Weaving & Winding

We are doing paper plate weaving as part of our visual art.
Here is what we did...
1. Decided on the shape e.g. fan, concentric, circles, stripes etc
2. Cut notches in the plates in appropriate places and wound the warp threads with wool.
3. Chose our fabric strips for the weft, and wove them in and out to get the right shape. Tucked or glued the odd ends into the back of the work, and trimmed the edges.
4. Used beads, sequins,feathers, foil as decoration.

Looms can be made from many things. They may be commercially bought, circular or square notched looms, or may be home-made from a shoebox lid or plastic ice-cream lid. They may be made from notched paper plates or curved pieces of card. You could weave on a forked twig, a bicycle wheel, a wire coat hanger, a refrigerator shelf, a bent piece of copper pipe, a clothes horse or the upturned legs of a chair. The only criterion is that the warp threats are held taut.

Roy Woods

Today we had a guest speaker at school. His name was Roy Woods. He has spent 18 years travelling, some of it living with a stone age tribe in Papua New Guinea. He talked about building bridges and breaking down barriers. It was an interesting presentation. Roy will also be spending time up at Mount Aspiring College and at Hawea Flat School this week so he will be just busy enough.

Poll Results- Does wearing glasses make a kid look smarter?

Our poll results did not match the researh we found where most young children think kids look smarter if they are waering glasses.

Brochures

Here are the first of our published brochures. What a lot of information about earthquake safety for the reader to learn about. Keep up the great thinking Room Ten.

More Cardrona Photos

Jake and Ethan-------------------------Annabel and Max S

Avi and Tom----------------------------Caitlin

Cardrona 2009

Toby and Max --------------------Shenee and Caitlin


Sam and George ---------------------------- Nadia

Play - The Great Bank Robbery

The Ice Cream's reading group did a play from a Part 2 journal. It had a lot of puns in it and it was very funny.

Gymnastics

Today we started our gymnastics for PE. We had 3 stations operating - mats, beam and horse. Here are some photos from todays session.

Multiple Intellegences

Learn about how your mine thinks and works. Try taking the test to see what elements of your intellegence are the strongest.

What is an Earthquake?

What Is An Earthquake?
An earthquake ia a sudden shaking of the earthquake. The main place area an eathquake stirkes is called the hypocentre. When the waves are the strongest they have reached the epicentre.

The Waves
There are two different types of waves: the P-wave and the S-wave. The P-waves or primary or push waves come firts and cause the loud rumbling noise. The S-waves, secondary or shear waves come second and cause the main rolling part of an earthquake.

How Do You Measure Earthquakes?
You measure earthquakes with a Richter scale or a seismograph. A Richter scale is easier to use because it is from technology. The seismograph just tells you the size of the waves.

The Fault Lines and Plates
Fault lines are the middle of two different plates. New Zealnad is half on one plate and half on another. Those particular platesare called the Australian Plate and one of the main plates, the Pacific Plate.

How are Volcanoes Related to Earthquakes?
Earthquakes actually cause volcanoes and this is how they do it:
First, they make the plates push together and over years grow into a mountain. After another couple of years, in some mountains, a vent forms in the middle, where the larva comes out of. That is how earthquakes make volcanoes.

If you are ever in an earthquake you should make sure you have all your survival items.

Poll Results - Should People Paint Cats?

Measuring Capactiy

Today Stars mad theri drink combos. They had to use 5 or more dinks .

Club Penguin

Club Penguin is a town in Antartica. You can egt a job there as a guide or secret agent. If you are a secret agent you get soem help from G (Gary). If you complete the mission before the one you haven't completed you will get a letter and a medal, and also the next mission and go into training. You can buy pets, the pets are clalled Puffles. Puffles are worth $800. There are different coloured Puffles, such as, red, blue, pink, purple, white and green.

What is an Earthquake?

Earthquakes happen when the plates crash together.

An earthquake happens when rocks move suddenly and pressure builds up and the rocks come under stress.

Earthquakes shake the earth and cause things to fall down.

A famous New Zealand earthquake was in Napier and killed 161 people and made lots of people homeless.

Ethan ( aged 7 years

Introducing and Thanking a Speaker

Introduction
Good morning everyone. This is Breben Winder. I would like to introduce you to Room Ten. We have been studying about earthquakes and disasters. Can you help us learn more on Civil Defence?
Thank you
Thank you Brenden for giving us information on Civil Defence.

