Olympics day

Te Totara School went out near the playground and sung our chants.

Then the teachers took us out to some olympic games.But we didn't get to go on all of them. There were12 Olympics games.

learning links came to watch some of the games they loved it.

Olympics was the best day of our life.

By Zahraa Kyla and olivia.

Have you done any Olympic sports this year?

Which team did you support for the Olympics?

What sport would you like to do if you went to the Olympics.

 

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We like getting comments!

Today we learned how to reply to the comments you have all been posting on our blog.

We worked with a buddy to read the comment and write an answer.

Everyone wanted a turn!

What has been your favourite post so far?

 

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Cross country training

We have to do a lot of training for cross country. We need to jog until the last lap.

Sometimes we ran on the tennis courts but now we run on the field.

We had to run up the steps of the dirt hills and in between.

I think we are going to do better than last year.

After we run we have to do some stretches to cool down and take little breaths.

Questions

What kind of sport do you like best?

Why do you like that sport?

What happened when you did cross country?

This post was written by Alex, Alex, and Isaac.

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Mufti Assembly

Matawhero Assembly was about fractions. It was book character day so we dressed as our favourite book character or in mufti.

Some of the students shared fractions in assembly.

Certificates

Here is Awatea and Zahraa getting certificates for Trying their Best.

Questions

Are fractions boring or fun for you?

how many fractions do you know of?

How do you use fractions at work or school?

Photos taken by Ella and Cameron

Post written by Cole and Connor

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Sarah Ulmer at Te Totara school

We wanted to know about the Olympics and what she did there.

She told us about her bike and how she practised by riding to school and her friends house.

While she was riding she did not have any breaks for her inhaler, she kept on going.

She got a gold medal which she showed us. It was heavy and it looks like a gold coin.

We like riding to school, where do you like riding your bike?

What do you like at the Olympics?

This post was written by Cam H, Rebecca and Leo.

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The funny adventures of Kyle Mewburn

We would like to introduce you to Kyle mewburn the author of the funniest books.

When he started talking to us he said that when he was at school he's was always fighting instead of writing. Since he didn't like maths sometimes he would make paper planes and paper soccer balls.

He read us his new story Seesaw Po.

When he had finished talking he signed my book called Duck's Stuck which he wrote.

Do you know any of Kyle Mewburn's books?

Have you read any of Kyle Mewburn's books?

If you were an author what kind of books would you write?

This post was written by Tayla, Ella, and Ethan.

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Cole asks us about the solar system

Olivia talks about the moon

numerator and denominator song: fractions

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7WhRMvlQwo&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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Lucy and the Sun

Technology Day

We were working hard on technology day. We had to build a bridge that was long, strong and wouldn't break. It had to hold six boxes of raisins. It was hard work on technology day but it was also really fun.

Our bridge won an award for being the longest bridge on technology day.

Our bridge could hold two shoes and a pair of scissors. A drink bottle was too heavy and it broke. We had to rebuild it three times.

Our bridge collapsed two times. The way we made it strong was to use string for the base.

We

We used string under the bridge so it wouldn't collapse. We used lots of newspaper to keep it strong and cello tape to keep it together. It could hold six boxes of raisins.

We put layers of news paper on top of each other. It could hold four shoes. We had to rebuild it about five or six times because we didn't agree on which one we liked. We won an award for the most original bridge.

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Connor and gravity

Olivia and the planets

Book Week Award

Congratulations Vania on your superhero entry to the book week competition.

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Book Week Surprise Visitor

It was very exciting to welcome Geronimo Stilton to our class today.

Everyone wanted to have a hug with our favourite cheese eating, crime busting, mouse detective.

Thanks Mrs Simms for introducing us to Geronimo!

 

 

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Drawing Mrs Robertson

The teachers were not safe!

Ross Kinnaird drew cartoons of two of our lovely teachers. They look fabulous!

Mrs Robertson

And Mrs Collins.

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Ross Kinnaird

 

We were very lucky to be visited by the fantastic and funny illustrator Ross Kinnaird. He drew pictures showed us his books and answered lots of our questions.

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Crazy Creatures

Ross Kinnaird said the fun thing about being an illustrator was that you get to draw what ever you want and make it look the way you want it to.  He asked for our suggestions about two animals he could draw together. There was a lion snake, a dolphin cat and this one of a horse and emu.

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Ross drawing Mrs Collins