Athletics Day- Hannah

Athletics Day

On Tuesday it was Athletics day at Mount Smart. The senior side kids were the ones that joined in. everyone was wearing mufti clothes but they had to be in your house colours.

The year 4 girls’ first exciting event was the 400 m race around the whole entire track. Some people even pushed and shoved because they were so extremely desperate to win. After our race was finished it was the boys’ turn. We waited till they had started and then we ran across the track to get some more food and also some drink.

Secondly we had a race called the 60 m sprint. Mr Ratcliffe called everyone into their heats and then Mr Topp clapped this loud thing that you clap together and it does the job to say “GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” We sprinted as fast as we could like spotty leaping leopards running to catch prey.

Finally we swapped over. The years 5 and 6 went off the field and onto the track and the years 3 and 4 went off the track to the field. I was so confused where to go so I just followed all the other year 4 girls and realised that we were doing Standing Long jump first. I didn’t get too far but I was pretty happy about it.

I found that my most favourite on the field was javelin. I liked every single one on the track though. When we hopped back onto the bus to go back to school, I was thinking of how I found Athletics day. I said to myself…………… IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Hannah

Moments captured on film

Moment in time

This term we are looking at describing a 'moment in time'. We are finding this very tricky so we found this great website that explains what we need to include.
http://mistea.edublogs.org/2013/04/08/describe-a-moment-in-time-writing/

Matariki Stories Retold by Room 23

WALT: Structure our writing with a beginning, middle and end.

Phases of the Moon

WALT: Use descriptive language to create a picture for the reader.

On the first phase of the moon I see pitch black sky and sparkling stars.
Zach
In the second phase I can see a half eaten round cheese.
Jolie
In the third phase of the moon I see a half ice blue soccer ball.
Hopper
On the fourth phase of the moon I see the top of a white bald head.
Cate
On the fifth phase of the moon I see a beautiful netball hoop shimmering in the sky.
Charlotte F
In the sixth phase of the moon I see a soccer ball that's a quarter flat.
Declan
In the seventh phase of the moon is like the other half of a rotten blueberry.
Liberty
In the eighth phase of the moon I see an old rusty fishing hook.
Ruby
In the ninth phase of the moon I see a few candles twinkling in the light of the crystal sky.
Hannah

Dialogue Sentences

WALT: Add dialogue to our writing

"Ahhhhhhh!" screamed Mustafa as he looked at adorable puppies and nearly fainted because they were going through x-ray machines.
Harriet

She heard a little giggle and after that an "aaaaaaoooooooo".
Hannah

During the soccer game Charlotte went well as her team mates screamed "Shoot, shoot, shoot!". Charlotte kicked and....SCORE!
Charlotte.F

"Dad look at the full moon it's orange. Dad, dad where are you? Ahhhhhhhhh!"
Madhav

As Nina looked out the window she screamed "There's a man with something in his hand at the window!".
Cate

"Hey Dom, are you sure we are gonna be ok?" whispered Tate.
Zach

While Caroline was sleeping her sister Annie screamed "Ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh a werewolf!". As Annie screamed the clock struck 1.

Escape Pig- Rayan

Escape pig

A pig named Wilbur escaped from Mr Zuckerman”s

Farm on Thursday the 5^th of Aprill 199l.

When the animals found out that he escaped

they told him what to do.  Wilbur  could

not do it all because he can”t run up and

down hill. Then Mr Zuckerman came with

a bucket of slops. The slops were warm milk

potato skins and  Wilbur followed him back inside.

Communication- Mustafa

3.6.14

Mustafa

Communication

I think communication is talking in like sign language and just talking also like letters you could phone them sing a song. You need to communicate with blue prints, Facebook, twitter.    

Nile Croc- Madhav

Nile crock

Intelligent

Lowland Africa

Eyesight is great

Crocodilian

Reptilian

Overpowered

Crocodile

Interesting

Dangers

Interesting

Lizard

Eat

Thorny Devils- Lucy

t  rouble

h  ungry

o  ld

r  eptiles

n  aughty

y  oung

d  evils

e  vil

v  icious

i  ncredible

l  ittle

s  smart

By Lucy

Shrek- Charlotte

Shrek

I think Shrek is a goodie because he is a hero and saved princess Fiona in the first movie. He cares for her and shares his things with her. He has been misguided because he looks like a scary ogre but inside he is actually really kind-hearted and nice. He is hilarious and makes friends to anyone who is nice to him and takes a lot of care to his friend donkey. Donkey wakes him up with a He-Haw every morning and is very good at feeding him every day.

