Showing posts with label William M. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William M. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Stories about today



It has been such lovely weather we all sat outside and thought about words to describe what we see, and feel. These are our superstar authors. 



The sun makes me melt. The green grass is tickling my feet. The leaves are dancing in the wind. William

The whooshing air is swirling around me. The soggy wet grass is tickling me. Saria 

The cloud is moving in the blue sky. The grass tickles my feet and toes. Tussocks are swishing in the wind. The clouds move after clouds. Eden 

The swishing tussocks are waving everywhere. It feels like a hedgehog spiking me. I feel so ticklish when it moves and I roll over on my back. It feels tickly too It is fun outside. Kiana 

The breeze is floating on my face. Grass prickles on my legs. Clouds fall on my face like candy floss. 
Ania-Kanu 

The grey clouds cover the little blue sky. After a while the clouds move away and I see the big blue sky again. Ryan 

The fluffy clouds look like candy floss. The blue sky looks like shiny glass. The whooshing wind is flowing past. Lucas 

The shaped clouds are moving around. The sun s making my eyes water. The green grass tickles my legs. Angus 

The clouds are like a fluffy cat in the sky. The back of my legs feel like fire because of the sun. Prickly grass is damp. Thin leaves are floating past. Max B

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Road Rules


What do you do when you cross the road safely?

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

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?

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Describing our friend


 We have been using adjectives to describe our friends. Look at our great independent work we have been doing at Pataiatai time.


Wednesday, 15 May 2013





We worked with Pod 4 children to create a treasure map. We had to write directions on how to reach the treasure using the positional language we have been learning. ( Under, over, beside, North, South, up, down)

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Wordle of Feelings

Wordle: feeling words

Today in reading we investigated feeling words. These are some of our ideas made into a wordle. Can you think of some more?

Friday, 19 April 2013

Marble Run

The marble run construction is providing some good challenges in problem solving and sharing ideas.  Here are William and Cody B working together to find a new path for the marble.

Saturday, 9 March 2013

Yahoo!

Congratulations to these hard workers for achieving recognition with a certificate this week. 

Wanaka Primary School Song


A group of musical enthusiasts got together with Gilly to perform our school song for our pod. They were very brave sharing their new learning in front of 50 other children. Next week our ukulele band starts up as well as our pod choir. We have campfire singing with Gilly every Tuesday, singing together as a community of learners enjoying music.

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Jessie in the travel agency



Jessie was very busy in the travel agency showing William on the globe where the North Pole was and then making her passport to go Dunedin.  Cody, Isabella, Sophie and William were working hard in the office.

Sunday, 3 March 2013

Our POD's Travel Agency

W have been having a blast in POD 2.  We now have a Travel Agency in the Role Play area.  Children are making their own passports and brochures.  They are learning about phone conversations, taking bookings and flying a plane. Looking at other cultures and countries, maps and flags.The children are loving this. YAY!!




Brainstorming our ideas about birds

We are so impressed with the way the children could record their ideas about birds.  Some children drew a diagram, some wrote words or pictures.  Other children made a structure of a bird . WOW!!! Amazing learning guys.  Now we can move on to investigating, sorting, classifying and questioning.

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Drama in Pod 2

It's amazing what can happen when you put a costume on!
You shine William!



Pod 2 Boy Band

 Meet the latest boy band to hit pod 2. Kahlarni, William and Fletcher independently created a band with different types of drums on stage. They played twinkle twinkle, very well and then created their own song. Very entertaining. Fantastic self directed learning boys, as well as cooperative skills.



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.