Monday 30 May 2011

Simple machine stories!

We have been learning about simple machines. We looked at a whole lot of different ones from around the classroom and home. We had to choose one to describe how it works. These are our stories...

My simple machine is a cheese slicer. You can peel carrot skin off with it and potato skins too. You hold the handle and push the cheese slicer on the carrot.
Hannah


My simple machine is a door stop. You put in on the floor and push the door on top of it. It holds the door open because the door gets stuck on it.
Natalee

My simple machine is an egg beater. It has a wheel in the middle. It is made out of metal. You spin the wheel with the handle to beat the eggs.
Matthew

My simple machine is a clip. It holds food packets closed. It helps you keep it fresh. You open the clip and get a packet. You squeeze the clip closed.
Jackson

My simple machine is a hole punch. You can make holes in paper and make masks and use it for special activities. You put the paper under the hole punch then you push the top and the hole appears.
Ryan


My simple machine is a can opener. It opens cans. You grab the handles and you open it then you put a can between the wheels. You squeeze the handles and then you turn the wheel.
Ricky

My simple machine is an ice cream scoop. It scoops up the ice cream then you put it in a bowl and eat it. The shape is round. You hold the handle and dig in the ice cream and push and pull.
Dylan

My simple machine is a stapler. A stapler can staple things if you push the front of it. If you staple pieces of paper they will stick together.
Alvin

Today I picked up a pair of scissors. You have to put your two fingers in the holes. You open and close your hands and the sharp ends will cut the paper.
Vivian


My simple machine is a pencil sharpener. It can sharpen pencils. It has got a hole on the side. Inside the hole is a blade. It sharpens the pencils. You push the pencil in the hole and turn it.
Harry

I picked up a pizza cutter and it is a simple machine. It cuts pizza if you can’t. The blade is a circle and you push it down and turn it.
Max

My simple machine is a mixing spoon. You hold the handle and stir the pancake mixture. It is kept in the kitchen.
Melissa

I picked up a peg. You hold it with two fingers and you squeeze it so it can open. It is used for hanging up the clothes on the washing line.
Jenna

My simple machine is a screwdriver. A screwdriver screws nuts and bolts. It can go in your tool case. You hold it with your hand and you turn it round so the screws can turn round and round until the screw comes out.
Logan

Today we had simple machines in LZ6. I picked up a cheese grater. It has 4 sides and it has a handle up the top. You pick up the cheese and rub the cheese on the side of the grater.
Tiffinni

My simple machine is some tongs. Tongs can pick up sausages and eggs and hot things. This is how you use them: You pick up one hand and put them on the handles and squeeze them down.
Nikail

My bottle opener is a simple machine. It looks like it has a very sharp end and it makes little holes in the can then you push the can opener into the inside. It makes a bigger hole and then you can drink it.
Jed

I picked a hammer with a nail and that sounds like bang. I pick it up with the handle and put it up in the air and push it down to hit the nail.
Nikita

Thursday 26 May 2011

Poor Jackson!



Poor Jackson is a bit in the wars at the moment. On Wednesday he had an accident on his skateboard and badly damaged his fingernail so yesterday he was scheduled for surgery to fix it. Luckily it has already started to heal so he was feeling ok to come to school today to show us all. There is even an arrow on his hand so the surgeons know which finger to fix! We think you are VERY brave Jackson!!

Wacky wild day!


Today was wild and wacky mufti day and look how crazy we all are! It was a great day with hot chips and ice cream available to order as well as funtime lunchtime in the hall. To top it off tonight is the disco...what a wild day!

Monday 23 May 2011

MOTAT!!

We had the best day at MOTAT (Museum of transport and technology) and saw lots of cool things including heaps of simple machines! Check out our scrapbook story of our trip!


Saturday 21 May 2011

Jump Jam!


We love doing Jump Jam on Monday and Wednesday mornings. All the JLC goes into the hall and bogeys to the DVDs, even the teachers! Some of us go up on stage and be leaders for the other children to watch and follow. Best of all it helps keep us fit and healthy!

Congratulations Logan!


Well done to Logan for being awarded last weeks excellence award at our school assembly! You deserve it for all of your great contributions to our class discussions!

Happy birthday Dylan!



It was Dylan's birthday on Friday and lucky LZ6 got to share a delicious cake with him! The cake was covered in snake and jetplane lollies and was baked by his nana. Thanks to Dylan's mum for bringing it in and letting us celebrate Dylan's birthday!

Thursday 19 May 2011

Autumn leaf poems!



We think our autumn leaf poetry looks great up on the wall!


Wednesday 18 May 2011

Lever experiment!


Seeing as we are learning about simple machines we decided to make a lever catapult! We had to try with different materials and moving the fulcrum to see if we could get our ping pong ball into the cup...or touch the ceiling! There were balls flying everywhere in the classroom!!! We had SO much fun learning!!!

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Simple machines song!

Simple machines - our before thoughts...

Look at our Eric Carle art!




We are very proud of our amazing Eric Carle art! We spent days making it - first we had to make painted paper using sponges and scrapers and bubble wrap, then once it was dry we had to cut it to make our collage pictures of our favourite insect. Come and see them hanging up in LZ6!

Sunday 15 May 2011

We love music!


Music with Mrs Boggs is one of our highlights of each week! Every Friday we go to the music room with LZ5 and get to sing songs, play musical instuments and have fun learning about the elements of music. These photos were taken at a few different sessions throughout last term.

Wednesday 11 May 2011

More congratulations!


Yay for you Nikail! Nikail received his excellence award a few weeks ago at assembly but silly Miss Baker forgot her camera that day and did not get a photo...Thankfully when Nikail took the camera home for news Dad was clever and got a photo so we could put it on the blog and celebrate his achievement! Thanks heaps!

Tuesday 10 May 2011

Congratulations!



Congratulations to our latest certificate winners! Dylan was away on Friday and unfortunately missed out on receiving his excellence award at our school assembly but has got it now to take home and share with his family. Also look at all our latest 25+ readers! No wonder we are all such good readers in LZ6! Well done to you all!



Our latest Kings and Queens in LZ6!








Monday 9 May 2011

Our race into reading challenge!




We love reading books! These photos are taken in our amazing library that we go and visit each week as a class. To help us get even BETTER at reading we started a 'race into reading' competition today. We have to take home a different library book each night and read it together with our parents. Each book we read gets a sticker on our racing track and the first 5 to the finish line get a surprise! We are all really excited about reading lots and sharing our stories with others. It will take a long time because we have to read over 70 books to get to the finish!!

Sunday 8 May 2011

Our names in sign language!


Last week was New Zealand Sign Language week and we had some lessons in how to say basic phrases and spell out the letters of the alphabet. It was quite hard and we had to practise with our buddy class LZ9. It was fun and we want to keep learning!

Thursday 5 May 2011

Jenna's news about the tornado!

A few days ago there was a tornado in Auckland. It hit the North Shore and caused a lot of damage and one man died. We all saw it on the news and Jenna wrote down some information to share with the class.


Sunday 1 May 2011

Our holiday wordle!


Today we wrote poems about our holidays and decided to share them together as a wordle. That is a website that makes your words into a 'word cloud' picture. We had to think of all the things we had done in the holidays with our families and friends. Click on the image to make it bigger!