As many of you know, I (Miss Donnelly) am re-locating to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This Room 9 blog will no longer be added to, but will hopefully stay on-line until the end of the year. I'm sure a new blog will be started up for Terms 3 and 4.
My warmest thanks to all the faithful blog readers- parents, children, grandparents, friends etc. Room 9 have loved sharing all that we have been up to!
To all the Room 9 children: stay good! And keep being yourselves.
Logging off now,
Miss Donnelly
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
World Environment Day
For World Environment Day last Thursday Room 9 joined with their buddy class, Room 24, for a beach and park clean up. It turned out that the beach and park were already quite tidy (Eastbourne residents must be tidy kiwis!) however we did manage to fill a couple of rubbish bags.
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In the afternoon, some Year 3 and 4 students helped Ted move some agapantha plants. These plants were no longer needed in another part of the school so we thought it a good idea to re-plant them instead of throwing them out. They are now lining the fence where the memorial gate is.
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In the afternoon, some Year 3 and 4 students helped Ted move some agapantha plants. These plants were no longer needed in another part of the school so we thought it a good idea to re-plant them instead of throwing them out. They are now lining the fence where the memorial gate is.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
More Masterpieces
I'm sure you will agree that the standard of artwork that Room 9 children are producing is just amazing! The Year 3 and 4 team had an 'Art Attack' day last week so we could really get stuck in to some fantastic painting. These are what we ended up with! We studied Monet's famous 'Sailboats' paintings and used these as inspiration for ours.
We were focusing on:
- blending colours on the page rather than mixing up the colour beforehand.
-blending with white to create different tints of a colour
-trying to show the hazy reflection of the boats and trees in the water.
Here are Monet's paintings
Feel free to pop in and have a closer look at our paintings in the classroom.
These are our paintings:
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We were focusing on:
- blending colours on the page rather than mixing up the colour beforehand.
-blending with white to create different tints of a colour
-trying to show the hazy reflection of the boats and trees in the water.
Here are Monet's paintings
Feel free to pop in and have a closer look at our paintings in the classroom.
These are our paintings:
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Island Bay Marine Education Centre
This term the Year 3 and 4 Inquiry is on the Rocky Shore. Our big idea is that "We have the power to protect and preserve our local environment- the Rocky Shore".
As part of our 'Immersion' stage we had some hands on experience.
A couple of weeks ago Years 3 and 4 went on a trip out to Island Bay to the Marine Education Centre.
We had a fantastic time and learned so much about the Rocky Shore and the creatures that live there. We even got to hold many of the creatures.
(You may have noticed Miss Donnelly wasn't too keen on that!)
Here are some photos
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As part of our 'Immersion' stage we had some hands on experience.
A couple of weeks ago Years 3 and 4 went on a trip out to Island Bay to the Marine Education Centre.
We had a fantastic time and learned so much about the Rocky Shore and the creatures that live there. We even got to hold many of the creatures.
(You may have noticed Miss Donnelly wasn't too keen on that!)
Here are some photos
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
"Lest We Forget"
For the last 2 weeks the Year 3 and 4 team have been learning about ANZAC's and why we remember them on ANZAC Day. We have read many incredible stories about brave and courageous ANZAC soldiers. We have even heard some stories from Room 9 students who have had relatives who fought in the war.
Today we baked some ANZAC biscuits. As you can see, we had a great time making them and of course EATING THEM!
A big thankyou to the official event photographers: Sally, Ciaran and Harry.
Making the biscuits...
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The finished product!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Super Sammies!
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Today we had our Super Sammie Day! We had to create the 'Super Sammie' that we planned during class time. During our unit on 'How We Learn' we have found out about how to have healthy bodies. Eating a balanced diet is part of having a healthy body, so we designed these healthy sandwiches that used ingredients from all sections of the food pyramid.
"My sandwich has items from the food pyramid. Mostly fruits and veges (carrots and tomatoes); breads (french stick); some protein (salami) and a tiny bit of fat (margarine)" - Amy O
"I used have chili, carrot, tomatoes and lettuce which is from the vegetable part of the food pyramid. White bread and bread rolls are from the breads. Cheese, eggs and beans are from the protein group. It is healthy because I haven't got fats and oils." -Margarita
Today we had our Super Sammie Day! We had to create the 'Super Sammie' that we planned during class time. During our unit on 'How We Learn' we have found out about how to have healthy bodies. Eating a balanced diet is part of having a healthy body, so we designed these healthy sandwiches that used ingredients from all sections of the food pyramid.
"My sandwich has items from the food pyramid. Mostly fruits and veges (carrots and tomatoes); breads (french stick); some protein (salami) and a tiny bit of fat (margarine)" - Amy O
"I used have chili, carrot, tomatoes and lettuce which is from the vegetable part of the food pyramid. White bread and bread rolls are from the breads. Cheese, eggs and beans are from the protein group. It is healthy because I haven't got fats and oils." -Margarita
Thursday, April 3, 2008
A special visitor
Today we had a very special visitor come into our classroom. Rhys has a gorgeous little puppy called 'Sarge' that came in to say hello after morning tea. Sarge seemed to love being in our classroom and definitely made himself at home. Rhys talked to us about looking after Sarge, and also showed us on the world map where Sarge's birth place is- Timaru. Even though Miss Donnelly is not a big fan of dogs, she had to admit that Sarge was 'a bit of a cutie'.
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