Using The Camera To Write

The camera is a good way to storyboard our writing. As a class we made up a story about a dog and Miss C. Next we took the photos for each part. Then we each sequenced a set of the photos so they were in the right order to tell our own story. Finally we labelled each photo with the action. Read Salmaan's writing below.

A Loud Crunch Came From Room 3!

Yesterday we followed a recipe for chocolate rice bubble cakes. We wrote about the process. You can see our writing if you click on the links below. Can you hear the crunch?

Kyle's writing

Molly's writing

Bill's writing

We Can Use Similes

This week we have found similes in other authors' writing. A simile makes a picture out of words. A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare the object to something else. Similes are a good way to build pictures in the mind of the reader. We decided to write about our classmates using similes to describe what they look like, act like and love to do. What pictures have we made of us in your mind?

Making Gloop

This week we tried out a recipe for Gloop. Gloop is kind of a mixture between slime and playdough. It feels really weird. We talked lots about how it feels and recorded our ideas in the movie above.

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Mapping our Transport Routes

Takapuna Primary has been working with parents and the council on a transport survey. We have highlighted problem areas on the way to school. Hopefully these will be considered when future transport decisions are made.

1) Two ladies from the council told us to find our house on the Takapuna Map.
2) We had mini, green monopoly houses to put on the map.
3) We wrote our address next to our house.
4) We coloured the stickers to put next to the our houses to tell how we get to school.
5) They gave us some cards to write on so they know if there was any danger around our streets like dogs, a big crack in the street, or problems crossing the road.

The Zoo

At free time Shaveen and Ha Eun made a zoo with blocks and animals. We split the zoo up into carnivore and herbivore areas. It took a long time and we used lots of blocks. We made a King Kong area that was really exciting and fun. The zoo has a patting zoo for little children. After we finished it we demolished it. That was the best part.
Written by Shaveen and Ha Eun.

Sherbet

We made sherbet at school this week. We used juice powder (Raro), baking soda, icing sugar, tartaric acid and citric acid. The acid makes the fizziness when it mixes with the baking soda. This acid doesn't harm people like the acid in movies.
We put the mixture in the cutting machine (food processor) so it didn't take ages to stir. We shared the sherbet out into plastic bags. To eat it we licked the spoon and dipped it in the powder. The powder stuck to the spoon. We also had straws so we could suck up the mixture.
We used the sherbet to write an imaginative story. This is Salmaan's one.

Jin was the naughtiest student in her class. She never listened and always says "Get a grip". Today she was inside at lunchtime. She peeked into Miss Cleveland's cupboard and discovered a strange powder.
It looked like the baking powder she used to cook with.
She held it up to her nose. It smelled like a medicine.
She put her finger into it. It felt gritty.
Finally she tasted it. She said "Yum".
Suddenly she transformed into a cat.
By Salmaan

Selling Ice Cream

We raised money by selling ice cream to the other classes in the school. The money went towards camp. Camp was very expensive. Room 2 made filled rolls. Room 5 made hamburgers. But our ice-cream was the best!
First we made posters to advertise our homemade ice-cream. Ice-cream is not hard to make. It is made of sugar, cream, and milk. We put in vanilla essence to make vanilla ice-cream. We put in melted chocolate and chocolate chips to make chocolate ice-cream.
Percy's Mum also made us a huge banana cake to sell. It filled a massive tray!!
On the big day we all had a job. Some people put the money in a container, some handed out the cake, some put the scoops on the cones and others put on the sprinkles.
Over 100 people were in the line for ice-cream. It went out the door, across the pavement and around the lunch area. Some people missed out on our delicious ice-cream.