What a great year!

Sadly 2012 has come to an end. Here are some of my memories...

• Cross country
• Ngauawahia
• swimming
• end of year dance party

Here are some pictures to show everyone how fun 2012 was.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Swimming Poem

Swimtime

Splish splash splosh

Under the water

 Sounds like crashing waves

Splish splash splosh

Learning how to swim

Splish splash splosh

Like warm waves in the wind

Swimtime

The last piece of chocolate

     The last piece of chocolate

I was starving! It was nearly dinner time but I needed something NOW! Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I spied the last piece of Caramel Marshmallow Delight (my favourite chocolate). I know I was meant to leave it for granny when she comes back from France but I just had to eat it. I cheekily thought of a plan. Maybe I could just take one bite. I took one bite then another then another. Poof! The chocolate was gone! Uh oh here comes mum... so  that’s the story of how I got stuck in bed at 5:00.

Dairy farm visit

In term 4 we have been learning about dairy farms.On wedensday (halloween)I went on a trip to a dairy farm with the rest of the middle syndacyte.

First we got into cars and drove to the farm. I went with Loren,Debbie and Fin.We talked all throughout the car ride! When we arrived we spread out our picnic blankets and we sat down.

Then we had morning tea. I ate some chocolate fingers with my group. Suddenly they were all gone! Loren had to ask for more food after we finished the whole packet because she started thinking me and megan were popcorn!

Next we went on a farm walk with room 11 and room 9 while room 8 and room 10 went into the milking shed.When it was our turn we got to see the cows getting milked.Room 7 had to try to not get cow pat all over miss workman.

After that we had a gumboot throwing compatition victoria, titus and ocean got into the finals.then we went to look at the effluint pond and to have a turn with the presure hose.

Next we had lunch and we watched the gumboot final.Finally we went back home with the perent we came with.I was lucky because my dad stopped for icecream.

BP challenge

On tuesday I went to the bp challenge with the rest of the BP team.  I enjoyed sneaking to the Italian garden before the challenge.

grass heads

This is my grass head. This is how I made it. First I filled a stocking with grass seeds and dirt.
 Next I stuck googly eyes,a paper dress and pipe cleaners. I hope you like my grass head!

Long jump

This is a video of me doing long jump.

My goal is to jump further. I can achieve this by also jumping high at the same time. I need to remember to lift my arms in the air when I jump.

Melbourne cup

Today at 5:pm I watched the Melbourne cup. The Melbourne cup is a very important horse race.I bet on  number 3.Number 3 was called Jackalberry. Sadly my horse did not win but...it came 3rd!woohoo! My dad said I might get 20 dollars.

Calendar art

This is my art for the school calendar this year.It is a picture of blossoms and birds.To make the background I dyed all of my paper green then  I put on some spots of blue dye with a sponge. The next day I drew branches with brown pastel. Next I painted some blossoms by mixing pink paint and using my fingers to create the shape of the blossom.Then I created birds out of wall paper and I stuck them on.I enjoyed using spare wall paper to make insects. I found it difficult to stick  the birds on the blossoms.Next time I will paint more blossoms on my branches.

Explanation writing

How milk gets from the cow to the supermarket

We all know milk is a healthy drink we all need to drink a lot but how does it get from the cow to the supermarket?

First the cows begin their life as a calf and it drinks its mums milk .Next the cows eat grass and their udder gets full. then the cows go to the milking shed to get milked. The milk then goes through barn in pipes that leads to the milk parlour. After that the milk gets stored in a refridgerated tank.The milk gets collected every 1-2 days.Next it gets tested.then it gets pumped into storage silos where it is processed and pasturised. After that it gets botteled and  put into crates and gets stored in a cool room then it goes to the supermarket.  

My holiday

In the holidays I went to Swan Lake with my Granny and my cousin Lucy. Swan Lake was a ballet about a group of ladies who got turned into swans by the evil genius.The last time I went to a ballet I was only four years old. After the ballet I slept at my Granny's house with Lucy. The rest of the holiday went by quickly. That was some of  the things I did in my holiday.

Term 3 refllection

My favourite parts of term 3...

• the production
• cross country
• netball

My goals for term 4...

• learn my 12, 7 and 9x tables

What I learnt...

