Wednesday 30 March 2016

The dragon.





We had to pretend to be the dragon and describe 'ourselves'. We published our stories by reading them out loud. This video was made using green screens.

The Dragon





We had to pretend to be the dragon and describe 'ourselves'. We published our stories by reading them out loud.

This was created using green screens.

The Dragon





We had to pretend to be the dragon and describe 'ourselves'. We published our stories by reading them out loud.

This video was created using green screens.

The Dragon Flies





We had to pretend to be the dragon and describe 'ourselves'. We published our stories by reading them out loud.

I used green screening to create this video.

The Dragon





We had to pretend to be the dragon and describe 'ourselves'. We published our stories by reading them out loud.

The Dragon




We had to pretend to be the dragon and describe 'ourselves'. We published our stories by reading them out loud.

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Tuesday 22 March 2016

Conflict with blocks




We have been learning about conflict. Here is a video we created showing conflict around blocks.

Our retell




We are learning to retell stories

Levi's Retell




I am learning to retell & summarise stories.

Connor's retell.




My retell of the comic.

Ones Tens Hundreds




WALT understand place value and read numbers to 1000.

Ones Tens Hundreds




I am learning to understand place value and read numbers to 1000.

Sam's maths




WALT read numbers to 1000 and understand place value.

Maddy's Maths




WALT understand place value and read numbers to 1000.

Cohen's place value video




WALT read numbers to 1000 by understanding their place value.

Izzy's Place Value task




We are learning the what different numerals mean in different places. This is helping us read numbers to 1000.

Izzy and Maddy retell a story.




We are learning to read smoothly by attending to punctuation. We read some text straight from the book and retold some of it.

Our Reading



We are learning to read smoothly by attending to punctuation. We read some text straight from the book and retold some of it.

Louie's Independent Action Station Writing


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Ben's Independent Action Station Writing


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Harrison's Writing


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Here is my independent writing from action stations.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

A very big thank you to Zita who came in to share about Saint Patrick's day - an important Irish holiday. She played the in whistle for us and read us a book.

Connor's Writing




This is my independent writing which I did in action stations.

Millie T's Video on Tuesday, 22 March 2016


Wednesday 16 March 2016

Connor's Retell




We are learning to retell stories that we have read and to record this in comic form.

Amelia's Comic



We are learning to retell a story and to summarise it in a comic form.

Lexie's Retell/Summary


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WALT to retell a story by summarising it in a comic.

Alex's writing



I did this during Action Station time.

Levi Retells a story


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We are learning to retell a story, using comics to summarise the events.

Nate and Lucy Retell Maui and the Sun


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We are learning to retell stories and share a snapshot of the story through a comic.

Eva's fluent reading


We are learning to read fluently and with expression by using punctuation as instructions about how to read. 

Place Value by Ruby and Lucy




We are learning to read numbers to 1000. We are doing this by exploring the meaning of each digit.

Retelling



We are learning to retell a story. We are doing this by creating and sharing comics.

Jessica's fluent reading



WALT read fluently, while attending to punctuation, and using this to help us also read with expression.

Grace Reading Fluently



WALT read fluently, while attending to punctuation, and using this to help us also read with expression.

Maddy's Video on Wednesday, 16 March 2016


Tuesday 15 March 2016

Amelia's Action Station Writing



Amelia wrote this independently during Action Station time and decided to share it with the world.

2016 Matai Hub School Council Representatives.



Congratulations to the Matai Hub school council reps...announced today!

Thursday 10 March 2016

Hunter's House



Here is my house. After this video was taken, I joined it together so it could stand up by itself.
We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Amy's construction



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Eva's Construction



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Zoe's Construction



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Our collaborative constructions



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

We are working together to create this building.

Sam's Building



This is my building! I put a roof on it.

We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Tawhiri's "Plane Home"



This a plane which is also a home. Look at it fly!
We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Jack's Construction




We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Khanye's Building



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Callum's Building



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

My building



We are learning techniques to help us construct objects using cardboard, scissors and tape.

Wednesday 9 March 2016

The Year Ones Construct with Cardboard and Masking Tape


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Ben reading...



We are learning to read smoothly by reading through a word and using the punctuation to help us read it.

Cartooning and eyebrows


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We are learning to draw cartoon faces that show emotion. Here is a person created by Tawhiri and Miss G.

Wasp Nest...


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Saturday 5 March 2016

The Plants of My Aunt by Moana-Alev



I am learning to read smoothly and look through the whole word, rather than just the beginning.

The Plants of My Aunt



I am learning to read smoothly, looking through the whole word.

Amazing Animals by Will





I have been exploring some realistic toys. I used Pic Collage to create a collage about them. Watch the video to hear me explain my work.

Maddy Reads



WALT to attend to punctuation while reading, to help us read the way the author wants us to.

Tuesday 1 March 2016

Conflict Art


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We had to show conflict through a abstract art. Here are the results.