Poems

Frost
Jack Frost swoops across
The glimmering grass and frost
Covers the dark floor.


Night
Night,
Moon, Stars,
Sleeping, Dark, Snoring,
Dark, Quiet, Light, Bright,
Awake, Talking, Loud,
Bright, Sun,
Day

Matthew ( aged 7)

How the Tuatara Got His Spikes

Max' s Myth

Long, long ago in New Zealand there was a great chief called Tane Hoka Hoka, who was God of the birds. On the shores of Wairoa lived a tuatara called Koa Koa but he didn't have a home. While Koa Koa was walking past a big rock he spotted a white bird up ahead. He looked to both sides of him and he noticed a hole so he walked into it. Soon he spotted a white bird in front of him. The bird saw him and fluffed up his feathers like a white tea cosy. The bird spoke. "Why are you in my hole? You bad, bad lizard." The bird called to Tane Hoka Hoka. "This bad, bad lizard has been in my hole", said the bird. The chief got angry and carved thirty spikes and made a big bow out of wood and flax. One by one he fired them and they landed down the lizard's spine, head and tail. First they went down the head, then onto the spine and after that onto the tail. "Now we will say goodbye to the chief, Tane Hoka Hoka and the tuatara, Koa Koa and last of all the white bird who fluffed up his feathers like a white tea cosy. His name was actually Cosy.

Max H

Should there be Coca Cola in School fountains?

I think schools should not have coca cola in the fountains.

Coca cola would make kids hypo because fizzy could mess with their brains.

If there is coke in fountains there would be queues because it would get famous.

Kids would drink a lot of coke and burp the ABC.

I think water should stay at New Zealand schools.

Max Swift

Argument

Zoos are grate places for animals.

Zoos are good because in the wild the animals could be dying. They would get better meals in the zoo because in the wild it takes a long time to find your food.

Little kids like to look at the wonderful animals and some children never get to go overseas to other countries to see new animals.

Animals cannot always survive in the wild and in the zoo vets can make them better.

I reckon animals should stay in zoos.

George McDonald

What is an Earthquake?

An earthquake is when two plates clash together. An earthquake builds up in the hypocentre.

What causes an earthquake is when tectonic plates move around and shake the ground.

There are two different types of waves. They are called P-waves and S-waves. The P-waves stand for primary waves and the S-waves stand for secondary waves.

New Zealand's famous earthquake was the Napier and Hastings earthquake. It was seventy-eight years ago.

Be prepared for an earthquake. It could happen any second.

Max Swift ( aged 7 years)

Creative Writing

Up in the hills goats trample and Pi zooms around trees that sway like lumbering giants. A table of food and a beautiful log fire burns in the evening sky. Marshmellows burn and the tree houses screeches. Now it is time to go home. Avi (aged 7 years)

The art covers the plum red walls. Bright colours stream from the walls. The carpet has bits of fluff like an old man's hairy armpits. Te carpet is worn and it will not be going to the new school!
Avi ( aged 7)

A view from my Seat

The scarlet poppies are towering up the walls. They dangle down like a vine of blood. The artwork has different colours, such as, green and pink. The bookcase is crammed with books of different sizes. Underneath the bookcaae there is a mountain of stuffed toys. The desks are blue and green.

Tom (aged 7)

What is an Earthquake?

Earthquakes happen when two tectonic plates push together. Some big earthquakes can cause tsunamis and volcanoes. When the earth shakes beneath your feet, that's an earthquake.

Earthquakes can cause other dangerous thibgs like cracks in roads and any other place. Earthquakes start at the hypocentre, then build up tp the epicentre. Most earhtquakes happen in the 'Ring of Fire'.

The first machine to measure earthquakes was made by a Chinese scientist. His name was Chang Heng. Sometimes there is a fore shock which is before the main shock, then there's the after shock.

There ar 19 btectonic plates around the world. More than 300 000 earthquakes are felt a year. The worst earthquake happens when two plates scape together and get stuck. The biggest tectonic plate is the Antarctic Plate, then the Northern American Plate, then the Pacific Plate.

There are two different tupes of waves i nearthquakes - a primary wave and a secondary wave, but they can also be called push and sear waves.

More than 100 to 150 earthquakes can be felt each year in New Zealand. and thousands around the world. The worst earthquake is New Zealand was the 1931 Napier earthquake. This earthquakes was 7.8 on the Richter scale. It caused heaps of damage through the city and out on farms, with cracks. Another bad earthquake, The Wellington earthquake which was 8.2. The worst earthquake in the world was the Chile earthquake which was 9.5 and the Alaskan earthquake which was 9.2, but only 131 were killed.

