Planet Five

Message to Room 5 girls from Santa

2010-12-08T21:32:00.001+13:00

Santa sent you a message.

Santa's message to Room 5 boys

2010-12-08T20:50:00.002+13:00

Santa sent you a message.

Christmas Fun

2010-11-28T20:19:00.005+13:00

It's soooo close to December and I thought it was time for you to find some sites that had great ideas for Christmas things for you to do. Click on the link to take you to Santa's home and lots more.

There is lots of mail waiting for the room 5 children to arrive on Monday. Viv is wondering if Santa has answered your letters. I hope so!

YUM - PANCAKES!

2010-11-19T12:09:00.005+13:00

On Friday Room 5 had yummy pancakes the people thought it was so yummy Alex said they were very hot.Jane cooked very nice and We had very nice maple syrup and whip cream on our pancake's Everyone loved them.Yum!!

Letters to an Alien

2010-11-11T18:50:00.003+13:00

We are just about to start our last Inquiry topic for the year. It is all about our solar system. There are lots of games about our solar system and other things in Space.

I have found a great game and activities site to get you started . It's NASA. Click on the link and see if you can find something that interests you.

2010-11-02T12:47:00.000+13:00

We went to the Suter Art Gallery to see some beautiful drawings by Don Binney.

Maddie's Birthday Fund Raiser

2010-11-01T08:48:00.010+13:00

Maddie had her 9th birthday on Sunday. She decided that she would host a fund raiser for the people of Haiti so instead of gifts, Maddie's friends each donated money. Maddie raised $184.20 which she has already given to Emily for the Kenbe La Foundation, Source of Hope School Appeal.
If you would like to learn more about this just click on the link below.

Kenbe La Foundation

Weekends

2010-10-31T18:48:00.003+13:00

What do room 5 children get up to on the last night of October? Well now, some of them come to visit Viv to see if she has any treats. Nile Street was bustling with children dressed in all sorts of interesting clothes. One group performed a wonderful "trick" by singing a waiata. Hope they all enjoyed the treats. The adults definitely enjoyed the visits.

Place Value Blocks

2010-10-18T21:49:00.002+13:00

We were playing a great game of changing Place Value blocks today. It involves changing a hundred block into 10 tens. I promised to put the link on the blog for everyone to have fun with at home so here it is.

Place Value Blocks.

Have fun!

Commonwealth Games

2010-10-15T12:24:00.004+13:00

We have been thinking and learning about the Commonwealth Games this week for Current Events. Today we did a Thinkers Keys activity about it and here are some of our ideas.

What if the Commonwealth Games were held at the same place every time?

There wouldn't be enough room for lots of stadiums in the same place every time. (Carmina)
It would be boring for the competitors because they might like to see something different,(Harry)
People might not have enough of the type of money you need for that country. (William)
New Zealanders might refuse to come because they wanted to go somewhere different. (Saffron)
People that live further away might stop competing because it would cost too much to get there. (Hazel)
It might cost a lot of money for the host country. (Holly)
The velodrome might get worn out and the cyclists might have accidents. (Jonny)
It wouldn't be fair to other countries. (Hannah)
Competitors could keep their sports equipment at the country wher the Games were being held. (Aria)
Everything would be ready in time for the Games. (Jagreet)
You might not need to build any more things for a long time. (Ellie)
The sports buildings would start to look tatty after a while. (Zoe)

Integrity

2010-09-21T13:44:00.002+12:00

Friday Playing With Our Buddies

2010-09-14T07:21:00.002+12:00

Taonga Puoro

2010-09-09T13:43:00.003+12:00

We went to the museum today to learn about taonga puoro- that's Maori instruments. Cindi called us in by calling, "Haere Mai," and playing a big putatara (shell). Nikki and Cindi said their mihi and sang then William and Hannah did their mihi for our side. We all sang E Toru Nga Mea, said a karakia and then we were ready to start.
Nikki and Cindi played their instruments and told us some stories.
After that we went upstairs and made koauau which are little flutes. We made ours from bamboo.
Some people can play theirs already.
If you would like to see some instruments click on this link to Te Papa.

Soccer with Jordan

2010-09-09T07:58:00.001+12:00

After morning tea we played soccer with Jordan. This is the second coaching session and Jordan is coming back again in two weeks for our last session. The Winter soccer season is over now but some of the people in our class are going to play Summer soccer.
"I liked the Truck and Trailer Game," said Madison.
"I liked Ball Tag," said William.
We all had a great time.

