The Rockets

Rockets say Farewell

2011-02-15T23:59:00.000-08:00

This year "The Rockets" are in different classes with new teachers.
I now have responsibility for the 4 year olds who will be coming to Russell Street School this year.
So I have set up a new blog for these children who will be transitioning to school in the coming months.
The blog is called Jumpstart.

Check it out - http://rssjumpstart.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas Rockets

2010-12-18T12:21:00.001-08:00

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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?

Xmas with Rocket!

2010-12-15T13:29:00.000-08:00

Xmas with Rocket - how to make a free slideshow

Rocket Loves Xmas

2010-12-15T11:36:00.000-08:00

Rocket loves Xmas - Free Slideshow Maker

Rocket learns about Xmas

2010-12-15T11:16:00.000-08:00

Rocket learns about Xmas - Free Slideshow Maker

Ben Plays His Guitar

2010-12-13T16:55:00.000-08:00

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

Feilding Trip

2010-12-13T15:53:00.000-08:00

Feilding Steam Trains

2010-12-12T00:09:00.000-08:00

Feilding Steam Trains - slideshows

Feilding Train Ride

2010-12-11T22:50:00.000-08:00

Feilding Train Ride - slide show

Rocket at the Disco

2010-12-09T15:58:00.000-08:00

Rocket at the Disco! - slideshows

Georgia Be Funky!

2010-12-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

Bella Be Funky

2010-12-06T17:21:00.000-08:00

Swimming!!!!

2010-12-05T00:49:00.001-08:00

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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.

Report for the Board of Trustees

2010-12-03T23:05:00.000-08:00

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

Movember Parade

2010-12-01T23:04:00.000-08:00

Movember Parade - make slideshow

Which moustache did you like best?

Kai translates his Grandma's comment.

2010-12-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks Kai, what a great effort.

Athletics Day

2010-11-30T21:19:00.000-08:00

Athletics Day - slideshow maker with music

Counting in Maori with Katelyn and CamC

2010-11-29T23:41:00.000-08:00

Josh - Be Funky

2010-11-25T18:07:00.000-08:00

Well done Josh - first one finished our new challenge!

Liam A's Report of Freyberg Band Visit

2010-11-23T19:57:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-23T19:40:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-23T18:44:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-23T12:17:00.000-08:00

Practise your fraction skills by creating your own flags.

Arlo and Zac count in Spanish

2010-11-23T00:32:00.000-08:00

Freyberg Year 9 Band Comes to RSS

2010-11-22T23:54:00.000-08:00

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

Clifford Wins Another Round!

2010-11-22T17:55:00.000-08:00

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

Counting in Japanese with Kai and Olivia

2010-11-22T15:18:00.000-08:00

Home Challenge!

2010-11-20T19:57:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-20T14:46:00.001-08:00

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

2010-11-20T00:39:00.000-08:00

Cam and Rocket - how to create a free slideshow

Counting in Maori by Georgia and Jade

2010-11-18T15:58:00.000-08:00

Grace is learning the Guitar!

2010-11-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

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.

Jacob's story about Rocket!

2010-11-16T17:55:00.000-08:00

Jacob's story about Rocket - slideshow dvd

Count in French with Ben and Thomas

2010-11-15T21:02:00.000-08:00

Our Trip to the Airport

2010-11-15T17:07:00.001-08:00

New Challenge!

2010-11-14T23:46:00.001-08:00

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Bookshelf - Regan

2010-11-14T23:11:00.000-08:00

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.

At Dave's Hangar

2010-11-12T00:45:00.000-08:00

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

Rocket has fun with Dean

2010-11-11T22:26:00.000-08:00

Counting in Spanish with Michael and Liam A

2010-11-11T15:25:00.000-08:00

Bookshelf - Ben

2010-11-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

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

Raffle for a Ride

2010-11-11T00:06:00.000-08:00

Raffle For a Ride - Slideshow Creator

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?

Bookshelf - Michael

2010-11-10T15:47:00.000-08:00

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

Count in Spanish with Jacob

2010-11-08T21:04:00.000-08:00

Count in Spanish by Michael and Liam A

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Count in Spanish with Olly and Cam R

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Count in Maori with Ana and Bella

2010-11-08T14:46:00.001-08:00

Unusual Bike!

