C Day for Christchurch

This week we recognised the 2 year anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquake by having a 'C Day' to fundraise money for damaged schools.  We had to come dressed as something beginning with C.  There was some wonderful costumes which included Clifford, Cowboys, Cricketers, a clock and some clowns.  For lunch we had saveloys and bread.

Quick 5

When I get out of bed I slip onto my back on the shiny ice and see icicles hanging from the roof.  Then I remember the cat! I rush into the lounge and slip over again, to my cat frozen in a block of ice.  I decide to get a pick axe and do the right thing.  It took a while but the cat was still alive when I finally freed it.
Daniel

Quick 5

As I looked over my shoulder, a terrifying wave shot up out of the water.  I started paddling as fast as I could.  I looked back again the wave had started to form teeth.  Was this going to be the end?

Meg

As I looked over my shoulder my nerves clammed up.  I shivered and slowly turned around as teeth reached out for me!  I snatched some rope and quickly tied myself to the mast but it was too late, the water had crashed over me.
Ben
  

Quick 5

We have started Quick 5 writing.  Our teacher gives us a picture and we have five minutes to write.  We are very impressed with our efforts.  Each week we will publish some examples.

My skies sliced through the snow as I lunged down the race course.  My heart was pounding and for the first time I felt scared.  Butterflies were racing about in my stomach as one of my skies slipped from underneath me.  I crashed to the ground with a thump!

Cade

Racing down the hill my skies sliced the snow out of way.  As got closer to the jump a murky figure came passed me.  "No" I yelled as he went up the jump and BAM!  He slipped over and landed face first in the snow.  I noticed a bit of ice on the jump, I turned to avoid it.
Connor

As the starter went beep, I was off.  I started to gather speed and raced through the flags.  I heard my skies slicing through the snow and I saw the finish line ahead.  Trying even harder I zoomed across the line in first place.
Harvey

Lunch with the Highlanders

This year we were lucky enough to have a barbecue lunch with the Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium.  Alex one of our classmates entered a competition at the Meridian and won.  The prize included lunch, heaps of tickets for the game and Highlander memorabilia.  It was an awesome day!  Thanks Alex.
 

Planting Day

During our topic 'Our Backyard' we planted a number of plants along our creek banks to beautify our environment.  Mrs King organised over 500 plants for the day.  Senior students along with a Junior buddy planted the plants for future generations of students to watch grow.

Healthy Homework In Term 1 we participated in the 'Healthy Homework Programme', which had us doing a range of activities. The activities were all designed to get us thinking about healthy food and make us more active. One of the tasks was growing a herb called chives. We paper mached some plastic pots and then painted them. We were pleased to see our herbs sprout.

Welcome to Room 1s 2012 blog. We have had a busy time so far this year with lots of wonderful activities and events. We hope you will follow us and find out what we get up to in the second half of the year.

Book Week

Last week we celebrated Book Week in style. We were involved in a variety of activities to get us hooked into reading. During the week we had a guest reader every day, we had authors David Elliot and Kyle Mewburn visit and we had great fun at our Book character day on Friday where we all dressed up.

Jup Brown

Jup Brown is currently running the length of New Zealand to fund raise money for people who have suffered from a stroke. He visited us on his Milton to Dunedin leg on Monday and the whole school showed their support by running two laps around the field with him. Their was great excitment when TV1s Close Up team arrived and filmed us. This will air some time this week. We wish Jup all the best for the rest of his journey.

Stars on Stage

On Tuesday 22 August over 100 students became stars for a night when they performed at the Regent Theatre in the biennial Stars on Stage. Based on Scooby Doo their was ghosts, witches and mummies and of course the Scooby Doo team dancing around on stage. The children had a wonderful time and they looked fantastic on stage. Congratulations to everyone for their hardwork and dedication.

History Trip

On a cool Dunedin day we bused to town to extend our knowledge about early Otago History as part of our inquiry. We visited the Otago Settlers Museum and completed an orienteering course around the streets of Dunedin.