Tennis Coaching

2010-09-08T22:49:00.006+12:00

We had such a busy day today. It started off with tennis. Lynnie came to teach us tennis skills early this morning. We had such fun balancing the ball on the face of the racquet and playing relays. Lynnie said that Room 5 were a great class so we think she had fun with us too. She will be back next term for more coaching activities.

The Nelson Youth Orchestra

2010-09-06T12:12:00.004+12:00

On Monday at the hall we watched the Nelson Youth Orchestra.There were lots of violins, two flutes, two celloes, a horn, special drums and other percussion instruments. One of the violins was pink. All of the players in the orchestra were from schools around Nelson. They practise every Friday at the School of Music. Some of the players were past pupils from Nelson Central School and Jonny's sister, Gracie from Room 2 was playing too. It was a wonderful performance.

Friday Funday!

2010-09-03T15:26:00.002+12:00

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Calendar Art

2010-09-01T16:15:00.005+12:00

We have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh this term. We used his paintings of sunflowers to inspire us when we made our our pictures for calendars for next year. A notice will be coming home later in the term for families to order calendars and cards.

Investigating Solutions and Suspensions

2010-08-30T20:14:00.004+12:00

Mathletics

2010-08-20T11:33:00.002+12:00

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On Wednesday at the libary room5 played mathletics on the computers.

Food For Thought Challenge

2010-08-20T09:59:00.004+12:00

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Storybird

2010-08-18T16:14:00.014+12:00

Rabbit Adventures Number 1 on Storybird

Tim showed us how to make story books using Storybird today. Just follow the link if you want to create your own or read other Storybird books that people have made. We will make some for our own blogs after Mathletics has finished.
We hope you enjoy the book we made today. You might need to click on the full screen mode so you can see all of the words.

West East

2010-08-17T14:06:00.002+12:00

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The exhibition at the Suter Gallery this week is about how artists have responded to the story of the Willow Pattern from the china plates. First we looked at the works and sketched some ideas in the works. After that we went down to the theatre space where Esther had set up tables for us to work on. We made clay pots using coils. When we had finished and smoothed the inside of our pots, we drew a picture in the bowl from our sketches.
Esther is going to take our bowls home to fire them and we will paint them blue and white like the Willow pattern plates.
It was a fantastic session at the Art Gallery.

Science Activities

2010-08-13T15:12:00.003+12:00

Solids, Liquids and Gases - Science Activities on PhotoPeach

On Thursday we had some science challenges to do in groups. There were challenges involving solids like baking soda, sugar and solid objects, liquids like vinegar, milk, cooking oil, food colouring and water and gases like the gas we caught in our balloons when we mixed the baking soda and the vinegar. We learnt about words like dissolve, solution and viscosity. The viscosity test was a bit hard because it was tricky to time and compare how long it took milk, water and oil to slide down a slope. It was great fun doing all of the tests though.

Good Luck Freya and the Paddle Ferns and Paddle Blacks

2010-08-11T14:52:00.003+12:00

Gymnastics

2010-08-11T14:16:00.003+12:00

Every Tuesday we do gymnastics.This week we were doing rotation and last week we were doing spring. Also last week we did the high beam and the trampoline but only the year 4s got to do it. Next week it will be Year 3's turn on the high beam.We think gymnastics is a really great sport to have in a school.

Change, Change, Change

2010-08-09T15:43:00.005+12:00

We started our new Inquiry topic today. It's another science topic and this time it's about changes to materials. We started off thinking about physical changes and what that meant. If you would like to watch a cartoon about the States of Matter - solids, liquids and gases, click on the image.

There are lots of very cool games and experiments that you can do to make changes to solids, liquids and gases. Click on GAMES for a link and choose your game.
HAVE FUN!

Book Fairs and Book Characters

2010-08-06T16:15:00.002+12:00

There was book fair at school this week and lots of people bought books. Room 5 people decided to dress up as book characters. Can you spot Mowgli from "Jungle Book", Henry from "Henry's Boots",and a genie? You will see lots of your favourite characters if you look very closely.

