The Super Mrs B

Mrs S

Ruby place value

Bailey place value

Library

We went to the public library

Week 4 term 4

Week 2 star of the week

Well done Sid. It was great having you visit our class last week. 

http://youtu.be/fYzzJtp08XE

Riley vs Wild

Check out this awesome movie that some of our class helped to make. 

how IMS is the best 1

how IMS is the best 1

Middle School is the Best!

Star of the week

Here is our star of the week from week 8. Remember that this person is chosen by the children. Miss Nielsen is not allowed a vote or to comment about how awesome they are - all these comments are made by the children.

Star of the week for week 7

How To Storyboard - First Light

news week 6

Class star week 5

writing

Some of our most fabulous workers have been busy publishing their writing. Check it out below.

Class star

Well done Harrison

nk words

News week 4

Here is the news report for week 4. It is also our first try at using a green screen. The background is a bit crazy. Miss Nielsen says it hurts her eyes!!!

Nikayas comic life about media mash

Learning about time

We are learning to tell the time on analogue and digital clocks. We made some clocks to help us to do this

Class star

On Fridays we vote for a class member who we think has best shown our school values of respect and responsibility. Last week we voted and Nikaya won. Here is what the class had to say about her. 

news week 2

Cindy science fair

Ryan S Science Fair

Seth Science fair

Rawiri Science Fair

Kuku Science Fair

Nikayas science fair

Cassie's science fair

Mahalia's Science fair

Saintlee's Science Fair

News Week 9

Reading Comprehension Strategies: Questioning

SUMMARY in READING SONG by Heath

The Ghost and the Sausage

We have been working on summarising stories and retellling them in our own words. Here is a group effort from Mrs Seymour's science fair kids.

New week 8

We are learning about transformations

We are learning about reflections, rotations, and translations. The easy words for these are flip, spin and slide. Check out this game to practice. 

Slide, flip, turn game

Or this game

translations game

Invercargill is amazing

Ruby wrote a great story about Invercargill

Contest

Secret Blog Competition

(For Room 7 children who read our blog!)

Send Miss Nielsen a photo of what makes you happy. The photo must be taken by you. 

News week 7

math song (place value to the thousands)

Rounding and Estimating Music Video

Yeast and Bread

We are learning to use storyboards to plan and write movies. Here is our very first try.

Mrs Seymour is awesome

We have a fabulous lady in our classroom called Mrs Seymour. Today is support staff appreciation day and so we made a movie to say thank you to her. Thanks Mrs Seymour, you are awesome, and you make us....

Happy......!

http://www.e-learningforkids.org/science/lesson/states-of-matter/

Newsreport week 6

We have been learning to describe so that our readers can guess our items just from clues. Can you guess what our favourite presents were?

Do you know about my favourite present?
I received my present at night time, just before we ate cke. I had to open it at home. I just could not wait much longer. It was finally time to open my presents. My first present was so BIG. To me it sounded like it was saying "open my Cassie, open me". I ripped the paper like there was no tomorrow. It was fluffy, purple and flat.
"At the moment it's flat because you need to fill it up" said my Mum.
I really wish I could tell you what it is.
By Cassie


Do you want to guess what my favourite present is? It is red and black. It can fly. It is smaller than a bike helmet. It goes faster than a remote control car. It sounds like a buzzy bee. It can go as high as a house. Have you guessed it yet? Do you want me to tell you?
It is a remote controlled helicopter. 
By Harrison

Let me tell you about my birthday present. It is as yellow as a banana. It is so cosy and as soft as a blanket. It can be a pillow. We can put some toys and blankets in it.
By Mahalia

Do you know whats in my present? Well I'm going to tell you. I will give you some clues.
It uses a battery. It turns on and off. It has youtube to help me learn six times tables. It has games on it. Do you know what it is now? If you don't, let me tell you some more clues. I play with it every day. It is as big as a writing book. Thats strange. Hopefully I don't have to say it again. Can you guess what it is?
By Cindy

You won't believe how incredible my birthday present was. The big present was waiting outside by the door. It said "To Teneille, Happy birthday, hope you like it". I took the big present into my room and I opened it. I ripped the paper off my present. It was really hard. I was puffed out because it was really heavy to carry. It felt like I was carrying a big mirror. Do you want to know what my present was? It was a laptop. Now you know about my awesome present.
By Teneille

Newstalk2

We are starting a fractions unit in room 7. Check out this great song about fractions.

We have a new news crew who are going to be bringing you weekly reports about the state of things in room 7. Check back for more updates to see what we are learning.

Limericks

Wow, check out these great rhymers. 

There once was a girl from France,

Who wanted to learn how to dance.

She tried her best,

But wasn't good like the rest.

And her teacher gave her one more chance.

By Teneille

There once was a boy from Dunedin,

He loved to do lots of readin.

He loved to learn about math,

His mum's name was Kath,

So he went home and got a feed-in.

By Saintlee

There once was a boy from Gore

Who was very very poor.