• how to make a voicethread
• my 8 and 6 x tables

My diarama

This is my diarama about crocodiles. I did it  with Toby and Dakota.

Buddy

This is my reading book called buddy. Buddy is about a competitive boy named Josh and his disabled brother named Jake. My favourite part so far was at the start when Josh had a farting competitionn.I found it interesting that Josh has a disabled brother called Jake.

Fractions

I have been learning fractions.Here are some examples.

1. 1/3 of 12=4
2. 1/3 of 27=9
3. 2/3 of 27=18
4. 1/5 of 25=5
5. 3/5 of 25=15 (because 3x5=15)

Fairy tale sketches

1. I live in a castle
2. I sleep next to the fireplace
3. I have a fairy godmother
4. I marry a prince
5. I get bossed around alot

Who am I?

             

100WC

This is my 100WC. I hope you enjoy it. Please leave me a comment.

...Looking behind me, I saw...

a scary dragon like creature with 7 eyes, 12 feet, torn sharp wings and a wart on his right eyeball! “Aghhh!” This tall tree looks like it would be an easy climb. “Ouch! My knee” I escaped as quickly as Usain bolt! The monster was gaining my lead. “Help!” It was then I realized I was naked in the forest with no one to save me. The creature was really close now! “Chomp” It was all over now. Who even am I? I don’t care now. I’m dead meat! “Gulp”

“Somebody save me!” Who are my family? Help!”

By Courtney

Colour Our World

This is the  under the sea group enjoying all their hard work.

This is a photo of the mermaids.I am the mermaid with the turquoise tail in the middle.

I enjoyed doing my dance in front of  lots of people. I was bubbling with exitement as we went on stage.

Tonight I am looking forward to being happy.

Play

Here is a play that Loren and I performed to the class.
What did you enjoy about it? 

Maths

                                                     W.A.L.T solve problems like 39+_____ = 73

1. 37+42=79
2. 17 +82=99
3. 18+36=54
4. 27+35=62
5. 49+23=72
6. 28+53= 81
7. 37+24=61

I solved these problems by using  a number line. first I went to the tidiest ten and then I jumped to the answer.

Birthday buzz

                                            Birthday buzz

Beep beep beep   ''owwwwwwww"! That hurt. It's 6:oo am and I fell out of bed. Not a great start to my 5th birthday, but oh well. ''Hurry up mum''! I whined."I need breakfast quickly so we can get to lollipops play land for my party''. It is 12:00 and me and my friends have arrived. I raced excitingly for the big slide with the ball pit on the bottom. I started too slide down as two round disks trapped me in the front and back!"aghhhhhh"! save me!I yelled as loud as the school bell! "Wake up"!yelled mum. "I have your bacon and eggs  for your birthday breakfast'' .....

This is a draft piece of writing please comment.

I love learning

This is an I love learning poster that I created to win an ipod.

Olympics

The surprize star

Today we watched a video clip for writing. This is my writing

"Hey granddad it's time to go" I yelled. We were  leaving the old farm house for good. By the way my name is Earwig. We were going exploring to live on an undiscovered colourful island.I wept as we left farmer John alone and in charge of the farm.As we sailed the rocky seven seas I miserably threw up over the side of the boat.:( The moon was slowly rising as I  sleepily murmured "are we there yet?" "no Earwig" whispered my grandfather.Then suddenly crash... we were stranded.

Granddad knew this would be the place to live permanently."wow" There was almost a million stars on the soft sand. I gasped as  a star landed in the pile I touched the bright star."ohhh" "ahh" I said as it shimmed brightly
under the moonlight. Then another one came shooting down and then another and another.One by one."Hello my friends" said an odd voice."Welcome too super crazy fun resort"."the stars are really wooden things we use for throwing". "we should be on our way" said grandfather."can we stay for just tonight?" I whined."fine" said grandpa. "good" said the owner of the hotel.After our stay we set once more to a deserted island.

This is a draft piece of writing. please comment.

Puppet pals

This is my first attempt at using puppet pals. I think I did well with talking nice and loud. I need to work on  talking more about  my book.I hope you like it!

