Room 4 Super Learners: July 2019

Saturday 27 July 2019

WEEK ONE TERM THREE

WOW here we are already into the 3rd term. We have had a fantastic beginning.

Check out our wonderful writing below. It was based on a poem by James K. Baxter and is about Room 4 holidays.

Margaret Mahy playground was usual enough, it had

A slide, climbing equipment, a flying fox and a

Sky over it, and it even had trampolines

I never went to. My friends and I did what kids

Do at big playgrounds play tag, creeper around

Avoiding other people, while keeping in

Mind that the hungry taggers might be behind.

Having a fun time

Doing nothing important.

By Benjamin

The stadium was usual enough; It had

A rugby field, tiered seating, a sky

Over it, and even some food vans

I never went to. My brothers, my dad and I

Did What boys do,

Watched the rugby, cheered as the Crusaders scored a try,

Laughed as the Crusaders dodged the Jaguares,

Snacked on the new perky nana lumps.

Supporting our Crusaders

By Alexander

The riding park was usual enough it had

Horses, paddocks, tracks, and jumps all around. Even a massive

Log jump I never go over. My friend Gabrielle and I did what horse crazy girls do. Riding in the freezing cold ran. Decorating the ponies manes with ribbon, dodging the birds and rabbits, jumping higher and higher, trying to beat the 90cm record mucking around

Doing nothing important.

By Amelia

The mall was boring but I stayed in the car all the time,

I was with my brother and my cousin

we were on the bottom car park and we were on the phone.

It was loud in the car park old rusty tractors were taking loud clanging trolleys, car lights flashing on and off and dusty dirt in the air

Doing nothing important

By Declan

My party was usual enough; it had

Delicious party food, carefully wrapped presents, chocolatey chocolate cake (with strawberry icing), all the usual stuff. It even had chips that I

never really ate. My friends and I did what good friends do-talk, watched a movie, played games, painted.

Doing something important.

By Anahera

Waikanae was usual enough it had

Birthdays to set up, tenpin bowling, cancelled flights and a gaming room I never went to. My mum, cousins and I bowled balls, destroyed the pins made loud thumps, dodged the all the people strolling around at the airport. Sped like rabbits shooting out the door on the train station.

Doing nothing important.

By Josh

ALSO A huge thanks for the great birthday gifts and greetings from everyone.

Monday 22 July 2019

REMINDER

BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION

My Book Review Competition 2019

1 June - 31 July 2019

Read a book you love? Download a competition form and in your best handwriting, write a review, between 75 and 300 words. All entries MUST be in your own handwriting, on the official entry form.
There are 3 age groups for individual entries - age 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. One winner from each age group will win a prize worth over $500.
For School entries, there will be 3 class school groups - Year 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8. One class from each year group will win a prize worth over $1000. With a special prize for the class teacher

Download 5cf5913833204.pdf to Enter

Download 5cf81f4e1c499.pdf to Enter

Terms & Conditions
To enter, handwrite a review of your most-loved book between 75 and 300 words. All reviews must be submitted in entrant's own handwriting, on competition entry form.
For individual entries there are 3 age groups 7-8 (must be between 75-200 words), 9-10 (must be between 100-250 words) and 11-12 (must be between 150-300 words). One winner from each age group will win a prize worth over $500.
For school entries there will be 3 class entry groups, Year 3-4 (must be between 75-200 words), 5-6 (must be between 100-250 words) and 7-8 (must be between 150-300 words). One class from each year group will win a prize worth over $1000 with a special prize for the class teacher.
Entrants can either place their entries in the entry boxes instore or post directly to "My Book Review" Competition, PO Box 97 063, Manukau City, Auckland 2241. Entries must be in by 5pm Wednesday 31 July 2019. Entries will be judged, and winners will be contacted no later than 2nd September 2019. Winning entries will be posted on social media and Paper Plus website. Entry into this competition will be deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Please visit https://www.paperplus.co.nz/competitions for more information.

Monday 8 July 2019

We have completed our novel: HATCHET, by Gary Paulsen. We all thoroughly enjoyed the book as well as the activities that we were involved in during the last week.
One activity was to get into groups and list items that we thought Brian would find in the survival kit. How many of these items were in the one he retrieved from the plane?

Matches
knife
first aid
sleeping bag
food
compass
flare gun
foil blanket
tarpaulin
bug spray
walkie talkie
fresh water
tent
survival book
map
life jacket
whistle

SHELTERS OR BOWS and ARROWS:

Room 4 chose small groups to work on their shelters of Bows and Arrows, only using things found within our school grounds. Even though we didn't have a hatchet to use like Brian did, we were allowed to have our wood cut by Mrs Ewen.

Learning from Dean how to tie sticks together

Monday 1 July 2019

WEEK 10

What a fantastic start we have had for the last week of term.
This morning we worked on a team activity called paper holding. We gave it a go but Mrs Ewen is going to give us another try on Wednesday.

We also learnt about the different persuasive techniques required when writing persuasive pieces of writing such as speeches.

Week 9

Another busy week in Room 4. This week we worked on our animal reports. We now have a clear file full of reports about a range of animals. Check out some of them below.

Leather Back Sea Turtles, by Avesta

Arctic Wolf by Daniel

Red Fox by Ivy

Mantis By Raeann

Sloths by Savannah

Matariki was also happening: These photos are of our art celebrating Matariki. Congratulations to Lily and Samarth for their fantastic presentations at the Matariki evening.