Rocket has Fun with Georgia.

Rocket at Josh's House

Fancy Rocket liking chips! I like how he is learning about different countries - just like we do on the blog!

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We love sharing our learning with all those people!
Thanks for all the comments - we love to read what you think about our learning.

XMAS? - Not Yet Rocket!

Liam took Rocket home. He thought Rocket did not know about xmas, so he gave him an idea of what to expect in a few months time!
You are so creative Liam! Where do you think Rocket would like to go for xmas? Why?

Number Patterns

This week we have been learning how to read and continue number patterns. Here is an activity to challenge your thinking.

Multiplication Mission!

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Our PMI Comments about our Camera Challenge

Camera Patterns Challenge

Here is our slideshow from our challenge this week.
We found patterns everywhere around the school. Do you recognize any of them?

Bella and Olivia's Animal Description

Interesting simile you used girls! What other similes could describe this colourful bird?

Olly teaches Rocket some Portuguese!

Rocket - Late for School!

Naughty Rocket slept in today and was late for school. Cam's Mum had to bring him later after he had woken up. He missed Jump Jam. Cam said he was playing lots of games with him last night and Rocket was exhausted. We reminded Rocket that he has to go to bed early during the week. Only sleep in at the weekends Rocket!

Look at Our Great Calendar Art

We read'Today is Monday" by Eric Carle. We used his ideas to illustrate our calendars.

Room 13's Plastic Bag Dance

Can you explain how we made our plastic bag dance?

Jonathan in his new Uniform!

Wow - look at Jonathan! He is enjoying his new school in Auckland and has made new friends. Good to hear you are still learning the keyboard Jonathan - Remember - Rocket loved listening to you play! Keep practising hard.

Plastic Bag Dance

We found this video called Plastic Bag dance and we really liked it. Then we thought..."I wonder how the bag moves like that".

We made our own dancing plastic bags to investigate.

Mrs O'Malley Dilly Dallys Down Alligator Alley

Click the picture to see Liam A and Olivias creation.

We read the story Mrs O'Mally in Alligator Alley by Jill Eggleton to show how she liked to Dilly Dally in Alligator Alley. We made 360 degree pictures.

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Jade and Oliver
Bella and Kai
Hunter and Grace

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Our Acrostic Poem about Willard Home

This week we learned how to do an acrostic poem. An acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line. Each line is about that word. Here are some of our shared ideas.

Number Brainstorming

Georgia and Hunter thought of lots of names for their numbers. Can you think of any others they did not think of?

Rocket the Pianist at Ana's House

It's good to see Rocket practising the piano so he can get better.
What is something you are practising to get better at?

Rocket at Regan's House

Baking Soda Experiment!

Rocket at Ben's House!

Ben compared the length of Lucy(Ben's new baby sister!) and Rocket. Rocket is reading Ben's favourite book. What is your favourite book?

Balloon Fun!

Today we learned about static electricity. We rubbed the balloon on our head and then lifted the balloon to see what happens. Tell us what you think happened.Why?

Willard Home

Today we visited Willard Home. We sang our Spanish song to them and recited some of our favourite poems. We took our readers and read to the old people. They really liked it. Then we sang them some maori songs.

Floating and Sinking Eggs!

In Discovery Time today we watched what happened when you put an egg in fresh water. Then we took the egg out and added some salt to the water and stirred it up. We put the egg back in the salty water. Do you know what happened? I wonder why.

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We have been finding out how difficult it is when you know the answer but have to make up the question.During this week we will share with you some of our questions.

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Myspace Message Generators

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We Won The Junior Shape Challenge!

We learned to look very carefully at the photos - the background, the details, the sides, the patterns, and the textures. Thanks Stephen - it was great fun!

Circuits

Liam B and Josh created a 360degree picture to show a circuit. How could we turn the light bulb off? Click here to move your way around the circuit.

I Wonder How This Happened!

We are learning about vibration. When you wet your fingers and slide your hands down the string it makes a noise. It sounds loud because their is a cup on the end and the vibration hits the sides that makes a noise. I wonder how you could make it louder?

Look What Happened to our Celery!

Rocket cooks for Arlo!

Clever Rocket! Fancy getting the recipe from the Russell Street School Cookbook! What would you like Rocket to cook for you?

Maths Week Challenge

This week Stephen has organized a BIG Challenge for each class. It is a big Treasure Hunt. We have 1 week to find 25 shapes around the school. We are most excited and are looking carefully at every opportunity to try and find them all. We want to win!

I Wonder...........

Create a Lava Lamp

How does this lava lamp work? I wonder if it is like our bouncing raisins? Why do the shapes change shape?

Clouds - We wonder why clouds are white?

Let us know what you think.
What other wonderings do you have?

Hunter and Grace's Animal Description

This week we have been workng with a buddy describing different animals. We brainstormed our ideas using kidspiration and made up our own similes. We wrote our descriptions, drew our animal, then put it all in a kidpix slideshow.
What do you think of our description?

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Rocket has Fun with Michael!

What are the Triangles Learning this Week?

Kids can drum too!

What instrument would you like to play? Why?

STRIKE uses Cans!

Can you remember why they use full cans? What did they say?

STRIKE plays the Marimba!

Do you know other percussion instruments that are like this? Can you name any?

Raisins in Fanta!

What happens when you put raisins in Fanta?
What did you observe? Was it the same for lemonade? Why or why not?

What do Raisins do in other Liquids?

Ebony and Troy play with STRIKE!

STRIKE use Flames!

What did you think about this performance?
Put on your yellow, black or red hat and let us know.

Rocket has Fun with Hunter