Create Your Own Comic

I found this site and thought that it hopefully would appeal to some of you folks. I think its a bit advanced for my class here in Germany. I'd love to see some of your finished works on the blog.

Hi Guys from Weinstadt

Hello from a damp Germany. Well things are going well here. School is good very different from Wairakei, but I expected that. I am responsible for teaching 2x 20 children English so that means about half the week with one class then the other half with the others. Both classes are grade two that means about 6/7 years old. The children have a basic understanding of English  they understand what I say but often answer in German.

The other teachers are good fun and very supportive of each other, this makes things happen quickly which is great.

I often cycle to work about 3 times a week. It´s about a 10km ride but all on cycle paths. Last week I got a real shock when cycling along to work a badger ran out in front of me. First time I´ve ever seen one!!!

Where we live is really beautiful it is a semi rural area with lots of vine yards and orchards. At the moment a lot of the fruit is being picked.

An orchard close to home.

This a work we go sometimes in the evening its about 2 mins from our house. If we go at dusk we often see rabbits. 

Not to sure what the gate is for?

Our street 

This is our new house a semi detached.A cellar, 4 bedrooms living area, kitchen and attic all with double glazing and very thick walls. A real change from our house in New Zealand. 

This was a light festival at a local town.

One of the local houses.

On a walk in the orchards and vine yards.

A view of our new town. Nice ah!!

Well hope the pictures give you an in site into how things are panning out for the Brownes.

Mitchell's Movie

Lisa's Home Learning Challenge

William's Pivot Stick Movie

Great Movie William

Class Movies take two

Illusion Time

Have a go at this fun quiz

Basic Facts Evening

Class Song for the Production

What Would You Wish

Aladdin

What would you wish if you

could choose?

If just one wish was all you

could use?

Chorus

I’d wish for sweets

Ten metres high!

Aladdin

You’d have bad teeth:

They’d make you cry!

All

Think again, think again,

Before you wish.

You must be so careful not to

Waste your precious wish!

Aladdin

What would you wish………

Chorus I’d wish to stay in bed all day

Aladdin You’d only sleep your life away.

All Think again, think again………,

Aladdin What would you wish………

Chorus I’d wish to be a movie star!

Aladdin Far better be just what you are.

All Think again, think again……..

Aladdin What would you wish……

Chorus I’d wish for peace

For me and you.

Aladdin You never know

It might come true!

All That’s the one, that’s the one

that you should choose.

With a wish like that you’d find

you simply couldn’t lose.

             (repeat)

I've created a survey asking you about life in Room Two. Please follow the link and complete the questions.


Please can children only in Room Two complete the survey.

Once completed leave a comment in the new On -Line Chat  box.

Thanks very much
Mr Browne

Click here to take survey

Basic Facts

On Tuesday the school is holding evening to help promote the awareness and understanding of basic facts. Teachers will have activities around the school hall to match the numeracy stages the children are working at.

Below are some learning games to help promote the understanding of basic facts. Enjoy!!!





Choose your Granny and help her race to victory 

"Target The Answer "

The games cover the 2 through 9 multiplication tables and there are timed and untimed versions of each one. Use the target to aim at, and knock down the correct answers.

Basic Facts Division Tank Demolition






 Racing Car Division

Room Two Collection

Please enjoy

Pivot Stick Figure

The children have been learning how to use Pivot Stick Figure as part of our Inquiry

Click on the image to download your own copy at home



Movie by Lisa & Lillie ( just a test to see how the software works).

Home Learning Challenges

The children have been presenting their home learning challenges.
Home Learning 

Weekly Football Report

Krystal's Football slide show on PhotoPeach

Show me your strategy

Multiple Intelligences

Try this informative multiple Intelligences test

It has been claimed by some people that our intelligence or ability to understand the world around us is complex. Some people are better at understanding some things than others.

For some of us it is relatively easy to understand how a flower grows but it is immensely difficult for us to understand and use a musical instrument. For others music might be easy but playing football is difficult.

Instead of having one intelligence it is claimed that we have several different intelligences.

These are listed below:

Kinaesthetic - Body Smart Linguistic - Word Smart

Logical - Number Smart      Interpersonal - People Smart

Intrapersonal - Myself Smart         Musical - Music Smart

Visual/Spatial - Picture Smart       Naturalistic - Nature Smart

Kinaesthetic - Body Smart          

You may be body smart. You will enjoy sports and are good at swimming, athletics, gymnastics and other sports. This is sometimes called being Kinaesthetic smart.