He asked his mum for money,

She dropped it in honey,

So he asked his dad for some more.

By Cassie

There once was a school in the middle,

The doors were way too little.

The kids had to crawl,

They crashed into a wall,

And then they crashed over like skittles.

By Dakota

There once was a boy from Gore

He wanted to know how to count up to four.

But he couldn't get past two,

He didn't know what to do,

So he let out a very huge roar.

By Ryan C

"The Letter H Song" by ABCmouse.com

The Matter Song (Solid or a Liquid or a Gas)

How Color Affects Your Mood

We are learning about how colour can affect your mood.

Im going to tell you about me when i was scared

First i was at the shop so Mum was here with me then i wanted to go somewhere that is amazing and i did but I didn’t go with my mum i was shivering like a bug! I could not find her! She was fast like a tiger!.

Then… I found someone that knows where she was but then she couldn’t find her!

i was TERRIFIED! Then it was time to go but i still didn’t find her! Then she found me in the amazing place! how amazing.

thats how i got scared and where i got scared.
By Yazmin

Ryan was scared

Hi i’m Ryan.

I am going to tell you about a time I was scared.

One day I was scared of a creepy noise going  bo bo bo .

So I went out to the dark ferocious lounge :(  .It was as scary as a human getting eaten by a Monster.

It was getting louder and louder. BO BO BO!!!!!.

It was like I was right on top of it.

In fact I was. So I went down stairs into my sisters room.  BO BO BO BO!!!!!!

BANG it sounded like it was a nuclear explosion.

I stepped into my Sisters room more. Past the no boys sign. Beside her bed I could see something glowing .So I looked under  the blankets and saw my ipod turned on.

Sam must have been playing it. And then I find Sammie in the second lounge. Watching television.

I ran and I ran to Mum and Dads bedroom yelling Sammies up Sammies up

and she got in deep trouble . But that wasn't the end of the curse of the ipod and haunted tv.

That was my very spooky  awesome wonderful worst night of my life.

But there was something else lurking in the house...

By Ryan S

Check out our awesome portraits

"The Letter F Song" by ABCmouse.com

Here is a fun song to get your brains working for term 2.

We have been learning how to use Google Apps for education. We are so excited to be using this. It is a lot of fun to be a digital classroom. Miss Nielsen can copy and paste our stories straight from the documents into our blog, we are still learning how to spell check and use punctuation on the computer properly, but check these out.

Do you want to read my story about my life cycle?

When I was little I wore  nappies and I always sucked my pink dummy. (Please don’t tease me.)

Then maybe a year after I turned into a toddler. Apparently Mum said when I was 3 I said I’m a big girl and I didn’t use my dummy for a month or 2. I also went to preschool when I was a toddler and I had a BFF called Riley-may.

Then I turned into a KID! I LOVE BEING A KID! I’m a kid right now. Kids go to school just like me. When I Was 4, I was in a car accident and so was my Mum and Nan.  I was scared and I had butterflies in my tummy. But then my Nan got out of the car and sweared at the person that wasn’t watching where he was going and crashed into our car! Then when I turned 5 I started school and now I’m 7 and I go to room 7 at school! The school I go to is Invercargill Middle School, IT’S THE BEST SCHOOL EVER!

That was the life cycle of me. :) By Lily D

Do you know three things about me.The first thing I am going to tell you about is my fave aniamil.Well my favourite animal is a dog because they are SOOOO cute .The second thing is my fave spot.It is water polo because you get to go in the water and you get to play a spot at the same time .The last thing is my fave Holoday. Well my fave holiday is Christmas.Christmas is my fave holiday because you spend time with your family.  

Now you know the 3 things I like. By Cassie



hi I'm kKuku do you want to know about me well great i love to do athletics and i also like to craft stuff and i like to learn new things now you know all about me.

Do you know about my amazing life cycle? Let me tell you the 3 stages of my life cycle.

The first stage of my life cycle was being a cute baby. When I was a baby I wore nappies. I used to cry because I couldn't say anything that I wanted to.

Next I was an adventurous toddler. When I was a toddler I learnt how to walk and talk. My Mum taught me how to go to the toilet. 

Lastly the toddler changed into a child. Now I am a child. I am very honest. I do all of my work on my own. I can ride on my own bike.

Now you know my life cycle.

By Aastha

I think you need a healthy pep talk.

You should help open doors for your friends. I am saying that because I want you to be AWESOME! And otherwise your friends might get donked on the nose.

The next thing you have to do is listen to people. Listen to your friends. They might say something really beautiful to you, or they might give you something that you had never ever seen in your whole life. 

Third we just need to show respect to others.

Now you know how to be awesome. 

By Cindy

Who thinks that dogs are better than cats? If you like cats better than dogs you must be crazy because dogs are way more amazing than cats.

First they can play fetch. This is better because they get their exercise.

The next reason is dogs are soft and cuddly and cute sometimes. This is good because cats will only scratch.

In the end you must agree you should go get one right now.

By Harrison

You think dogs are better than cats? You must be crazy!

