Thursday, May 14, 2009

A New Twist To Podcasting!

Room 18 has been achieving a lot of success with:

1) Introducing themselves.
2) Using a big clear voice.
3) Checking the distance to the microphone.

So we are adding something NEW to focus on!

4) Keeping the 'ummms' out of our podcasts!

Follow us over the next term to see when we achieve an 'ummmm'-free podcast!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Character Writing For Week 2

Bang Bang Bang
Watch out. Don’t jump in the rubbish bin Kite. Kite is a silly cat.
By Hayden

Kite is loud when he sings. His claws are sharp. His eyes are the same colour as the moon.
By Ryan B

Shiver Shiver Shiver
Kite is a cool cat. He is in love. He is married. He likes girl cats. He has sharp claws. He has sharp teeth. He is scared to fight. He loves to sing. He has a beard. He is as orange as a carrot. He is a nice cat. Kite is responsible, he is like a fat cat. He has long whiskers.
By Dimas

Kite is a cool cat. Kite is orange. Kite has a lady love.
By Jordin

Meoow! Meoow! Meoow!
Kite is a cool cat. He loves singing songs that are cool.
By Sara

Scratch!
Kite has long orange fur,with black. He has really furry whiskers. He sings groovy songs. He has a lady love.
By Jessica.

Scratch, Scratch
Kite is acting like a kitten. Kite has white claws. Kite doesn’t have a job, so he sings. Kite’s colour is as orange as a carrot.
By Joel.P

Scratch! Kite Scratches the trees. He is fierce. He is a cool cat.
By Madison

Kite likes to sing.
La,La,La. He has a BIG FAT tummy. Kite is in love with a lady. He has a wide face. He has sharp claws. He has a fat face. He has lion eyes.
By Summer

Kite is a cool. Kite is married. The cat’s name is Sally and Kite has a big cheek. He has a yellow body. He has a good name. Kite doesn’t have a T.V
By Ryan CJ

Purr Purr!
Kite is a happy cat. He likes ladies. He is in love with Sally. Kite looks like a fat cat. And I think he is silly because he doesn’t climb trees, but most cats like to climb trees. He has a little beard.
By Sophie

Purr Purr!
Kite is in love with Sally. And one time Kite got married to a lady. Kite got big sharp claws, and a fat tummy. And a beard on his chin. And cat is cool he climbs tree’s like most cats do.
By Savannah

Kite loves to sing, and even in the night. When the sun comes up he stopped and he must of went to sleep. His eyes white as snow. His teeth are as shiny door, a white door.
By Emma

Kite cat is loud. Kite is singing. I like the cat.
By Tiaan


The cat Kite sings all day. He doesn’t have a job. He has white teeth like claws. Ears and eyes like the moon colour. Kite is a cool cat.
By Martin

Cool cool! Kite the cat is singing. He loves singing. He has a lady love. Kite is a cool cat.
By Ciara

Scratch scratch! Kite’s claws are sharp. He loves to scratch. He has fat cheeks like a chipmunk. He is a cool cat.
By Dylan

Kite is as orange as an orange. He has stripes. They are black. He has shiny sharp teeth. He is scared to fight. Kite doesn’t have a job. Kite is a cool cat.
By Joel W.

Arer! Who is making all that noise? It must be Kite singing to his lady love. Stop that horrible noise. We can’t sleep! Please can you sing somewhere else?
By Chloe

Kite has big fat cheeks like a chipmunk. He is as stripy as a tiger. He is as orange as a carrot. He is fat!
By Jamie

Kite has yellow on his tummy and ears. He is as orange as a carrot.
By Jayden

Meooow Meooow. Kite is going to sing. He loves to sing because he might practice every day. And he doesn’t have a job. Kite is a very cool cat.
By Rachel

La la la. Kite likes to sing as well. Kite has sharp claws. And I think Kite likes to scratch trees. Kite has white teeth and long black whiskers. He has eyes as yellow as the sun.
By Anouska

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Ginger Goes For Thai Food!

Sophie and her family took Ginger out for Thai food! Yum! Click on the below image to make it bigger so that you can see Sophie's story and picture!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Overseas Visitor #3

All the way from South Africa! WOW!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Assembly Certificates

At today's assembly, 2 certificates were awarded.

The Super Reader Award went to Jamie for reading with expression!

The RRAP (Respect, Responsibilty, Achievement and Pride) Award went to Summer for showing all the RRAP Values during her 3 days on the Throne as our Queen. She was a fantastic role model!

Well done to you both!

Mr. Nash

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Today's Funky Monkeys

Today, Room 18 saw a performance put on by the Funky Monkeys. They were sponsored by World Vision and brought messages of giving to others who are less fortunate than ourselves. The website mentioned by the Funky Monkeys is now linked from our blog under the 'General' links. Their website includes one of the songs performed by the group available for free download!

Today's Maths

Today, Tahi took photos of the 2D shapes they've been learning about lately.


A square picture on our Writing wall.



A rectangle on our Maths wall.



Rectangles as our computer monitors.



A piece of plastic as a diamond.



A magnet as a circle.