Good Bye To our Dearest Teacher Val!!!!!!

We are going to be miss you every single day but remember we loved you so much,and still we do. Please come and visit us. We are always waiting for you. Your loving. Mina, Troy, Julia, K.K, Nikhil, Matthew, Katy and Joel

Referendum on the New Zealand Flag by EWC1

"Being Cybersmart" by EWC 1

We have been learning to write quality blog comments. We really enjoyed the Manaiakalani Film Festival this year especially writing comments on our favourite movies. Our movie Happy Teeth got lots of awesome comments. We have added links to our comments in this Google Slide.

"Happy Teeth" Our class movie for the Manaiakalani Film Festival

We are learning to read the Clock

Joel "The Beetle"

By Joel

I am the Spider Man By Matthew.

By Matthew

Mina and Me, Our Alien Man. By Julia

By Julia

I am The Tiger. By Kyi Kyaw

(Kyi Kyaw wrote this with the help of a staff member)


By Kyi Kyaw

My "Trophy" by Nikhil

This is all about my visit to the Creative Art Festival.

By Nikhil

Fun Friday By Katy

By Katy

At The Art Festival

By Troy

Basketball tournament 2015

Our class Train Trip By Mina

On Wednesday 2nd September we, our class, went to Sylvia Park Mall.

We went to the Panmure railway station to catch the train. We bought our ticket from the counter there.The people who work there was so nice to us. We had a little fun going down along the escalator.Then we got into the train it was a quick ride.  

       

We walked around the mall but did not buy anything. My favourite shop was the Japanese supermarket. After a few hours we got into the train to come back to school.

I used the machine to buy the return ticket. 

We went to the BK to eat our lunch. It was so fun and I learned lots of things.

( Mina used her thinking keys to write her story.)

Writing plan by Troy

This is my plan for writing. I used thinking keys and pictures to help me with my ideas.

My First Platinum Certificate By Matthew

This is my first platinum certificate I received from study ladder.

I did lots of Maths but little English. I am still working on my English  reading.

Next Time, I am trying to do more English exercises than Maths ones.

(Matthew wrote this with the help of a staff member)

How to draw cartoon characters by Mina, Katy, Nikhil, Joel and Kyi-Kyaw

We are learning to draw cartoon characters in our class. We thought that its going to be hard to learn, but using a lovely book, our teacher taught us step by step.

Look at us.

We can do it now.

Making Candyfloss in the class By Mina

On Friday last week we made candyfloss. We made this in our class. The first thing we did was, taking the machine out of the box. Then we added a full spoon of sugar. After that, we have to wait a very long time. Then we saw spider webs coming out of the machine. We rolled a stick inside the machine to collect the candyfloss. It was really fun to make it and it was so yummy.                  

Making candy floss By Katy

Last week Friday we  made candy floss in our class. Val brought the  machine to our  class.We use the spoon  to  add sugar in the machine.We were waiting for the white floss coming out of the machine. We rolled stick around the machine  to collect candy floss. we ate our yummy candy floss.

Being Positive by EWC1

We have been learning to write positive comments on the blogs. We have to remember to start with a greeting and the author's name. Then we say something positive about the blog post. 
It is important to be nice and respect other people when we share online. 
Here are some of our positive comments.

Connors fun week with Dad

My fun week with Dad

On Saturday 27 July dad and I   went up North. We had a 6 hour drive It was a long drive. When we got up North we stayed at a motel.   We unpacked our cases then we watched  some TV.  After that we went in the car for a drive the creek. Then we went back to the motel .On Sunday morning I had eggs and bacon for breakfast.  Later on when we went exploring we saw birds. Then  we had  lasagne for and  it was yummy. Later on went in the car to the beach so that we could go for a walk for 2 hours. When we got back we had pork and potatoes  for dinner. I was very tired so I went to bed. On Monday we went swimming, after we had our swim we went  In the car to go for a tramp when we saw birds  and rabbits. That was really fun but made me tired so  we went back to motel for a rest and then we went to the beach where  we got beach we had  chicken salad for lunch. Our next activity was fishing for 2 hours. We had some bites but caught no fish.   After we went fishing we went  back to the motel  and we had dinner. Guess what we had for dinner?  Fish!

On Tuesday   we went tramping and exploring for 3 hours when we got back we had K. F. C  for lunch, it was yummy . later on we watch TV after which we had a walk for 3 hour. We got back just in time to have chicken and wedges for Dinner. I went to bed .

On Wednesday    packed then for  lunch we had pie after that we went back to the motel where  I played soccer and then I had KFC for dinner. I  love K.F.C

On Thursday  I had to wake up at 5.30 am  to get  In a car  ferry to go the top of the  North Island to have lunch. we had chicken salad and corn. We also had some ice -cream was yummy. Then  we went swimming. We returned to the motel spent 2 hours resting. When we woke up it was time for dinner which was a B.B. Q after that we went to bed.

 On Friday we went back home to   Auckland and were excited to see mum ,Eric and Arthur. They were happy to see me I was happy to see them . After that we had a lovely port lunch. It was yummy

 It was   a fun week but It was good to be back home.

