Safe Walking with Constable Harwood

Last week, Constable Harwood came to school and reminded us about being safe on and near the road.

At the crossing do not cross when the red man is flashing...

Watch out for sneaky driveways...

Look carefully when you cross the street...

If you stand behind a parked car, you cannot be seen...

Walk on the safest part...

Learning Maori in Room 14

Today Whaea Keri took Room 14 for Maori. Taimane, Oliver and Vanessa took a movie using our class I Pad.

Look at what we learned....

We are authors!

We read our Little Bulldozer books to Room five children.

 By Carla

Wear your seatbelts

Van Gogh Sunflowers

We have been learning about an artist called Van Gogh.

Today we made our own sunflowers like Van Gough's.

Tomorrow we will paint them.....

Well Done Brilliant Bees

Today the Brilliant Bees reading group shared some work they did with Miss Brown about submarines

The Big Slurp

Today we had The Big Slurp!
We were celebrating World School Milk Day.
Read the children's comments soon..

The Big Slurp was fun. It was about world milk day. Drinking milk is healthy.
By Jovana

We made cow masks and wore them for The Big Slurp. We looked funny.
By Anika

The Minstrel comes to Sunnybrae School

The Minstrel was very funny and we loved his songs.
By Jovana

The Minstrel was very cool and funny we all liked his singing.
By Irena

The Minstrel was really really funny. He told us how to be safe in the water when we go fishing! I like the songs that Minstrel sang for us. The Minstrel was calling us Boo Boo, ha ha that was funny! I loved the show so, so much. It was amazing!!!
By Anika

Listen to us read

Listen to some children read their writing after we read How Maui Slowed the Sun.

Carla's Big Bad Wolf

Find out why Carla's Big Bad Wolf is dangerous!

Jovana's Big Bad Wolf

Listen to Jovana read her description about The Big Bad Wolf.

Maui Slows the Sun.

Listen to Willow explain How Maui Slowed the Sun.

Shrek the Sheep

To Room 14

We have found a photo of Shrek the sheep.  He is just like Shamus from the story.  Shrek is very funny.  Shrek was found in a cave after living alone for six years.  When he had his wool shorn off it weighed 27kg which is just a little bit less than all of me!!  I think he looks like a big bit of cauliflower. Here is a photo of Shrek and a link to a video of him getting a 'wool cut'.

From Oliver

Click on the link below to watch him get a hair cut...

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/archive-video-shrek-sheep-gets-shorn-9-41-4207609

Photos from our production: New Zealand Has Talent

Here are some photos from our recent production. Keep watching this post for Room 14's comments about the production.

Ngahere..The Forest

I made a big poster for Maori  Language week and it was fun. It was hard work but it was worth it. By Oliver.   

Maori Language Week

My poster is about animals and it has all the animals. My Mum and Dad helped me a tiny bit. I like my poster.

By Divyanshi

Maori Colours

My poster is about Maori colours. 
By Taimane

My poster is about the body. I wrote it in Maori and the background is blue. I made it all by myself. My brother was helping me and I had fun.
By Jovana.

Maori Language Week

My poster is about Maori people. It has some things about them. My poster has all these in it. It has something about Maori clothes, tikis, tattoos, korus and how you say hello.
By Grace.

Having fun doing Gymnastics

We had lots of fun in the hall today. This time we had lots more time to do the fun things.  
By Madeline.   

Measuring and comparing birds

Today we measured birds and compared the sizes. Read Room 14's thoughts

I learned how to use the ruler properly.

By Grace

Today we measured  sparrows, fantails, kakariki
and the tui.
By Prachi   

Today we measured, sparrows and fantails kakariki and also the tui. We used our ruler. 
By Johan.

We learned how to make a video. It is a little bit hard to do it. 
By Taimane. 

Willow invents a game

Willow made a game at home. Watch her play the game with Jovana.

Roko with me.

I brought Roko to school. He has very sharp claws and his dad was a circus guinea pig.  He is very famous. Roko was very brave at school today and we were very lucky because he isn't normally that brave. I got Roko when he was one year old and I was five years old. Now I am six and Roko is two now. I love Roko because he is very fuzzy and very warm when I cuddle him. We take lots of things to school  and today I wanted to take Roko with all the other things too. Roko has a sister that is smooth and she is black. She has a bit of white on her too. I am going to China to live so I need to give him away to someone before we go there.