Tuesday Cooking

2010-08-03T12:43:00.003+12:00

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Each Tuesday this term we are cooking after playtime. A group of five people from our class go to the hall kitchen and make something yummy for us to eat with our lunch. Grace's mum helps us and there is usually another parent help as well. This week it was Sophie's mum. Everyone will get a chance to cook and the first thing we are trying out is flapjack. It's a bit like a muesli bar with oats, pumpkin seeds and this week we added banana.
We are lucky to have parents who help with these activities.

Back from Germany

2010-07-21T11:51:00.002+12:00

Mika and Grace went to Germany two weeks before the holidays and we had to stay at school. After the holidays Grace came back with some delicious gummy bears for us. She gave us each a packet. Grace gave Wills a special toy because he can't eat too many sweet things. Grace ate snails when she was in Germany and she said they tasted great!
Two days later Mika came back with kinder chocolate for us. We ate it in class while we were working. YUM!!!
It's good to have Grace and Mika back in New Zealand.

Matariki

2010-06-16T06:10:00.008+12:00

It's Matariki and the stars are in the early morning sky just close to the horizon. Just click on the link and have fun with this game.You can put the stars in the sky and learn more about Matariki.

Matariki at the Museum

2010-06-15T21:24:00.003+12:00

Last week room 5 went to the Museum. Room 5 went to the museum to learn about Matariki and games the maori children played in their child hood. When room 5 got to the museum Cindi greeted us with a call of maori instrument.

Mille Fleurs

2010-06-15T21:18:00.001+12:00

Cross Country

2010-06-11T14:00:00.005+12:00

Last week we had our school Cross Counrty Event. Gyung, who is a student from Korea wrote an amazing recount in English telling about his race. Gyung has only lived in New Zealand for six months. We are very proud of Gyung's progress and you will be too when you read his recount.

Cross Country

It was the day of the cross country. Finally I ran and ran. Everyone ran fast. I ran as fast as I could. At the back field it was slippery and muddy. I was careful at the muddy field. At the back field I was coming last and one person was behind me. When I was climbing the stairs I was puffing. I thought this was easy but it was very hard. I passed the playground and I passed one person. My leg was shaking. At the end I passed the line. I came 23^rd.

I don’t like cross country but it is good for my health.

Robyn Belton Illustrator and Author

2010-05-30T09:27:00.009+12:00

Last week Robyn Belton came to our school to tell us about her work. Robyn explained the things she needs to do to get her illustrations just right. She told us that she works on matching the illustrations to the text on each page and at the same time she tells another story with her illustrations so the reader can get a deep understanding of the story. Sometimes Robyn writes secret messages in the picture and sometimes she uses personal stories in her illustrations. Robyn spends about one year working on the illustrations for a picture book until they are ready to be published.
Robyn's favourite work at the moment is "Herbert. The Brave Sea Dog." This is the first book she has written as well as illustrated. It's a story about a true event. She told us that Freya's dad is the fisherman in the story.
One of the books that Robyn illustrated, "The Duck in the Gun", has been published on line by the National Library of New Zealand. If you would like to read this book click on this link and it will take you to the International Children's Digital Library section of the national Library of New Zealand.

What Makes Plants Grow Best?

2010-05-29T20:26:00.003+12:00

We have finally completed our tests on the plants we have grown. The movies are all complete and the plants have gone home to be eaten. Room 5 looks like a classroom again instead of a greenhouse. Over the next week or two children will be uploading their movies onto their own blogs so please keep checking.

Book Reports on Voicethread

2010-05-25T20:29:00.003+12:00

We have been learning how to write reports recently. For homework last week we wrote reports about books we have read.

Last Week of Drama

2010-05-21T00:17:00.002+12:00

We have been learning drama with Jo this term. Jo has been teaching us lots of different games like dead fly, humless, mirror and lots of cool plays.At the start of drama we do the roll in cool sentences. We think she has creativity and has a sense of humour. We think she is a very good person for teaching kids. We did drama every Thursday for five weeks. We all loved it and I hope we get to work with Jo again.

Room 5's Suter Art Gallery Trip

2010-05-17T09:07:00.004+12:00

A few days ago Room 5 went to The Suter Art Gallery to see the Paopao Ki Tua O Rangi Exibition by Ngaahina Hohaia. There was a video with decorated poi surrounding it. The poi had symbols of things that show love and respect and stuff like that. The title means ''Beat to the Rhythm''. Room 5 made our own poi and drew symbols of what was special in our families.

