We have been learning about different language features to make our writing more interesting. Some children have made keynotes to use as a teaching resource or an assessment to see if children know what a simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia or metaphor is. Click on each slide to find out.

We went on the Hero Factory website and created our own Super heros. We made up ID cards for each of our heros.

Silly Similes

We have been learning to use rich language to make our writing more interesting to read. We used photo booth to take silly pictures of ourselves and thought of a simile to describe ourselves. Enjoy our movie.

We were inspired by Room 10's descriptive writing. In groups we brainstormed nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs that described our animals. We then looked at language features like similes, alliteration and onomatopoeia that we could use to also describe our animals. We wrote our own descriptions and used comic life to present our work creatively. Please enjoy.

Balloon Racers

Last week we had a homework challenge to create a balloon Racer. We have learnt that they work on Newton's third law of motion. The air rushes out of the balloon backwards and pushes the car forwards in the opposite direction.
We had a competition to see which car was the fastest, went the furtherest and was the most creative.

The children were very creative, and all the racers were made out of recycled materials.
Enjoy our photos.

Forces

Mrs Pene found these cool interactive activities on the BBC website that help teach you about forces, friction and magnetism. You can click on the website address below to find the other activities about forces and magnetism.
Click on the picture below to find out about friction.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/friction/play.shtml

Gymnastics

This term as part of our movement theme we have a special gymnastics coach, Ben. We have been doing some really challenging activities. Mrs Wendt was surprised at how many children can't do a handstand, cartwheel or backward roll. We need to practise these movements at home.

Experiments

We have been carrying out experiments that test Newton's Laws of Motion. We made parachutes and balloon rockets.

Our Mums

Please read our thoughts about our mums. Happy Mother's Day!

Simple Machines Interactive Site

Click on the picture above to link to a cool website

where you can learn about simple machines while

you play games

Movement Experiments

We have been undertaking simple experiments to look at the types of forces that cause movement. We have learnt about gravity, friction, push and pull.

Movement Immersion

We are studying Movement this term. We had a wheels day and Jump Jam as immersion activities in week 1.

Milky Way Inquiry

Here is Zahna and Gia's Inquiry on Ian Falconer

I will post more inquiries when I can as I have had problems uploading them

Boys and Reading

Fintan and Rufaro carried out an Inquiry about What books do Year 4 boys like to read

Story Inquiry

This is Brylee's and Sophia's Inquiry on Joy Cowley

Milky Way Inquiry

Milky Way undertook an inquiry in pairs for Story. They formulated a question they wanted to research about story. They used information from books, internet and interviewed children in our class to find the answer to their question. They decided how they would like to present their research to the class.

This is Sam and Isaac's Inquiry on Ross Kinnaird

Myths and Legends

We looked at various Maori Myths and Legends. As a class we retold the legend of our local maunga Parahaki. In pairs we illustrated parts of the legend in kidpix. We then made a podcast and everyone had a part of the story they retold.

An event in my Life

We wrote about an event in our lives for our own story. We made an illustration for our story in Kidpix. Enjoy!

Pepeha

We read a book called 'Child of Aotearoa.' We learnt that Maori identify where they come from by naming their maunga, awa, waka, marae, iwi and hapu.

This is our pepeha.

My Story

We are creating books about ourselves at school. These are comic life presentations we have made about ourselves.