Key Competencies

Today we are thinking about the key competencies of Relating to Others and Participating and Contributing.

We were set a challenge of making a bunting in a group.  After this we will be thinking about what these competencies look, sound and feel like.

It is important that we develop a good understanding of how to work together and face challenges in a positive way so our PReP companies will run effectively.

Here are a few snaps....

Welcome to the final term!!!

It was amazing seeing all the wonderful smiles greeting me on Monday morning!
It is great to be back in Fab4 (really it is two but we can't change the blog name now hehehe)!

I am so impressed with your small people, the are full of life, have great attitudes, look after each other and are keen to learn!

An exciting term ahead with PReP - lots of creativity and teamwork will be happening!!

Looking forward to lots of learning fun :-)

I lived on the moon

We watched this short film to motivate our writing today.

There was so much discussion and lots of creative ideas.

Check out the video and we will post our writing when we have finished it.

Enjoy.....

We are going on an Owl Hunt

 Totally forgot to share our amazing Owls!

We did such a great job, we thought we would share our awesomeness with the whole school.
These owls have been spotted around the school, there are five in total......

Here are two of them....

This owl is outside Room One

 This Owl is by the Photocopier Room

There will be a chocolate fish for the lucky hunter or hunters that find the other three owls.

All you have to do is tell me where they are located and what saying they are sitting on.

Put your answers in the comment box, make sure you write your name too.

Good Luck!!!!!

Here is the rest of Charlottes story!

The story so far.......

One night I was in bed, I could not go to sleep so I went down to the kitchen.  I heard an "ooooo aha!"  I didn't know where the voice came from, but I realised that it was a zombie!  I raced upstairs, zoomed into bed, I piled the covers on top of me!  Then I realised I was in a zombie house, it was not really a zombie house, but it was a haunted house.

And now..... the final instalment of the Zombie Tale.

That's when I realised that my parents were ......Zombies!

I screamed my head off, "aaarrgggghhhhh!"  I felt like I was dead, but really I was not.

"Booo!" came a voice, I screamed again but this time it wasn't so loud.  

"Ummm are you Crystal?" I asked nervously, "you know, from the cafe?"

"Really, of corse I am you banana," exclaimed Crystal.

"Did you see the zombies earlier?" I asked.  We raced outside to see if they were still there.

"Where are they?" asked Crystal.

"Ummmm, haaaa" I stammered, "let's go inside" I said.

"OK"

All of a sudden a go kart rolled up the path.  Maybe it was Crystals little sister, Sue, but it wasn't.

"woggle, woggle, plop, plop, plop, eat,eat, eat, me will eat you"

"what was that?!" I asked.

Suddenly a helicopter flew over us, when it was just above our heads it lowered a rope with a hook on the end.  Then Crystal thought it was time to ask me a question.

"what is bothering you?" she asked.

"well, it's really my parents, because they are........zombies!"

"OMG" Crystal exclaimed, "does anyone know you have powers!"

"What?! Are you telling me that I have powers?!"

"just test them out" she said.

I pushed one of my hands in the air and WOOSH out came ice.  The ice froze Crystal with a loud WOOSH.  

I jumped about and shouted "I have powers! Wahoo! Wahoo!  I can save the whole world!"

I listened for a reply but no one answered, so I ran, I flew and I saved the world!

Update on Matthews challenge

Check this out!!!!  It is all on!!!! We are loving Skoolbo today!

We are number 8 in the classes.

 We are 22nd in the country for schools!

 Matthew and Benjamin are on the National Leader Board for today!

 

Keep up the great work!

We shall see where we are tomorrow!

There are Aliens at school!

One day I was walking to the staffroom for breakfast, one minute later I saw Miss Zee, she was an alien!  Ten minutes later I've been spying on her, today I couldn't believe my eyes!  Miss Zee was drinking her coffee out of her head!  Three days later all the the teachers were aliens!.  But Mr Rate wasn't, that's odd, so I had to save the school.
Me and Mr Rate started building the trap.  Two months later we've finished the trap.  We made some changes to the trap and the aliens fell for it.  Oh, about the changes, we made a remote control.  We put the trap on the trampoline and we put cakes and muffins on it so they will gobble it up.  The teachers sniffed out the cakes, as I planned, and they all climbed onto the tramp.  Little did they know, when they went onto the tramp, a vortex shot them back to their planet.
And that is how me and Mr Rate defeated the aliens and saved the school.

