tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15584457570720236822024-02-19T15:23:44.000+13:00Room 18's blogMrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-48619737613319793102009-11-27T12:15:00.004+13:002009-11-29T12:59:58.169+13:00Build your wild self writingIn room 18 we went onto a website: build your wild self where we created a wild self and wrote descriptive passages about it. Here are some.Lurking in the gloomy waters of the deep Atlantic Ocean, hiding in cold and dark underwater caves, waiting for unsuspecting fish to swim past the entrance, this terrifying creature with waving tentacles can put a hole in the side of a boat and tear any prey Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-23370284150461206422009-11-27T12:08:00.002+13:002009-11-27T12:10:57.756+13:00nd_mode="tomato";nd_control="on";nd_vAlign="bottom";nd_hAlign="center";nd_vMargin="10";nd_hMargin="10";nd_target="_top";Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-47906199499966608172009-09-24T21:07:00.006+12:002009-09-25T12:02:00.464+12:00The Things we enjoyed about Term 3The things we did not enjoy in Term 3Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-6552835985327195442009-09-23T20:43:00.014+12:002009-09-25T11:46:04.277+12:00RockvanRockvan came to our school this term...what a great week we had learning to play bass, electric guitars and drums...all culminating in a rock concert on Friday afternoon. These are some of our comments about the incredible week we had.The thing that I enjoyed was learning the drums and performing song "I Fought the Law" by The Clash to the school. AWESOME!!!RD Rockvan was the thing I enjoyed Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-61771251302879078672009-09-12T21:23:00.003+12:002009-09-12T22:39:53.454+12:00Clocks and timeOur topic for this third term has been CLOCKS. As a class we looked at how clocks developed from the early sandclocks, sundials and candle clocks to the precise clock mechanisms we have today.The highlight of this unit was to spend a day building our own clocks according to the designs we had researched and planned beforehand. We encountered many difficulties on this day from dust sticking to ourMrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-19407327455133043762009-07-26T12:38:00.032+12:002009-09-12T23:25:43.942+12:00Science ElectivesWe're fortunate at our school to run electives one afternoon a week for the whole of Term 3. One of the electives on offer is science experiments.For our first session we looked at surface tension and related experiments. Check out this great experiment from Brainiac via You Tube!During this lesson we made our own "Non Newtonian liquid" using cornstarch and water. It was amazing because when we Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-69516473536075929492009-07-19T20:58:00.002+12:002009-07-19T21:08:45.475+12:00creme the egg marble runIn the middle of Term 2 a few boys in our class were very keen to build a marble run. This has been one of those of projects that has gone from strength to strength and is by no means completed yet. We now have a full wall of marble tracks in our classroom and by the end of Term 2 our track had gone aerial! One of the clips that has amazed us has been this one from You Tube. Watch this space for Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-88187997890587572442009-07-15T18:17:00.008+12:002009-07-17T12:58:42.405+12:00Digital storiesAs part of our English unit, we looked at writing explanations.Yes, we practiced with some of the more ordinary topics, but then looked at the explanations written in the Dr Xargle's Books of Earth Relations by Tony Ross. This added a whole new dimension to our explanations as we could make up words for some of the things humans use and we could step back and see our earthly habits from an alien Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-13179268099093830922009-07-15T18:01:00.003+12:002009-07-15T18:16:28.804+12:00Room 18's system printsWe had a lot of fun designing these prints. As we were studying systems we looked at robotic systems as a set of related parts that worked together.After designing our systems, we spent many hours cutting out different textured materials and building up the layers by glueing them onto cardboard backing. It was then time to choose a colour, ink the print, turn it over and then, with heart in mouthMrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-52621532474836664342009-06-18T22:38:00.007+12:002009-06-18T22:45:35.740+12:00Unknown bug...Help! KB brought this interesting bug to school this week. We were able to look at it under our digital microscope; take a picture of it...but now we don't know what it is. Could anyone help us? Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-33837073715790149822009-06-18T21:58:00.003+12:002009-06-18T22:06:18.789+12:00Summary Week 7 (Term 2, 2009)This week has been history, history, history with the 30th anniversary celebration coming up on Friday. 