Linguistic - Word Smart   

You may be word smart. You will enjoy reading, writing and talking about things. This is sometimes called being Linguistic smart.

Logical - Number Smart  

You may be number smart. You will be good at mathematics and other number activities; you are also good at solving problems. This is sometimes called being Logical smart.

Interpersonal - People Smart     

You may be people smart. You will like to mix with other people and you will belong to lots of clubs. You like team games and are good at sharing. This is sometimes called being Interpersonal smart.

Intrapersonal - Myself Smart      

You may be myself smart. You will know about yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You will probably keep a diary. This is sometimes called being Intrapersonal smart.

Musical - Music Smart      

You may be music smart. You will enjoy music and can recognise sounds, and timbre, or the quality of a tone. This is sometimes called being Musical smart.

Visual/Spatial - Picture Smart

You may be picture smart. You will be good at art and also good at other activities where you look at pictures like map reading, finding your way out of mazes and graphs. This is sometimes called being Visual/Spatial smart.

Naturalistic - Nature Smart         

You may be nature smart. You will like the world of plants and animals and enjoy learning about them. This is sometimes called being Naturalistic smart.

Take the test to see what your learning strengths are 

Art

Some of our art that was on display in the community.


Lighthouse Art on PhotoPeach

Skate time!!

Today some skateboarders from Cheap Skates visited Wairakei School to promote the Skate Jam at Jellie Park on Sunday 27th June 12-3pm .

A few of our children joined in the demo!!

Cheap Skates Demo on PhotoPeach




I'm glad you guys came I hope you come again. My favourite trick was the Super Kick Flick. Marcus

I really enjoyed having a go at school skateboarding but I've had a go with Cheap Skates before. My favourite trick was the Fakie Varial. Josh

At morning tea I got the chance to skate with Cheap Skates. My faviourite trick was the Noli 180 because these guys are the best at doing them. I am looking forward to the Jellie Skate Jam. Thanks to the guys for showing us mean moves. Kyle

   Click on the image to challenge your skating skills

Child Led Conference

Today the children prepared to host their 'Learning Conference'. It has been inspiring to see the children really taking ownership of their learning and reflecting critically on it.

Some of Room two's students taking part in a role play.

The parents are welcomed into our class then the children talk about their successes and enjoyable learning experiences.




The children have given great thought on how they have progressed over the first half of the year and will also identify areas in their learning they need to work on.

Some great discussion happening here.

 Well done people.

Thank you to the great support the children have received by parents actively taking part in the 

'Child Led Conference'.

Who are the All Whites?

We are looking forward to New Zealand's first game!!!!

Breens Visit

Last week our Year Five and Six  students visited Breens Intermediate at their action day. Here are some picture of what we did.

I enjoyed my visit to Breens. I thought that painting the cookies was a really good idea!

Below is a photo of Joe and I using a pot of "paint" (a mix of egg yolks and food coloring) to 

paint our cookies!- Lisa

 

I enjoyed visiting Breens.I did some painting and it was about a close and far away view, also blending the colours.We did a colour wheel on primary colours and I learnt that the secondary colours are orange,purple and green.When we finished they looked amazing!!!-Libby

 Last Wednesday Room 2,1 and 5 went to Breens Intermediate. I did painting and we started easy then it got harder.We started of making a colour wheel.Then we made amazing art work we mixed colours and then made like a farm on top of the art work. At the end of the art work we made it liked really amazing, cool art work it was so fun. Thank you Breens for letting us come and visit.Sahvanah !!!!             

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Last week  Room 5, 1 and 2 went to Breens

and we got picked to choose what thing to do.  I choose science  an our first thing to do was fit a egg in a bottle which did not fit. So we put news paper on fire an put in the bottle then it slipped in the bottle because it needs air. By Marcus.

Room Two's Bag Poem

School Cross Country Team

Well done to all our Absolutely Brilliant runners. There are a number of children representing the school at the Christchurch Centrals Next Week. All the best .

