Lola's amazing christmas story

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Ho! Ho!Ho! Santa Claus slips down the slippery chimney.  The reindeer dashed along in the dark, black night. He slips through the window.  He slips through the chimney.  he sneaks through the night sky.  Wind blows around them.  swish, swish, swish.  Sneaking into his cosy little home, he falls straight asleep on a red woolly couch.  Exhausted from dropping off the bright, glowing, spotty, pink and blue presents on the white snowy ground.  Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Rudolph, Comet and all the others are just as tired as the rest.

By Lola Ritchie

What an amazing piece of writing for  a Year 1 student.

Read our wonderful similies

I am like a shining star shooting across the night sky.

I am like a daisy flower swaying in the breeze.

Chloe L

I am like a colourful rainbow sparkling and twinkling in the blue sky.

I am like a blue wave slinking along the beach.

Lola

I am like a pink balloon twinkling in the sky.

I am like a rainbow sparkling in the sun.

Savanna.

I am like a bright star shooting across the dark black space.

I am like a fierce lion scratching his meat.

Max G

I am like a colourful clown as funny, crazy and silly as can be.

I am like a yellow flower that has a nice kind of smell.

Lucy

Our Ukulele Band

This is our outstanding ukulele group who work with Gilly our specialist music teacher every week.

 

Technology challenge

Our technology challenge today was to construct a hut from newspaper. We were so excited because it looks like a castle. The tricky part was rolling the newspaper tightly so it was strong. We helped each other to make the best castle we could. We are very proud of our hut. What do you think?

Capital letters

 Cody has been matching lower and upper case letters.

 These children have been writing their friends names with capital letters on the balloons.

Remember to send along healthy fruit snacks for our 'Brain Breaks'

Our Special Lamb Visit

Jazmine brought her very special pet lamb to school today. We were so excited we wrote some beautiful stories about her visit.


Today a curly lamb came to school. His two front legs were bent slightly and he limped. Lola

A lamb came into school. It was soft. I thought that when you feed it you didn't put your hand under its head. It is funny. Ethan

I could see a lamb and I didn't know that I could walk. But it use to not walk. It got injections in the bottom and now it can walk. Lucy

The lamb came into the classroom. The lamb walked into the classroom and had a drink and did a wee. Pisss! Louie

Reflections of Sir Edmund Hillary

This person is special – can you guess? He is Sir Edmund Hilary. He didn’t die climbing Mt Everest. He had a person from Nepal with him. Other people have died climbing Mt Everest. 

Abby

www.achievement.org 

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt Everest. He is named Sir Edmund Hillary because he is special. You can’t climb Mt Everest without anything. You have to eat food, breathe and survive. Every breath is like burning fire. You must go with someone. At the top it is dangerous and cold. You have to be brave and sensible. Mt Everest is in Nepal. People live in the mountains but they do not live on Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary put a flag on the top of Mt Everest to show that he was the first person to climb Mt Everest. You have to be a good climber to do that.

Lola

schofieldwatchcompany.com - 

Mount Everest is the biggest Mountain in the world. Sir Edmund Hillary was so proud of himself when he got to the top of the mountain and they celebrated. Sir Edmund Hillary was very brave. It took a long time and the mountain was very cold.

Taja.

www.opc.org.nz -

Sir Edmund Hillary is a climbing master. The Queen calls him Sir Edmund Hillary. He climbed Mount Everest. He’s dead now. He was the first one to climb Mount Everest. It is very cold up there. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest before I was born. 

Sebbie.

Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the whole wide world. Sir Edmund Hilary had the right gear on to climb the mountain. But he died when he got old.

Kaya

Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest because he wanted to be proud of himself. He was the first person to climb Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary put a flag on top of the mountain. Nepal is a beautiful place. 

Louie

Autumn Poem by Lola

Autumn Leaves

Gold leaves

Falling leaves

Floating leaves 

Bouncing leaves 

Gliding leaves 

Tumbling and floating,

to the ground.

Lola Ritchie (5)

Investigating Owls

Today I came across Lola sitting down and reading.  She turned to me and said "I am interested to learn more about owls".  What a fabulous independent learner you are Lola.  I look forward to hearing about your new owl facts.

Super Duper Duathlon Stories

I didn't want to cry but I didn't but Kiana won and I wanted to win but I didn't.

Chantel

(Chantel came a very close second)

I was very hot when I finished my race. I had a drink of my water.

Kaya

I saw all the people running in the race. I was running really fast. I was really hot and I went across the finish line.

George

I was a fast biking person. I was a thirsty boy. I was a hot boy. 

Sebbie

I ran fast in the goathlon and I biked fast too at the end. I felt tired. 

Taja

I was in the race. It was hot but I kept on going. I know I won't win the race. Midori

When I runned up a hill I go slow and I found my bike and I got off my bike and I runned again. 

Abby

It was hot but I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't hard to find my bike because it is blue and big. Thank you for everyone who came to meet us at the end.

Lola

Today the best part was winning and I was proud of myself. 

Kiana

Lola's Book

This is one page from Lola's book that she is currently working on to have published here at school. This is amazing art skills and the bright bold colours make this a stand out picture. You are a talented artist Lola. Well done. We are looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Can we build it? Yes we can!

There are several types of construction stations available at Pataitai Time as there is so much language and thinking going on behind the planning, design, collaboration and creation. Saria and Lola have worked together, sharing ideas, to create a brilliant model they shared with the pod. Their imaginative stories alongside their construction was amazing and I could have listened to it all day long. 

Vincent has worked with some friends to develop a plane with hiding holes. They had to consider balance, strength, cooperation,negotiation, and decoration with function. These are all valuable skills as we move into our new topic next week about flight.

Measuring on our own

Our investigation into understanding measurement continues. Check out the different ways we have helped each other with measurement using different things in different ways. This type of learning alongside intensive teaching has lifted our test scores really high in a very short amount of time. Well done Pod 2. Great independent learning.

Story telling

Story telling is a great way to organise ideas, sequence events and develop language. If you are working with someone else you are also learning how to integrate ideas, negotiate, extend and challenge new thinking. A table full of dinosaurs inspired these clever learners to develop a story back in time. Of course there was a mum and a dad, both who had very busy days flying everywhere and looking after the babies. Sebbie's story was much more about dinosaur types and the cycle of life. Fantastic learning guys!