Happy by Abby

Happy is yellow.
Happy looks like dogs and icecream and it
tastes like bubblegum and yummy lollies.
It smells like perfume.
It feels like playing and running when I win.

By Abby

Multiplication - learning about groups of numbers

Today in maths we practised making groups of numbers and putting them together. Here are some photos showing you how we did this. The important thing to notice is the words 'groups of', which later will be replaced with 'times' once the concept is learned.


When practising at home, it is important to use the words 'groups of', plus always use equipment at this level. We suggest parents colour code the individual groups of objects so the children can see how the numbers are grouped.

The other important thing to notice is how we are making the connection to repeated addition and early multiplication.

Lonely by Charlotte

Lonely is light blue.

Lonely feels like a dinosaur touching your back.

Lonely looks like someone crying.

Lonely tastes like mustard.

Lonely sounds like a witch creeping up on you.

Lonely smells like apples

By Charlotte.

Shock by Flynn

Shock is something that feels cold.

It sounds like someone crying.

It tastes like fresh air.

Shock is blue.

It looks like a flicker of light.

It smells like hard wind.

It sounds like an earthquake.

By Flynn

Afraid by Yusuf

Afraid feels like shivers up your spine.

Afraid tastes like burns in your tongue.

Afraid is black.

Afraid smells like fire.

It looks like someone running away from a monster.

By Yusuf

Hunger by Payton

The colour of hunger is pink.

It look's like a butterfly wing.
Hunger sound's like grumbling
in pooh bear's tummy.
Hunger smells like lemonade and
orange juice mixed together.

By Payton

Sad by Josh

Sad is blue.

It tastes like lime.

It sounds like people crying.

It looks like people shrugging.

It feels like when I am left out.

By Josh

Sea Lions by Holly and Georgia

Holly New Zealand sea lions are very rare animals. They are safe habitats for sea birds, seals, and
sea lions.
Georgia the pups are born around christmas time. the pups live together in pods when their mothers are at sea

sea lions

1. scientists put a small pink tag on a front flipper of every pup.each tag as number so that they can keep track of the pups and tell them apart from one another
   
2. new zealand sea lions are a protected species.There are fewer than twelve thousand of them left in the world.

Sketching Examples

Here are some images we've found to show you what sketching looks like:

Frustrated by Jasmine

Frustrated is red.
Frustrated looks like an octopus floating in the sea.
Frustrated is playing with angry dolls.
Frustrated sounds like angry music.
Frustrated smells like rotten flowers .
Frustrated tastes like onions.
Frustrated feels like sticky rough mud.

Sad By Will

Sad is blue.
It tastes like lemons.
people lonly.
it fells cold.
waaaaaa.
it smells like apple.

Love by Georgia

Love is purple.
It looks like a girl hugging her mum.
Love sounds like kisses.
It smells like flowers.
It feels like playing with my little pony.
Love taste like lip gloss.

Excitement by Samuel

Excitement is yellow.
It tastes like bubble gum.
Excitement feels like Christmas.
It smells like lollies.
Excitement sounds like santa is coming.

shok by flyn

shock is someone that feels cold. it sonds like sameone crying. it tast like fresh air. shock is blue it looks like a fliker of lihgt it smeels like hard wind. it sonds

Excited by Jack

Excited is blue.

It's like everyone screaming.

It smells like gel.

It feels like a rocket shooting up my sleeve.

I makes me go crazy.

It's like the best feeling ever!

by Jack

Excitement by Austin

It feels like a party.

It sounds like children laughing .

It lo0ks likechildren having fun.

It taste like lollies .
It smells like cake.

The colour is blue.

Happiness by Finn

It feels like shooting stars down your back
It is gold
It tastes like milky chocolate
It looks like people playing Star Wars
It smells like frozen bubble gum
It sounds like people shouting on the playground.

Love by Isabella

Love is pink it looks like a girl
hugging her puppy.
Love sounds like a star glowing it feels like
playing with my little sister.
Love tastes like lip gloss.
Love smells like a butterfly flower.

Terrified By Nick

Terrified is black.
It looks like a child being scared.
It sounds like someone crying.
It smells bad like road works.
It tastes scary.
It feels like someone scratching your back.

Surprise by William

Surprise is blue.
It feels like bowling.
It looks having a party.
It tastes like cake.
It smells like food.
It sounds like noisey people.

Lonely by Clara

Lonely is like a purple umbrella
It looks like someone is left out
It sounds like a child is sad
Lonly smells like oranges
Lonly tates like manderins
It feels like a rose petal.

Happy by Holly

Happy is light blue.
Happy looks like a cheerful little puppy.
It smells like red cherries.
It tastes like icecream.
It feels like a warm breeze.
Happy sounds like people laughing.

By Holly

Happiness by Hamish

Happiness is green.
It smells like flowers.
It tastes like honey.
It looks like a dog.
It sounds like people laughing at a joke and being happy.