At the zones it was nerve wracking, I came 33rd. Well done to the people who got into the centrals.
Adam 


On Monday we went to the Zones at Jellie Park. It was really hard. I came 34th. I think I did well.
Noelle


On Monday at the Zones I was a bit nervous at the beginning but that didn't affect my  running skills.
I came 4th in my race, this means that I will be representing our North West Zone in the Central Cross Country Race. 
Lillie


At the zones I was nervous before the race I came 33rd in the year six race. The course was longer than school cross country. 
Emerson


On Monday we went to the zone cross country I came 10th it was very hard but I'm happy I'm going to the centrals!!!!
Luke

Inquiry Learning

Room Two was given a challenge to create a lighthouse using cardboard, newspaper, tape, wire, light bulbs and batteries.

The lesson seemed a great success with children really using their problem solving and team work skills.We followed on from this lesson with the children writing instructions as to how to build a lighthouse. Our WALT for the lesson was  To use precise language and explicit vocabulary.

Josh was keen to share with the class the switch he made from paper clips.

Emerson and Shania appear very proud of their achievements!!!!!

Some of Room Two working on their lighthouse designs. 

My Greatest Feat

Well it's started. Mr R. Big Mc came to launch the My Greatest Feat today, there was lots of movement and action to kick start the campaign. Well done guys!!!!

With The Football World Cup only a few weeks away the children will be taking part in a activity at school where we record the amount of steps taken each day. The steps are recorded daily then combined with the whole school to see how far we have travelled around South Africa supporting the All Whites.

Follow the link to the My Greatest Feat Web site

See how we entered into this years World Cup.




Hope to post plenty more of these!!!!!!I

Pizza Time

The class have been learning about writing instructions and what better way than learning through doing!!! I thought that making a pizza would be a good hands on experience. The children were focusing on using Verbs and Precise Vocabulary.

Got to get the topping right.

 Looks like the pizza was a hit.

Kiwi Sport

This morning we participated in Kiwi Sport. Kiwi Sport is an event where we do different sport. First up we had Indoor Bowls, Aussie Rules and lastly we learnt some Basket ball skills.


I enjoyed Aussie Rules because we got to learnt how to kick and punt (pass) the ball. - Luke

I enjoyed learning new sports, they were sports that not many people do. - Lisa

Indoor bowls was quite challenging but was fun to do. Libby

I liked Aussie Rules the best because we got to kick the balls at the teachers!!! - Josh  T


At indoor bowls we had some competitions to see who could roll the bowl closest to the white ball. - Lillie

Rugby Fun Day

Friday the 7th May saw Wairakei School enter a team into the Rugby Fun day competition. A few of the teachers managed to get along to support the team.


The Rugby Fun Day

On Friday we went to the Ilam feilds for the Rugby Fun day.
There where 64 teams. We versed Addington, Riccarton and Oxford area schools .
We won two out of three games. We beat Addington and Oxford but lost to Riccarton who we hope to beat next time!!
Afterwards we had an ice cream and frozen coke.
We really enjoyed rugby fun day.


By Emerson,Ben, Lisa and Josh.T

I'll never get a job with TVNZ!! (Mr Browne)

Sparking Creativity

Toady Room Two started their Inquiry. The big idea is Creativity and Innovations and that they will show an understanding of 

-  a product should fill a need and be functional

- they can find solutions, explore ideas, problem solve and use creative thinking. 

To introduce the inquiry the children are being encouraged to question how circuits work. They are doing this by exploring with wires, batteries, bulbs, buzzers etc. The children have also been encouraged to bring in to school old appliances that we are taking apart to look at how they work.

Tuesday was our first session of the inquiry and the children had a great time discovering!

Some of the class experimenting 

Jack seems pleased that his circuit worked

We quickly learnt that the batteries need some thing to power rather than feed the power back intro the battery pack, it SMOKED !

Cycle Safety

Our Year Six students have been taking part in the Christchurch City Council's Cycle Safe  Programme.

Children learn to ride their cycle with confidence and be road-wise with the Cycle Safe Programme. Pupils complete level one (beginner) training sessions which include cycle maintenance, how to fit a helmet and basic cycling skills. If the pupils achieve the required standard they progress to level two (intermediate) and begin road rule and on-road training in supervised groups. At the end of the Programme all pupils receive a personal certificate detailing their achievements.  The Programe is aligned with New Zealand Transport Agency's. During the running of the programme it's great to see children's confidence grow.






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