By Matthew AKA Spykid2015

Sprinkles

Here is a quick write by Charlotte L.
I can just imagine how glorious this ice cream was.

One day I had a delicious ice cream, it had chocolate sprinkles on it and lots of sprinkles!  The chocolate ran down my chin.  I could hear the sprinkles crunch in my mouth.  The best ice cream ever!

For you Charlie

Our Stride

We worked together to measure our stride in maths.

Bye Bye to our friend Declan!

It is a sad day today, we say good-bye to a great friend.  

Declan is leaving out team today and we will miss him terribly. 

He very kindly brought treats for our class so we had a wee party.

This is the picture that Declan chose to remember us by, sums us up quite well we think.

Hunter giving Declan a high five to say thanks and see ya.

Todd is going to miss his mate.

We wish you all the best for your new adventure and don't forget to write to us!

Lip Sync Challenge

Charlotte R, Alisha, Jade, Charlie and Zavana are working on making a music video.  This is the first song they have chosen and we are working towards a digi award entry.

Work hard, work as a team and stick to your plan.

Hey, once upon a younger year
When all our shadows disappeared
The animals inside came out to play
Hey, when face to face with all our fears
Learned our lessons through the tears
Made memories we knew would never fade
 One day my father—he told me, "Son, don't let it slip away"
He took me in his arms, I heard him say,
 "When you get older
Your wild life will live for younger days
Think of me if ever you're afraid."
 He said, "One day you'll leave this world behind
So live a life you will remember.
" My father told me when I was just a child
These are the nights that never die
My father told me
 When thunder clouds start pouring down
 Light a fire they can't put out
Carve your name into those shinning stars
He said, "Go venture far beyond the shores.
Don't forsake this life of yours.
I'll guide you home no matter where you are.
" One day my father—he told me, "Son, don't let it slip away."
When I was just a kid I heard him say,
 "When you get older
Your wild life will live for younger days
Think of me if ever you're afraid."
 He said, "One day you'll leave this world behind
So live a life you will remember."
My father told me when I was just a child
 These are the nights that never die
My father told me
 These are the nights that never die
My father told me

For Mrs V

Or click here nursery rhyme playlist

A Zombie Tale

Today, as part of our Daily Five, many children chose to write about zombies.
Here is the beginning of a piece of writing from Charlotte R.....

One night I was in bed, I could not go to sleep so I went down to the kitchen.  I heard an "ooooo aha!"  I didn't know where the voice came from, but I realised that it was a zombie!  I raced upstairs, zoomed into bed, I piled the covers on top of me!  Then I realised I was in a zombie house, it was not really a zombie house, but it was a haunted house.

I wonder what is going to happen next?

Great use of punctuation to add pace to your writing Charlotte :-)

Basic Facts!

Check this awesome website out to help you with your basic facts!

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The wise old owl....

We are learning about conflict and how we deal with conflict.

We have learnt that different animals or things can represent our actions when we are faced with conflict.

The owl is a problem solver, they work co-operatively to reach a solution, they express their feeling and look for a win-win situation.

We were randomly put into group today to co-operatively problem solve and create our very own wise old owl.

We talked about what we need to do and then we were let loose with art equipment!  It looked like a hurricane had come through the classroom, but WOW, amazing teamwork and creativity in action!!!!

We will show you the finished product when they are done.

Check out these awesome workers!

Great Teamwork!  Your owl is nearly finished.

This was a very organised group, all had jobs and knew what to do.

Lots of effort and concentration when creating this colourful creature.

We had a few challenges but we problem solved together to get the job done.

We sorted every one a job and we checked that we were confident
with that job before we started.

We made sure that we compromised and didn't complain about
who we were working with.

Autumn Tree

Yesterday, the lovely Mrs Stanbra was teaching in our room.

