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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Merry Christmas Rockets


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Have a safe and happy holiday.
Rocket will be relaxing after his busy year!
What do you think he would like to do in the holidays?

Monday, December 13, 2010

Ben Plays His Guitar


Thank you for playing while we ate our brainfood today, Ben. You are a very clever boy!

Feilding Trip

Monday, December 6, 2010

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Swimming!!!!


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Our Swimming times for this term are:

Monday 12.10pm
Wednesday 12.10pm

Bring along your togs for some fun in the water.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Report for the Board of Trustees

Here are our highlights from term 4. For a complete screen watch the movie with You Tube by clicking this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u143ysvzgQ

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Movember Parade


Which moustache did you like best?

Kai translates his Grandma's comment.


Thanks Kai, what a great effort.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Josh - Be Funky


Well done Josh - first one finished our new challenge!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Liam A's Report of Freyberg Band Visit

Yesterday Freyberg Y9 music class came to school. It was funny because a RSS girl conducted the band. They played music of movies like Shrek and The Simpsons. My favourite instrument is the tuba.

Ben's Report of Freyberg Band Visit

On Tuesday the Freyberg band Y9 students came to RSS to present their music. Some instruments looked funny but they sounded nice. The Freyberg band was awesome and the conductor was too. Two girls were singing. It sounded beautiful.

Bookshelf - Arlo


My favourite book is - A Good Idea. I like it because there's a shady tree. The rhino made lots of shade for all of the animals. This book is in my browsing box.

Fraction Flags


Practise your fraction skills by creating your own flags.

Arlo and Zac count in Spanish

Monday, November 22, 2010

Freyberg Year 9 Band Comes to RSS



How many instruments can you name from these photos? What did you like best about the concert?

Clifford Wins Another Round!





Winnie the Pooh in the middle of 4 Red Trees! Or is that Clifford?

Counting in Japanese with Kai and Olivia

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Home Challenge!



See if you can beat Mum or Dad answering these basic facts. Practise so you can recall them instantly.Click on the "pull" button.

Bookapedia Book Battles


Our book character, Clifford won the first round against Scarface Claw but now he is having a battle for votes in the 2nd round against Winnie the Pooh.
Clifford needs your vote. Click on the photo of Clifford and vote now. He is such a kind and considerate character!
Once you are on the bookapedia website -
Click on Picture Books
Click Battles
Click Clifford v Winnie the Pooh - read and vote

Rocket with Cam C

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Counting in Maori by Georgia and Jade

Grace is learning the Guitar!


Grace has started her guitar lessons - she has now had five lessons and proudly showed her beautiful guitar to Rocket.I bet Rocket enjoyed your playing, Grace.
We would like to hear you too.
Are you learning an instrument? Tell us what you can play.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

New Challenge!


Orkut Scrap Toys

Bookshelf - Regan


The name of the book is "Captain Wag and the Big Blue Whale." My Favourite part is the boat falling over. Where you can find this book will be at my home.

Friday, November 12, 2010

At Dave's Hangar


How do planes and helicopters fly? Can you tell Mum or Dad what you learned on our trip.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Rocket has fun with Dean

Counting in Spanish with Michael and Liam A

Bookshelf - Ben


I like this book because it has good ilustrations. You can find this book at my house.

Raffle for a Ride


Congratulations to Grace, Ben and Ana who won rides to school this week.
Here are some of the ways the children came to school today. Which vehicle would you like to have a ride in? Why?

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Bookshelf - Michael


Stanley is funny and he gets in trouble when he does bad things. You can get this book out of our school library.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Unusual Bike!


Today Phil brought to school the bike that he made himself out of lots of other recycled bikes. It was amazing. He said it was relaxing riding it because you are lying down when you pedal. Josh decided that Phil was an inventor - Good thinking, Josh. Do you know anybody else who has invented something?

Friday, November 5, 2010

10,000 Hits Party!


Time to celebrate the sharing of our learning with lots of people. A BIG thanks to Olly's dad for making the yummy chocolate cake!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Learn to count in Spanish with Hunter and Dean

Hunter reads to Rocket


Rocket loves stories and being read to. Who do you read to at home?
Making a Cog

We looked at the way a bike moves using the pedals. Then we made our own cogs.
How do you get one cog to move another?

Rocket learns about phonographs


Rocket went to Regan's house and was very interested in the old phonographs. Many are over 100 years old. Do you know what a phongraph is? What can it do?

