liam videoed him.

Ice Poems by DongHae and Hanbin

Below you can hear Dong Hae and Hanbin read their ice poems. As they read their poems you will see the photo they took of a piece of ice.

At my friend's place By Aart

Listen to Aart tell you about going to his friend's place. He drew the pictures of KidPix and Ryan videoed him as he read his story.

Ice poems by Grace and Ora

Below you can hear Grace and Ora read their ice poems. As they read their poems you will see the photo they took of a piece of ice.

Ice poems by Brodie and Mark

Below you can hear Brodie and Mark read their ice poems. As they read their poems you will see the photo they took of a piece of ice.

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Autumn By Liam

Below you can hear Liam reading his recount of our autumn walk. He drew the pictures on KidPix and Ashane videoed him as he read his story.

Ice poems by Celine and Zoe

Below you can hear Zoe and Celine read their ice poems. As they read their poems you will see the photo they took of a piece of ice.

A day with Dad

Sarah wrote about a day she spent with her Dad. She drew some pictures on KidPix and Stephanie videoed her as she read her story.

Week 3 Term 2 2009

It's been another busy week in room 15. We have been busy publishing our work to put on the blog - look out for our work in the coming week.

We continue to learn about water - this week we turned water into water vapour - a gas. Katharine was our official photographer and took the photos below.

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We have used the photos we took of the ice last week to make podcasts and have also put the photos on our poems which are on display in our classroom.


When it rained everyone took a turn with the class camera and took some photos outside.

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In maths everyone is enjoying using the foam shapes to make pictures - the children are proud of their creations and have used the class camera to capture them for you all to see.

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Autumn poems by Joanna, Vianni and Summer

We went on an autumn walk and had a lot of fun throwing leaves in the air. Listen to Joanna, Vianni and Summer read their poems about autumn.

Autumn poems by Celine and Christiane

Listen to the poems written by Celine and Christiane after going on an autumn walk.

Autumn poems by Zoe and Zachariah

We went on an autumn walk and took some photos. Listen to Zoe and Zachariah as they read their poems.

Autumn poems by Sarah and Stephanie

We went on an autumn walk and took some photos. Then we wrote some autumn poems. Listen to Sarah and Stephanie reading their poems.

Autumn poems by Grace and Ora

We went on an autumn walk. Then we wrote autumn poems. Listen to these poems written by Grace and Ora

Autumn Poems by Ashane and Liam

We went on an autumn walk. Then we wrote autumn poems. Listen to these poems written by Ashane and Liam

Autumn poems by Brodie and Mark

We went on an autumn walk. Then we wrote autumn poems. Listen to these poems written by Brodie and Mark

Autumn poems by Julius and Ben

We went on an autumn walk. Then we wrote autumn poems. Listen to these poems written by Julius and Ben

Autumn poems by Dong Hae and Hanbin

We went on an autumn walk. Then we wrote autumn poems. Listen to these poems written by Dong Hae and Hanbin

Week 2 Term 2 2009

This week we have had the pleasure of having Mr Harwood in our classroom. He is training to be an Education Officer for the police. He helped out in our class for 4 days and took a lesson on keeping ourselves save in the bush.

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We have been investigating how water turns into ice this week. We did an experiment, made some predictions and noted our findings. We found out that
- water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius
- ice is lighter than water
- water expands when it freezes
- ice will freeze into the shape it is in

We loved passing our ice around the circle and talking about how cold it was. Then we took photos of the ice.

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We enjoyed turning water into ice and back to a liquid using this website.





We have begun to record our knowledge of ice using KidPix - look out for these in the coming week.

Autumn poems by Aart and Ryan

Listen to Aart and Ryan read their poems.

Autumn Poems by Katharine and Neve

Listen to Katharine and Neve read the poems they wrote.

Week 1 Term 2 2009

It's great to see everyone back at school for a busy and full filled term.

We have started our inquiry based on Water, water everywhere by writing a definition for water that we might find in a picture dictionary. With our definitions written we drew a picture on KidPix to go with it. These can be seen below. We will write definitions again at the end of the inquiry and see how much our thinking has changed.

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We also used the class camera this week to drop a droplet of water on an Autumn leaf and take a photo of it. Great fun was had by all with some very impressive photos being taken.


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On Wednesday with it being a beautiful clear , crisp morning we headed out on an Autumn walk. With our literacy buddy we took photos of what we saw.

Autumn leaves

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At the end of the walk Mrs Rennie-Younger took a photo of us throwing some leaves up in the air. I think you will agree that the expressions on the faces tell you how much fun we had.



During the week Mr Gordon came and collected groups of us to complete a writing survey on line - This was very exciting - with everyone keen to go with Mr Gordon to complete the task.




By the end of the week we had begun to use the schools brand new flip video to record each other reading our Autumn poems. Look out for these recordings as they will feature on our blog shortly.



Friday our buddy class came to visit and we looked at our blog and asked Room 10 to help write a comment on it. We hope that next week students in Room 10 will look at our blog during reading time and leave us a comment or two.