Howick Historical Village

Room 9 went to the Howick Historical Village on Wednesday.

We got to play with old toys and learn some games that children played in the past.

Have a look at our slideshow!

Little Twister

We had a go at making our own spinning toy. We tested the little twister by letting it go from a 2m height.

Old moving toys ad

What do we think of the toys in the ad?

Selina said:

My favourite toy is a slinky. It can bounce down stairs. You can throw the slinky up and down. I wish I had a slinky. I love slinkies.

James G. said:

My favourite toy is the Rock ‘em Sock ‘em robot. It has control leavers for the robot to punch. My second favourite toy is the slinky because you can race it down the stairs.

Old moving toys

Here is a 1960s ad showing some old moving toys.

Room 9 -

Your Grandparents might have played with some of these toys.

What toys did you see?

How did they move?

What do you like about these toys?

Clarence and Friends

We read 'Clarence and Friends', a book about different types of vehicles.

It described what they do and what they look like.

We made up some other friends for Clarence. Do you like our pictures?

Safe walking

Room 9 Have been learning all about how to cross the road safely.

We must

Autumn

Autumn is a beautiful season!

What do you like about Autumn?

We went on an Autumn walk and collected some leaves. We brainstormed all about what the leaves look like, sound like and feel like.

Later we inserted photos into Comic Life and wrote speech bubbles.

Autumn Poems

Autumn Leaves

brown smooth

diving, flying, dying

feels crunchy in my hands

Fall leaves

By Ryan

Autumn leaves

scrunchy yellow

falling, jumping, dying

feels spiky in my hands

Fall leaves

By Hao

Book Week

Welcome back to Term 2!

We started Term 2 off with Book Week.

Room 9 spent the week looking at 'The Gruffalo' and many other wonderful books. Follow our wiki to visit cool reading websites.

Here is a slideshow from our Book Character Day.

Minibeasts

We have learnt lots of interesting facts about minibeasts this term.

Here are some of our favourite minibeasts by Ethan, James and Ishanika.

Lets get active!

In P.E. this term we have been looking at large ball skills.

Have a look at these pictures:

What makes a good chest pass?

What should your feet do?

Where should your hands be to catch the ball?

Rock Up Day

Have a look at our slideshow from Rock Up Day. We had a great day - full of fun, challenges and lots of team work!

Monarch Butterfly

Check out this video of the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly.

We will be writing about it in class.

The Beetles reading group read the play The Animal Band.

The play is about a Donkey who asks some animals to join his singing band on the way to town. At the end they stop at a house and use their voices to scare some robbers away.

In the play Georgia is the reader and Rooster. Ashley is the cat, Madison is the Donkey and Trisan is the dog.

Here is a movie we made of part of the play.

Room' 9 new Wiki

We have a new wiki!

Click on the link to take you there:

http://pvsrm9.wikispaces.com/

Raising money to help schools in Christchurch

On Friday we had a red and black mufti day to raise money for Christchurch. Some of us got our faces painted. We want to give money to help Christchurch.

We feel sad for all the people that have lost their family, friends and homes in the earthquake.

Selina's Challenge!

I made a cat. I used a circle and diamonds. I used a rectangle for the body.

By Selina

Junior Breakfast

At Junior Breakfast we ate breakfast. First we ate Skippy cornflakes with milk and drank juice in a cup. Then we ate toast with jam. I liked butter and jam. Next we washed our plates and cups with soapy water and dried them with a tea towel. After we brushed our teeth with a toothbrush. Finally we changed into our clothes. I felt happy.

By Ashley

Junior Breakfast

On Friday at 7.30 am the Juniors had breakfast. First we had cornflakes. Then we had toast. Next we washed our dishes. After we got dressed. I had fun!

By Paige

This term Room 9 are doing an inquiry on Personal Challenges

We have decided that a challenge is something we are learning to do or trying to get better at.

There are thinking challenges that use our brain.

There are also active challenges that use different parts of our body, like balancing on one foot.

What do you think a challenge is?

Here is Imogen and Daryush trying a weekly challenge in our classroom.