Welcome to Room 21!

 

Term 2 - The new playground

 Today we got to play on the Centennial Playground for the first time! We had a great time exploring all the different structures in the playground and thinking of ways to play on them. 

Welcome to Room 10

 

Geometry

 This term we are learning all about Geometry, we noticed that we needed to work on knowing all the names of the 2D shapes. We loved listening to this song to help us learn the names, now it is stuck in our heads and we will never forget the names!

Music

 Today in our Music lesson with Ms A she showed us her pūrerehua. The pūrerehua is a piece of wood that looks a bit like a tiny surf board but when Ms A spins the pūrerehua it sounds like a butterfly flapping its wings. As you can see from the photo we were amazed!

This term we are going to learn to play the song Pūrerehua using instruments. 

Welcome to 2021

Welcome to Room 10

We are a class of amazing Year 4 Students who love to learn, explore and discover. 

An Exciting Visitor

Today Scarlet bought an exciting visitor with her to school, we didn't have to wait long to meet it. Just before morning tea the chrysalis began to open and by the time we had finished eating the butterfly was busy trying to dry its wings.

Remote Learning - Writing

This week we were learning how to describe without telling. Priyanka has done an exceptional job of describing her emotion and entertaining her reader, can you guess the emotion?


Smash! As I broke another glass vase. Then suddenly I felt like my face was gonna burst out into burning flames. I could feel that my eyebrows were  slowly narrowing. And my hands were quickly finding their place on my hips. Then I opened the door and slammed it behind me. But instead of walking down the stairs I stomped all the way from the top step to the bottom step. Then I clenched my fists scrunched up my face and in a shouting tone I shouted "GET ME MY BREAKFAST OR ELSE I WILL THROW YOU OUT OF THE WINDOW!" I said to my mum. And everyone knows that I didn’t want be like this, but sometimes you just have to.

Remote Learning - Writing

This week our Writing focused on describing using 'Show Don't Tell'. We are building up to writing our own Narratives, this week we learnt how to describe emotions without telling the reader. Have a read of Isobel's amazing 'Show Don't Tell' writing, can you guess the emotion Isobel is describing?

She stood with her fists clenched and her arms straight down. She narrowed her eyes and glared at me then shouted!!! As loud as she could, her eyes looked like they were about to pop out. As her teeth and fists clenched and eyes narrowed then her face started to screw up and her cheeks went red! She was stomping her feet like an elephant. As she was stomping around me, I knew that I had done something bad. Then she stomped up the stairs and closed the door with a loud slam. She was stomping in her room, then she came down the stirs not stomping her feet but still red faced.

Remote Learning - Challenge

Last week our Challenges were all focused around Music. For one of our Challenges we had to make a musical instrument, have a listen to Maggie's amazing song!

Remote Learning - Writing

This week we are learning how to catch and hold our readers attention by using Similes. Have a read of Sophie's amazing simile writing, can you find her similes?

When I was in my house, I looked outside I was getting ready to go outside. I looked out the window and saw pale white snow, it looked as soft as sheeps wool. But when I put my boots on and went outside I was surprised to feel that the snow was not soft it was crunchy as chips. But I was not disappointed, I liked the crunchy feeling under my boots. It was nice and quiet, then it started snowing, the snow stung my face like ice which had not yet turned snow. So I put my hood on and I felt as snug as a bug,  then I went back in my house and sat next to the fire. I smelt the warm smoke coming up my nostrils, I felt nice and cosy.

Remote Learning - Reading Challenge

For our reading challenge we get to choose from a range of reading activities. This week Maggie chose to read 'The Day the Crayon's Quit'. Maggie then wrote a letter to her favourite crayon to ask them not to quit. Have a read of Maggie's letter to Purple Crayon....