If I was Principal for the day....

For Rapid Writing on Tuesday the children had to write about what they would do if they were Principal for the day. Zoe decided to make up a rap about her plans!

Principal for the day! from Naomi on Vimeo.

The Memory of a Fountain

Week 8's writing task was to use a short video called "The Memory of a Fountain," as inspiration.

The last drop of water falls from the tap to complete my giant body. I am full of water, I know because I hear the water swishing inside of me. Desperately I clench the sink and try pull myself out! I turn to the mirror in front of me. How did I get here?  As I plod down the stairs I feel lost, almost as though I have been alive once before. I try to go for a stroll, but I am shouted at because I am different. I thought being different means you are special, but from

this experience I know it means I can’t be accepted.
By Jessica Down

Ethan and Iann are so persausive that I want 2 of these now!

This Domino couch is such a comfy treat for you. It feels like you are sitting on a magical couch in heaven. It is reduced down to $39.99. Buy one get one free.You can have any color and style you want . It is light to carry even into little rooms and your kids can carry it too. It also gives your room style and passion.  People say it is so relaxing!! !

By Ethan and Iann

Caleb and Owen's advert- I think these two are naturals!

Are  you having trouble finding a place to put you childs toys? Well today is your chance, thanks to the brand new store called Big J! And that box to put your stuff in is only $10! It suits any house style- wow!

     In stores now

Here is Korbin and Abi's advert for a plastic bowl!

This limited edition red bowl has its values. Of Course you all have piles of bowls but this red bowl is good for lots of things like going camping. It is 50% off and it is $5.00 limited time only.This is a plastic bowl so there will be no injuries. Kids will love you for buying this bowl. It looks small but it fits lots in and it is very fancy for parties. Kids will get up early to use this bowl.This bowl comes in different colors.Buy 2 get one free !All sizes.

Making ice cream with Mrs Joshi

Making Ice-Cream from Naomi on Vimeo.

The Stars Danced

The Stars Danced medium from Room 13 on Vimeo.

Writing Advertisements

For this week's writing focus, we've been looking at the persausive language used in advertising. The task was to write an advert for a fairly boring product, making it sound great! Now they are written, we are going to film our adverts, using an interesting presenting style. Jess has been the first to do this. Here is her script and film.

Dice Chair!

Introducing the Dice Chair! Good for lazing around and has had a 5 star rating from children all over the world! Have you ever been in a situation where there isn’t any chairs left in the room? Or when you want to win at musical chairs so bad you cheat? Then this is the right chair; it’s movable and washable! ( In giant Washing machines) A selection of colours are available.

There is even a mini freezer in the middle checker. Tested by the Great Albert Einstein. 60% off at these leading retailers.

Break up songs to practise at home!

Hexagons maths group - multiplication revision.

Here are some of the Hexagons maths group demonstrating their understanding of multiplication.

St John Safe Kids

We had a visit from Kathryn, who is a paramedic. She taught us about how to put on a sling, bandage a cut, put someone in the safe position, check for dangers and how to dial 111. She taught us to remember what to do by saying DRS ABC.

Basic Facts

Circles maths group have been having fun learning their Basic Facts with Ms Landon-Lane

Teamwork!

We did this cool teamwork activity today with Room 16. Thanks to Jess for being photographer.

Designing gadgets for Agent X

We received another message from the mystery agent this week, which led the class on a hunt around the school for clues to a secret location!


 I am Agent X. I was impressed by the letters that you left for me. You sound like highly experienced agents, who possess useful skills and dangerous gadgets. However, before I consider revealing my true identity to you, I am going to set you another mission. Hidden around the school grounds are parts of a clue, which, when put together, will lead you to a secret code and coded letter. Use the code to decipher the message and find out your next task.

Good Luck

Agent X
      
Read on to find out about the gadgets that the children invented:

Agent 24Q reporting to Agent X.
I have just designed another spy gadget called the bow and arrow. If you shoot it at someone or something, it will stick to the person or the thing. when it is fully stuck, you put on some special glasses and they will tell you everything about them. This gadget is useful for a mission where you have to find a case full of money. It’s also useful for seeing if they have been a criminal before you let them in your team. 

