Describing Hagbane

Yesterday we used the wicked old crone from our performance to describe in writing. Jessie played this character so well in the pantomime. Here are some for you to read:

Hagbane by Drew
Hagbane is gross and revolting. She lives in the Great Forest of Allemore. She always wears a black pointy hat and a cloak as dark as the night. Hagbane smells like sewer water. If anyone gets near they'll get knocked out. Hagbane has warts as big as cherry bombs and lime green skin with lemon yellow, crooked teeth. Her laugh is so evil that even the bravest person would run and cry, "Mummy." She has a long nose, so long that she could smell things miles away.

Hagbanes Doom by Himaya
Hagbane was a wicked old hag who lived in the forest of Allemore, she tried to steal the magical merestone from the forest. She succeeded on her mission and the forest began to die.

Hagbane had plaquey, yellow teeth and they were as crooked as a mountain range. She had wrinkles as deep as craters from frowning too much.

She wore clothes as black as the night sky and her hair had one misty, grey streak in it. Her skin was pale like someone who was sick. She smelt appalling and she has a disgraceful attitude.

When she came by she made you feel disgusted and petrified. Her voice was so croaky and oh boy could she shout!

That Hagbane... I do NOT like her!


Hagbane by Jessie
Hagbane was a wicked, old witch who lived in a castle in the Forest of Allemore. She wore a long black dress with long night black hair which also had streaks of silver in it and lots of tugs. She wore a black bandana with gold stars on it. She also wore lots of make-up. She had bright green blush and hard, green eyeshadow. She had lots of eye liner and blood red lipstick with a light coloured face. Ohhh that ugly crone!

Shapes Song

Here is a song to help you remember some of the 2D shape names.

All Blacks 41 - 10 Tonga

One game down! Well done to the MIGHTY All Blacks. Two players that really stood out were Sonny Bill Williams who played brilliantly setting up a few tries with some strong passes. His rugby shirt even got ripped! Richard Kahui was another star player. NZ is so proud. What a great opening ceremony too. Hopefully it encourges people from all over the world to visit our beautiful country.

Room 13 made predictions to pick the score of the game. On Monday we will find out who was the closest and they will earn themselves a heap of 'fly buys' points!

Tonights the Night!!!

All Blacks V Tonga and the Opening Ceremony for the World Cup is tonight!

The All Blacks starting line up are:
1. Tony Woodcock 2. Andrew Hore 3. Owen Franks 4. Brad Thorn
5. Ali Williams 6. Jerome Kaione 7. Richie McCaw 8. Victor Vito
9. Jimmy Cowan 10. Daniel Carter 11. Isaia Toeava
12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Ma'a Nonu 14. Richard Kahui
15. Israel Dagg

Goooooooooooo NEW ZEALAND!!!!!

Schnitzel von Krumm's Reading Web Quest Week 7

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2011 rwc webquest

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More Division Games

Click on the pictures to play some really fun division games!

Division Games

This week we are focussing on division in numeracy. Play these games to help you with division. Click on the links below.

Apple Basket Divsion
Lake Mathatobie Division
Sunny Bunny Division
Math Frog Divsion
Division Flash Cards
Division Hidden Number
Timed Division

Georgia is Coming to Visit!

The Georgia Rugby team is planning a visit to Wanaka Primary School.

This is very exciting news. Georgia is a part of the European and Asian continent. What can you find out about the country? Georgia is the light green country on the map.

The Georgian Rugby Team is coming on the 8th September at 11am.

Teams in the Rugby World Cup

There are 20 teams in the World Cup. They are NZ, Australia, Argentina, Russia, France, England, Ireland, Wales, Tonga, Scotland, Italy, Fiji, South Africa, Canada, Georgia, Japan, USA, Romania, Samoa, Namibia.

Can you figure out which rugby ball/flag represent each country?

All Blacks Haka

Haka

The New Zealand All Blacks perform a haka which is well known in NZ - it is the most commonly known haka throughout the country. We learnt about the history of this haka with Whaea Mary-Anne during Maori this week.

Te Rauparaha created the haka we know today as a celebration of his life after he had a lucky escape from people searching for him (enemies). He hid in a food storage pit and saw two hairy legs when he peaked out - this all relates to what the words translate to in English.

Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
I die! I die! I live! I live!

Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
I die! I die! I live! I live!

Tenei te tangata puhuru huru
This is the hairy man

Nana nei i tiki mai
Who fetched the sun

Whakawhiti te ra
And caused it to shine again.

A upa... ne! Ka upa... ne!
One upward step! Another upward step!

A upane kaupane whiti te ra! Hi!
An upward step another, the sun shines!

Speeches - Home Fun

Over the next two weeks Pod 4 children are going to write their own speech to share with the class in Week 6. They are doing this for Home Fun.

We have listened to speeches and come up with some great success criteria to help us produce brilliant, interesting speeches.

