Pangrams

 Today in writing time we learnt about Pangrams. A Pangram is a sentence with all the letters of the alphabet. 

here is our groups Pangram  
The seven zebras danced and jumped and played in Xmas time on the queens crown made of fudge and we kicked the fudge and the vase over.


Here is my own:
the tigers played at Xmas time and ate lots of fudge and turkey, played baseball with a cat.

Good try Emily - remember all the letters. Mrs K

book week

BOOKWEEK ADVENTURES - DAVID WALLIAMS

Below are EXCITING activities for Bookweek - you must complete activities with an * .

You can start anywhere on the grid BUT some of these activities will need a worksheet or other things - make sure you read the instructions carefully. Highlight when you have completed the activity and put these activities on your blog.

Come and see me if you do not understand. Have fun and happy reading!

Book Study * Complete activities from one box	Author Study * Create a quiz about David Walliams. Research and create a presentation	Billionaire Boy Write a birthday wish list if you were the billionaire boy	Raj Create a drawing document advertising the silly deal of the day from Raj’s shop.	Ratburger Armitage  isn’t a normal pet. Write a haiku poem about an unusual pet.
Cube Creator * Click here to create your own cube about one of David Walliam’s books	Who Am I? * Write a brief description of a character and ask another person to guess who it is.  Click here to add to the class presentation	Television News Item Put yourself in a neutral position and report on an event that happened in the book. Create a video using an ipad OR imovie	Caption Mural Create a scene from a book on A3 paper. Create characters, speech bubbles, a journey to retell the original story, be innovated!!	Quilt * Make a quilt sheet to create a visual representation of a book character (see Mrs Kilkolly for the sheet)
Accordion Book * Create a little treasure book of your own about YOUR favourite book! (not a Walliam’s book) see Mrs Kilkolly for this format	Quoting a Quote * Quotes from the book Click here for different quotes. Work out what books they are from. THEN create your own	Character Costumes In pairs create a costume. See Mrs Kilkolly for making instructions. You will need a bottle before starting!	Book Trailers Click here to view what other students have done. Use book creator ...	Create a Wordsearch Click here
Trading Cards Click here	Dust Cover  * Competition continue	Venn Diagram Compare two characters from one book	Board Game Create a board game about a chosen book. See examples click here	Music Create a piece of music to show a part of a story. Use incredibox OR here !
Invetion rat-burger Activites	Add 3 book week activities to your blog	Play a game on david walliams - http://www.worldofwalliams.com/books/ratburger/	Add listen to/ read a David Walliams’ book

book week parade

  Book week parade 

On Friday last week the whole school dressed up as their fave book character. My fave costume apart from my one was the Jedi's.there was a paper bag princess!!!     

maths

1) how does the tiger (at b9) get to f4

2) how does the ipod get to the  computer  

3)how does the lego get to f6

4) how does the book get to b8

5)how does the tree get to f7

6) how does the computer to d3






 Walt: X whole numbers by 
fractions. 

                                                                                              

Corban's art center

Art center 

what did I enjoy... naming it becuase we got to choose its name and purpose. 

what was tricky... deciding what to make because I had so many that I only had time for one model.

if i did this agian what would you make and why... I would make a tiger becuase I love them.

Rapunzel

 Rapunzel 

                 

Today the year 6,5,4 went to watch a rapunzel show. I enjoyed when Rapunzel sang the rap and when she was in the a land far away has got talent.  

wearable wonders

 Monday

9am- today we are going to... start constructing our wearable art, Erin and me made a dress that has a neck less and a bow on the skirt

Afternoon

today we... made wearable art dress's T-shirt 




Today I need to work on:
the dress's


yesterday we completed the...  train  because we worked hard 
we had difficulty with the... train because all the decorations kept on blowing away in the wind 
we found out that... you have to have great ideas
working in  a group is... helpful because you can give each other ideas   
dose your outfit reflect your element... yes it dose because we did clouds on the hat and train 
the Torbay school learning model helps... me plan my work 

capacity

Capacity 

I was learning about... capacity. 

I found out that... the factory's don't fill milk bottles up to the top.    

I wondered... if the milk bottle would hold 2 l. 

It was tricky because...  got water down my sleeve. 

I enjoyed...estimating how much water would go in the pots.

I didn't enjoy... getting water all over my shoes 

environment 

capacity padllet 

SQUASH

In squash I was learning about... how to play squash
I found out that... squash is all about hand-eye coordination
I wondered if... I would beat Mrs kilkolly
the most difficult bit was...the real matches
now I know how to... play real squash
My next step is to...  keep an eye on the ball
the most fun part was... playing real squash

pmi about term 2

PMI about all the p (plus),m (minus) and I (interesting) things about term 2

P	M	I
sustainability Incredibox squash Jamie Oliver day sicince day	the storm cross country intervention week reports koru art	ASB my report capacity sustainable learnt how to play squash

sustanability

This is a really sad video about a giant garbage patch

Torbay school report

Torbay School

Torbay Primary School is a school for years 0  to 6 to learn and is run by Wendy Sandifer. Torbay school is on Deep Creek road, in  Torbay, the North Shore of Auckland.

Opportunities

At Torbay School there are many opportunities for young students to participate in such as Pacifica and Kapa Haka.

Technology

There is also lots of technology at Torbay School. Students  Years 5 and 6 use BYOD ( bring your own device) and Torbay School has radio station and triple tv station which student can take part in.

In conclusion Torbay School is an great place to inform young students to learn. Torbay school has many amazing opportunities and activities.

Emily

My goals

My goals 

In reading I'm learning to... 

use expression and understand what I'm reading 

In maths I'm learning... my basic facts (multiplucation) 

 In writing I'm learning about... 

Interesting sentences with lots of information

Paragraphing

Checking my work for mistakes 

TREAD LIGHTLY

 TREAD LIGHTLY 

    https://docs.google.com/a/my.torbay.school.nz/file/d/0B4jkT_9XTi2kNWw1ZDhpU01GQUE/edit 

my home work

this is a video of my robot that I made for my homework his name is DJ bobby 

note taking

 this week the class has been learning to note take . the topic we are focusing on is bees