We read a poem,  made leaves and wrote about them.

Today we looked at similes and used our creative leaves to demonstrate that we could compare objects using this technique.

Don't they look fantastic!!!!!!

Our wonderful tree full of great descriptions!

"My leaf is as beautiful as my Mum!"
  Naw, Cameron P - aren't you lovely!!!!

A great collection of WOW words Todd!

Blaze, I can picture this in my head!  Great idea!

Listening to Reading

Click on the link below to go to the website :-)

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Measuring Magic!

Today we used the virtue of TEAMWORK to show we can use a ruler to measure accurately.  The conversations and support between everyone in the groups was amazing.
Congratulations on helping each other develop their skills.

FAB4 Rock!!!

More great responses to an image

Using the same watery image.....

I see water splattering from the ground
I hear my friends screaming
I feel water in my hair and on my togs
I taste salty water in my mouth
I think I am going to get told off

By Benjamin



I see water dripping down my face as I swing my hair around
I hear the water splashing as we jump in puddles
I feel my togs getting dripped on by falling water
I taste the water going into my mouth, it tastes sandy
I think I am going to get told off by my Mum!

By Sahara

The cutest conversation in maths....

We were talking about measurement.....we talked about how heavy things were, how tall things were, how wide things were and then I asked how we measured age.

This is what we did......

We talked about who was taller and if that helped us find out who was older.

We measured eachother

Even our twins tried to work out who was older by the height they were.

 

In the end, we thought that when Mums and Dads measured us on the doorway and write 5 years old, our height helped us determine how old we were.  Great connections there.

We thought about it for a while and then decided that it was years, months and days that told us how old we were.

Love how small peoples minds work!

Writing Fun

Today we began a few new activities in our writing groups.
One of these activities was to use a structure to pin our ideas on when thinking about an image

This was todays image:

  

Q'west wrote:

I see the water shining in the sunlight

I hear yelling and splashing

I feel people touching me with excitement

I think I will slip!

Zavana wrote:

I see people splashing in the water

I hear then laughing because they are having fun

I feel mud all over my feet

I think I could stay here all day.

Keep an eye out for more images and groovy writing for the rest of the week

Much loved Mums

We had some very excited children on Friday, loaded with their Mothers Day treats.
There is so much love in FAB4 for all our awesome Mums.....hope you had a great day :-)

Treats from Germany

It was our lucky day today!
Cameron P brought in some chocolate from Germany!
We looked up Germany in an Atlas (old fashioned I know) but then ended up using devices because it was a bit tricky.

  

Charlotte L says, "the chocolate was really crunchy."

Jade says, "I thought it tasted like some nuts int he middle."

Chloe says. "the chocolate was yummy!'

Todd having a sample of the chocolate.  Todd says it was nice.

 

  

Thanks Cameron for your generosity :-)

NZ Sign Language Week

Today we learnt how to sign our names.
We learnt how to introduce ourselves to others.

We are trying to complete the sign language ninja challenge

Click here to give it a go....

http://deaf.org.nz/sign-ninja

Defining Conflict..

We watched this video today to introduce what conflict is.

We had to watch it twice due to a bit of giggling.

This is the beginning of our Cool Schools Mediation learning.

Amazing FAB4 writers!!!

During our ANZAC studies we looked at what it would be like to be a soldier in the trenches.
We used a structure to hook our ideas on.
Check them out :-)

I see bombs that kill my friends

I hear bullets flying past me

I feel scared

I think will I survive

I wonder if I can make it home.

By Todd

I see dead people in the trenches and it is hot

I hear bullets whizzing past me in the trenches

I feel mud in my boots and blood and guts

I think I’m probably going to die

I wonder if I’m going to make it back.

By Benjamin

I see dead bodies

I hear guns going off

I feel sad

I think about home

I wonder what will be happening today.

By Chloe

I see soldiers dying

I hear guns shooting

I feel scared

I think am I going to make it?

I wonder if I will survive.

By D’vontae

I see bullets flying through the air

I hear guns going Boom!

