Christmas Tree Art - Cubist Style

For some end of year fun we painted Christmas trees in the style of Cubism.
We used cool greens for our trees and warm colours for the background.
Have a look at the works in progress!

Athletics Photos

Athletics day

Athletics day - By Victoria

Yesterday it was school athletics day.  The whole school had to take part. I will tell you about each event that what we did.

In sprints  you have to run really fast and pump your arms.
I like it because you feel the air on your face.

On long jump you have to run then there will be a mat there will be 3 colours you have to stand on the last one or  the other colours you can not step over or it will not count.
Then you land on the sand.
I like it because it is not hard.

In javelin you have to throw a plastic rocket. 
I like it because you just throw.

In high jump you have to run and scissor jump over the bar.
I don't like it because the bar I jump over is bigger than me.

In shot put you have to get a heavy ball that will be small and you have to give it a push.
I like it because the ball feels funny.

Long jump is my favourite event because it's not hard and it's fun.

Finely I am finished ! Thank you for reading and remember to read how to say hello in other languages! Bye.

Review of guess who?

Today I tried playing guess who?
 It was fun because it had animals and people .
One thing I did not like was that it was quite boring.
I think it would be better if if was a little bit more mysterious.
That would be cool.
So today I am going it 9 stars out of 10 stars but that is okay.

BY: Victora

Review of Beetle Game by Andy

What I like about it is :

I have nothing to like about it because I think only year four or younger can have fun with this game.

what I don't like about it is :

It took too long to do it, and the parts are all missing.

I think if the body parts are not missing , and if the beetles were bigger it would be a better game , so I give it a half star only.

By Andy

Review of Pop the Pirate by Roy

What I like about it is it is exiting,fun and cool. When the pirate pops out it makes you laugh.There should be a place to write the score each time the pirate pops .I think it would be better if  there is more space to put the swords in. So I think  its a good game to play and I give it 10 stars.

Review of Monkey Drop game by Catherine.

What l like about it is exiting, because it gets harder at the end.

What l don't like about it is it takes too long to set up the sticks, because the sticks is so many. And you need to take sticks out even if all the monkey are on one sticks.

I think it would better if it got higher.

So l think it was a fun game. I give it four stars!
                             

Writing Reviews...

We have been learning how to write reviews.
We have reviewed our playground, our classroom, books and games.
Have a look below for some of our game reviews.

Cultural shared lunch with friends, teachers and family.

To finish off term 3 we had a shared lunch.
Everyone bought a plate of food that is typical of their culture.
We invited parents, teachers and a few friends to join us.
Before we ate, each student presented a poster about their culture that we had made in class.
For some students it was the very FIRST time they had spoken in English in front of a large group.
Everyone did so well - We were very proud of each other!

Around the world - Countries and Cultures

This term we are learning about countries and cultures. We have studied all the countries that our students come from.

Brazil, China, Korea, India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Japan, Jordan and of course New Zealand.

We have published some information about the countries and are all working on our own cultural posters. We will share these at the end of the term with our classmates and families as well as enjoying a cultural shared lunch.

Sri Lanka by Andy Zeng

     Sri Lanka

Sir Lanka is in Asia, there are 21 million people in

Sir Lanka. They speak many languages including Sinhala, they like to eat curry, rice and roti.

Sir Lankan people like to play cricket.

There are snakes, lions, lizards and elephants too. The capital City is Colombo.

They hold their palms together in front of their chest to great each other.

Sir Lanka is the world’s largest tea exporter.

Their flag is the one of the oldest flags in the world.

By Andy Zeng 10 year old

The Phillippines by Aabid and Sehyeok.

The Philippines

The Philippines is part of Asia.

85 million people live in the Philippines.

They mostly speak Filipino.

They like to eat rice, mango, bananas and coconut.

They like to play soccer and basketball and go sailing.

You might see a turtle in the Philippines.

The capital city is Manila.

You can say Kumusta for hello.

There are lots of volcanoes and islands.

Kyle, Stephen and Vivien come from the Philippines. 

By Sehyeok and Aabid.

Japan by Catherine Gu

JAPAN

Japan is in Asia, Japan’s nearest neighbours are Korea, Russia, China and the Philippines.

The capital city is Tokyo. In 1997 the population of Japan reached 125 million people.Japan’s main language is Japanese. Japan’s national people are Japanese.  Japanese people love to play basketball, baseball, skipping and marbles.

Japan is an archipelago of over 3000 islands.Japanese people love to eat sushi, fish, vegetables and rice. Japan is special because it has hot springs and underground trains.

*Archipelago means: a sea or stretch of water having many islands.

                                By Catherine Gu From Esol

Poetry

We have been writing some free verse poems about BIG CATS,
Pumas, lions, tigers, jaguars, cheetahs and leopards.
We included similes and alliteration in our poems.
We have published some below.

Rabbits visit our ESOL class...

Thomas in Room 12 brought his pet rabbits Lettuce and Daisy in to visit us.
Some of us held the rabbits.  They felt soft and fluffy.
Thomas told us they were "molting" which means they are losing their fur.
We had to shake our jumpers outside after touching them.
Youngheen discovered that rabbits have sharp claws! ouch!
Thanks to Thomas for sharing with us.

Fairy Tales

We have been reading some traditional fairy tales...
 

We started with Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.
We re-told the stories, wrote some character descriptions, and we used a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the wolves from each tale.
Have a look below at the fantastic work Chris completed.





We also read Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 
Each person in our class took a part to re-tell, then we put it all together to make a class book.
We will publish this soon.

The Rainbow Fish

We read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.

A lovely friendship story about how showing kindness and sharing with others can make you happy.

We re-told the story in our own words and drew pictures of the rainbow fish.
We focused on using adjectives and adverbs to make a simple sentence more interesting.

Have a look at some of our work below:

ESOL Blog

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