Just remember that if there is an earthquake - drop, cover and hold.

Gregor Findlay ( aged 8 years)

What is an Earthquake?

An erathquake happens when two plates crash together. Little earthquakes happen every day. A little earthquake is called a tremor. An earthquake starts deep down in the hypocentre and just above this is the epicentre.

Earthquakes can trigger landslides. Tectonic plates are always moving. Most earthquakes happen on a fault. New Zealand is on the edge of the Pacific and Australian plates. Earthquakes cause vibration waves which are the P-waves and the S-waves. P-waves are short for primary waves and S-waves are short for secondary waves. First ther is a primary wave that gives the shake and the secondary wave follows on.

The primary wave is twenty times faster thasn a jet plane and they go 20 000 kms per hour and the secondary waves go 10 000 km per hour.

Earthquakes are caused by plates moving over, under or past each other. Earthquakes can cause tsunamis.

New Zealand has up to 1500 to 2000 earthquakes every year but hardly any can be felt.

Written by Caitlin Roberts ( aged 7 years)

Introducing and Thanking a Guest Speaker

Welcome to Room 10 Brenden Winder. We have been learning about earhtquakes. I'm sure we will learn lots about civil defence today. I know you work for Queenstown Lakes District Council and have lots of information on Civil Defence. Now would you like to share your ideas.

Thankyou for sharing your information with us. It will be very helpful if a disaster happens. I wish you a safe journey home.

Annabel Fairbairn ( aged 7 years)

Good morning class.
Today we have Brenden Winder in our classroom. He works for the Queenstown Lakes District Council as a Civil Defence worker. He is here tofday to teach us some things.
Can you now share your information with the class. I am sure you have lots of good facts to share with us.

Thanks you Brenden for sharing your information about disastors with us. We learned lots about Civil Defence. I bet the whole class enjoyed your talk. Hacbe a safe trip home.

Riley Christie ( aged 8 years)

Capacity - Making Drink Combos

This week groups have been designing a new drink combo. They had to end up with 300ml of drink. The Smiley Faces group only had to use 3 drinks each using 100ml of drink and adding up to 300ml. Arrows had to use 4 or more drinks that add up to 300ml. They made some wonderful drinks and even came up with names for their drink. They had to reflect on their combo and come up with good points and things they would change.

Father's Day Metaphors

You're the flowing river of my dreams that floats in my head. Annabel (7 years)

You are the dreams of my life. Samantha (8 years)

You are my bridge to success. You help me over obstacles. You are my doorway to life. You open it and lead me. Jake ( 8 years)

You are the river that lets me dream. Jessie (7 years)

You are the blanket that scares away the sadness. Shaneil (7 years)

You are the rainbow that fills me with smiles. Nadia (9 years)

You are the funny clown when I'm feeling down. Carlo (8 years)

You are my goodluck charm throughout my life. Matthew (7 years)

You are my coach who helps me to succeed. Tom (7 years)

You are a cuddly teddybear when I am sad. George (9 years)

You are my mountain guide to the peak of my success. Dara (8 years)

You are my blue sky to life. Henry (7 years)

You are my gateway to success. Jessie (7 years)

You are my rugby ball in rugby. Sam (8 years)

You're my cushion when I feel down. Annabel ( 7 years)

You're my big tall skyscraper and you comfort me when I need you. Sam (8 years)

You're my doctor when I am hurt. Gregor (8 years)

Sam's Retell

Many stories ago, in ancient times, there was a lady called Rona. She had some siblings who were thirsty, so Rona went to look for the water pot. She said, "Crackers! I need to get more water." So Rona went to the river to get more water. When on her way back to the house the moon went behind some clouds and Rona said, "You stupid moon. I can't see where I'm going."
So the moon grabbed Rona, but she held onto the Ngaio tree. Rona and the nagaio tree stayed on the moon for ever.

Sam P

How the Pukeko Got His Colour

Many generations ago, there was a native bird callled the Pukeko and this is the story of how he got his colour. One day Tane Mahuta called a meeting and gathered all the birds. Tane Mahuta shouted, "Pukeko will you eat the insects?"
"Kao", he said, " I am going for a walk."
When the pukeko was walking, he didn't see where he was going and he fell into some blue paint. When he got up his beakfell into some orange paint. And that is how the pukejko got his colours.