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Rocket learns the Alphabet with Georgia


Georgia helped Rocket find pictures of each letter of the alphabet on our new mural. Rocket could not find a picture of something that started with "i" Can you help him?
Make a comment and let us know.

Count in Spanish with Josh

Milo Cricket


Today Ben from Sport Manawatu came to school and taught us some cricket skills. We had a lot of fun and now know things we can practise. What do you need to get better at?
We are trying to use friction to slow ourselves down on the slide. Do you know how we did it?

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Time to Celebrate!

Wow! Thank you all for visiting our blog and letting us share our learning with you.
We love it when you give us feedback and make comments on our learning and activities we have participated in.
On Friday we are going to have a party to celebrate and Olly's dad has very kindly offered to make us a cake. We look forward to our party and of course sharing more of our learning with you too!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Looking at Grip on PhotoPeach



We learned about grip this afternoon. We looked at Arlo's bike to show how grip can help something move and help something stop. Do you know how Arlo's bike goes and stops?

Rocket gets sporty with Cam C


After a busy day Rocket is really hungry. What other sports do you think Rocket would enjoy? Why?

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Our Challenge in Progress


We are still working on our challenge of making a slideshow about counting in another language. It involves lots of learning about makimg a plan, working together, making decisions, plus layout, colour and pronouncing words correctly. Some children have been managing their time really well and are nearly ready to publish - so watch this space and learn how to count in another language!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Rocket gets ready for "Wheels Day"


Rocket had fun at Ben's house trying to work out which wheels would be suitable for him to bring to school on "Wheels Day." What do you think he should have brought to school? Why?

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Spooky Surprise at Jump Jam

This morning at Jump Jam the leaders had scary costumes on and we did a halloween song. What is a scary costume you could wear?

Zac came to school in a Rally Car!



Zac in our class won a More FM radio competition to get a ride to school in a rally car. He said it was really fun. We talked about what makes the rally car go fast. Do you know what might make it go fast?

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Moving Right Along


This week we brainstormed, drew examples of different types of vehicles and thought about what we would like to find out next.
Here are some of the questions we thought of?
I wonder why there is two planes on the outside and a cockpit in the middle?
I wonder how the car stops?
I wonder how a car moves?
How do those rockets work?
Why does a tractor have such big wheels?
What pulls a train?
Why do tyres have rubber?
How does a propeller move a boat?
Why does a propeller go sideways, straight down and on angles?
Why does this spin?

Monday, October 25, 2010

Makng Good Choices in Discovery Time

Read about some of the good choices we made in Discovery Time today.

Grace – Today at DT I made a good decision. I shared the water with everyone and speaking normally. I washed the windows nicely too.

Liam A – I made good choices in DT because I used a quiet voice and let other kids see my person.

Hunter – In DT I made good choices because I let Kai help me make a tow truck. I used a quiet voice.

Zac – In DT I played soccer. The teams were even. We shared the ball.

Jacob – In DT I made a good choice because I said to Dean, “I like your fireboat”. I made a good choice because I said to Liam B, “I like your mountain train track”.

Regan – In DT today Ben and me had an argument over the train because he had 2 carriages and I had 1 carriage. Then we sorted it out. So I had 1 and Ben had 2. That was how we sorted it out.

Cam R – I made good choices by sharing and letting others geta goal.

Thomas – I made a good decision by playing soccer fair. We made the teams even, and played fair and the game was fun.

Dean – Today in DT I made good decisions. I was at the water table and I was making a ship and Zac helped me.

Ana – Today at DT I let Dean join the lemonade stand. I washed the window using a quiet voice.

Oliver – Today I played soccer with Zac and Cam. Then I let Thomas play.

Rocket had fun with Bella

Bella made sure Rocket knew where the safe meeting place was at her house. Then he went to the Hawke's Bay A & P show and watched Bella and Abby ride their ponies. Didn't they do well!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Rockets Learn How to be Firewise

Josh shares what he learned about being Firewise.

If there is a fire, Get Down Get Low and Get Out FAST and shut the door or window because if the fire reaches the air the fire will get bigger and the fire spreads fast. If you breathe the smoke you can die because the smoke can burn the inside of your lungs. If you are a firefighter you will be safe because you are wearing gear and been trained. But if you are a kid and you try it, you can get burnt or die. It is really important to be trained as a firefighter and wear the gear. If you hear the smoke alarm jump out of your window and go to your safe meeting place and call 111 and you will be safe.