Firstly cats are better because they don’t beg like some dogs. This is good because it won’t annoy you.

The second reason is because they don’t cost too much money. And that’s a good thing.

You should go and get one right now.

By Nikaya

Do you think cats are better than dogs? No way! You must be crazy. Dogs are the best pets of all.

First, dogs help blind people. That is important so that blind people walk properly.
Next dogs don’t bark at people walking past my house.

I should go home right now and see my dog.

By Saintlee

My story by Lily D

My Story

Once upon a time a little baby princess was born. Her birthday is the 9th of April.

To be continued...

life cycle

we have been learning about life cycles this is one

I don't know what to call this! Do you?

Everybody is awesome and yeah. You always have your own style. Never say anybody is ugly it's mean and they will cry and they aren't ugly. Nobody is ugly at all. Everybody is pretty and handsome in there own way. 

What should I call this? Write a comment saying what I should call this. Sorry I don't have a picture!

Lily D

  A feue Weeks ago we (Middle school)  went to a show, This is us it was FUNNY!!!

Look at Ryan C's poster!

Look at Ryan C's poster! ITS AWESOME! If you ever see our school, I.M.S, look at room 7's door! His poster will be there! By Lily D

Hello

Hi it's Lily D and we have been doing some hockey.

Also Room 4 have been doing some hockey too.

We had loads of fun and it was awesome! 

By Lily D

Recount writing

On July the 16th I had a party at home. I invited Noah, Ryan C and Mum and Dad.

Knock Knock. I wondered who was at the door. It was my friends. Noah got me a ninja pinball and I opened the rest of my presents. 

Mmm what's that delicious smell? Mum's clocking the tes. I had saveloys and cake. 

It was a fantastic day. I wish it was my birthday every day. 

By Dakota

Let me tell you about my birthday. My family and I were there. We had tea from a shop. My birthday was in October and we were at home.

First we had tea from McDonalds. It was so yummy that I was as happy as my little cousin Charlie.

Next I opened my presents. I had so many presents.

Third my family sang the happy birthday song to me.

Last we ate my biscuit fudge cake. I wish my birthday was today.

By Cassie.

Life cycles Video6

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Life cycles Video4

Life cycles Video3

Life cycles Video2

Life cycles Video1

Frogs

We have been making videos in explain everything to show what we know about the life cycles of frogs.

EE2Video

EE3Video

EE Video

EE4Video

Homework challenge:

Can you find photos of yourself growing up? We are learning about life cycles and how things change over time. Bring along some photos to share with the class to show us how you have changed since you were born. If you need to you can email them to Miss Nielsen.

How have these people changed over time? This photo was taken in 2011

 This is a picture of Harrison
and Ryan  and Mekka written
by Cassie

 this is Yazmin my BFF! and Nikaya my BFF! also
I play with them sometimes. The person at the
back is called Tony, he is a hockey teacher. He told us
how to hold the hockey stick and taight us how to play.
written by Kuku

This is Rawiri my team mate.

This is a picture of Harrison showing his skills with hockey. Written by Lily D :)

  

We wrote some acrostic poems about athletics

As amazing as a chocolate city.
Tall people are good runners.
Hot like the core.
Losing is not great.
Ethan likes athletics.
Talking slows you down.
I.M.S is the best at athletics.
Crighton my friend came second.
So cool winning the 60m race.
By Ethan


As awesome as a party.
Train very very hard.
Hot as the sun.
Long jump is tiring.
Excellence is exhausting.
Tiring running 100m.
I am awesome at running.
Catching up with people.
Sitting down nicely afterwards.
By Ryan C

Awesome as an iceberg.
Training is hard.
Hot as fire.
Lots of people.
Easy as maths.
Throwing.
Incredible as a motorbike.
Cool as  a super hero.
Shotput is awesome.
By Rawiri

Athletics Day

On Thursday we had our athletics day. We did all the field events in the morning. We did long jump, high jump, shot put and discus. We had to wait to do our running on Friday because we can't do it at our school. We did our running at Windsor North School. Thanks to everyone who supported us.

If anyone has any good photos of us at athletics please share them with us. Our photographers were a wee bit shaky and we have lots of 'moving' shots.

Dictionaries

This week all the Year 4 children received a dictionary from the local Rotary Club. They are beautiful dictionaries that will help us with learning. We really enjoyed looking at all the pictures in them.

Thompsons Bush Trip

Check out our tellagamis

We wrote a script to introduce ourselves then created a tellagami to share it with you.

Blog editors

We have 5 new blog editors. They are Lily M, Lily D, Cassie, Ryan P and Kuku.
Here they are.

I Song

Our sound of the week this week is Short i. How many words can you think of with the short i sound in them? Can anyone tell me why ice-cream would not be on our list?

We are learning to write using strong adjectives and similes. Here we are concentrating hard on our writing. 

 Here is a video from 2011. Lots of these people are in our class this year. Does anyone recognise what we are doing?


Untitled from Miss Nielsen on Vimeo.