Sam

The ANZAC Poppy

That lonely poppy standing in the centre
Of the smoky battle feild,
Scarlet petals drifting down.
The wind blows against the lime green stalk,
Which makes the rosey red poppy sway.
The green leaves cover the red blood,
Over the dead soldires,
In the dark, black battle feids.

The poppy crinkles as a sign of bravery,
And a symbol of the tragic war.

Gregor Findlay ( aged 8 years)
1st place ( Wanaka Library Poetry Competition)

Soldier in the War

Soldier in the war, what do you see?
Gunfire soaring over the sandy trench,
Blood and mud dripping on me.
Green foes with guns sprinting,
Canons stay standing in front of red, yellow and orange explosion.
Russians lie dead or crying for help
As planes fly by.

Helicopters hover above us,
Torpedoes glide like seagulls,
Through the dark murky sky.
Puffs of smoke go up towards God,
As soldiers receive white bandages.

Jake Nicholson (aged 8 years)
Second Place in Wanaka Library Poetry Competition

Earthquake!

I felt a violent shaking beneath my feet, then the house started to sway. Things fell to the floor and smashed. Mum was screaming for us to get under the table. I heard the baby crying as I ducked under and held tight. When it was over, we listened for Civil Defence on the radio. Slowly, I crawled from under the table. It was a horrible sight, the kitchen was a bomb site. There was a gaping hole and rubble on the ground, the pots and pans were everywhere. Glasses were smashed and there were bits of glass all over the floor. I walked to my bedroom. It was worse than the kitchen. My wardrobe was flat on the floor, my bunks were on their side and it's blankets eyerywhere. My version of the family crest was smashed on the ground. I ran to the window and the footpath was piled high with rubble!

Introducing and Thanking a Guest Speaker

Today we have Brenden Winder talking with us. Welcome Brenden. It is great to have you with us. Brenden works for the Queenstown Lakes District Council talking about earthquakes and Civil Defence. Would you like to start your talk now.

Thank you for coming and sparing us some of your time. I now know much more about Civil Defence and I'm sure the rest of the class does too. Your speech was very good and it inspired me.

By Grace

Thinking

Each week I will add a photo to make you think. You will find it in the sidebar. Vote on the poll below it. If you would love to read some of your comments so please give your reasons and thoughts.

Cogito ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am") - René Descartes


We all want our children to be able to analyze information, make decisions, come up with creative ideas and solve problems - to think rationally and logically. Thinking skills are essential in our rapidly changing global information age. We need to be able to make sense of information, adapt and be skilled in identifying and solving problems. As a result, the development of thinking skills is one of the most valuable gifts we can pass on to children. Thinking is motivated by questions. I plan to use a photo or question to encourage this, to challenge ideas, engage with issues and to show feelings. Watch out for these!

Disasters (Non-natural)

Today we looked at non-natural disasters. These disasters are caused by human activity and include things like...

Terrorism (bombs, threats)
Wildfires ( bushfires)
Pandemics ( swine flu or avian (bird) flu)
Biohazards ( chemical spills
Transportation Accidents ( trains, aeroplanes)

These hazards may be limited to a small area or their effects may be widespread.

Cinderella

Today we had a performance to go to at the MAC gymnasium. It was called Cinderella. It was based on the traditional fairytale and was a musical pantomime. There were only 3 actors who played nine characters. It was very funny and we all laughed from start to finish. We bused up there and walked back to school.

Educational Wisdom: Timeless Lessons for Educators

Earlier in the year I put a link to the Animal School movie. Here is another on educational wisdom. It is worth a look for anyone who teaches - parents, teachers and anyone else in a teaching role.

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day. Cliclk on the man on the right to find out more about this day. On Friday we wrote metaphors about our Dad's. We will share some with you on Monday. They will bring tears to your eyes. We alson made cards and gave fift vouchers of our time rather than presents that cost money. Leave messages to let us know how you celebrated Fatehr's Day.

Here are some famous Father quotes...
When I was at school we had to walk home in the snow!
Go ask your mother!
Just wait until I get you home!
No of course I'm not crying - there's something in my eye
My father used to tell me...
When I was your age....