Today some firefighters came to our school and told us all the important information and we practised what to do when you hear a smoke alarm. A firefighter showed us a movie and we had a big talk and we looked at the fire engine. By Josh

Friday, October 22, 2010

Congratulations Grace!

In assembly today Grace won the trophy for "Most Improved Player" for the Newbies Hockey Team. Well done, Grace. We are proud of you!

I spy


Can you find something that starts with every letter of the alphabet on our new mural?

Our New Mural


Today our new mural was unveilled. Carolyn and her mural team spent many hours creating it. What a proud moment!

Rocket with Olivia

Wow - Rocket is good at balancing and doing handstands! What other tricks do you think he can do?

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bookshelf - Josh

I like "The Haunted Castle of Count Viper" because it is a spooky maze adventure with ghosts, vampires, skeletons, cats, foxes, rats and bats, and poison slugfish and spiders.
This book is in our school library.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Rocket with Taylor

Rocket had fun with Taylor. He liked her special clock. Can you remember how to tell the time? What time do you have dinner? What time do you go to bed?

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Rocket Is learning to play musical instruments!


Rocket had a musical time with Grace last night.
Great to see Rocket doing his music practice! Do you know what instruments he is playing?
Are you learning any instruments? Let us know.

Bookshelf - Katelyn


I like this book because it has a boy who thinks he is smart.
It has dinosaurs in too.

Measuring in Rockets!

Instead of measuring in centimetres or hands and feet we thought it would be fun to measure in Rockets! We made some cards the same length as Rocket. Then with a buddy we used the cards to measure things round the room. Here are some of our results:
Kai/Hunter - The computer is 2 and 1/2 Rockets long.
Michael - The table leg is 3 Rockets high.
Liam A/Zac - The pencil sharpener is 1/2 Rocket long.
Thomas/Cam C - The sliding door is 9 Rockets long.
Jade - The bookshelf is 4 Rockets long.
Taylor/Bella - My buddy is 20 Rockets tall.
Dean - The Big Book is 3 and 1/2 Rockets tall.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Get Firewise!


We are learning how to be Firewise. Ana showed Rocket where her Safe meeting place is at her house. Where is your safe meeting place? How are some other ways that you are firewise?

Rocket with Birthday Ben!


I wonder how many Rockets tall you are?

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Bookshelf - Bella


I like this book because I have a pony called Greta at home. You can find this book in the blue box.

Helpful Rocket!


Rocket has been very helpful in the weekend. Look what he has been doing at Georgia's house. How did you help in the weekend? Let us know.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Practise Your Measuring Skills


Last week we measured in rods, hands, feet, blocks, steps and strides. Can you measure in centimetres now?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Looking Up, Down and Through


In Discovery Time this week our challenge was to take photos from different angles. Here are some of our first efforts taken around the playground. What do you think makes a good photo?

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Rocket the Spy!

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What a great adventure Rocket had at Arlo's place. I did not know he could crack codes!How do you think he used a mirror to crack the code?

Our Goals ThisTerm

Monday, October 11, 2010

Our Holiday Experiences


We brainstormed and shared all our holiday experiences. What a lot of different activities we did! Some children lost a tooth! What was your favourite activity?

Rocket on holiday at the farm

Rocket visited Ebony's mum on a farm in the holidays. He really liked meeting all the animals. What do you think Rocket enjoyed the best? Have you ever done some of the things Rocket got to do?

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

INTERFACE AWARDS 2010 - Best Blog - Finalist

Wow - How exciting! I have just had an email from INTERFACE magazine saying that our class blog is a finalist in this year's best class blog competition. It said -
"Thanks for entering this year’s INTERFACE Awards, I’m delighted to be able to tell you that you’re a finalist! Congratulations. The standard of entries was very high and you have done extremely well to reach the final five. You should be very proud of this achievement and the work you are doing."
The judges have picked the top 5 class blogs throughout NZ and now teachers and educators get to vote to decide the winner. Well done to Stephen and "The Ins and Outs" for making the finals too!
To vote for our blog click on the image below to go to the voting page.
I wonder how many votes we can get!





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Monday, September 27, 2010

Holiday Thinking!


What do you think this is? What is it made of?
What could it be used for?

