Dancing Oobleck!

Why does the Oobleck dance??
Explain your thoughts below :)

Making Sound Waves Visible!

Sound is all around us, but how is sound made? How does sound travel? What changes the pitch of sound? We were exploring questions like this during science this week. It is safe to say that making sound waves visible by making Oobleck dance was a highlight! 

In the comments below, share an interesting fact that you learned. 

Digi Awards 2015

Digi Awards are all in and I know you have all been super exciting to see the entries being displayed in the hall this week.  I am pretty impressed by them all and very proud to see lots of K7's being awarded a highly commended or even better as a finalists! Well done to those who got involved and entered several entries, no doubt you've all learned lots! Here is a clip displaying all of our photos :) 

Calling all final Digi Award Entries!

These need to be to me by Thursday 9am at the very latest. Please bring them in on a USB stick or else email me, kirsten.dagg@hinuera.school.nz.
Can't wait to share our creative entries with you all!

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori! 

It's Maori Language week and each day we have been learning a new phrase or whakatauki (proverb) in Te Reo. The challenge is to see how many times you can use them each day!

Wednesday's whakatauki: He waka eke noa- We're all in this together 

Welcome Back!

It has been wonderful to see everybody back at school today.  It is also pleasing to know that you have all had a nice break and got rid of most of those bugs that were floating around last term.

Today we talked about The Ice Berg and how it relates to success. Everyone will  be coming home to tell you all about it in more detail this afternoon for homework.We are all ready to get into our learning with Miss Dagg this term and we can't wait to share our success with you on our blog.

Challenge: Give us all an example of a time you had to persist, make a mistake, or work extra hard in order to be successful.

Get Creative with Digi Awards

Happy Holidays everyone!
I hope you are all enjoying some rest and relaxation and have shaken off those nasty bugs that were circulating last term.
No doubt you have thought about Digi Awards and are keen to get some entries completed during the holidays. See below for more information. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

To find out more information about the different categories and to see last years winning entries click on this link:  Matamata Digi Awards

Personification

We hope those of you that are away sick today are resting up and feeling better soon! The class is pretty quiet without you all! 

Here is a video showing some examples of personification, which is what we have learned about today. Have a go and share with us tomorrow if you are up to it :) 

The power of personification!

Even though 10 children are away, personification came out to play!!!

Today we learned that personification is when we give objects or animals human qualities. It is an exciting and fun language feature that we can use to give our writing more imagery. Check out some of our first attempts at using personification below!

The art hopped out of the wall and blasted us with colour- Damien

Noisily, the printer kissed the paper– Rowan

The door creaked and shoved me back as I tried to open it- Jas

The pegs grip on to the art, holding for dear, dear life as the last one pops- Connor

Angrily, the ball sprints away through the air- George

The leaf blower roared, shattering the classrooms glass- Cory

Lonely, the beautiful whiteboard, dressed up with amazing designs- Kevin

Powerfully, the magic printer fired out endless supply of basic fact sheets -Zac F

Lonely, the broken curtain scrapped the mouldy windows- Summer

The noisy leaf blower throws leaves off the now spotless footpath- Jordan

Slowly, the leaf blower racketed around the school grounds as it swallowed leaves- Kassia

Angrily, the curtain flew across the window, blocking the suns sight- Mikki

The magical sweets kissed me goodbye as they flew down my throat- Joe

Strongly, the yellow digger yanked out the trees in its way- Rebecca

A Friday Treat

Mrs Pickering visited again today and took the Famous Five and their specially chosen buddy to make a whole lot of deliciously tasty pizzas for us all. What a treat it was on a cool day like today! What was the occasion you ask? Well it was to celebrate a class of caring, kind and thoughtful people. We have been working hard to be a good friend and to spread sparkle statements around to build each other up. Keep it up K7 and a big thank you to Mrs Pickering!!! :) 

Challenge: What three descriptive words would you use to describe the pizza?  

Congratulations Joel!

We are pretty proud of how hard Joel works every day and all agree that he was a really good candidate to receive a Kiwanis Award today. He always tries his hardest, has wonderful manners and is always being caught doing the right thing! What a super star you are, Joel!! Well done :)

Keeping Ourselves Safe

We started our Keeping Ourselves Safe unit this week and have been talking a lot about being confident when faced with a situation that makes us feel uncomfortable. Remember to discuss and ask questions at home about what we have talked about at school, just to make sure that we are all be on the same page :)

Measurement!

These are some of the tools we use to measure time, length and weight. 

Joe  uses a metre ruler to measuring the width of the doorway

That one was too easy for you, Jaskeerat!!!

 Kev and Connor were using kitchen scales to see exactly how much maths equipment they needed to make the scale show 800g. I wonder if they can convert this to kilograms?!

Remember, the best way to learn about measurement is to do get stuck in and do it! Ask someone at home to help you practise reading different scales- this could be in the kitchen, in the workshop or even down on the farm. List the things you measure at home the comments below. I wonder who can really think outside the square!

K7's Getting Persuasive!

Persuade: (verb) To convince someone to do or think something

Our class speech competition is coming up in week 10 and yes, they are persuasive speeches once again. It has been exciting to hear about all the different topics that have been chosen so far. There is a real variety, from why NZ should change the flag, to why teacher's should run in the cross country to why we should have three day weekends! Today we brainstormed all of our ideas and will start writing them in class next week. Remember you need to have plenty of good reasons to support your argument. Doing a bit of research to find facts and figures on Teacher's Only Day will also help strengthen your ideas. 

Persuasive Monkey tries to make us belief pigs can fly, are you convinced?!

Our Solar System

Jaskeerat, Shika and Kassia have been pretty busy during their spare time lately. They have been creating this amazing Solar System model! Doesn't it look great! We have learnt lots about the Solar System and even did a rap about it too. What cool facts have you learned?? Share in the comments below!