Smarties Reading Group

Ngaio, Jake, Riley and Dara have been researching Polar Bears. They are presenting their inquiry on an ActicInspire flip chart. They have had to learn lots of new skills. The flip charts look amazing. They have presented their learning in a new and different way. The flip charts contain lots of interactivity, such as web sites, and videos. They have inserted photos to back up their writing, using the pen tool, text tool and the floating keyboard. They have used colour to enhance presentation. They had a few teaching sessions on the basics of presenting a flipchart and after that it was just-in-time learning and lots of experimentation and problem-solving. Thesy are going to be teachers to another reading group. They will share them with other classes and their parents soon.

Our ski trip to Cardrona was postponed so we have a new date. Friday 11 September. Try out this jigsaw in the mean time.

Cause and Effect

We have been learning about cause & effect and after assessing our explanations we relaised that we need to do some more. We have done some extra work in reading. Go to these sites and practise at home.

Find out how to do cause & effect(information)




Play this matching game





Another matching game - find the matching pairs of cause & effect

The Breathing Earth

Take a look at this site. We all must do our bit! This makes you think and for this reason, I have included it on our blog.

The Breathing Earth simulation
Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.

Please remember that this real time simulation is just that: a simulation. Although the CO2 emission, birth rate and death rate data used in Breathing Earth comes from reputable sources, data that measures things on such a massive scale can never be 100% accurate. Please note however that the CO2 emission levels shown here are much more likely to be too low than they are to be too high.

The Environment and Climate Change
Global warming (aka climate change) is probably the most important issue to face our generation, and quite possibly any generation in history. The worldwide scientific community is virtually unanimous in its agreement that global warming is happening, that that it's our fault. If we let it get out of our control, the consequences - which will already begin occuring in most of our lifetimes - will be catastrophic. Just some of the consequences that can be reasonably expected are rising sea levels, more frequent and more severe natural disasters, large-scale food shortages, plagues, massive species extinctions, unprecendented numbers of refugees, intensified ethnic and political tensions, and a global economic depression the likes of which no one has ever seen.

The situation is still within our grasp, but we must act now, we must act strongly, and we must act together. Individuals, companies, and governments across the globe must each do what they can to reverse climate change. We will never get a second chance.

Weloming and Thanking Guests

We have a guest speaker coming tomorrow so we have been learning about introducing and thanking quest speakers.

We need to thank someone for something that they have done.

Our task was to present a prepared thank you speech and present it to a partner

Introducing a guest speaker

Our introduction speech needed to cover:
• a welcome for this person
• who the guest is and why they are here
• a personal comment about what you hope to learn
• the 'handing over' of the visitor to the audience.

Thanking a guest speaker

Our speech needed to cover:
• what you are thanking the guest for
• one or two points on what you gained or learnt from the guest
• a closing statement

Annie will pick 2 people to introduce and thank our guest, Brendon Winder, from the Queenstown Lake's Civil Defence.

Food For Thought

Oppps!!!We forgot the camera today for the our supermarket visit. We worked in groups and we had questions to complete. We went to different aisles to measure two things in the shelves. For example biscuits and crackers, water and fizzy drink, bread and pikelets and vegetables and fruits. We had to draw a picture of a food that you have not seen or eaten before. George chose rhubarb. Sam liked the biscuit aisle because there was more work to do, like finding the fat, sugar and dietary fibre on the labels. Sam & George loved the visit and learnt lots about reading labels and nutrition.

Sam says...
"When we got back we played a game of hangman Mary made a word . We were hopeless at it at first but then we got on the roll . The word was carbohydrate. "

George says...
" I liked the fizzy drink aisle because it was a sweet type of aisle. we got put into different types of groups and we went to different topics at different times. We had a lot of fun at New World."

Thank you to Rebecca and New World.

Earthquake Safety Brochures

Writing - Brochures

WALT... inform people about how to be safe in an earthquake

You are working for the Civil Defence in Wanaka. Your boss has asked you to create your own “Earthquake Safety” brochure to help inform people of what to do in an earthquake and how you should prepare. Your boss would like you to include at least 4 eye-catching, colorful pictures in your brochure. You must include the following information

You must include:

1. A list of Emergency Supplies/items every home should have
2. A description of what an emergency plan is
3. Safe places to go (indoors/outdoors)
4. A list of things you should do to make your home safer (Fix, Fasten & Forget) and give examples
5. Three things to do before an earthquake
6. Three things to do during an earthquake
7. Three things to do after an earthquake
8. Community Efforts (suggestions for how a community can prepare)

Use the 'What's the Plan Stan?' web site to find NZ information to help you write your brochure.

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