Lipstick-inator

The lipstick-inator is a powerful gadget. first of all it is made for a girl to use. At the top, you can pretend to put lipstick on but in actual fact you're talking into a walkie talkie. If you look down in the middle of it there will be two buttons and if you press the right button then at the bottom of the gadget there will be a pencil, taser and a camera. On the left side if you press that button it will turn into a unique gun that shoots acorns. Near the bottom of the gadget is a square button. now, if you press it a pear pad will come out handing you info about someone you're tracking down. This gadget is good for most missions. You can only buy this at the vip agent bar in christchurch for $1000.

Spy gadget kitty!

hello once again, dear agent X, your gadget that I have made for you will excite you the most. It is the new spy gadget: kitty!

Its features are:

• the whiskers are filled with venom and the chemicals in stink bombs.
• Stuffed in the belly of the kitty there are all of the highly deadly gadgets and are all suited for the nearly impossible missions.
• Crammed in the tail there are a wide selection of types of cameras,  fake things with speakers in and potions with a secure lid on which contain poisonous spells.
• Its mouth has a camera  which can adjust to any direction including upwards if someone from above is trying  ambush you and you can take photos or videos.
• On the outside of the  spy kitty there is a creamy coat with pink ears, with some silver and grey.
• It’s mouth is blood red and white with pretend paper teeth.
• You can slip it into a big bag if you want. If you want you can set it on  sleep mode,  sneak mode, flight mode and you can set its head on a different angle.
• the cat can clear anything out of its path. there will be  cream coloured buttons which you press on all  the places where you will find the gadgets.

I hope you will love my gadgets and take me on your missions. Thanks!

From Agent wolfshadow!

Spy kitty! 

The secret gadget

Hi Agent X, this is Agent Tiger. This gadget  should help  you on your missions.

                

My gadget  is a real mouse, that’s been made more highly useful with more equipment and gadgets. It can cut through metal walls with its blue laser and fly with his solar powered jet pack. It has a camera hidden in his eye, and a fairly small  2000 volt taser on his back, with a light  that is an x-ray on his tail. To connect with him, use a speaker that connects to his ear buds.

You can use this mouse on any mission- just speak to him through the speaker. Just use English, as the

mouse has been programmed  to understand English.

Thanks and please reply when you have heard the message Agent X

yzk-346

The yzk-346 has a tracking device in the bullet. You can use it on all kinds of missions. it is silent. it comes with an ear bud

so you can also hear them. there is a new feature.  with a flick of a switch, it turns into a little 10 cent coin. you would buy it is $10,000,000,000,000, but for you it is free. you buy it at spy industries.

The Tagger

Dear Agent,

Hi it is Sparky here.

I have designed you the most fantastic gadget to use when you go out of town. The Tagger has 2 microphones, so you can record evidence, a laser to  cut down bushes, so you can make traps, and a camera with a tracking device. If you pull the trigger on the laser twice, the camera will came out and if you pull the trigger three times, the microphones will come out. Agents can buy this for now for $100 but I will give you it for free.

by Sparky

 

Spy Earing

The spy earing is a gadget that is used for communicating with other spy people.

The portal will help you transport to another place you need to go, eg., another country, a place you're close to, or even going place to place to confuse an attacker! The pinholes are the speakers and the little brown things on the left and the right is the microphone. And of course the big circle is the portal button which blends  onto the earing. what you need to do if you can not find the button is to feel for it!

Thank you

Kitty KAtswell

Thank you for accepting our request.

here is our team code: 72p98t

My Agent Gadget.

To Agent X, this is my spy gadget. It is called the spy bug. It can see every move that you do and it’s eye shoots a sleep laser. It can take pictures and it also can fly. It can work anywhere that you can imagine. You fly it by remote control. People think it is a bug but they are wrong!   