Keeping in Touch

2010-05-12T16:13:00.002+12:00

This posting is really a message to Saffron. It is lovely to hear from you. Thanks for your comments on the class blog and on Grace's blog. We all hope you are having fun at your new school.
We are starting to make movies about growing our plants. It might take a while but you will be able to see what happened to your group's plants.
At the moment we are learning about weathering and erosion. We are mostly using books and Kiwi Conservation Club magazines for our research though.
Groups have asked good questions and they have already answered part of some.
How can we stop erosion and weathering?
We haven't thought of answers to the erosion part but we know now that we can't stop weathering. It's just too big for us to stop nature.
We will look forward to more comments from you Saffron. Is this your favourite colour?

Kangaroos

2010-05-05T13:49:00.004+12:00

We are learning about copyright and how to use an image from Creative Commons. When you use a photograph from Creative Commons you always have to attribute ownership. This is the code for the photo. Click the link if you want to learn more about the photo.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ysc/ / CC BY 2.0

Look at the Kangaroo. You might like to read our kangaroo reports on our blogs.

2010-05-04T21:00:00.002+12:00

Room 5 was an exciting place to be today! We usually have a shared lunch every time we have 1000 hits on our blog and we were a bit overdue for that. As you can see we are well on the way to our second thousand.

Another way we celebrate when we do things very well as a class is that Viv gives us Golden Points. When we get to 15 Golden Points we can choose 15 minute free play in the Adventure Playground or another fun thing we would like to do. We had a vote and decided that we would have a Pyjama day. Lots of people came to school in their PJs and some even went for the cross country run in their PJs. It was GREAT FUN and DELICIOUS.

WHAT A DAY!

Our Enormous Monarch

2010-04-29T10:38:00.001+12:00

Our Monarch butterfly is enormous. It hatched out and after a day it flew away. Room5 didn't get to see it fly away because it sneaked out when we were doing writing.

Pink Shirt Day

2010-04-28T19:35:00.003+12:00

It was Pink Shirt Day today and everyone in our class wore a pink shirt or something pink for the morning. It was funny when Beau asked if there was going to be a Pink Skirt Day one day.We all had the giggles about the idea of the boys coming to school wearing pink skirts.

Pink Shirt Day is a day where we wear a pink top to show that we do NOT support bullying. It is a day that is celebrated in other countries too.

We are making Vokis

2010-04-28T05:37:00.001+12:00

Get a Voki now!

ANZAC DAY

2010-04-23T06:07:00.006+12:00

We have been learning about the meaning of Anzac Day this week.

In eLearning we made movies about the celebrations and parades that were held when the soldiers returned. If you would like to see our movies click on the link to digitanz. Maybe you would like to have fun making one too.

Our trip to see Janice Gill's Paintings

2010-03-31T16:50:00.000+13:00

Plants Adapt to Their Environment

2010-03-29T12:35:00.003+13:00

Last week at e-Learning we researched our questions about how plants adapt to environments like deserts and rain forests. If you want to find out more, just click on this link:
Adaptations.

Photosynthesis

2010-03-23T18:44:00.005+13:00

Yesterday we learnt about photosynthesis which is how plants make their own food in their leaves. We sang a rap at Syndicate Assembly. If you would like to see the Power Point presentation of the song by Mark Spann of Missouri, click on this link: The Plant Parts Song.
Today we decided to see what plants do when they get rid of their waste and the extra water that they don't need. We taped a plastic bag around some leaves on a bush outside our classroom. We predicted what we thought might happen.
Some people thought:

The plant might go floppy,
The bag might go foggy with water vapour,
The bag might get water in it,
The plant might die.

When we looked after an hour and a half, the bag was already cloudy and by the end of school there were drops of water in the bag.

The Waimarama Gardens

2010-03-20T22:58:00.000+13:00

The Waimarama Community Gardens is hidden in Brook Street Nelson.

The plants that grow there are the best vegetables, fruit and flowers in Nelson. There are radishes, pumpkin, strawberries and many more. There is a big vegetable garden and it is divided into more than ten triangles.

At the entrance there is a tall archway made from a tree. The people put some big sticks up and let the tree climb up them. Underneath there are some chairs and lots of shade.

Most people think it is just a normal garden but it is really healthy. It's taken more than a year to build but the same thing goes on. It provides oxygen, fruit and a year's supply of really healthy vegetables.