How the tiger got his stripes

Trampoline- Jolie

           _trampoline

_{first  when  i woke  up  I  ran  down  the  hall  way.  when I went outside i stepped on crunchy   leaves .}

_{next i was out of fuel so I lay down on the tramp and had dinner.}

_{then we went to pak`n`save to get the groceries for school.}

_{FINALLY   i  went  to bed to be pepared for awesome school.}

_Jolie

Hotel Stay- Jana-Lee

First we had to drive to Sofitel but all of us felt hungry some we went to the food truck and had some food there it was yummy.

Then we finally got to Sofitel and we checked in at the front desk and we got two rooms one for my mum and dad and one for me and my brother it 401 and 402.

after we checked out our rooms we went for a swim in the huge pool and also went into the spa it was soooooo relaxing.

The next day was our second but last day so we treated ourselves by having a big buffet  it was yummy! 

Sending Cinderella to the Ball- Harriet

Ingredients

A Bloodhound`s ear, 5 pieces of poison ivy, 7 hundred dollar notes,8 drops of bunny wax, A cup of cocoa butter

Equipment

Blender, A big metal spoon, cauldron full of bubbling water

1.     put the 6 pieces of $100 notes in the blender with the cup of cocoa.

2.     put the Bunny’s wax in the Bloodhound`s ear.

3.     After that pour the blended hundred dollar notes and the Bloodhounds ear in the bubbling hot water.

4.     Then start to stir it for 5 minutes.

5.     Next blend the poison ivy and sprinkle it into the cauldron.

6.     Now get the big metal spoon and start scooping it up with the metal spoon into the bowl.

7.     Then pour it into the blender with the spare hundred dollar note with the butter.

8.     Now pour it in the mixture should look dark purple if not use quarter of the butter then blend it and add some of the mixture with it.

9.     Finally pour it with the mixture.

Jump- Hannah

WALT: begin our writing with a super starter

It was 10:40 AM. Oops I dropped my present but, I am soooooo excited.’’ OK I will put these socks on and then we can jump????? ‘’I asked happily. “ No, first the instructor will tell us the safety rules and THEN we can jump.’’ Rosie said calmly. So the instructor told us the safety rules and then we walked through the corridor and every one with green bands stormed up the stairs and started jumping. ‘’WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ‘’ I yelled as I slipped off the rope into the foam pit. ‘’That was fun!!!

By Hannah 

How a magnifying glass works- Declan

How a magnifying glass works

The magnifying glass is a type of material that helps you look at things that are on the ground close up. When you look at the ground the things that are on the ground, you can see close up, this is the same as when you put a glass down and put some objects in and cover it with glad wrap and push it down to make it hollow then pour some water on the glad wrap then look through the water they look bigger this is because when you look through. 

A weekend at Tiritirimatangi- Charlotte F

A weekend at Tirituri Matangi

Walt: use conjunctions to conduct compound sentences

I went to Turituri Matangi on a great big fairy  

                                        AND

I stood next to the only lighthouse you can see from great barrier island.

                                       BUT

The lighthouse keeper was told he could not work at the lighthouse anymore

                                       YET

All the other lighthouses in Auckland were automatic

                                     AND

They would not pay him anymore.

                                    BUT

It was so tired to keep going up the hill

                                  SO

I fell asleep along the path. CLEVER!

Caroline's Bio Poem

Caroline 

Child of Liza

Who loves tomatoes and apples

Who hates mushrooms and avocado

Who wants to go all around the world

Who wishes she could met Taylor Swift

Who is scared of bullies

Who dreams of Disney land in her back yard 

Who is determined to do gymnastics 

Who values friendship 

Who is proud of her friends 

Who graduated from year three 

Who lives in auckland 

Caroline 

Dinner at Cate's- Carlotta

Dinner at Cate’s house!

First …

Cate and I started making a dress for the kid’s fashion show.

 We are making a peacock dress out of rubbish and leaves.

Secondly …

Nina arrived and we had dinner, for dinner we had really good hot dogs.

