14 Days Until Christmas

We have been very busy with Christmas related activities in R5. We have been using the Literacy Shed videos as inspiration for our writing. Here are two adverts from John Lewis.

Today we used our senses to write poems about Christmas. We published these poems in many different ways. Here is some of our finished work.

Ben F - Room 5's Super-learner

Ben F is constantly learning. He is always working on a project in his Google Drive folder. He is going to make a great journalist one day! Check out what he has been up to lately. 

The Lorax 1972

Today, as part of our study of The Lorax by Dr Suess, we watched the movie that was made in 1972. We had to fill in a plan of the event while we were watching. Once we had finished watching the movie, we had to use our plans to write a news report about what happened. 

Here is Sakina's news report.

Ben F has written his news report in Samoan!

Koito wrote her report in Japanese!

War Horses

As part of our study of Animal in WW1, we read a story today about horses in the war. Here are some of our responses to the text.

Google Drawing by Chloe.

Ben F's Prezi about Samoa!

Ben F has been working away quietly on this Prezi. It was his decision to make this Prezi in his own time. What awesome learning Ben!

More Chromebook Movies

Here is Nevaeh T, Adam and Ben F's movie about how to look after Chromebooks.

Here is Nevaeh R, Ethan, Mary and Don's movie about how to look after Chromebooks.

Poems by Charlette and Ben F

Here is a poem by Ben F about the strange weather Auckland has been experiencing. He has used his senses to organise his poem.

Here is an acrostic poem written by Charlette. It is about her cat Fluffy.

Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa - Part 2

Here are some Prezis we created to show the new Samoan words we have been learning. 

Our Bi-literate Learners!

Check out our amazing biliterate learners! They can speak, read and write in two languages.

As part of our Learning Pathways study, we have been writing postcards to people around the world. Here is a photo of Koito writing a letter to her Grandma in Japan in Japanese. 

Here is Ben F's letter to his cousin in Samoa and here is a video of Ben reading his letter to his cousin in Samoan!

Postcard to Samoa from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

I Wonder

Today we started talking about our learning pathways topic for Term 2. The topic of study is Our World. Some of the children had some questions about the topic that they recorded onto the iPad.

We are going to be exploring the our world's continents and oceans. Check out this video about the continents and oceans on Earth.

Do you have any questions about our world? Or maybe you have an answer to one of Room 5's questions. Please leave a comment.

Safe Places

As part of Kia Kaha, we have been talking about the places in school that we feel safe to play. The children in Room 5 were set a group challenge of recording a video on the iPad of themselves in both a safe and unsafe place to play within the school. They made some great videos, here are the results.