Making bird feeders

Today, some of the children made their bird feeders that they designed. Read their thoughts.

It was tricky to cut the hole in the bird feeder.

By Joseph .

The hardest part was cutting out the hole.

By Prachi.

I had to make sure that the hole on sides were in the same place.

By Carla

I cut mine in half, it was hard.

by Kieran Weaver .

My bird mobile

My mum and me made a bird mobile. My mum did some folding and also I did the folding too. I also did the cutting out too.  I made them with coloured paper. My mum also used strings too.

By Johan

My poster.

I did a poster about a Tui.
by Taimane

My hot air balloon

I bought some cardboard made a hot air balloon. It took a long time and I was tired after making it. My dad helped me and the hot air balloon turned out great.

By Irena

My falcon

  

I made a falcon out of paper. It has yellow and black and brown colours. It has a sharp beak.
 By Talan

My Owl Costume

I made an owl costume. It is made from material. I made it with my mum. It has very big eye and has feathers on the top of its head. It is colourful and the beak is small.

By Anika

My facts about flight

I made a poster about flight. Did you know the

only animals that fly are birds and insects? I made a rocket and one is powered by straws.  

By Oliver.

My bird feeder

I made a bird feeder out of a milk carton. I painted it and drew on it. I coloured it in. I tied

a ribbon and put bird seeds in it.

By Willow  

My rocket

In the weekend I made a rocket with my mum and dad. I made it with a long fat stick and a short skinny stick. It was fun when I made it. 

By Joseph

My Kite

In the weekend I made a kite. It is made from a plastic bag and straws. It is a square shape. It has an 'x' on the kite. I drew a picture on my kite.
By Carla

Jovana's Kite

I made a kite. I used lots of different colours and I made it with my mum and my brother. It has a green tail with white polka dots. My sticks are black and my kite is blue. I had a white rope for my handle. It is very long and it has two knots at the end so it doesn't fly away.

By Jovana

My Angel

I made an angel in the weekend. It is made out of clay. I used cotton balls to make the clouds. I glued feathers on the cardboard and I put glitter on the clouds. I painted the angel when it was dry. I put decorations at the end. My angel is holding its star wand. It has a white dress and a golden necklace. It has a leaf crown that isn't very sparkly and it has a pretty heart shape around it. 
By Grace

My bird feeder

I made a bird feeder and it has lots of colourful bright tiles on the sides. My bird feeder isn't very strong so I do not want it to fall over because the tiles will fall off. It took a long time to make it. One day, the whole lot of it fell over!

By Madeline.

My kite

I made a kite for the homework challenge. I found out how to make it on google. I typed in"how to make a paper kite step by step." Then, it came up with all the steps I needed to do.
By Kieran. 

My hawk

I made  a hawk. I made it with plastic. I used a brown box and my dad bought the eyes from the Two Dollar Shop. I made the wings with the brown box and the beak is made out of the brown box as well. The tail is made out of the brown box, too.
by Niki

my bird feeder

I made a bird feeder. It has some blue glitter on it and one purple ribbon. It is made out of plastic. It has a dark green string and a green paper stick for the birds to sit on. It is a coke bottle and it has a big square hole in it and it has a lot of bumps at the bottom. It has a little bit of glitter at the bottom too. By Joshua

The Storm

This is how the bottom field looked after the storm on Tuesday night. Read our own recounts about the storm...

Last night there was a storm. It was noisy. I was scared because I thought my window was going to break. I was warm inside with Mummy.
By Taimane

Last night there was a big big storm but I slept through it. When woke up I looked out the window and I saw that the chair by the washing line had fallen over. My brother spotted a glass cup under the chair. The glass cup had broken under the chair. 
By Madeline 

The storm was scary last night. I woke up and I saw a tree down near my house. I saw rubbish on the ground.
By Zacharya

Our Junior School Disco

At the disco I danced with my friends We did the Limbo and there was a disco ball too. We pretended we were playing a guitar. They played "What did the Fox Say?" I had fun, I got a glow stick.
By Joshua

On Friday at the disco there was lots of people with glow sticks dancing to the music. I was shuffling my feet with Grace and I had lots of fun.
By Madeline.