Friday, September 24, 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Reflection Time



Count to 10 in Japanese


Kai is going to teach us to speak Japanese. Here is a video of how to count to 10 in Japanese. You may want to practise counting in the holidays!

8000 Hits!


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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Check out this video of us from Yesterday!

Coke + Mentos!





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On Wednesday we did an experiment in front of the whole school. When it was our turn to do it the coke spat everywhere and it got on my clothes. I had such a fun time I forgot about playing in the playground. – Georgia
It was interesting because when Renee tipped some coke on the ground it went all fizzy and after a while it didn’t fizz as much – Ben
It was cool when it shot up – Cam R
I heard a hissing noise. I got wet – Cam C
I stuck my finger in the fanta. It was cold. I was scared because it frightened me when it came out – Jade
Some of the coke went on my face. It felt funny.
My buddy got sprayed by coke – Hunter
On Wednesday we did an experiment in front of the whole school and I was nervous. – Jacob
I saw the explosion when we had coke and the experiment, and the whole school was doing the same thing each time. – Michael
I saw the coca cola go up in the air and I liked standing on the cone with a bottle of coke. – Oliver
I like when Julie spread the coke everywhere – Liam B
On Wednesday we had an explosion and the whole school did it so everyone’s class got a turn – Bella and Kai
I stuck my finger into the bottle because I wanted to feel what it felt like. – Liam A
Some coke got on my hair and it fizzed. – Olivia
I felt excited because of the explosion. I liked getting wet. – Arlo
I felt happy because water went all over me. – Katelyn
I liked our one because it was like a basketball. It went through the hoop. – Joshua
I got a little bit wet in my hair. I saw a giant mentos explosion. – Thomas
I liked the bigger one because it was cool. It went on Ana’s head. It felt sticky. – Ana and Taylor

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Kai teaches Rocket Japanese


Kai tells Rocket the Japanese word for monkey.
What would you like Kai to teach us in Japanese?

Monday, September 20, 2010

Folk Dancing with our Buddy Class


Last week we learned some folk dances with our buddy class. The big kids helped us and showed us what to do.We had good fun!

Teamwork in Discovery Time


In Discovery Time today many children decided to work together as a team.
Thomas - we joined our marble track with Georgia's marble track and made a giant one.
Taylor - Michael and me made a train track together without arguing.
Michael - we looked at a map and made the train track together.
Hunter - I talked to Liam A and we decided to make a fire truck and a tow truck all in together. We had a little problem because at the front there were no wheels so we took one of the wheels off the back and put it on the front.
Ana - me and Olly and Grace worked together to make a truck out of the wheels.
Georgia - we stuck lots of pieces together. I built part of it and Thomas built the other bit and then we sticked it all together.
Liam A - Georgia made a gigantic marble track and me and Thomas made another one and we put it together and it was really awesome cos it made it really tall.

Ana's Chiming Clock.

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Last Challenge of Term 3.


Myspace Generators & Toys

Rocket has Fun with Dean.


Rocket loved looking at the 3D viewer. What do you think would be his favourite thing to look at? Why?

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Time Word Clouds

Time Word Clouds on PhotoPeach
Here are some of our word clouds from our buddy challenge last week. We had to work with a buddy to brainstorm words about "Time"
Then we created a word cloud, took a screenshot of it and placed it in our class folder on the server. How do you think we did?

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Time to Practise Counting in Spanish

BOOKSHELF - Ana


I like Marcella because there is a cute kitten in it and some other kittens and their mother and Marcella are blind - by Ana.
What would be some of the problems for a cat who was blind?

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Blog Comments


Today we looked at different comments on our blog. Then we tried to think what was a good comment and what was a vey good comment. We decided the best comments were ones where you had to think more.Then we thought of putting comments into 3 levels. Now we are going to try and make R2 and R3 comments. When you read our comments have a think about what level they are. Watch out for R 3 comments!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

BOOKSHELF - Grace


This is my favourite book because it has a ghost. And the girl says BOO. You can find it in the yellow group's reading box.
What things do you find scary? Why?

Look at Rocket's New Hat!


My sister Brooke and my Aunty made this hat for Rocket. We got some paper and folded it. by Taylor.
What kind of hat is it? When do you think Rocket would wear it?

Monday, September 13, 2010

Ana's Invention!


In DT I made my paper puppy a home. It had a swimmig pool. It had a diving board and a water slide. By Ana.
Have you ever made anything for your toy?

Practice Telling the Time