Maori language week

ko rapare tenei ra
today is Thursday

Arohaina mia
excuse me/sorry

kohi kohia nga rapihi
pick up the rubbish

kapai to mahi
I like you work

ko wai to kura?
ko Vardon taku kura

kia ora means hello

My mihi

listen to ‘Courtney’ on Audioboo

This is my mihi

Fiji

You will not believe how fun Fiji is! I got to see ice age 4 continental drift.I got to sleep in two different rooms.The first room was the room that my mum slept in. the second room was my cousins room.Is it cold in new Zealand?It is warmish in Fiji. The water is cold.I miss room 7. I can not wait to come back.Tomorrow I am going to beachcomber island. Horrayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Term 2 reflection

This term has been really fun.

I enjoyed...

• being a part of our assembly
• being in choir
• being in room 7

I learnt...

• Mrs Natusch gets better each term
• the ways to make 1000
• to round to the nearest 10

My term 3 goals are to...

• be more polite to others
• learn more ways to make 1000

Term 2 fun on PhotoPeach

Sound assessment

This is my sound assessment. It shows what I knew before on the right and what I know now on the left.

Maths

In room 7 I have been learning to recall the ways to make 1000. Here are some ways to make 1000...   

342+658        724+276
199+801        853+147
531+469        64+958

Please leave a comment if you have any other ways that equal 1000.

How we make chocolate

Chocolate has been made since ancient times.

First a white flower of the cacao tree gets pollinated by a insect called a midge.Next a fruit pod grows for 6 months.When the pod is ripe you open it and get the cacao seeds from inside the pod. Then you leave the seeds in a box to ferment for a few weeks.After that you put them in the sun for around 3 weeks.After 3 weeks roast the seeds for 30 mins.Next ground the seeds until the seeds are just a powder.Add sugar to the powder .Then you melt the grounded chocolate and you stir. Finally spoon it into a mould and put it in the fridge to set.

That is  how you make chocolate.

Winter fun

When it's winter I like to wear soft gloves to keep me toasty warm.
When it's winter I like to go skiing to have some cold fun.
When it's winter I like to drink hot milo when I'm thirsty.
Winter fun.

One Tuesday night

It was a late Tuesday night. I was fast asleep on my lily pad in the icy cold pond when suddenly I was drifting gracefully! Me,  Terence toad in mid air!"I can't believe it!" Luckily I had my beloved lily pad with me for good luck. I was amused when my friends joined me!

   The night sky was pitch black. we went past farmer bills house and then we sort of got caught up in his clean washing! we went soaring through granny Alice's spooky house."I'm scared" I whimpered. Alice was snoring loudly with the telly on. I decided  to watch the exiting toads on ice. After I got to see the end of the show I found myself slowly drifting through the window.

We swooped out The window and immediately started plummeting down and I was down on the ground. I had to leave my beloved lily pad behind.It was time to let go  anyway . "Boo Hoo" I cried. :( . We hopped home and caught a near sight of a detective holding my lily pad!(I know it was mine because I scratched a capital t on it). The detective was examining the pads seriously with the police!I strained my ears so I could hear  the detective speaking too the police  and saying that he would get rid of the pond  and the frogs!!!!!!!!!!!!! "NNNNooooooooooooo"!!!!!!!!!!!!! I yelled. The detective decided that he had had enough and went home.Eventually I got over it and went to bed.

The next Tuesday night at exactly 7:58 Pm  my friends the pigs did   the exact same thing at the exact same time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Weird????????????... The Tuesday night after that at 8:02 the cows were flying like there was no tomorrow! Awkward!                                                           


This is my draft piece of writing. Please leave a comment and tell me what I did well and what I need to work on.

My maths problem

1. There were 6 flowers. Each flower had 11 petals on it. How many petals were there all together?
2. There were 7 christmas trees. Each tree had 6 decorations on it. How many decorations were there all together?
3. Alice had a spotted dress. Her dress had 10 green spots 2 blue spots 3 pink spots. How many spots were there all together?

Please answer my questions.

Speeches

This is a video of my speech. I did well with speaking in a clear voice. I need to work on memorizing my speech. I hope you enjoy it!