On  Friday I went  to  a  disco I was  shuffling my feet I was dancing with my friends.
By Willow.

Last Friday in the hall there was a disco for the Juniors. I went to the disco and I danced with Madeline. I liked it when the lights were flickering. It was fun. 
By Grace

At the disco we were dancing it was colourful in there.
By Divyanshi

Last Friday night in the hall there was a disco for the Juniors. I went to the disco and I danced with my best friends. 
By Jovana.

I went to the disco and I had a sword fight.
By Kieran.

Our thoughts about the fantastic Middle School production...

Dear Middle School

Thank you  for doing your amazing production, we will never forget it. I really like the black hole and the Ninjas.

From Joseph. 

Dear Middle School
I really liked the part where The Professor was on the bicycle and Cumulo was amazing. I also loved the Black Hole Ninjas. I thought they were all good. 
From Joshua

Dear Middle School
I liked the Black Hole song  and the golden costumes. I really liked Cumulo.
By Levi    

Dear Middle School
Thank you for your production. I really liked your costumes.
From Oliver

Dear Middle School 
Thank you for the performance. It was nice. I thought that the pirates, The Black Hole dancers and The Professor was neat. 
From Anika

Dear Middle School
 I really liked your production.I thought the best part was when the Professor's bubblegum turned the Space Pirates into little space babies. Thank you for the production it was funny. The funny part was when Cumulo called the professor an eggy face.
From Kieran

Dear Middle School

Thank you for the production. I liked the coloured clothes and I liked The Robots. 

From Taimane

Dear Middle School
I really liked the nice show, it was funny and awesome. Thank you. I thought it was cool too. I liked it, it was wonderful and perfect. I saw amazing baby pirates and the professor riding his tricycle in The Black Hole.
By Divyanshi

Dear Middle School

 I really liked the production because it was perfect. I thought the best part was when the 

Space Pirate turned into a Space baby because it was funny. I really liked when the Professor was riding the tricycle. I really liked it when the robot was talking.

From Niki  

Dear Middle School
Thank you for the show. I really liked the part when the professor blew his nose and the part when Cumulo  sang "That eye in the sky" and I liked it when they did the dance for the black hole.

From Carla

Dear Middle School
I really, really liked your production. Thank you. The dancing was amazing and the singing was awesome. Middles you were so brave some of you were funny. The funny part was when the pirates turned into a baby. It was the best ever production I have ever seen. 

From Prachi

Dear Middle School
I really liked your show. It awesome and I really liked the part when The Professor was riding his tricycle. I thought the dancers where wonderful and I thought the pirates were amazing.The show was perfect. I really enjoyed the show and the singers were excellent.
From Jovana.

Dear Middle School

Thank you for  inviting us. We all liked Your show, it was funny and I won't forget it. It was excellent too.Your  show was a bit loud for me. I really liked the Professor. 

From Johan

Dear Middle School

Thank you for the pirates. I liked the Robots.

From Jessica

Dear Middle School

Thank you for the production. I really liked the Ninjas from the black hole and the Professor too. The Professor he was smart and the Space Pirates were too.

From Zacharya.

Dear Middle School
Your production was spectacular.
The costumes were wonderful. I really liked the Space Babies.  
From Willow.

Dear Middle School
I loved the production because it was very funny and cool. I really liked the Professor on the cycle. From Madeline.

Today is Pyjama Day

   

Pyjama Day is my favourite Day.

  Oliver

I like pyjama day. 

 Jovana

I enjoyed pyjama day

Prachi

I  have a cool T Rex on my pyjamas. 

Riley 

My pyjamas are bright yellow with batman and Robyn on it.

Joshua 

My pyjamas are onesis from Australia. 

Anika

I like Pyjama Day and my teddy bear is in here today.

 By Ellen-Rose  

I have blue PJs with cars.Will you spot me?

By Kieran.

Pyjama Day

Today it was Pyjama Day and we bought money for the children who have cancer.

By Levi

I like my  pyjamas. They are bright  pink with penguins and polar Bears on them.

By Carla

My pyjamas are warm and fluffy.

By Grace

My pyjamas have a cat on them and under it says meow.

By Madeline

Today is Pyjama Day and my pyjamas have a skeleton  and it is a black colour.

Talan

My pyjamas are cool by Zacharya.

Our information reports about the Kea.

