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MANDARIN

Here you can listen to and practise the mandarin language we have learnt this term.

Review Activity

Monday Touch

On Monday we do touch after school. The Colts have not lost a game neather had the Hawks. For the Colts, Jacob and Lachie got named player of the day last week. Ben is playing for Outram. Ben lost most games but won 2 games. Taylah and Charlotte got selected for the Taieri representative touch teams. Kat and Mel come in to coach us and run training on Thursday lunchtime - almost the whole school gets involved!

Jade's Storybird Book

Storybird

We have been using Storybird to create picture books this week - this was a really fun way of writing and publishing our work. The beautiful illustrations gave us some really good ideas for our writing. Have a read of some of our work here!

Ben - The Love Prank
Jack - The Wildest Pet
Max - The Wildest Pet 

Otago players visit

Yesterday we had lock Jackson Hemopo (Palmerston North),  prop Hisa Sasagi (Samoa) and  lock Blair Tweed (Waitahuna) from the Otago ITM Cup rugby team visit us. Jade was nominated for kid of the week and is going to run the ball out to the middle of the field at the Otago game against Tasman on Friday!

Kia Kaha

On Friday we started Kia Kaha with Constable Parcell. On the first day of kia kaha we made a shield. Kia Kaha stands for 'stand tall and stand strong'. On Monday we learnt what Responsible and Rights are. Responsible means you are responsible for something. Rights means what everyone deserves. Yesterday we learnt who bullies are and what makes people bully.

Meeting Ella West

Yesterday we went to the Mosgiel Library for a writer’s workshop. We met Ella West. Her real name is Karen Trebilcock but she changed it because there were a lot of Karen’s. She is an award winning local author and she writes books for young adults. She taught us how to plan really cool stories. She said a good story starts sad and has a happy ending, she also told us that when you plan a story stick with it!

Toia mai te waka nei

Quilt of Remembrance

We finished our quilt at the end of term 2 - isn't it amazing! Thanks to the mums who came in and sewed all our quilt squares together to create such an awesome and meaningful artwork. We have it hanging in our school foyer and are very proud of it.

Our Awesome Diversity Book

Describing a process - writing

Click on your link to watch the video of your process. Have a go at following your video and completing the task. Then do the task again, with one partner photographing each step. Print your photos and stick them on the process board under your name.

Max and Byron
Jakob and Ben
Jade and Charlotte
Taylah and Jack

In Mandarin we are learning to say sports. These words are all about ball sports. Please practice your Mandarin over the holidays. By Byron

Stitching Samplers

We have all been stitching samplers in preparation for making our WW1 Quilt of Remembrance. We have learned how to do running stitch and cross stitch and will start designing our own squares for the quilt next week.

                 

Our first snow days for 2015

Did you see the Ruxton's place on the news last night? We are happy to be back at school today after our first two snow days for 2015!

Wellington Camp 2015

On Monday the 18 of May Jade, Charlotte, Miss Allan, my Dad and I flew out to Wellington for our senior camp. We were staying at a place called Dwellington.

Every day we were busy going to places like Parliament, Te Papa, Weta Workshop, Zoo, Adrenaline Forest, Cable Cars and the Great War Museum.

I really enjoyed the whole camp but if I had to pick my most favourite activity it would be the Adrenaline Forest.

I would like to thank Miss Allan for all her hard work and all the people that did fundraising to make this year’s camp AWESOME.   By Ben

 

Wellington Camp 2015

On Monday last week we got up early to go to the airport, there I met up with Charlotte, Ben, Ms Allan and Mr Joyce. We then boarded our plane to go to Wellington for the week, it was my first time on a plane and I really enjoyed it.

When we arrived in Wellington we got a shuttle to where we were staying, it was called the Dwellington. I was in a room with Charlotte and Ms Allan. We went to Parliament, the war exhibition and the zoo. We caught a train to Porirua to go to Adrenalin Forest where we did a ropes course, it was lots of fun.

We went up Mount Wellington in a cable car, we also went to Carter Observatory. We went to Te Papa and Weta workshop and went swimming, the pool was warm. My favourite thing that we did was the war exhibition because it was interesting, and Adrenalin Forest because it was high up and I like heights.

I had a really great time and I was really tired when I got home. I would like to thank Ms Allan and Mr Joyce for coming with us and making it so much fun.

By Jade

Wellington Camp 2015

On Monday morning we flew up to wellington we got there about 11:00, got a shuttle to Dwellington dropped off our bags and had a rest we walked down to the bee hive and had a tour of parliament. I enjoyed seeing the debating chamber. We walked back to the hostel and Jade and I had a game of tennis.

That night it was my turn to cook I made chicken wraps and choc moose for dessert it was pretty good!!

We also went to the zoo. My favourite part was the feeding of the lions when the lady feed the lioness`s one of them roared and gave us a fright. We had a busy time for the week I also enjoyed the Adrenalin Forest and the Weta Cave, "My precious" seeing Gollam was pretty cool.

I think Mr Joyce really enjoyed the observatory lol. Thanks for coming with us I hope you enjoyed it.

Miss Allan you are pretty funny, thank you.

