Taking turns

Ethan is waiting for Leila to finish her move, then it will be his turn.

Room 1 Imaginary Islands - landforms

In Room 1 we have begun to learn about the landforms and examples of erosion that are found on Earth. As part of this we have been brainstorming the different types of features that we can see around us, such as mountains, rivers, plains etc. The children in groups put their learning into practice and worked together to design and create an imaginary island that had many of the features we are studying. They certainly created some wonderful Islands and play dough models!

Seth's trophy

I got a trophy from rugby on Saturday.  It is a VERY BIG trophy and it is VERY HEAVY too.  I got it because of my tackling from the Southern game and for being the most improved player all season!  I just dropped my mouth when I got it because I was so impressed with myself and my Dad was too.

Tirohanga Cross Country

Well done Room 1!  Everyone put in such a big effort and should feel very proud of themselves.  We all enjoyed the competition, the mud and the sunshine. Thanks parents for being involved. Congratulations to the following people who performed in the top 10 at our Taieri Schools cluster.  Year 1 boys:  Tamati 6^th, Nate 8^th Yr 2 girls: Elsie 10^th  Yr 3 boys: Harry 8^th, Seth M 9^th Yr 3 girls: Poppy 1^st 

My Bike Ride

 

This is my new board story. From Ethan. 

Room 1 complete a tally chart

Room 1 are learning about road safety.  We put on our safety vests and studied the traffic on the main road.  We kept a tally chart about the type of traffic passing our school.  Cars travel fast!

Chicken Surprise.

We read a book called Chicken surprise. It had three chapters. Then we made this poster about it and we retold the story.

This is our poster called Chicken Surprise. We all worked together and did a chapter each.

We hope you enjoy our poster.

By Amber, Elsie and Keianu.

The Flat Lizard

One day my cat Lightening found this lizard in the stones and brought it inside. The lizard's tail came off and Lightening chased the lizard under the mat. The lizard was squashed under the mat where Dad sits on the chair. Mum found the flat, dry lizard a few days later when she was cleaning.
The lizard's tummy is like gold and his claws look like needles.

Tortoise Soup Chapter 1 - 4

Tortoise Soup Chapter 1

                                      

 Where is Goat?                                      

One morning Tortoise crawled out of his hole and went to the river for a drink. He saw his friends, Raven and Rat, waiting there with unhappy faces.

 "What's wrong?" said Tortoise? 

"Goat's late," answered Rat.

"Goat is never late," said Tortoise.

"I'll go up in the sky and see if I can see him," said Raven. 

"We'll stay here," said Tortoise and Rat.

Tortoise Soup Chapter 2

TO THE RESCUE!

 Once Tortoise, Rat, and Raven had left the riverbank, Rat and Raven took flight. One thing that was crazy was that rat was riding Raven like horse! Suddenly Rat could see something in a net. So Raven glided down to check it and saw that it was goat! He had been caught in a hunter's net! Rat quickly gnawed through the net and set goat free. Next minute tortoise was puffing beside them.

"Oh Tortoise you shouldn't be here it is not safe!"

 Goat, Raven and Rat ran but Tortoise couldn't keep up with them...and the hunter caught him and put him in his hunting bag. 

Tortoise Soup Chapter 3

          Goat Gets Away           

The hunter found that the goat was gone and his net was ruined. Rat and Raven quickly escaped from the hunter. The hunter decided to eat tortoise soup instead. He thought that tortoise soup would be good to eat. Goat made a plan to rescue tortoise...    

Tortoise Soup Chapter 4

Tortoise Soup

Goat had an idea!

Goat would lead the hunter away from tortoise who was trapped in the hunter's bag.

Goat raced towards the hunter and she hobbled in front of him. The hunter said, " There's that goat and she's hurt. Now I can catch her easily."

Rat was biting the rope on the hunter's bag, then tortoise was free as a bee! When the hunter came back he saw the bag was empty.

"Oh no! No tortoise soup and no goat either!" said the hunter. 

The next day at the river goat and tortoise said to the Rat and Raven, "Thank-you for saving us!"

 Rat and Raven said, "Good friends always help each other."

Tortoise Soup

The gold group read a story called Tortoise Soup and after the reading they retold and summarised the story - first in pictures then by writing. It worked out really well because there were four chapters and four children in the gold group! Happy Reading!

Reading. 01.08.13

At reading time my group does ... Listening post, letter writing, library, reading games and other fun

things. My favourite one is the dough. 

By Harry.

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Room 1 Newsboard

Today is Tuesday the 30th of July , 2013.
  30.06.13
 I like tigers because of  their stripes and their sharp teeth.
Tigers like to eat meat.

Poppy and 

Hope

Wind Socks

Look at our colourful wind socks.

Our Finished Bodies

Room One made bodies because Mrs Lunn decided to make some bodies and dress them in fabric. Mrs Lunn did them as part of our work in Art,Health & Maori.       

 

 

Airport Drawings

In Room 1 we made some pictures and wrote stories about the planes and fire station at the airport. 

                        

Ripper Rugby with Mitch

We had a great morning with Mitch! We practised our skills, then at the end we had a great game! Thanks to Mitch for a great time!

Updated Bodies

Wow! Look at our bodies! They now have some clothes and other things. Look out for our next instalment!

Reading creations...

Look at our wonderful creations made during reading activity time today!

Hurricanes

 

Hurricanes are really dangerous.  Hurricanes come in categories.  The categories are 1 – 5. They say not to ride a motorbike in a category 1+ because the swift winds could flip the motorbike so you are better of running to a car or clinging onto the ground very firmly. 
 
By Harry

02.07.13

Animals of the desert

Harry is sharing his reading book with us!

Deserts : do you know what a desert is?

It is a very dry place. Deserts don't get much rain.

Most get less then 25 centimetres of rain a year.

 

Horrendous Hurricanes

                                                            Hurricanes
We made a hurricane out of cardboard sellotape and glue. It was fun making a hurricane with Alexa.

Hurricane Wilma

We've made a model of a hurricane.  We've put some people running away and in the hurricane.  The animals are running into the barn because they are scared of the hurricane.