The Kea is a native New Zealand parrot. It is green and it has orange under its wings. He has a strong and sharp beak. It lives in the mountains of the South Island. It likes to eat fruits, insects and seeds and dead animals. It is so clever it plays with things. It likes stealing things too.
Divyanshi


The Kea is a parrot. The parrot has a sharp beak and it has orange under the wings. It is green. It  lives in the South Island. It likes to eat fruit,
seeds and dead animals. The parrot can be 48cm long and it lives for 15-20 years. 
By Ellen-Rose



The Kea is a parrot in New Zealand. It has orange under its wings and on the top it has green. It has a very sharp beak.
Taimane

A Frosty morning

This morning the grass was frozen. There was tiny bits of ice on the grass. It was called frost. The frost was stiff. The frost was watery. It was very slippery. When I touched the frost my hands were very cold. I stepped on the frost and it went crunch.
By Grace

On the 28th of May in 2014 at Sunnybrae 

Normal School there was lots of frost.The frost was slippery and icy cold. Kids were having lots of fun sliding down to the bottom field. It was freezing cold, then the bell went. When the teacher had called the roll we went outside again to think of adjectives to describe the frost like sliding, slippery,watery, 

stiff grass, crunchy, hard, lumpy bits of ice. I was too cold to think of any more adjectives to describe the frost.

By Kieran    

This morning I saw tiny bits of ice. It was frost and it was slippery  and frozen. It was wet and stiff and the grass was icy. It was  crunchy and hard and it was very cold. My hand had a lot of ice  on it.
Jovana

On Wednesday it was cold and slippery. There was frost from the sky and it went on the field. I felt the ice on the grass and it made my hands red.
Zacharya

Today I saw ice. The ice was cold and the ice looked like a white blanket. The grass had froze. The ice was tiny bits of water. The ice was stiff.
Johan

The frost is like ice. It is tiny bits of ice and it   was like a white blanket. When I touched it, it was cold.
By Carla

This morning tiny bits of frost was on the field. The frost was watery and slippery. It felt very icy. It was crunchy and stiff. The frost was frozen water. It covered the Sunnybrae School field like a blanket. 
Prachi

The other day the field was as white as a sheet  
because it was covered in frost. I felt it. It was cold and it was slippery. When I came inside my hands were cold. I thought it was like snow.
Oliver

When I came to school the bottom field was all frozen and it was very hard to walk on. The frost was very, very cold.

by Joshua

Colourful pattern.

I like your pattern.

Our 'Travel Wise' Assembly

On Friday, we presented our assembly with our buddy class Room 11. Here are some of the photos. Keep watching our blog because we will write comments about the photos during the week.

If you are riding your scooter you need your high visibility vest on. You need a helmet firmly on your head and you should ride your scooter on the footpath. When you are scootering to school  you should watch out for cracks. On the road where you cross you should not ride your scooter.You have to watch where you're going if you don't you will crash into someone. 
By Grace

When I scooter I wear my vest and my helmet. 
By Taimane.

When I scooter to school I wear all my gear and I do not go on the road because a car might come.
By Ellen-Rose.           

When you go on your bike you need to wear your helmet because you could fall off and hurt your head. You need to check your pedals because they could fall off when you are riding. Check your

brakes and your wheels because when you press on your brakes your wheels might blow out. Your screws that were keeping the brakes on might fall out and you might fall off and hurt yourself. By Madeline.

If you're on your bike don't ride your bike on the road. Wear your helmet so if you fall off your bike, you won't hurt your head. Wear your vest so the cars can see you. Check your brakes, check your wheels. By Joshua.

When you are riding your scooter you need to put on a high visibility vest. Make sure your straps on your helmet fit you and it isn't an adult's helmet because you wont be able to tighten the adult straps to your size. By Kieran

If you are in the car make sure your seatbelt is on. You need to use a booster seat until you're 148 cms tall. Don't unclick until the car has stopped. 
By Carla. 

When you walk to school don't walk on the edge. Watch out for sneaky driveways and cross at the crossing. Stop, look and listen before you cross the road. Hold hands with your adult or your big brother or your big sister when you cross the road and stay on the footpath. By Niki.


If you walk to school you have to walk with your family because you might get lost. Walk on the footpath and watch out for sneaky driveways.
By Irena