On Friday the 29th of October the children in Room 16 shared some hot chips and said a sad farewell to Junior. Miss Smee was amazed at how quickly the hot chips were gobbled up and a whole bottle of tomato sauce - real kiwi kids! Have fun at your new school Junior we will all miss you!
Yesterday we had to practice having an earthquake. Miss Tait kept repeating “This is an Earthquake,” so we got under our table as fast as we could. Miss Smee timed us. Next time I think we will be faster than the whole school.
Yesterday we had to practice having an earthquake. Ms Tait kept repeating “This is an earthquake, this is an earthquake.” Room 16 all had to go under the table and hold on to the leg of the table until we could come out again. When we all came out some people bumped their heads.
Ellie
Yesterday we had an earthquake drill but it was just practice. Some people didn’t hear it in their classrooms. I think our classroom was the quickest. Ms Tait had to repeat it hundreds of times. I have never ever got to hear the earthquake drill.
Khai
Yesterday there was an earthquake drill we ran under the table as fast as we could go! We got told it was an earthquake by Ms Tait because she called out loud and clear, “earthquake drill, earthquake drill,” to warn us to get under the table quick as a rocket!
Saskia
Yesterday the earthquake drill rang and we all went under our writing tables. I was on table 4 with Phoebe D, Megan, Saskia, Ellie and Liam. It was fun. I held the poles.
Marshall.
Yesterday there was an earthquake drill. Ms Tait kept repeating on the speaker. Our class got under the table in 16 seconds. Levi had to get under the computer.
Maddie
We'll have to find a better place for Levi. There are too many cords under the computer so it is not safe. Well done everyone for being so quick!
Miss Smee
Look at these great poems - the children have put in so much effort, well done everyone!
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday Room 16 planted blue tiny cornflowers for the gala and for the helpful honeybees. First we got a special pot. You can put the pot under the soil and it rots into the soil. Next we put soil into the pot. The we put our pinky finger in the soil and made a small hole. After that we put some tiny cornflower seeds into the small hole and covered them up. Lastly we put the seed on the windowsill. I think if I talk to it enough it will look as pretty as lavender.
Emily
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday Room 16 planted some blue flowers for the bees. We needed a special pot, dirt and some seeds. First we got a special pot and then we put some dirt in it up to the line. Then we put our pinky in gently and put one tiny seed into the hole. After that we patted the dirt down gently. After that we put it into a yoghurt container. Lastly we put it up on the windowsill. The special pot is good because the worms eat it and it doesn’t have to go in the rubbish.
Ellie
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday we planted a flower and first we scooped some soil out of the soil bag and then we put the soil in the pot. After we stuck our pinky in the pots and put a seed in the hole. We put a yoghurt container on the windowsill and then we put our pots in the yoghurt containers on the windowsill. Then we have to wait 7 – 14 days. Our flowers will be beautiful. We have to whisper to it. I will look after it and I will be happy. I like my flower and I want to watch it because I want it to grow. I think I will watch it all night. Do you know why we need to plant them? Because it is for the bees.
Brooklyn
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday we all planted a flower. We need seeds and soil and pots. First we sprinkled soil in the pots. Then we put our pinky in the soil. Then we put a seed in the soil. Then we put more soil on the seed. After that we put the plant on the windowsill. When it grows nice we will sell it at the school gala. I want my flower to be the best.
Ice
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday Room 16 planted some tiny seeds for the gal. We planted blue flowers because we were learning about bees awhile ago and we want bees to come to our gardens. First we got a little paper pot and put soil inside it. Soil is like dirt. Next we got one or two cornflower seeds. Before we did that we poked our pinky finger into the soil and put the seeds in the hole. Then we got a yoghurt container and put it on the windowsill. I hope all our flowers will grow as tall and as beautiful as a lavender tree. I enjoyed planting the seeds because the bees will be coming to our gardens. Then we put our name on it.
Riana
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday we planted bluey, purple flowers. We planted the bluey purple flowers for the bees. First we got a pot. Then we put dirt in the pot. Then we put a little seed in the dirt, it was so little. Then we put them on the windowsill and we watered them. The pot is special because they rot when underground. We are going to give it to the gala to sell.
Levi
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday we planted a beautiful flower. First I got a pot and put dirt in the small pot then I put my pinky n the dirt and put a cornflower seed in the hole. After that I put my beautiful flower onto the windowsill. Miss Smee watered the plants. I prayed to the flower and said please grow. We are going to sell them at the gala.
Boston
Planting Cornflowers
Yesterday I planted a purply blue flower for the gala. Somebody might buy my flower. We will have to bring something to sell to people. I hope mine will grow tall to the butterfly poem. I like purple and blue so I actually hope somebody buys mine. Fist we put a yoghurt pot on the outside of the brown pot, then we put some soil in it. Also we put some seeds in and then we put some more soil on it again. Lastly we watered it so it can grow.
Alyssa
The children in Room 16 cast their votes today to decide on the top poems of Week 7.
Here they are - what marvellous artists we have in Room 16!
Moa
Moa are very tall they have long necks and long legs. Maoris and the Haast Eagle hunted the moa. Moas have rocks in their tummies to grind food. They are vegetarian it means they don’t eat meat. Moa are extinct that means they’re all dead and you will never see one again. There are 11 different kinds of moa, two moa were very tall. Moa are taller than a person. Moa have feathers. I think their colour is brown and moa bones were found in caves. Moa only have three toes.
Levi
Moa
Moa are extinct and that means even the last one is dead. Moa were eaten by the Maoris because they tasted like chicken. Moa eat rocks to grind their food. Moa are endemic to NZ that mean they come from NZ. Moa lay huge eggs. Scientists don’t know where moa lay their huge eggs. Moa are vegetarians which means they don’t eat meat. Moa are tall brown flightless birds. They were the biggest bird on earth. Long ago their only predator was the Haast Eagle. There are 11 species of Moa. I think moa are almost as tall as the Sky Tower!
Emily
Moa
Moa are tall, brown birds and they are nearly as tall as four long rulers. Moa only had one enemy when the Maori were not there. The enemy was the Haast eagle. The Haast Eagle’s wings were about three rulers long. Moa are extinct that means there are none left. Moa are vegetarians and that means they don’t eat meat.
Maddie
Moa
Moa have a beak and they are big. Moa have long legs. They have feathers. The moa got eaten by the Maori and they are endemic. There are 11 different kinds of moa. The Haast Eagle hunted them. Moa laid eggs and they were very large flightless birds. Moa were the biggest bird in the world. Moa are extinct. They have three toes. Moa are taller than a person. They eat plants and they are vegetarian. Some birds were about four big rulers high. I wish a moa was alive so I could see it because they are tall. They have rocks in their tummies to grind their food.
Clay
Moa
They are endangered because people ate them. They are brown and tall. Moa have rocks in their body so they can eat branches and plants. Moa are taller than us. They can lay eggs. They have little wings.
Katie
Every week the children in Room 16 illustrate a poem.
This week they voted these three poems as the best illustrated poems of the week.
Great poems need to have pictures relevant to the poem, be finished and show careful colouring and drawing.