Ice Age 3 by Jack

On Tuesday me and Dad and my bother Flynn went to the movies. It was Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs. I was laughing the most.

There were two dinmensions, one was Ice Age and the other was dinosaurs. It was the best movie ever. It was the third section. Mane was really silly. In fact, everything was silly.

When the movie was over we went to get Angus and Zach's presents. Then we went down the road to Time Zone. It was the best holiday.

By Jack

Crocodile Spotting by Isabella

Last Monday when we were in Port Douglas we went crocodile spotting. We had to go for a two hour drive. I went with my sister and Grandpa and Dad and Mum. At last we got there we went on a boat to see the crocodiles. We saw a type of owl. After the owl we saw a crocodile. Then we took some pictures.

Then we turned around and got back to the harbour, it was so much fun we went back and met Mum and Grandma. What a fantastic morning.

Starlight Express by Lucy

On Sunday the 19th of July me and my family went with me Grandma and Grandad to the awesome Starlight Express and I know I haven't told you where it was. So I will tell you. It was at the WestPac Centre. It was a play. We went because it was the holidays. I really, really liked it.

Ice Age 3 by Finn

In the holidays I went to Hoyts to see Ice Age 3. It was funny. My favourite people were Deago and Sid. It was funny because Sid found eggs and then he drew faces on them because he wanted babies of his own.

My favourite part was when Deago was chasing a deer.

Holiday Party by Zach

In the holiday it was my party. We played pass the parcel. It was on Sunday. It was my party because I was turning 7. The people that came were: Isabella, Austin, Will B, Hamish, Jordan, Flynn, Jack and Samantha, Maddy my sister and Seb and me. It was really, really fun

Hansel and Gretel by Samuel

In the holidays I went to Hansel and Gretel with my family because my mum chose to go and see Hansel and Gretel. I went in my car and it was a play.

The movie was fun. My favourite part was funny because the witch goes in the oven. Some people danced in the front but I didn't dance. In the end we clapped.

Airforce Museum by Nicholas

We went to the airforce museum. We looked at real planes. We looked at model planes and played games. I went with my sister and Mum. We went just for a visit. We went by car. The airforce museum was by the giant model plane.

We saw a giant, giant, giant plane and then we want to the gift shop, but did not buy anything. Then we went to the shop and then McDonalds.

Cousins by Abby

One day in the holidays my cousins came for a sleepover. We went to the farm. I had lunch with my cousins. After lunch I made a hut. It was fun at the farm. We went in the trailer and Todd's dogs came with us. It was fun. I went home in the car.

Ice age 3 by Josh

In the holiday,s. I went to Ice age 3 with molly me and Lily. we went by car. It was at Northland,s mall.It was a holiday experience. We went to the coffee shop afterwerd,s. My sister thought it was funny when the baby dinoursor scratched his bum.I loved it too. Lily loved it too.

(Josh published this all by himself with Charlotte!!!)

At the Market by Eden

I went to the market. I used all my money on an expensive watch and it has a Barbie on it. I like it because it has a little doggie in her hand on it.

Skiing at Mt Hutt by Hamish

On the day before I went to Tekapo, I went to Mt Hutt. I went with Chris and Georgia. I went for fun. At Mt Hutt I went up the chair lift. It was tired for me when I went down the cat-track on skis. My leg was so tired that I fell over lots of times. But I wasn't hurt.

By Hamish.

Skiing at Cardrona By Nick

In the holidays the third of July I went to Cardrona. At the top of the whitestar express the lift almost stops. I stayed in Queenstown with mum, Sam and George. I went there for my holiday. At Cardrona I did heaps of jumps!! It was a really fun holiday.

By Nick.

Skiing with Nick by Will B

On Monday I went to Mount Hutt with Nick and I went to the top of the mountain on the chair lift. I grinded and I jumped off a small cliff. I went to McDonalds after I went skiing. I enjoyed it because I skiied with Nick.

By Will B

The Terrible Tiger

Today in reading Fin, Mason and Ben read the book "The Terrible Tiger".

We read the book together and then talked about the beginning, the middle and the end of the story.

Ben, Fin and Mason decided the beginning of the story is about finding the tiger.
The middle of the story is seeing a monkey, seeing a bird and then seeing a snake that is the terrible tiger. At the end the children run home and tell Mum they aren't scared of anything.

Then Fin, Ben and Mason took photos showing them acting out the beginning, middle and end of the story, "The Terrible Tiger".

Fun on the Luge

In the holidays I went on the luge and my grandad did it too and my family. We had to go on the gondola to get up to it. The luge is a downhill cart. You can make it go fast and slow. I went on it myself. After that we had an ice block.