Our Success Criteria (what we will include/do)

• Clear, easy to hear voice


• Important information that makes sense


• Topic words e.g. scrum, conversion, population


• Use expression in our voice


• Give eye contact to the audience


• Use a steady pace of voice


• Stand still in one spot but use some hand/face gestures


• Have an introduction, middle and end


• Use a visual cue to help us explain


• Add "did you know" or rhetorical questions


• Practise LOTS in front of people at home or the mirror


• Link ideas using words like firstly, lastly, next, another idea

Host Cities/Towns World Cup

Today we looked at what cities and towns in New Zealand will be hosting the Rugby World Cup Matches. We plotted them on a NZ map. We also discussed and completed a graphic organiser about the issues that we may need to consider when hosting such a big event such as the Rugby World Cup. We will focus in more detail on the host cities/towns this week.

Snow!

School was closed today due to the chilly weather and snow. I hope you are all keeping warm at home. Listen out to Radio Wanaka for updates.

Kiwiana Writing

Well done to Himaya who really thought carefully and followed instructions today in writing. Here is her show not tell description about Kiwiana. The children were not allowed to tell the reader what they were writing about until the end of their description.

The balls of whero burst from the sweet smelling branches. The strands of red are all in beautiful bunches.

The branches spread out over me and the flower strands sprinkle over my blowing hair.

The smells of fresh leaves and old bark stop my in my tracks.

Leaves rustle and flutter to the ground in the cool breeze.

Pohutakawa, the beautiful tree of New Zealand.

Welcome Back Emma!

Emma has come all the way from France for a holiday in Wanaka. She went to Wanaka Primary in 2008. She helped out in Room 13 today. Thanks Emma! We hope you had a fun day catching up with everyone :)

What a Fun Friday creating our Labels

Labels for the Fundraiser

Winter Writing

This week we have been focussing on writing vivid, interesting descriptions. We are trying really hard to show not tell the reader. We have been using our five senses to help us form ideas. Check out some of the pieces below. They really paint a picture in our mind with words.


"The morning coldness of fog crept through the tight gap in the fogged up window. I step outside and see valleys of pure white. The crisp, fluffy snow crunches under my numb feet. The puddles of glistening ice crackles as I lay a foot on it. The very shallow puddles are violently slippery. The cool airy feeling is swirling around me. It's too cold to be hanging out in the soft powder. I step back inside and the smokey, blazing fire is cracking away. As I take a sip of my boiling hot chocolate my throat feels like needles are stabbing me."
By Zak

"A powdery white blanket surrouds me. Snowflakes are falling on every tree in town. Every step I take I hear a crunch like someone crunching a hard lolly. My toes go numb each time my teeth chatter. Sad trees drooping with all the sparkly snow flakes that it can carry. Snowmen are everywhere. People throw snowballs at each other."
By Ella

"Snowflakes were drifting down on the white glistening street as I step outside onto the blanket of fluffy snow. Crunch, crunch, crunch under my boots. The snow-ice crushes under me. I breath in cold air, a shiver runs down my spine. Naked trees are reaching over me as I walk on the dark, gloomy street. I walk home to have a hot chocolate with marshmallows and sit next to a crackling fire."
By Kate

"The cold, blizzardy snow glitters like crystals being formed in a crystal cave. The icy air fills my body with happiness. The cold powder flies around like fairies jumping with joy. Everyday I see the soft, fluffy snow waiting for me. The sullen wind is leaving. I go home to sit by the fire."
By Kit

"The bitter feeling is dreadful as I hurdle down the mountain. My cheeks are as red as roses and the powder is waist high. A powdery, glittery snow day with deep footprints. Skiiers whizz down slopes as fast as rockets. As my hand digs into the powder it feels like needles stabbing into my hand."
By Jack

RWC

Gotta Be There!

Our inquiry topic this term is something so relevant. We are going to be focussing on the Rugby World Cup which is being held here in NZ. It is going to be a pretty big and exciting event. GO NEW ZEALAND!

Rugby World Cup

"The Rugby World Cup 2011 will combine the passion and intensity of the world's largest rugby tournament with the beauty of New Zealand's landscape."

Rugby World Cup 2011

Click on the Rugby World Cup link above to be taken to the Official Rugby World Cup Website. Click on the Ruggerland logo and you will discover a fun, learning website all about RUGBY! Have fun :)

Fraction Games

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Term 3 Value: Respsonsibility

End of Term 2

What a busy term it has been! A big thank you to all the parents that have helped out this term. It is very much appreciated. Also thank you to the children for their hardworking attitudes. We have had such a fun last week of school. Here is Himaya and Erin enjoying their alien cupcakes they made. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Measurement Games

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Fairy Tales

Click on the pictures to be taken to some fun writing websites.

Narrative Writing Success Criteria

We are writing fairy tales for narrative writing over the next two weeks. We have come up with the following success criteria to follow to ensure we write the best we can.

The Birth of the Solar System

Transformation Games

Click on the pictures to be taken to websites that have practice for Geometry Transformation.

Why Isn't Pluto a Planet Anymore?

Planets

Soaring Through the Solar System

Click on the pictures to be taken to some websites about "Space" where you will learn lots of interesting information.