During the orienteering we were divided into small groups and given a map to locate various historical buildings around Dunedin and find answers to our questions.

At the museum Sara talked to us about the early settlers and we dressed up in olden day clothes and acted out parts of the long journey they experience on the migrant ships. We also visited the Chinese Gardens which celebrates the importance of Chinese migrants in Otago's history.

We had a great day and learnt heaps about early Dunedin and our settlers. Thanks to our wonderful parent helpers.

Geometry Race

This term we inquired into Geometry. We swapped classes for maths and learnt about transformation, mapping/direction and shape. After learning about these aspects of geometry we were put into teams for the 'Amazing Geometry Race'. To win the race we had to work as a team to complete a four geometry activities.

DARE Fun Day

Yesterday was our DARE Fun Day. This day was a celebration of our learning during our DARE unit with Constable Greer and a really fun way to finish the term. The day started with a great demonstration from two members of the Police Dog Team. We then hopped on the bus and headed to Dunedin for an action packed day during which we went to the Action Games Indoor Centre and Lazer Force. We had an awesome day!

Room 1s Assembly

Friday 8 August was our turn to organise the school assembly. During our assembly we dramatised our version of the Saddle Hill legend and shared a poem, artwork, and our historical items. Everything ran very smoothly and we are very proud of our efforts.

Jump Rope for Heart Day

Yesterday Tim,Libby,Holly and my self attended a day at the Edgar Center hosted by the Heart Foundation.

World champion Peter Nestler from America taught us all to skip many different ways. We learn't backwards cris cross,under over ,a flick back and many more tricks we hope to be able to share them with the pupils for the jump rope for heart programme we are having at school soon.

Peter talked about what makes a world champion, his experiences and demonstrated his extraordinary jump rope moves.

We also learnt about healthy eating and ways to look after our heart. He highlighted the importance of eating a good breakfast and lunch to be able to do well at school.

Luke

Cams Big Pumpkin

On April 4 East Taieri had a pumpkin competition. My Grandad brought down the biggest pumpkin that I have ever seen. Luke, Sarah, Jordan and I judged the competition and handed all the prizes out. There were a range of different pumpkins in all shapes and sizes. My pumpkin was 142kg and we had to roll it into the library. A man from Taieri Herald came to interview me.

Super Easy Chocolate Fudge

450g dark or milk chocolate
400g can condensed milk
50g butter


1 Line the base and sides of a 20cm square cake tin with foil or baking paper.

2 Chop the chocolate up into small pieces.

3 Put the chocolate,condensed milk and butter into a medium saucepan and stir them over a low heat until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.

4 Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface with a spatula or flat-bladed knife.

5 Put the tin in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours or until the fudge is firm.

6 Take the fudge out of the tin and cut it into squares or triangles to serve.

Emma's Visit to the Mahinerangi Windfarm

In the weekend Emma went to the Mahinerangi Wind Farm Open Day. During news toady she presented a poster about wind turbines and told us about her visit.

Here is the information she wrote on her poster:

How does a windfarm work?Wind turbines capture energy from the wind and turns it into electricity. As the wind blows and passes across the blades of a turbine, it creates lift and slowly turns the blades. The blades are connected to a main shaft, which also spins and leads into a generator. The generator converts the rotational energy from the blades to electricity. Electricity passes through a transformer and transmission t=lines to reach the main grid where it can be transported to homes, businesses and other consumers.

Facts:
* The 12 wind turbines generate enough electricty to power 13,000 Dunedin homes.
* The turbines are 132m tall.
* A turbine blade is 44m long.


Great poster thanks Emma!

Studio 1

In Room 1 we have an oral language programme called Studio 1. The children have a range of oral presentations to choose from and they present these on a Tuesday or Thursday. On Thursday Blake taught us how to make friendship bracelets. We were very impressed with his organisation and love our new bracelets. Thanks Blake.