We've been icing biscuits!

The Horse Race

On Saturday and Sunday my mom, sister, little sister and I went Nelson and Hanmer Springs.
I went there for a horse race.
First I had to do horse jumping and then the horse had to walk carefully.
After that the horse had to run fast.
So I was lucky and I got the trophy.
It was really exciting because it was my second horse race.
By Soo Hong

My bar graph

We made a bar graph about how many students are in each room.  We found out that ...

Room 15 has the most students in their class.

Room 2 has the least amount of in their class.

Room 8 has more students than Room 5.

Room 2 has less students than Room 5.

Room 8 and Room 7 has the same number of students.

There are 25 students in Room 8 and Room 7.

Room 15 has 30 students in their class

Maui and the Sun

A long time ago, Maui thought that the Sun went too fast. In New Zealand, Maui and his brothers had no time to fish amd no time to hunt.
Maui and his big brothers tried to catch the Sun using flax ropes. The Sun said, "Stop!"
The brothers beat the hot Sun.
The angry Sun said, "Stop!" So then the Sun went slowly and Maui had time to fish and hunt.

The Hare and Tortoise

I am retelling the fable of the hare and the tortoise.

The hare said to the tortoise, "You are slow, so you will lose the race".
The hare went to sleep because he was tired and because he thought that he was faster than the tortoise.
Tortoise won the race because he kept going.

Reflections on our Rest Home visit

"I liked serving the old people because it was fun. I was very happy that they were happy with the food and my sharing." Tae Hun

"I enjoyed when we showed our work because I was very brave and they were proud of us." Chris

"I liked when the people saw my curly hair. They said my hair looked so curly and cute." Aron

"I liked when I was sharing about Switzerland because it was my home country. I told them about where I grew up and how I like to go to the mountains." Ryan

"I liked showing the other people what I made." Noa

"I liked doing the slideshow because I was helping people." Yoon Su

"I quite liked the lolly cake because we made it and it was quite delicious." Yoo Kyung

"I liked being helpful and sharing all about me. I said all about me - that I like bunnies, I am seven years old and I am from Korea." Na Myung

"I liked telling all about me because then we knew each other." Yoon Seok

"She didn't know my story and I told her my story so I am happy. She said it was good." Soo Hong

Mathematics Learning - Term 2

For the first half of this term the students were working on learning the language of Geometry - position and orientation.

The Yellow, Red and Purple groups learnt to use prepositions accurately for example above, around, in, on, under, behind and in front.

These junior students are placing pictures on a scene by following instructions which include prepositions.



The Green and Blue groups learnt the language of mapping for example clockwise, anti-clockwise, left, right, North, South, West and East, whole, half and quarter turns.

After following oral instructions to reach their destination, these senior students are hunting for buried pirate treasure.



They then created maps and instructions of their own.

The Green and Blue groups are now learning about Measurement - capacity and weight. The students are applying their knowledge and vocabulary by baking for their visit to Mayfair Rest Home in Week 9.