Halloween, SCARE. Happy Halloween day from room 14

Holden - It was fun making the mask and the costume.

Shawnee Ann- It is cool.

Terence - I liked making the mask

Alfonze - I like making the mask.

James - It was fun.

Seth - It was cool making it and fun.

Jahzaay - It was cool making them.

Lincoln - It was cool wearing them.

Jade - I really like them and it was awesome fun.

Eruera - It was cool making the masks.

Tevana - I was cool making the newspaper clothing and the masks and I like it.  It was fun.

Payton - It was really fun making it and I like it when I made the costume.  I made it and Tevana helped me, she was being nice to me.

Room 14's quest to learn to juggle.  

We didn't have very good juggling balls so we came up with some ideas on how to get them.
We wrote a letter to the principal.  Ma TeHira came to visit us.

 We asked some questions.

 We watched her juggle 2 balls.
We liked the juggling balls and we watched Ma TeHira juggle the balls. Santino
It was nice of Ma TeHira to bring the juggling balls. Tevana
Ma TeHira is pretty. Seth

She is very cleaver.

 Doesn't that look fun.

Ma TeHira juggling 2 balls
Ma Te Hira was cool juggling the balls. Tina Roe
Ma TeHira was awesome juggling. Teneal
Ma TeHira was awesome juggling.  Eruera
Ma TeHira was good at juggling, but she dropped one. Seth
It was amazing to watch Ma TeHira. Tevana
Ma TeHira was juggling with 2 balls. Santino
Ma TeHira was juggling with 3 juggling balls. Jordan

 She showed us the new balls she bought.

 There are three in a packet.

Ma TeHira juggling 3 balls

Santino liked the new balls.

We all tried catching 1 ball, a great way to start to learn to juggle.
I like juggling. Tevana
I like Ma TeHira when she was juggling with one hand. Santino

The Pirate Feast

We have been reading the story 'The Pirate Feast.'  It is a favorite of our teacher aid Whaea Erin.

I liked when we the part with the blue ice cream.  Tevana
I like the part where he was singing about the thunder in the air. Holden
I liked it when we said 'YUCK.'
We liked reading the story, signing and saying arrrh, just like a pirate.

We made invitations to send to our family members (and Whaea Erin) inviting them to a pirate feast on friday.
It was fun making invitations. Tevana

Arrrh go the pirates.
We made eye patches and newspaper hats.
It fun making the pirate hats and eye patches. Tevana

We had a yummy feast of 'blue ice cream' (goody goody gum drops) and hokey pokey ice cream, popcorn and Alfonze's mum made some muffins and joined in our feast.
The feast was cool. Tevana
I liked the finding the treasure. Teneal
I liked the ice cream, it had little squares/oval in it. Santino
I ate 5 muffins. Jahzaay
I liked the popcorn. Eruera
I liked the popcorn and the muffins. Holden
I liked the muffins and the ice cream and the lollies. James

 Payton's mum joined our feast as well.

 Jahzaay found some treasure. (chocolate fish) "I like choclate fish," said Jahzaay.

 Tevana found some treasure. "I liked the chocolate fish," said Tevana

 James found some treasure.

 James enjoyed eating his treasure. "It was YUM," said James

 Whaea Erin came to our feast, she enjoyed finding treasure as well.

 Alfonze found some treasure.

 Whaea Erin bought some lemonade to the feast, yum.

 

Mrs Henwood dressed up as a pirate for the day, doesn't she look mean?

You look like a pirate Mrs Henwood. Tevana

You look like a kid pirate. Teneal

Room 14 Rain Verb stories 2014

When the rain falls it drops on the grass, it falls on the mud and drops on the ants.  Tina Rose

When the rain falls it drops, it falls and it dances.  Seth

Santino's rain verb story

When the rain falls it drops out of the sky.  It falls on the ground and taps on the window.  Santino

When the rain falls it gurgles, it falls and drips on the ground.  Kireesha

Eruera's rain verb story

When the rain falls it gurgles, it drops on the ground and drips.  Eruera

When the rain falls it drops water on the house.  It drops water on the trees and floods the ground. James

Payton's rain verb story

When the rain falls it bounces, it wets my car and it wets my clothes.  Payton

When the rain falls it gargles, it drips and it rains.  Holden

Shawnee Ann's rain verb story

When the rain falls it drops, it falls down and wets you.  Shawnee Ann

When the rain falls it taps, it drops out of the sky and it giggles.  Lincoln

Jahzaay's rain verb story

When the rain falls it spits, it drips and it drops on the ground.  Jahzaay

When the rain falls it splashes, it drops on the ground and giggles. Terence

Alfonze's rain verb story

When the rain falls it falls on the trees.  It gargles and giggles.  Alfonze

When the rain falls it gargles, it sounds like popcorn and it spits.  Jade

Sun verb stories September 2014

What Are We Learning: To use verbs to describe

When the sun shines it melts, it explodes and it roars in space.  Alfonze

When the sun shines it explodes, it is bright and the fire pops out.  Jahzaay

When the sun shines it bursts, it blows up and it shakes.  Shawnee Ann

When the sun shines it shouts, it screams and it boils the water in the puddles.  Tevana

When the sun shines it shines so good, it is light and it is like a volcano.  Payton

When the sun shines it explodes, and it is bursting.  James

When the sun shines it explodes, it is like a volcano and it burns. Eruera

When the sun shines it bursts, it sucks in and explodes like a moustache.  Kireesha

When the sun shines it shouts, it screams and it shines in the sky.  Santino

When the sun shines it melts, it explodes and it comes out and blows up.  Terence

When the sun shines it explodes, it smokes and burns my skin.  Seth

When the sun shines it smokes, it screams and shouts.  Tina Rose

When the sun shines it lights up, it screams and throws out lava.  Jade

Pink Day for Cancer Research

Jay Jay - We took a picture.
Tevana - It was not on.
Jay Jay - It was pink day.
Payton - We went to Tawaraunui and we got our picture taken.
Seth - We had our masks on.
Jahzaay - We put our mask on.
Teneal - We went to Tawaraunui and no one was there.
Terence - We made some masks.
Tevana - Everyone had their pictures taken before us.
Jay Jay - We went on the stage.
Jahzaay - We went cheese.
Tevana - We did silly faces.
Jay Jay - We took a picture of our class.
Seth - We took photos of us.
Jahzaay - We went down the stairs after our pink parade.
Tevana - We smiled.
Seth - We stood up.
Jay Jay - We stood up on the stage.
Tevana - We were smiling for Whaea Sabrina

Mana Whenua

We asked some questions about our school.  We know it is over 100 years old and used to be called The Native School.

• What did the school look like when it was first built? – Jade  We have a picture in our classroom, come and have a look.
• Was it an old building? – Santino It was new, but now it is old.
• Was it a Hurt Free School? – Seth No it was not a hurt free school when it was built. When did it become a Hurt Free School?
• How was it made? – Tevana It was made of wood and the roof was made with iron.
• When was the name changed to Kaikohe West School? – Santino
• Did it have a library when it first opened? – Jahzaay
• When did they open the library? – Jay Jay
• Who was the school made for? – Payton 47 Native School students in 1882.
• Who made the school?  Did Pappy? – Santino and Jahzaay
• Who painted the school? – Tevana
• How did the teachers get their names? – Payton i.e Mrs Bates, Mrs Smith
• Why did the teachers run the school? – Jade  The children couldn't run the school. Captain Mitchell was the first principal.
• Who supplied the library books? – Santino
• Who bought the pencils? – Deekon
• Who bought the chairs? - Santino
• Can anyone help us answer our questions?