Maori phrase

listen to ‘Courtney’ on Audioboo

How we hear sound

This is a diagram of the ear. I will now tell you how sound travels through the ear. First something makes a sound and creates sound waves. Next the sound travels past the pinna (the big flappy thing) and through the ear canal.Third of all the sound waves hit the ear drum. Next it goes through the ossicles and it is no longer a sound wave. It goes through the cochlea and sends a messege to the brain. Don't worry about the yellow thing because nobody knows what it is!

My mini speech

This is a video of my mini speech. I did well with using gestures and using eye contact. I need to work on speaking in a loud clear voice so the audience can hear me. Hope you like it!

My reading book review

Lately I have been reading bridge to teribethia. Bridge to terabethia is about a boy called jess and a girl called Leslie. I found it interesting that Jess  likes to paint. I don't understand why Jess and Leslie made up teribethia in the first place.

My maths goal

My maths goal is to learn my 6x and 7x tables. I can achieve this by using my 5x tables to solve the problem.

6x7=42
(6x5=30)+(6x2=12)

My next goal is to recall these times tables quickly.

Exploring sound

Room7`s  topic for term 2 is exploring sound.
I already know...

1. sound travels in vibrating waves
2. sound is measured in decibels
3. lots of different things make lots of different sounds

I would like to know ... why does sound exist?

ANZAC day

On the 25th of April each year it is ANZAC day.
I researched that :

• The ANZAC'S were the Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
• The place where ANZACS landed was later renamed ANZAC cove
• ANZAC biscuits were invented nearly 100 years ago

I hope you have learnt lots from my 3 facts.

Caves assessment

This is my diagram of waitomo caves. The purpose of this is to show what we knew about caves. The part on the left is what I knew before the trip. The part on the right shows what I knew after the trip.
Do you think I learnt a lot?

Term 1 Reflection

This term I have enjoyed swimming because I learnt how to swim freestyle correctly. I also enjoyed the house fun day because I was in the house that won the shield. I am proud of how well I can recall my times tables.

My goals for next term are:

• getting to school faster
• finishing work on time

My caves poster

This is my poster to remind people how to look after caves.

I did well with giving out a clear and unique measge. I need to work on making my poster neater.

My ICT Challenge

My room 14 buddy and I said the maori phrase of the week. I think I did well with looking at my buddy the whole time. I need to work on speaking louder so the flip can hear me.

Crystal flower experiment

On Tuesday the class started making crystal flowers. I touched mine after two days and the paper towel felt hard. I think it felt hard becuase the salt water has dried up.

We filled our container with salty water that was coloured with dye.

Glowworm presentation

I presented my glowworm facts to the class.Here is a video of my presentation.I think I did well with eye contact. I still need to work on speaking louder so the audience can hear me.

Pop art

This is my pop art. It took a long time to finish but I did it. We used lots of diferent techniques to do it properly. We had to smudge and do careful light lines. I achieved my pop art when I had done these.

My glowworm facts

1.glowworms scientific name is Arachnocampaluminosa


2.glowworms use thier light to atract other insects


3.there is so many types of glowworms but we only have one in New Zealand


4.a glowworm is a larvae of a two winged insect.

Waitomo caves trip

On tuesday 6th of march the middle syndicate went to wiatomo caves. My favourite part was the classroom that was there because we learnt all about caves and limestone.

Managers

I am learning to be a powerful manager of my learning and behaviour.
I can acheive this by always tidying up after myself.

Swimming reflection

In swimming I can swim freestyle with breathing well. I need to work on my breaststroke by practising at home in my pool. I also achieve this by moving my legs correctly and increase my fitness because I always get tired.

Tabloids

I liked tabloids because I got to spend time with my friends and I got to compete against other teams. My team was good at looking after the Juniors.

Swimming

This is my swimming video. My goal is to breath in freestyle.

My favourite place

This video shows my favourite Place in the school

Maths

My graph shows that room7's favourite movies are family and horror movies. It also shows nobody likes emotional movies. I think people in Room 7 don't know what horror movies are.

All about me!

Hi my name is Courtney. I am 7 and I'm turning 8 on the 30Th of April. My favourite colour is purple. My favourite food is sushi and my favourite subject is art. My qualities are... I am smart, a fast learner and smily. I'm good at singing and reading. I need to work on managing my stuff.