Ice Age 3 For A Birthday

I went to the movies. It was the last day of the holidays. It was on 19th July. We saw Ice Age 3, it was very funny. We had popcorn. A dinosaur liked a different animal. It finished. We waited for Mum and Dad because just the children went to see the movie.

Coming To Christchurch

On the 2nd Tuesday of the holidays I went on the train with Isy, Nana, Ella and Claudia. We went on the train to Christchurch. Mum and Dad were already there. We had stayed at Nana's while Mum and Dad moved in to our new house. Now I live in Waiwetu Street and go to Fendalton School.

Reflection on Hero Inquiry

Pluses (things that we liked, went well, were proud of)

• Our heroes answered all our questions, Josh.
• It was good to see the visitors demonstrate their equipment, Zach.
• I like the lights on the emergency vehicles, Georgia.
• We got to sit in the front of the vehicles, Payton, Will B
  
• Visiting the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Nick, Nicholas
  
• Going into the helicopter, Clara
• Sitting in the front of the helicopter, Lucy.
  
• I liked the Hero party, it was really nice. Will T.
• I loved the things I learned about the nurses, Abby.
• Going into the Police car. Hamish
• The heroes answered all our interesting questions. Eden
• We asked very good questions
• Going through the ambulance, Charlotte.

Minuses (things that didn't go well, problems we had)

• People were very excited at the party, they got a wee bit silly. Nick
• Sometimes people didn't listen, Zach, Josh.
  
• Only some people went int he back of the helicopter, Nicholas.
• I didn't like when the hose went on the cars, Clara
• The heroes didn't think that they were heroes, Will B.
• We only visited one place. Hamish.
• Some people pushed a little bit (at the WRH) Lucy

Interesting (things that were surprising or unexpected)

• I didn't think our party would go so well, Abby.
• It was great to have our heroes at the party.
• It was interesting that emergency people didn't think they were heroes. Zach
• The heroes were teachers too! Will T.
• It was cool our heroes let us go into their vehicles. Lucy
• It was nice that everyone loved our party.
• We got to sit in the front, Samuel.
• It was so cool that we got to organise our trip to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Isabella
• It was really great that we organised our own party for our heroes. Nick

Welcome to Term 3

Thank you and welcome...
Wow, we can't believe that the year is already half way through. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this through the year. The children (and parents) of Team 20 are gorgeous, and we feel very lucky to be working with such a responsive group of learners. We would also like to welcome Holly Alloway and her family to Team 20. They have shifted to Christchurch from Wellington over the holiday break.

Energise Me ...
Term 3 will start with a new inquiry getting underway. It is called 'Energise Me'. We will be using this umbrella idea to think about;our basic needs, keeping healthy, having balance in your life, eating and exercise, the human body, keeping warm and being ready to learn. Thank you to those of you that have sent in resources to support these ideas. If you have ideas or resource people we can access please let us know.

Literacy and Numeracy...
Our literacy focus will be based around transactional texts this term. This means writing recipes, instructions and more factual forms of writing. Look out for a cooking roster later in the term when we put our writing into action! Numeracy will be centred around the ideas of multiplication and division. However at the Stage 3 - 5 level that means ensuring the children have a good understanding of grouping sets, repeated addition and skip counting. This will form the foundations that they need to understand the concepts of multiplication and division. We will be beavering away at developing fast recall of addition and subtraction facts as well.

Arts and PE...
Our PE focus will move to large ball skills at the beginning of the term and then by the end of the term we will start to think about athletics as summer is around the corner. We will continue with an arts rotation on Wednesday afternoons. The children will spend two weeks exploring dance, drama and visual arts through the lens of the 'Energise Me' study. The Junior are mixed into 3 large groups and will work with pairs of teachers for two weeks on each discipline.

Around the middle of the term the children will be sharing their learning with you in our Student Led Conference Sessions.

Trips and Visits...
We have 3 trips planned for this term and will need some parent help on each of these visits. In Week 2 we head to the Ngaio Marsh Theatre to watch the senior school's Wearable Arts Extravaganza. In Week 6 we are going to the museum to work with educators and experience the human body exhibit. We will be using private cars for this visit. In Week 8 we will be going to the Town Hall to see the NZ Army Band!

We hope you all had a wonderful and restful break and were able to keep the bugs at bay. People seem to be very cautious and are keeping low if family members are showing symptoms of sickness. This is probably quite wise.

Looking forward to a fun-filled, busy term with you all.

Kind Regards

Claire and Rob

Geometry

Here are some photos from a fun game we played today - pass the parcel with a twist! Pull out a 2D or 3D shape and describe it using the language of geometry:

• face
• edge
• side
• corner/vertice

We even had a surprise visitor join us!



Here are some shots of another activity we've been involved in:

El Grego Reflection

In groups, make comments to the following questions about the El Grego magic show.

1. What was El Grego's main message?
2. What were some of the words he used in his ladder and what do they mean?
3. Which of these words do you need to get better at?