Yuri Gagarin - Learning centre

Today in Inquiry we did an learning centre activity.   

Rhythm Interactive

After morning tea we went to the hall for rhythm interactive. A person named Johnny taught us rhythms and beats.

He use a drum called djembe and put drums for everyone to play. Then he ask us questions and if you get the answer right we get drums to put in our music room to play with  and do more rhythm. Johnny split us into 2 groups and we sang a song called I love chocolate cake, yes I do. Group 1 had to sing " I love chocolate" and group 2 sang " yes I do" 

It was fun. He taught us rhythms and songs. I learnt to do rhythms.

Alphabet key

A astronomer, Apollo 11        

B Black, holes

C comet, creators

D Dusty

E Earth, Eris

F Force, Field  

G Gravity ,Galaxy
H Haumea ,

I International Space Station,

J Jupiter

K Kuiper belt

L Liquid, Lunar

M Mercury, Mikey way

N NASA, Nebula
O Orbit, Oxygen

P Pluto, Planets

Q Quasar

R rocket

S space, solar system
T Telescope

U Uranus, Universe

V Venus

W Waxing moon

X Ray

Y Yemir

Z Zeal  

Old dog

 In poetry this week we looked at the verbs and alliteration. Then we drew a picture. Here is the link to the poem.

At the seaside

Our poem this week used rhyme, alliteration and a simile. Check it out here

Hiwi the Kiwi

Hiwi the Kiwi

This morning room 5 went to an event at the hall called Hiwi the Kiwi. Mr Minstrel told us about going fishing. One rule about fishing is everyone has to wear a life jacket if they're on a boat. If you catch a daddy and mummy fish put them back in the water because baby's are in their stomach. Then we sang a song called Kai Moana. It was all about food from the sea. If you want to pick up a fish pick it up with a wet salt towel. 

It was very fun. He taught us a lesson about fishing and wearing a life jacket every time when you go fishing. 

Zoo Trip

At the zoo we saw a kiwi. My favorite animal was a red panda because it was fury and funny. 

Complex sentences

Complex sentences

Simple - There were all shapes of amulets.

Complex - There were all shapes of amulets although they were all purple.

Complex - Although they were all purple there were all shapes of amulets.

Today in the classroom we did a simple sentence and a complex sentence.

Windscreen Wiper

We wrote our own onomatopoeia sentences. Here is the link to the poem.

Kiwi Can DLO

Today in class we drew a picture and put the kiwi can catch phrase. 

Apollo 11

Apollo 11 paragraph

On 1969 July at 9:32 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Micheal Collins got ready for a mission to go to
space.
The rocket blasted off to the moon at the kennedy centre.
The rocket was called the saturn v rocket.  
Nasa built the rocket because nasa sent them off to go to the moon.

Nga Tua ( The seasons)

This poster shows the four seasons.

Model rocket

This is the model I made.

Night.

We wrote our own personification sentences. Here is the link to the poem.

Math Monster

Today we played a game called Maths Monster. We practice our 9 times table to know them all. 

When I got to the end of the question I got a perfect score.

The moon

The Moon

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Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to
walk on the moon.
The astronauts
need a helmet and a space suit because there
is no air on the moon.
The moon is smaller than the sun. The moon goes
around Earth in an oval orbit.
The moon orbits the Earth every 27.3 days.
The moon is interesting to learn about.

Fotu

Stardome recount

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Stardome reacount

Finally as I went into the Stardome it became my favourite place.
As we all entered the Stardome we saw a rocket with Buzz Aldrin,
Neil Armstrong and Micheal Collins going into space.

A girl named Vanessa was leading us to a classroom to tell us
about space and about planets. She told us about the rocky midgets
and gas giants. The rocky midgets are the planets that are small and
the gas giant is the big planets.The big gas giant  planets are Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the rocky midgets are Earth, Mercury,
Mars, Venus. Then she showed us a photo of Neil Armstrong and
Apollo 15 landing on the moon.

She gave us ipads and told us to use the information on the walls to
answer the questions. Then we got up to a question really interesting.
The question was ‘what is New Zealand's rocket called?’.
I never knew New Zealand had its own rocket.
When I looked on the
wall I found out it was called Electron and we got the question right.

After that we went to the Planetarium and we had to sit on a chair
and look at the ceiling. Then Vanessa showed us an animation with
little kids building a rocket made out of cardboard.
They said 5,4,3,2,1 whoosh!
The rocket went way up into space and was very loud.
They all got their stuff and a book to know about space.
They discovered that Jupiter is very dangerous because it has
lightning and storm.

The Stardome was the best because I learnt a lot of things.
My favourite part was the Planetarium because we saw the milky way and
I thought it was cool.

Fotu

Telling analogne time

Here is a screen shot of our time activity we did on study ladder.

Pluto Paragraph

Pluto Paragraph

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Pluto became a dwarf planet in 2006.
It takes 248 years to orbit around the sun and there is
153 hours in one day.  
The ruler of the underworld in classical mythology.
Pluto’s distance from the
sun is 5,900,
10,00.
The diameter for Pluto is 2,250.
A astronomer called Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.

Gymnastics

In gymnastics we are learning to do poses, backwards roll, grapevine on the beam and front and back supports.

Read theoy - June

At the start of the year I was grade 1. Now I am grade 3 . My best result was grade 4.

Kei te pehea koe?

Today in Te Reo we did a poster about feelings in Maori.

Complex sentences

Complex sentences

Simple -

Please take a seat.

Complex -

Please take a seat, while you wait for Doctor Strange.

While you wait for Doctor Strange, please take a seat.

Sun set poem

We looked at metaphor in the poem sun set. Here is my picture from the poem.

Complex sentences

Complex sentences

Simple - There were amulets of all shapes.

Complex - There were amulets of all shapes although they were all purple.

We took a simple sentence from our library book, added on AAAWWUBIS, and made a complex sentence.