To all the students and families of Room 19

A big thank you for the year. There have been some great opportunities for extra learning, with PrEP and Camp, as well as many various visitors to the school. Thank you to the children for being great students and all the best to the year 4's for next year-I will miss you! 
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have a great holiday. See you back at school at the end of January. 

Nikita Lowe

Limericks

This term we have been doing limericks! A limerick is a humourmous poem where lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme with each other. Lines 3 and 4 are shorter then 1,2 and 5 but rhyme with each other.Here are some examples:


Jaxon : There was an old man from greek
              he thought it was hard to speak
              he got in his car
              and went to the bar
              and suddenly he grew a beak    

Tai : A handsome boy in my school named tai
        who went to have some pie
        stop said a fat clown
       on his way to town
       but tai already ate his yummy kai

Caleb: Once there was a lad named bad
                he never liked to be sad or he would be mad
                he meet an awesome king
                and said ling bing
                and meet a friend called chad

abbey : Once i meet a puffle
                  who really liked to shuffle
                  he went to the disco 
                  then he went to bricos
                  so he had a chocolate truffle

Shi : There was once a girl named shi
          she went to go buy an apple pie
          she went to the store
          but she was way to poor
          so she came home and said hi then good bye

Bernadette: There was a dog name luke
                              and met a frog named duke
                               they went far away
                             the dog bought a beret
                              then they made some Muke 

Stu Duval Week 4

Stu Duval came to Lytton Street School. On the first day he put our ideas for a fairytale on the board. The characters names were funny especially the horse named 
Sorry. On the 2nd day he showed us how to draw cartoons like A-Z cartoons ,numbers zero- 1 MILLION and shapes such as Square,Triangle and Circle.He taught us stuff like z zombies, j cowboys, p parrots, x cats, 5 dog, rectangle whale and oval fish.We really enjoyed it!

             

Welcome to Term 4! Our learning focus this term is to Take Risks and Be Creative. We have been showing our creativity by writing Tongue Twisters. The other name for Tongue Twisters is Alliteration. Here are some examples of what we have done so far:

Jacob:  Shaun shot a shopping shop so Shelby shot Shaun with some snot.

Shaun:  Shimmering Sunshine shines of shiny Shaun

Geena:  Madman Manny Made Milk Madness

Ivoree:  Twinkle Toes tripped on two terrible teenagers

Alyssa L: Pesty Patsy pigs get plump by pies.

Tai:  Randy's Rhino's run madly

Malakai:  Madman Manny makes marvelous muffins

World Cup Sports Day

What a fun day! Our teams were Australia 4 and 5. At the various stations we did: Tag games, soccer skills, athletic skills and rugby skills. A lot of us used our Kia Kaha spirit and supported and encouraged each other to give the activities a go.
The winner of Australia 4's free swim voucher goes to Lillia for trying her hardest at each station. Well done!
There is one more voucher and the winner will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

This term we have been writing reports about animals.

Kia Kaha (bullying)

This term we have been learning to have self control. We have been learning this through the programme Kia kaha which means be strong. We have been doing Kia Kaha for 7 weeks. For Kia kaha we have been doing rights and responsibilities eg We have a right to a tidy classroom and our responsibility is to keep it tidy.A  Police officer has came in and talked about making the right choice.  

Check out the links to the Bullying YouTube videos under "In Class Learning". 

By Abbey and Jaxon

Week 3

This week we did some cooking as part of our Kia Kaha unit on bullying. We had to work together to make Marshmallow treats and Lolly Log. They tasted delicious!

 

Term 3 so far

At the beginning of this term, in response to the Possum Magic big book, we cooked ANZAC biscuits.
Here is what we did:

Today we made ANZAC biscuits. Miss Lowe put us in 3 groups. I was in group two. We went to the technology room with our Possum Magic book and we got split up in our groups then we washed our hands. When we had washed our hands we go straight into cooking. First we put flour, sugar, coconut and rolled oats in the mixing bowl. After that I got to put 2 tablespoons of Golden Syrup in with a bit of butter. Miss Lowe stirred the butter and syrup well. Someone stirred the baking soda in the boiling water. When the baking soda and boiling water was mixed it got tipped into the syrup and butter. Then we put the syrup , butter, baking soda and water into the mixing bowl. When we had mixed it all up we made it into balls and squashed them with a fork then we put them in the oven. When they were cooked we tasted them. They were YUM! A few minutes later we wrote about it. I liked making ANZAC biscuits-it was fun. I enjoyed putting the Golden Syrup in the bowl.

By Geena.

Market Day

Market Day

On Thursday it was market day. I walked around a lot but then suddenly I saw a lolly cake store called Lovely Lolly Cake. I bought a small box and went off. I saw my mum and she gave me $1.00. I also saw a Pet Rock store. I bought a blue rock with 2 googly eyes. I called him Bubbles. I also got a bowl. Then the whistle blew. That meant that I had to start work. I worked for a little then some members from the crew came back so I had a little shop. I bought a drink and some friends poured sherbet in it. That made it taste yum.
Alyssa M did the same thing. I went back to work and a lady from the newspaper came and took a picture of me and Shaun. Flash! The camera was bright. A few kids bought a card but not that many. They were going to the food stores. Most of the food stores were shut down. Mrs Wilton-Scott came over and shut down our job so that meant SHOPPING but there wasn’t that much to buy so I went back to my classroom and put my stuff on my desk. I went to where we were sitting and suddenly Miss Lowe came out of no where and said that we had to stay outside and finish our food and drinks and then she went inside room 17. Me and Alyssa M started talking about what we did then Alyssa told me my tongue was green. I told her hers was, too. We pretended we were aliens. Everyone laughed then the bell rang. I knew it was lunch time.
When the day was over I went home and told mum all about it. It was fun at Market Day. I learnt that you can ask for a work break or you can earn a break.