2010-11-07T19:10:00.000-08:00

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?

10,000 Hits Party!

2010-11-05T01:04:00.000-07:00

10.000 Hits Party - slide show

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!

Learn to count in Spanish with Hunter and Dean

2010-11-04T15:47:00.000-07:00

Hunter reads to Rocket

2010-11-04T15:41:00.000-07:00

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

2010-11-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

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

2010-11-04T00:28:00.000-07:00

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?

Rocket learns the Alphabet with Georgia

2010-11-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

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

2010-11-03T15:37:00.000-07:00

Milo Cricket

2010-11-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

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?

2010-11-03T01:13:00.000-07:00

We are trying to use friction to slow ourselves down on the slide. Do you know how we did it?

Time to Celebrate!

2010-11-02T16:22:00.001-07:00

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!

2010-11-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

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

2010-11-01T02:24:00.000-07:00

Rocket gets Sporty with Cam - Slideshow Creator

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

Our Challenge in Progress

2010-10-31T20:39:00.000-07:00

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!

Rocket gets ready for "Wheels Day"

2010-10-29T00:56:00.000-07:00

Wheels Day - slideshow maker with music

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?

Spooky Surprise at Jump Jam

2010-10-28T15:08:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-10-28T15:02:00.000-07:00

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?

Moving Right Along

2010-10-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

Moving Right Along - flash slideshow

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?

Makng Good Choices in Discovery Time

2010-10-25T22:33:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

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!

Next Challenge!

2010-10-24T20:19:00.000-07:00

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Rockets Learn How to be Firewise

2010-10-23T02:18:00.000-07:00

Josh shares what he learned about being Firewise.

2010-10-23T02:16:00.000-07:00

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

Congratulations Grace!

2010-10-22T12:59:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-22T02:15:00.000-07:00

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

Our New Mural

2010-10-22T02:10:00.000-07:00

Our New Mural - slide show

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

Rocket with Olivia

2010-10-22T00:58:00.000-07:00

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

Bookshelf - Josh

2010-10-21T23:01:00.000-07:00

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.

Rocket with Taylor

2010-10-20T00:39:00.000-07:00

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?

Rocket Is learning to play musical instruments!

2010-10-19T17:45:00.000-07:00

Rocket Plays Instruments - flash slideshow

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

2010-10-19T16:17:00.000-07:00

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

Measuring in Rockets!

2010-10-19T00:14:00.000-07:00

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.

Get Firewise!

2010-10-18T19:25:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-10-18T19:06:00.000-07:00

I wonder how many Rockets tall you are?

Bookshelf - Bella

2010-10-17T19:52:00.000-07:00

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

Helpful Rocket!

2010-10-17T00:08:00.000-07:00

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.

Practise Your Measuring Skills

2010-10-16T17:26:00.000-07:00

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

Looking Up, Down and Through

2010-10-14T12:46:00.000-07:00

Angles - slideshows

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?

Rocket the Spy!

2010-10-12T20:44:00.000-07:00

Rocket the Spy on PhotoPeach
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

2010-10-12T16:50:00.000-07:00

Our Holiday Experiences

2010-10-11T19:33:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-11T02:30:00.000-07:00

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?

End of Holiday Challenge!

2010-10-08T23:39:00.000-07:00

Orkut Scrap Toys

INTERFACE AWARDS 2010 - Best Blog - Finalist

2010-10-06T00:43:00.000-07:00

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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Holiday Thinking!

2010-09-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

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

Rockets

2010-09-25T02:45:00.000-07:00

Teddy Gram Note Generator

Rockets Term 3 - Do you Remember?

2010-09-24T22:02:00.000-07:00

Some Memories of Term 3

2010-09-24T17:56:00.000-07:00

What was your favourite activity this term? Why?

Magic Man in Assembly

2010-09-24T17:46:00.000-07:00

Reflection Time

2010-09-23T23:50:00.000-07:00

Count to 10 in Japanese

2010-09-23T01:49:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-09-23T00:49:00.000-07:00

Myspace Glitter Animator

Check out this video of us from Yesterday!

2010-09-22T13:28:00.000-07:00