The Hoki Toki

Yesterday I learnt the Hoki Toki in Kapa Haka and I learnt a new haka as well. The words to Hoki Toki are hard to learn, but it is very easy to learn the actions!
By Iliana.

Module Rocket

Today I learnt what a Module is. A Module is a small part of a rocket, it looks like a mini rocket. When the rocket zooms up into the sky and goes through the ozone layer the Module seperates from the rocket. Some times the module goes on missions like maybe it could go on a mission to collect rocks from other planets. Or it could go on missions to check stuff out in space, or even missions on top secret stuff!
By Nicole.

Grand Canyon

Yesterday I learnt what and where the Grand Canyon is. The Grand Canyon is like a series of cliffs, dips and dirt rocks in America. There are about 200 helicopter rescues every year so that's about 1 every 2 days! It is incredibly hot there, apparently reaching over 112 degrees! So if you are planning to go there I would advise you to take a bottle of water or 2!
By Lauren.

Maths stratagy

Today I learnt a new Maths stategy. If you have 142 + 165. A quick way of working it out is to go like this...
100
100 + 40 + 2
100 + 60 + 5
300 + 00 + 7 = 307

and you can add like that in your head.
By Hayley.

Contractions

Today I learnt where the apostrophe in a contraction goes. For example, are not becomes aren't and were not becomes weren't.
I also learnt how to spell mustn't.
By Gloria.

Maori main colours

Today I learnt what the Maori main colours are. They are red, black, brown and white. I also learnt that they made thier paint out of natural ingredients.
By Tove.

Ellipse

Today we have learnt what an ellipse is. For example ... That is an ellipse. We usually use ellipses to tell the reader that you need to read something else or that there is something coming.
By Ben.

Antonyms

Today I learnt what an antonym is. An Antonym is like the oppisite of something so for an example up, down. Left, right and same, different.
By Elly.

Handstands

Today my friend Elly taught me how to do a handstand. To do a handstand you need the correct balance and strength. You also need good posture and straight arms. I found it very easy once I had these things.
By Autumn.

Spelling

Today I learnt that in spelling I is before the E unless there is a C in front of it. But some words are different like for example Their and Weird.
By Cameron.

Broad game clues

Today we made board games and I learn't that you have to make your clues able to teach other people to learn how to save water so we dont waste water. Here is an example, with the water you dont want anymore you can put the rest on the plants so they would not die.
By Courtney.

Board game clues

We made board games today to teach people how to save water so we can have enough water in the world for important stuff like drinking and washing. I learnt the clues for your board game have to be able to teach people how to save water. Here is a good example, To have an 5 minute shower and to use dish water to water the plants.
by Lucretia.

Rotating!

Today we played a game of Miniball, Mrs Parsons style. Mrs Parsons told us that 2 people from each team should go into 1 third of the court to make the game run better. When 1 person shoots a goal that team goes off and the other lot of people from that team go onto the court to play . Then the people that are going onto the court go into different places than the other people before them.
By Autumn.

Spliting numbers

One of the maths groups is the triangles in room 1. We have learnt how to split numbers in adding and subtraction. We split numbers, for example if we have 39 + 4 we add the 1 to get it up to the nearest 10 which in this case is 40 and then we add the remaining other numbers.
By Ben.

Mini Ball

I learnt how to play mini ball. The instructions are .... you can't grab the ball off people you have to bounce the ball out of their hand, you can't hold the ball for more than 3 seconds, also you have to stay in the position you are asked to stay in and you can't bounce then hold the ball and then bounce again.
by Matthew.

Ways to Keep Safe

In Keeping Ourselves Safe yesterday I learnt that there are muiltiple ways to keep safe and here are some...
When you are in a situation when you don't feel safe you can:
- Walk Away
- Raise the alarm by screaming or yelling if it is an emergency
- Change the subject
And always tell your parents about anything you don't feel good about.
by Braden

Home Alone

Today we watched a 10 min. movie called Home Saftey. It's about how to keep ourselves safe when we're home alone. Here are some rules that we learnt, never do anything without your parents knowing and don't say your name when you anwser the phone, when you're home alone.
by Hayley.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

I learnt how to keep myself by not going to anyones house unless it has been discussed with my mum first. Also make sure you know someone that's in your street so if a stanger comes to your door you can ring the person you know who lives next door and they will come and talk to the person. One more thing I learnt was that before you get into the house put your ear to the wall and see if you can hear anything, if you can't hear anything then it is safe to enter.
by Matthew.

Train Tracks

I learnt that the railway workers put detonators on the train tracks so that the train driver hears the bang when the train goes over it and knows to slow down because there are workers working on the railway line up ahead. We learn't that to keep safe we SHOULD NOT TOUCH THEM! because they will blow your hand off, only cross when you are 100% sure its safe!
By Iliana.

Maori family names

I learnt how to say the maori words for sister, brother, mum, dad and baby; they are Hine, Tama, Mama, Papa and Pepi.
by Matthew Cox