 We also played this game when one person pushes out with their

 hands and the  other person pulls out with their hands for 20 seconds

 and when you let go  it feels like your arms are flying .

After …

We watched a movie called Fred .

It’s about a boy who likes his neighbour but she

 moved and he thinks she got kidnapped.

 We also watched a bit of Lab Rats .

Finally …

We went home very sleepy and ready to

 go to bed.

By Carlotta 

Explanation- Kate

Magnifying glass

A magnifying glass helps you see things close up. A magnifying glass makes things look close up because there is a curve in it. It is called a concave. And the curve bends the light and makes the objects look bigger.

If you don’t have a magnifying glass you can do an experiment this is how you do it. You get a glass jar and put some small objects in the jar. Then you put glad wrap on the to you put a rubber band around so the glad wrap stays on. Then you put a little water on top of the glad wrap and look through it. Then you are done.                                                   

Pourquoi Stories

http://www2.fcsconline.org/staff/bennisd/Pourquoi/Pourquoi.htm

Room 23's Garden to Table Menu

Broad Bean Salad
Skinned tomatoes grated with parsley and basil drizzled with fat flavourful broad beans

Broad Bean Dip
A juicy broad bean dip served with a side of crispy bread sticks and a pinch of salt

Corn Salad
Soft avocado with cooked sweet corn, warm beans, fat tomatoes and a bit of basil dressed with onion and garlic dressing.

Courgette Bake
Grated zucchinis served with a wonderful, savoury quiche

Bruschetta
Oven toasted french stick with thinly sliced tomatoes and chopped basil and a pinch of salt and pepper

Bread sticks
Baked bread sticks brushed with a fennel seed dressing served with a vibrant Kermit green broad bean dip

WALT: Create a picture for the reader

We used descriptive menu words to create a mouthwatering menu for Shrek.

Entree

Crispy eyeball stew with caramelized animal livers in mud (Dom)

Fried pigeon wings with slug slime covered over the whipped cream mushrooms (Harriet)

Gorilla salad with drizzled flies (Carlotta)

Mains

Eyeballs dipped in marinated sloppy mud served with slimy slug and spider salad (Hopper)

Raw fish served with boiled frogs legs and fried wings (Mustafa)

Fresh grub burger whipped in wonderful worm juice with crispy live fish (Charlotte.F)

Dessert

A mouth watering pancake with extra crunchy boiled eyeballs with live snails on top (Zach)

Snail slime popcorn- popcorn smothered in salty snail slime (Liberty)

Frogs with snail slime on their back and popcorn stuck to the top (Zoe)

Worm pancakes with chocolate creamy pie and eyeballs (Jolie)

Drinks

Tiggly fish coke (Thom)

Worm cocktail (Madhav)

Chocolate eyeball milkshake (Jana-Lee)

Worm boiled margarita (Declan)

Bloody bloody slushy with eyeball garnish (Charlotte.S)

Vanilla eyeball milkshake with pineapples covered in mud (Tate)

Writing goals

This week we looked at the a piece of writing that showed us the Year 4 standard. We had to identify the parts of the writing that showed us each of the following things:
Vocabulary
Punctuation
Personal voice
Ideas
Spelling
Language features
Sentence structure

We also talked about planning and editing our writing. Then we chose one of these areas to focus on as our writing goal. Check out these examples we made using the Explain Everything app on the iPads.

These are the areas we will be focusing on for writing over the term. They are also displayed on the wall in our classroom.

 

 

WALT: Begin our writing with a super starter

Today we practiced beginning our story with a time and then give the reader clues about where we might be and what we are doing.

It was 10:40 AM. Oops I dropped my present but, I am soooooo excited.’’ OK I will put these socks on and then we can jump????? ‘’I asked happily. “ No, first the instructor will tell us the safety rules and THEN we can jump.’’ Rosie said calmly. So the instructor told us the safety rules and then we walked through the corridor and every one with green bands stormed up the stairs and started jumping. ‘’WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ‘’ I yelled as I slipped off the rope into the foam pit. ‘’That was fun!!!

By Hannah

Declan thought the "weeeeeeeee" part was really funny
Sora noticed that she used lots of punctuation.
Miss Hopkins thought she gave the reader really great clues about what she was doing.