30 years of Shelly Park Primary! WOW!!! Hey and did you know the sports shed was on the side of the library!!!In Pod 3’s assembly they asked heaps of questions about when Mr Tom Beals the first principal was here and how much the school has changed.Also, we had our I.C.A.S science exam. Some ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-3706480788598050992009-06-18T21:53:00.002+12:002009-06-18T21:57:40.717+12:00Summary of Weeks 5 and 6 (Term 2, 2009)This summary is for this week, and last week so...Last week was a normal week except Thursday when the whole of pod 4 had an art day; no maths only morning tea lunch and P.E. The art room 18 did was card-board printing. What we had to do was some kind of system. Mrs H did a flower garden but most people did robots. I did a marshmallow-maker. Some of us have already done our wax rubbings; others Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-9292666174467389142009-06-18T14:31:00.001+12:002009-06-18T14:35:00.876+12:00A Rock with a StoryLots of people with bright white coats and weird glasses were poking and brushing me with something. I thought back to when I was in a big comfy volcano with my friends. The whole place started shaking. We were going to blast out of this huge volcano.BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I shot up into the sky and landed on all the volcanic ash. I was crawling down the giant hill. I went slower and slower, until IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-91048756240201705562009-06-11T21:59:00.016+12:002009-06-11T22:38:07.259+12:00We had lots of fun looking at Limericks and then trying to write our own and making sure we referred to a body part somewhere in the limerick! It wasn't always easy getting the 8 syllables for lines 1,2 and 5; and 5 or 6 syllables for lines 3 and 4. We managed it in most cases,though! Enjoy and have a giggle!There once was a small boy called BeeWho really hurt his small clean kneeHe fell off his Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-29709856451691363372009-05-25T10:19:00.007+12:002009-06-18T22:07:43.091+12:00Summary Week 4,Term 2 This week we went to the Life Education caravan and met Harold.We learnt a bit about the 'brainy bunch'.Here are a few facts we learnt about the brainy bunch.Did you know the brain sends messages through the spinal cord to the body?Did you know the stomach crunches food into a liquid called chyme?Did you know muscles help you move?It was also the week for our Prepared Readings.In the class we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-53085139432753298752009-05-18T11:32:00.006+12:002009-05-18T13:00:00.185+12:00Summary Week 3, Term 2This week room18 has been very busy with a lot of things. All of us have been working on sketches, leaf rubbings and prints. After we have done all of these we're going to put it on a piece of paper in stages. Pod 4 have also had a spelling test. A lot of people passed onto even harder lists. Some people have gone up three spelling tests this year!Room 18 also had a very yum shared lunch for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-58301828247917185962009-05-10T21:10:00.003+12:002009-05-11T16:53:28.994+12:00Week 2, Term 2This week we have had a WET week! This weeks weather has been bad and by saying bad we mean 4 days of rain, bad rain. We are very miserable because soccer field day was cancelled. Soccer field day is when schools make teams and play each other in friendly matches.Now onto the next bit...postcards for Mothers Day. (Just a little secret. We are going to post them then our mum's will get a big Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-21289339679648146892009-05-10T20:54:00.005+12:002009-05-10T21:15:16.709+12:00NM"s dioramaMy scene showed it was a lovely day with a bright blue sky and a couple of fluffy white clouds. There were a few light and dark green coloured trees and also some short tiny grass hedges. As well as big brown rocks, there was a large drinking pond for the dinosaurs. My long neck was munching on some juicy leaves for lunch while my Triceratops was really excited and hungry as she had been waiting Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-6633287873218153312009-05-10T20:31:00.002+12:002009-05-10T20:35:05.310+12:00What my diorama showedMy diorama showed 3 dinosaurs: a Triceratops, a Diplodocus and a Flying dinosaur. We only put 1 tree on the diorama, and that was in the corner. Underneath the tree was a nest with 3 huge eggs. In the opposite corner there were 2 exploding volcanoes. On the ground there were 4 sheets of green paper and heaps of grass. Also, across the ground was a river with glitter in it Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-39794178495449441072009-05-02T15:20:00.012+12:002009-05-08T15:52:06.548+12:00Summary of the First Week of school, Term 2 Each week, the class leader is encouraged to summarise the week that has been. This summary could include the highs, lows; things they have enjoyed; things they endured, something new they learn't etc. we do hope you get a feel for some of what's happening in our classroom.Week 1This week started off as a rough week with Bookweek and sports but we managed to fit it all in! When we say Bookweek Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558445757072023682.post-77296496267766832232009-04-15T20:54:00.001+12:002009-04-15T20:55:22.552+12:00Welcome to Room 18's blog. We look forward to sharing the remainder of our school year with you, from Auckland, New Zealand.Mrs Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259710030718122458noreply@blogger.com2