Poem Ponderers

This week Room 6 have been learning a poem off by heart ready for our poem recital next week on Friday 6th November. We are going to choose the three best speakers to stand up and say their poem at the finals next week.

We remembered our acronym of CLASS from when we did speeches. Everyone needs to....

Speak CLEARLY
Speak Loudly
Look at the Audience
Speak Slowly
Stand Still

Our poems are pretty funny - lots of people liked our poem about the boa constrictor! Perhaps they can try and add some actions to it to make it even more interesting to watch!

Everyone needs to be practicing hard for our class competition on Monday morning! 

Sun Safe Super Stars

This week we have to make sure we are wearing shorts not long pants and sun hats because the weather is hotter. A good sun hat keeps your face, ears and neck covered - they're called bucket hats.

Nowar has a lovely bucket hat to keep himself sun safe!

It's a good idea to wear sunblock to stop your skin burning and put it on before you go out in the sun. You should think about the clothes you are wearing before you come to school - there are lots of people wearing too many layers and overheating.

We also need to keep hydrated by drinking water before the bell rings at morning tea and lunch. If you have a water bottle you might be allowed to keep it in class and have a drink.

Next week if you have long pants or no hat, then you can't play! You need to be SUN SAFE!!!

By Room 6

Beautiful Book Week

Last week we were learning about J. K Rowling and Harry Potter for our book week. 

We started by listening to Miss Walters read us some of Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone. Then we drew pictures of Harry Potter and we labeled them with key words. Some our key words were scar, Voldemort, Hogwarts, Hedwig, wizard and Chosen One. We chose these words because they were important words in the books.

After we drew the pictures we took a Harry Potter quiz to see which Hogwarts house we would fit in. We were sorted into Ravenclaw! That meant that we were really clever, because that is what they are known for.

then looked at facts about J K Rowling. She's 50 years old, has three children and lives in Scotland. She is the author of Harry Potter and she started writing with a napkin and a pen in a cafe.. She was born in 1965 and her first book was published in 1997. J K Rowling had decided to give Harry Potter the same birthday as her, which is the 31st of July. She wrote 7 Harry Potter books and they've been so popular that they have been turned into movies.



After our research we made Harry Potter models of the symbols in the books.  We made a wand, a sorting hat, a broomstick, his glasses, his scar and his owl, Hedwig. We made them out of Jovi clay and we had to squash the clay to make it softer. We used techniques like rolling the clay into a sausage, blending the joins, pinching it and bending the clay.

By Room 6

Super Shake Out

DROP COVER HOLD!!

Today we practiced what to do in an earthquake. There were three bells and we had to pretend like there was an earthquake and make like a turtle. We had to keep our heads under the desk to keep us safe. 

Miss Walters had to turtle with her bottom facing the window because she couldn't get to a desk in time and she needed to keep her head protected from glass.

We had to keep quiet and still. and stay there until it stopped shaking - or in our case when the next bell rang!

Have a look at our video, practice what to do and leave us a comment about what you did!



By Room 6

Reacting to Rhythm!

Yesterday afternoon we watched a rhythm lesson on Youtube. It taught us what each note meant.

A whole note is a circle and it has 4 beats. A half note looks like a d, the round part is empty and it means 2 beats. Next is a quarter note and it looks like a d with the middle filled in. A quarter note is only 1 beat. Then there is the eighth note which looks like 4 quarter notes all lined up together and one of those means 1/2 a beat!

We followed along with the people on the video to learn a song all about the beats of different notes.

See if you can watch the video and try it out! Good luck!




By Room 6

NZ Shake Out

On Thursday 15th October the whole of New Zealand is going to stop what they are doing and practice what to do if there was ever an earthquake!

We know that Christchurch in the South Island has been very unlucky and has had lots of big earthquakes in the past, so we think it's a good idea to practice what we should do to keep safe - just like we have fire drills!

We know that we have to drop to the ground, take cover under a table or desk and cover up our neck, then hold onto the table and stay there if there is ever an earthquake and we are indoors. If we are outside we should try and move as far away from buildings and trees as possible to keep safe.

We should have an emergency kit at home in case there is an earthquake, flood, big storm, hurricane or tsunami. We need at least enough canned food for each person for 3 days (and don't forget the can opener!), bottled water, a first aid kit, radio, torch and batteries, gas cooker and some spare clothes and blankets. These items can make a big difference to your survival in an emergency, so it's super important to have it ready and in a safe place so you can find it easily!

Remember where ever you are on October 15th, at 9.15am to DROP, COVER, HOLD!

Tremendous Term 4

Term 4 is nearly here! Don't forget to bring your lunch, wear your uniform correctly and bring back those awesome attitudes and smiles from term 3! 

There's lots of things to get involved with this term - NZ Shake Out, touch lessons, using our mimio, new maths groups, cultural groups, poetry, book week... The list goes on!

I can't wait to hear all your stories from the holidays and get an awesome start to our last 10 weeks together!

See you all on Monday 12th October!

From Miss Walters
:)