The compost is made from horse poo, recycled paper, old fruit and dirt. It has taken a month or three to make a pile of compost that is 1 metre high and 3 metres long.

Some people's jobs are to make sure there are no bugs but they don't use chemical fertiliser. Some bugs are helpful but some are not.

Do they have pets? Yes, they have a dog and some chickens. The Waimarama Gardens is one of the best gardens in New Zealand.

The Waimarama Community Gardens

2010-03-19T19:10:00.002+13:00

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We had a wonderful trip to the Waimaramara Community Gardens today. We were lucky because we had a fantastic group of parents who drove us there and explained some of the things that Susan Leadinham, the person from the Waimarama Gardens had told us about. We saw different sorts of gardens like the mandela garden, some raised gardens and a garden where the seedlings had been planted straight into the compost when the compost heap was first made. We learnt about companion plants, comfrey tea, compost and worm wees. Susan explained that an organic garden is one where no chemical sprays are used. Everything that is done to help the plants is natural. Susan explained lots of special vocabulary for plant things.
Click on the Vocabulary link to go to a glossary of plant words.

The Wreck of the Delaware

2010-03-17T16:34:00.002+13:00

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In February we went to the Suter Art Gallery to see Sally Burton's installation of "The Wreck of the Delaware." When we were there Esther taught us about shading so we made drawings of Huria and Hemi Matenga using just black and white pastel. Later we chose characters from the story and created collage portraits of them using browns, black and white. We included driftwood in our portraits because Sally used driftwood for her works.
Next we are going to retell the story and we'll publish one so you can read about it too.

2010-03-11T23:15:00.003+13:00

We are learning about plants in our new Inquiry topic - Productive plants. If you click on

Plant Scan you can play. You will need to log in to play is. The User Name is;

nelson-cen.

The password is written on the whiteboard in Room 5. Hope you have fun playing and learning.

Rugby league

2010-03-09T18:55:00.000+13:00

Wills' dad is a coach for Rugby League and he came to teach us some rugby league skills today. He showed us how to hold the ball, how to dodge and how to pass. It was great fun. We hope we can do it again sometime.

Our Swimming Sports

2010-03-05T18:22:00.000+13:00

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2010-02-25T15:30:00.000+13:00

We have been working hard in room 5 for the list three weeks so Viv decided that it was time for a bit of fun! She gave each row a planter pack containing a container with some seed raising mix, three packets of seeds and a clear cover to place over it after we had planted the seeds. Viv drew lines on the planter boxes and stuck the empty seed packets on the side so we could remember which seeds were in each part. We had fun picking up the tiny seeds. That was tricky! We took turns placing the seeds on the growing mix and pressed them in gently. After that we gently poured one and a half cups of water over our mixes and placed the clear top on. The seed growing mix swelled up straight away. It says on the packet that the seeds will sprout in about 5 days.

What if ....

2010-02-16T09:27:00.004+13:00

We used the what if key today to help us think creatively.
What if we were invertebrates?

You couldn' t stand up.
We would fall down a drain.
You could get squashed.
We would be squashed by elephants rottweillers lions etc.
Your head would touch the ground.
Swimming would probably be your best thing but you would not swim properly.
You could slide under people's doors.
Our backs would fall forward.
We would fall over backwards.
You might not be able to move.
You would have to flop on the ground.
You could put your head through your legs.
You wouldn't be able t do handstands.
You would be flexible.

The winning group scored 8 points forthe number of ideas and for originality.

Inquiry Learning

2010-02-15T14:50:00.003+13:00

We have been classifying and things into groups of Living and non-living things so we can find out the groups that we belong to. Next we classified Living things into Plants, Animals and others like Bacteria and Fungi or mould.
We are in the Animals group!
Today we watched a movie about vertebrates and invetebrates.
We are in the Vertebrates group!
We found out more about vertebrates from this video onTeacher Tube.

Blog Rules for Planet Five

2010-02-11T11:21:00.006+13:00

Welcome to the first posting on Planet Five. We have been busy setting up our own blogs and creating our digital pets. We have thought of some rules for blogging in Room 5.

Never leave your personal details on a blog, only your first name.

No swearing or rude comments.

Never make negative staements or put downs in a posting or comment.

Always leave your first name when you comment on a blog.

Always ask if it's OK to use a photograph of someone else on your blog.

Only put postings on your personal blog at school.