By Geena


PERFECT MARKET DAY

On Thursday the 9th of June it was a busy Market Day at Lytton Street School. Inside the hall it was very noisy. I could hear lots of popping from the popcorn machine. I heard lots of crushing from when the ice was in the blender. It made a lot of noise. Actually I think it was most of the noise. I was selling the Gingerbread Cookies. They had green and pink icing with sultana’s on top for some more decorations.
I saw lots of people there. It was like a traffic jam. Suddenly it got noisier and noisier. My mum came really late so she didn’t get to buy anything. Mum had ten dollars. We spent it on tea. It was a really busy day. The sad thing was that some peoples money got stolen, but it was a great day.

By Shi

My Hockey Experience

BEEP,BEEP,BEEP My alarm clock went off oh no time for hockey wait  I'v got to get my uniform on first!! I play for north street school! there uniform are so AWESOME I like them! On the way I saw a hedgehog it was very spiky and so cute! When we got in palmerston north I saw my old house. We are there - we’re at hockey. I ran to my game. I saw of Turitea people. I was thinking I must be facing them. We had a little practise. It was fun but that was not the exciting part of it. It’s still coming now. The game begins. The ref blew the wistle. I pass the ball. He passed it back. I ran so fast that I scored a goal. “I scored!” I say. “One goal.”
After that I scored four more. The game ended and I got player of the day. I got a Pizza Piaza voucher. I ate a lunch time pizza. It was delicious!
I like hockey. 

Jacks Market Day

On Market Day I was a worker at Monster Feet. It was an awesome job. During my break time I got Icing Popcorn from the Popcorn business. Then, I got a pet rock. I called him Rocky. He smelled like dye and paint. Suddenly I spotted my friend and his dad. I also got a cool, amazing card from CC Cool Cards.
It was a really awesome day.

Market Day

Last Thursday was the Lytton Street School Market Day. There was heaps of food also stuff you can buy and there were drinks and heaps of people. I had heaps of money. I had twenty six dollars. It was so loud I couldn’t hear myself think! Suddenly, I saw a Carnival Land. I liked it so I played also I won. I got a Teddy Bear then I went inside.
Suddenly I saw a sherbet stand so I bought one big sherbet. After that the bell rang. RING!!! Then all of us went inside class.

Market Day photo's

Writing

This term we have been focusing on writing recounts. Here are some we have done.

MY FIRST MUSHABELLY
On Saturday I went to the Warehouse to get a Mushabelly.

I named him Yllebhsum. He is so cute. He was only $17.00. I love him.Every night I cuddle his body.

He is so fluffy,he keeps me warm at night and he is the best toy I’ve ever got.

Alyssa L


Weekend Netball
In the weekend I did some packing and I helped my mum and dad. Also, I went to my nana’s house for the night. Then it was saturday and we had 2 games of netball to play. For our 1st game we played Manchester Street School and we won. The sore was 1 to 13. Our next game was against Colyton and we won,  2 -11. It was fun and I was captain for the 2 games and I got to play a full game. Then we went home with my poupou and uncle and I had some lunch and I had rolls. They were nice. Then on Sunday I stayed home and just played at home with my big brother and little brother and we played with my netball. We just played passing and then we went inside and got something to eat and I got a biscuit. I went outside to play passing with my brother Kaea. We had to run to get the ball because my little brother does little passing.That was my netball weekend.

By Ella


At the beach
In the weekend I went to the beach with my friend Zac. He is ten.

While we were at the beach we had a swim and my mum came in. It was fun. My mum dived in the water.

I felt happy about my day at the beach and I went to bed early. I went to bed early because I had a busy day and I was sleepy.

Seth

Day 2

Today after we woke up we had to go for a walk in the bushes. We went to Totora Reserve. We had morning tea and a little play it was a awesome playground. Room19 & Room18 had to walk all the way back to Highland Home. For lunch we had macaronni cheese and we did not like it. Then we did  camp challanges. I liked the camp challanges. That night we did our skits it was AWESOME!

Camp Day 1

 In week 8, we had Camp at Highland Home Pohangina during school. Before we went on camp we decided which bunk rooms and cars we were going in. After we got there we had to unpack a little bit then everyone had morning tea. We had cupcakes, lamingtons and all that other stuff. Then we had to finish unpacking. After we had to go into the lounge. We got sent in our bunk room groups on a bush walk. After the bush walk, we had lunch at the Totara reserve and then we went back to camp. After we got back to camp we did activities such as earthboarding, Ripper Rugby and BMX riding. Then we had tea and then went to the glow worm caves and toasted marshmallows.

Term 1

Kia Ora! Welcome to Room 19's blog. We use this blog in class to add to our learning. We will also be using it to inform others about what we are learning in class!

Our thoughts are with the people of Canterbury at this difficult time. Lytton Street school are doing our part to fundraise for Christchurch.  We are holding a red and black disco. Our choir members (and there are a lot in our class) are singing at the Clock Tower Friday the 4th of March in a Gold for Red and Black community event. 

Keep posted about our learning!