By Connor Seven Baker    (edited by Valerie van Niekerk)   

My Shiny Teeth By EWC 1

I have to brush my teeth each morning and night 

because I want them shiny and white.

maybe one day 

the tooth fairy will pay. 

by Nikhil 

I like to Smile wide 

so my mouth has to be clean  inside. 

My teeth are  white 

Because I clean them day and night. 

 I must clean my teeth right

 To keep them bright. 

When you brush

  you should not rush.

By Julia

Shiny Teeth by EWC 1

I clean my teeth every morning and night,

 because I want my teeth to look right. 

It is not good to waste

 expensive   tooth paste. 

I want my teeth to be clean 

so that I will look like a queen 

by Katy   

My teeth are the best you have seen

because every morning I clean

I take a big bite 

with my teeth so white.

By Matthew

Physio with Orla by Katy

Last week Thursday Orla, our fitness instructor came to visit our class. It was a nice day. We started doing warm ups. Then we stood along a line and started  hopping. We also did jumping and running. Walking along a line was bit hard for me to do. But we all took part in every exercise and had lots of fun.  

Physio with Orla by Nikhil

Orla’s Visit

On last week Thursday 30 July, Orla came to visit us. It was a sunny day. We all went outside to start our program. We started with warm ups. First thing she wanted us to do was ‘’hopping’’. That was not too bad then we had to jump. It was bit hard but we all had to take part. last thing was walking along a straight line. Some of us needed Orla’s help but I could do it without her help. We all had a good fun.

Learning about Pie graphs by EW1

We are learning about statistics this term.  We use statistics to find information.
Today we wanted to know what our favourite colours were.
We decided on a Pie graph.  Each student and staff were allowed first, second and third choices. 
This is what the end product looked like and it seems Blue was the favourite colour.

Point England Dental Clinic by Troy

On 22nd July, I went to Point England Dental Clinic to see the Dentist. I was feeling little bit anxious about the visit. Katy & Nikhil were there with me. The Lady there, had a very good chat before starting to clean my teeth. It made me really comfortable to go with the process. I had to sit on that special chair for a long time, but my teeth were nice and shining after all. Now I am looking after my teeth very well.

 

My achievements by Julia

I love doing my Study Ladder during my free time.I do this even when I am at home. My goal is to speed up with my additions and subtractions, Reading is bit hard, but I am trying hard. 

Look what I got, ITS A "PLATINUM CERTIFICATE"

My holiday by Kyi Kyaw

My holiday was exciting. It was exciting because I went swimming at Swimarama in Panmure.

In the first week I went to my cousins house and we played on the computer and went shopping.

In the second week I stayed at home with my cousins and we played on the guitar.

The thing I enjoyed doing the most was going swimming because I like swimming.
(Kyi Kyaw wrote this story with a staff member)

My Holiday By Katy

My holiday was fun.   It was fun because I went to Life kids.  

In the first week I went to Life kids and went to  do bowling. Also I went  to  play mini golf. I went to do my haircut for the school.

In the second week I went to Kerikeri  to see the chocolate Factory  with mum and cousins. It was yummy chocolate. I took a part in the annual Tamaki Tenpin Bowling challenge,and come first.

The  thing I enjoyed doing the most was  Taking part in the tenpin bowling challenge. Because I got a red Ribbon.

Cybersmart Blog Comments by EWC 1

We are learning to write positive comments on the blog. We have been practising writing positive comments to compliment each other. In this Google Slide we all collaborated to write a positive comment about each of our classmates.

Fun Social Day by Julia

On Friday last week we went to a Disco

at the Tamaki Campus . We all wore

mufti and looked cool .I liked dancing

and singing along to the music. There was popcorn, chips and drink. It was FUN.

A big Thank you to Lionel who organized the day.

Social Disco day by Nikhil

On Friday 26th June We Went Tamaki Campus for disco. I was so happy to go there because I can dance with the boys. In the first round I won a blue cap for dancing well. I enjoyed well the music and the lighting. I danced with Keenen, Michael and Marciano. It was so good to be there.

Our soccer day by Matthew

On Thursday the 18th of June we went to the trust stadium. That was our soccer day. Dillon, Troy, and few others were with me in my team “angels”. We played 4 games but won only 2 games. We had lots of  fun. It was an awesome day.

Soccer Tournament by Julia

On Thursday 18th June We went to Henderson Trust Stadium to play Soccer.  I was really excited because this was my first time that I play soccer in a Tournament.  I was in the "Dolphin team" with Katy and Kyi Kaw. We won 2 games and lost 3. We all went in a big Bus  It was an awesome Day.

Our Soccer Day by Katy

We went on Thursday 18.6.13. We went in a bus. It was held at Trust Stadium. We played 5 games but won only 2 games. Julia,kyi kyaw, Lauren, Natasha and few others were in the dolphins team with me. We had an excited and awesome day.

Playing Table Tennis by Edgewater 1

As usual we had our table tennis training day at HITT. Thanks to the all lovely couches there we could improve few skills and some friends of ours won certificates for the day as well.