Riding my bike

Here is a beautiful piece of unassisted writing by a very clever young man who once upon a time didn't really like writing. What a long way you've come.

Riding my bike.
Brr brr brr!
My brother helped me drive my bike.
It was at the shed.
I was nervous at first but I got better each day. You have to practise.
It is scary when you first start.
It is fun now.

By Joshua

And the Winners are...

After a very tough two days of work for our expert guest judges, Mrs Buckley (Principal, Wairere School) and Mrs Currie (Assistant Principal, Matamata Intermediate), the results are in.

Thank you to all the wonderful children in Room One for your amazing hard work on this daunting but rewards and fun new experience. Every single one of you should be bursting at the seems with pride in what you have achieved.

Also, thank you to our judges for taking time out of your extremely busy schedules to come and be a part of our very first Reading Fair.

Reading Fair Sneak Preview

Here we are standing proud next to our Reading Fair boards.
We hope you'll come in and see all our hard work.

Hatupatu and the Bird Woman

With the help of the talented Room Five and Mrs Jacobsen we retold the legend of Hatupatu and the Bird Woman. This was one of the Maori legends that we saw at the Kahurangi Dance Theatre and it was fun to retell it in yet another way.

What do you think of our artwork?

Hatupatu and the Bird Woman from Katreena Daniels on Vimeo.

Blocks, centimetres, metres and more

In maths we are exploring measurement.
Can you guess the different tools we used for measuring?
We discovered that it is extremely important to make sure you start from the correct place or everything after that goes a bit crazy.

Everyone in Room One and Ms Daniels would like to thank Room Five and their clever teacher for making the time that our teacher was at a conference such a fun learning time.

Jelly Making - Procedural Writing Language Experience

Check out some of the fun learning we have been doing with Room Five and Mrs Jacobsen while Ms Daniels has been at a conference.

Lolly Cake - Writing and Maths

Today for maths and writing we made Lolly Cake and it was delicious.
We were learning how to share shapes into equal fractions of 1/3s and 1/4s and to write instructions using lists, numbered steps and powerful verbs.

Here is the recipe we wrote together.

Lolly Cake
Ingredients:

• 150g butter
• 1 packet Eskimo lollies
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 packet malt biscuits

Equipment:

• rolling pin
• pot
• big plastic bowl
• chopping board
• wooden spoon
• knife
• tray
• gladwrap
• baking paper

Steps:

1. Wash your hands before you start.
2. Cut the Eskimo lollies into 1/3s or 1/4s.
3. Place the lollies into the plastic bowl.
4. Crush the biscuits inside a plastic bag with a rolling pin and put them into the bowl too.
5. Melt the butter and condensed milk slowly in the pot.
6. Stir the mixture carefully.
7. Pour the melted mixture into the big bowl with the biscuits and lollies.
8. Stir it altogether.
9. Tip the mixture onto a tray and make it into a log shape. (line with baking paper)
10. Put it in the fridge to set.
11. Wait for it to set (this was very, very hard to do)
12. Cut the log into pieces.
13. Eat and enjoy!

What do you think?

Why not try following our recipe and see if you can make your own Lolly Cake.

Lolly Cake Pictures