By Ethan 

Swish Watch

My gadget’s label says Swish. it is a watch with sleeping darts, hover grams, arm lock and tracking devices. it looks like your everyday  boring old watch. it comes in female version and male version. it can turn itself invisible to avoid detection, whenever you twist the top. it is connected to every person in the world’s phone.  You swipe your finger  on the very top, then the world’s best scope will pop up.                

                                                             

Agent Stancer  

Iron Man iMovies!

During the last few weeks we have been doing a mini topic on the book The Iron Man, by Ted Hughes. First we read the book. Then we brainstormed the major events from the story and sequenced them into a list. Next we allocated each event to a different person and did a painting. Finally, the paintings were photographed, put onto our class Google Drive, where the children could select the ones they wanted to retell the story in an iMovie, using text, music, sound and visual effects, and voices.

 I hope you will enjoy some of the results of all their hard work.

                                                    

                       Saxon and Zoe

Korbin and Isaak

Iann and Charlotte

Pet Day!

Thanks so much to Caleb, Saxon, Lauren P, Conlan, Lauren D and Zoe for bringing in their pets today. for more photos of the lovely pets see the slideshow on the right.

Please try Joshua's Survey

Lauren P and Jess' Secret Agent Writing

Dear Agent X,

I’m Agent Swiper, the hacker. Me and my partner, Agent Black Biter, the sneaker, have been on ten missions in the past, one of which has been very dangerous. It all started when our agent leader betrayed us! At least he had taught us some amazing skills including Jumping over lasers and other obstacles, hacking into computers, tracking people down, sneaking around and confusing people. We have gone on many missions in Russia and Australia and they have required many other skills. In the past we have kept our missions secret and you are the first person we have exposed our secrets to. We have heard about your greatness and we have created a gadget called Touch shifter. We have been trained for 13 years and have completed 10 missions over 4 years! I’m a senior black belt in Karate and Agent Black Biter has been a gymnast for 7 years. We run an English Spy Group with Johnny English and James Bond!

Regards,

Swiper and Black Biter

Bonnie and Saxon's Secret Agent Writing

 

Dear Agent X,

My name is agent Tiger and my secretary is Kitty Katswell.  We have been training for 10 years and we’re are highly trained. We are flexible agents. Agent Tiger can hack any device possible.

Agent kitty katswell has been in gymnastics for 10 years so she is very skilled.  she is 21. Agent Tiger is 25. Agent Kitty Katswell has a huge scar over her eye. Agent Tiger has 2 swords  and 5 gadgets on him.

Agent Kitty Katswell has 500,000 gadgets.  We have been on a  deadly mission against robots and other spy people.  we fought until we almost defeated all of them, to get a formula that takes over people's minds. we got it and left without a trace.

we will give you our code once you accept our

request.

thank YOu

Agent Tiger and Kitty katswell      

Owen and Georgia's Secret Agent Writing

Dear agent X,

We are Agent Spitfire and Agent Scar.

Name: Scar

age:30

Gender:female.

My specialties are hacking into rooms and computer systems.

Name: Spitfire.

age:36

Gender:male.

My specialties are tracking down people and killing them.

We had heard of a Russian spy group called the Black Jacks. They had come up with a secret formula called io2.  This formula can take over human minds and give them super strength that will activate peoples minds to take over the world.  The Russians had the idea of putting io2 in pizzas so humans could not see the formula and the formula was disguised as tomato paste.  It was up to us to stop it. back then, I  had I had my backup spy agent Scar; she was a bit dodgy but she was fine.  We had tested the formula on one of the civilians we had captured and it seemed perfectly fine but the formula kicks in about an hour later. that was the mission and we caught the Russian Black Jacks and we succeeded  in our mission.           

Agent Spitfire and I think we should be able to come to a mission because we are skilled agents and we are very flexible agents.  We can both kill and hack into computer systems and we are very stealthy.  We have lots of useful gadgets and gizmos and that’s not even the end of our list. We have many more gadgets but I better not talk about that- we are here to talk about our career.  So agent x do we have a deal?????!

Sincerely yours,

Agent Spitfire and Agent Scar