By Charlotte

Police Physical Competency Test (PCT Challenge)

On Tuesday I went to the Edgar Centre to complete the PCT challenge with Outram School. The course was challenging, we had to crawl under, over and jump obstacles. There were four people in a team and the team was timed on how long it took to complete the whole course. If you did not do an obstacle correctly your team was disqualified. So we had to work together as a team to help each other complete the challenges. Our team did it in just over 3 minutes. It was so good I want to do it again next year. 

By Ben Joyce

Calibrating Clocks

Today in maths, the Year 5-7s made minute timers with water and milk bottles, this was a tricky experiment to complete! Jade and Ben got the closest with a timer that ran at 58sec. Do you think you could do it?!

Animal Mascots of World War 1

Karaka reading group have read an article about animal mascots of World War 1. Here is a link to some more information about particular mascots and colouring in pages of some of the most famous ones.
Click here to go find out more about these amazing animals.

Anzac Biscuits

In Discovery we made Anzac biscuits.

• Anzac biscuits were first made in NZ in 1914.
• They were sometimes sent to men at war.
• The recipe has no eggs because eggs were hard to get during the war.
• The ingredients help to keep them fresh for longer.

Field of Remembrance

Field of Remembrance

Today we create our own field of remembrance to commemorate some of the soldiers from our area who fought in World War 1. The first step was for everyone to construct their own cross for a soldier or nurse. We are very proud of our crosses and how we worked together to create them.

How do we remember the Anzacs?

Here are the links you need for the investigation stations.

Station 1
The Anzac Poppy

Station 2
Otago's War Memorials
Online Cenotaph
Lighting up the Wellington War Memorial

Marbled Eggs

Today we are having a mini Easter discovery and creating marbled eggs and Easter baskets with Mrs Joyce. We were amazed at the marbling process and had a grest time selecting our colours and marbling our own eggs. Aren't they beautiful?!

Great White Shark

The Orca

The Golden Eagle

Wordshake

Have a go at Wordshake! How many words can you make in 3 minutes?!

Who is the world's greatest predator?

Who do YOU think is the world's greatest predator? Here are the links to help you research your chosen predator.

Great white shark video
Great white shark fact file

Wolf video
Wolf fact file

Orca video
Orca fact file

Crocodile video
Crocodile fact file

Golden Eagle video
Golden Eagle fact file

Giant Hornet video
Giant Hornet fact file

Lion video
Lion fact file

cavalcade

On Friday the 27th of February we held up the Cavalcade at Lee Flat and the Tisdall's woodshed. We collected $384.40, 4 pears and a lolly.
There were a lot of cowboys, cowgirls and a few Indians. We were grateful for the amount of money we got and thank you to the lovely Cavalcaders. We will use the money for equipment for our school.

Some of the money we got.

made by Charlotte and Ben

Cowboy Jack

Persuasive Letter Writing

Origami Envelope
Here are the instructions for creating a origami envelope for our persuasive letter writing. Start the video about 1:25min in.




Prime Minister's Address
Here is the website for finding our Prime Minister's mailing address. Look for the heading "Contact Details" and copy down the address.

School Address
Here is the website for the White Pages. Search for "Lee Stream School" and copy down our address.

 

ON Monday the 2nd of March we went sailing. We  saw a big red ship
  with a little blue tug boat with tyres on it. We sailed to  Vauxhall. Over there at Vauxhall we played  sponge tag.  We got towed back but Ben sailed back he tipped it and Roger went to get Ben. After lunch we got in the boat. Then the horrible wind struck! Ben  tipped the boat. At the end we got to jump off the wharf .Before we  got changed  we got certificates.

New cricket gear

On the first day of school we got a cricket set with two bats, six balls, two set of wickets and a cricket bag. Sometimes at lunchtime we play cricket. 

The Treaty

We are learning about  Treaty of Waitangi with Mrs Weir. We all had a treasure hunt. We had teams. They were Taylah and Ben, Byron and  Jakob, Charlie and Jack and Jade and Max. Then we did a code. When you find the piece of paper you read about it then you write about the people that were important to the Treaty. Then you made a poster.

Cooking with zucchinis

In  discovery  we  did  our  first   bit   of  cooking with  the  zucchini.  Lyn   came  and  helped  us. We  are eating  the  zucchini  muffins  when  we  have  the  burgers.

Waitangi Day - how do we celebrate?

These links might help you think about different ways that New Zealanders celebrate our national day - Waitangi Day. Explore these links to help you start the Waitangi Day task on your inquiry guide sheet.

How do some new immigrants celebrate Waitangi Day? Read the interview with the mayor of Christchurch, Lianne Dalziel, to see what she and some new immigrants will be doing this year.
Why is this a great thing to do on our national day?

Some people choose to use Waitangi Day for experiences like this.
Or go places like this.
Why do people like to do these things on Waitangi Day?

Councils and communities often organise celebrations. 
What is happening in Dunedin on Waitangi Day?

What happens at Waitangi on Waitangi Day? Compare 1974 with 2014.
Special displays are held like this one.
Who attends the celebrations at Waitangi? What kind of events do they have?