I feel mud between my toes

I think about home

I wonder that today is the day that I am going to die.

By Matthew

I feel hungry and thirsty in the trenches

I see bullets flying past me

I hear people screaming

I feel worried because I might die

I think about what will happen to me.

By Zavanna

In the trench...

 I see blood and mud and dead people.

I hear bombs exploding all over the place.

I wonder if i am going to survive.

I feel sad that my friends died.

 I think about home.

By Stevie

I see my friends hurt and injured.

I hear horses and donkeys galloping away.

I feel sad, cold and wet.

I think about my family.

I wonder if I am going to survive.

By Charlie

I see my friends hurt and bleeding and dead bodies and people scared to get out of the trenches.

I feel sad

I hear bullets

I think about home

I wonder if I would stay alive.

By Amylee

In the trenches….

I see dead bodies and blood and guts

I hear bullets flying past me, the bullets sound like a whistling sound

I feel the mud getting in my boots

I think that today I would die

I wonder if I would survive.

By Charlotte L

I see lots of my friends dead on the battlefield

I hear people crying and screaming

I feel scared to go out to battle

I think about home and my family a lot

I wonder if I will see my family again.

By Charlotte R

I feel sad and want to go back home.

In the trenches the mud goes into soldiers boots

When the whistle blows, five soldiers get out and started shooting

I wonder if I will survive.

By Sahara

I see dead bodies on the battlefield

I hear bullets go past me

I feel sad

I think I will not live

I wonder if I will get shot today.

By Cameron M

I see my friends shooting the enemy

I hear guns shooting

I feel a bullet is jumping at me

I think I am going to die

I wonder if I will win the war.

By Q’west

I see dead bodies with blood

I hear bullets flying past

I feel sad and cold because I am freezing and I might die

I think my Mum might get worried

I wonder if I can make it back home.

By Jade

I see bombs that kill my friends

I hear bullets flying past me

I feel scared

I think will I survive

I wonder if I can make it home.

By Todd

I see dead people in the trenches and it is hot

I hear bullets whizzing past me in the trenches

I feel mud in my boots and blood and guts

I think I’m probably going to die

I wonder if I’m going to make it back.

By Benjamin

I see dead bodies

I hear guns going off

I feel sad

I think about home

I wonder what will be happening today.

By Chloe

I see soldiers dying

I hear guns shooting

I feel scared

I think am I going to make it?

I wonder if I will survive.

By D’vontae

I see bullets flying through the air

I hear guns going Boom!

I feel mud between my toes

I think about home

I wonder that today is the day that I am going to die.

By Matthew

I feel hungry and thirsty in the trenches

I see bullets flying past me

I hear people screaming

I feel worried because I might die

I think about what will happen to me.

By Zavanna

In the trench...

 I see blood and mud and dead people.

I hear bombs exploding all over the place.

I wonder if i am going to survive.

I feel sad that my friends died.

 I think about home.

By Stevie

I see my friends hurt and injured.

I hear horses and donkeys galloping away.

I feel sad, cold and wet.

I think about my family.

I wonder if I am going to survive.

By Charlie

I see my friends hurt and bleeding and dead bodies and people scared to get out of the trenches.

I feel sad

I hear bullets

I think about home

I wonder if I would stay alive.

By Amylee

In the trenches….

I see dead bodies and blood and guts

I hear bullets flying past me, the bullets sound like a whistling sound

I feel the mud getting in my boots

I think that today I would die

I wonder if I would survive.

By Charlotte L

I see lots of my friends dead on the battlefield

I hear people crying and screaming

I feel scared to go out to battle

I think about home and my family a lot

I wonder if I will see my family again.

By Charlotte R

I feel sad and want to go back home.

In the trenches the mud goes into soldiers boots

When the whistle blows, five soldiers get out and started shooting

I wonder if I will survive.

By Sahara

I see dead bodies on the battlefield

I hear bullets go past me

I feel sad

I think I will not live

I wonder if I will get shot today.

By Cameron M

I see my friends shooting the enemy

I hear guns shooting

I feel a bullet is jumping at me

I think I am going to die

I wonder if I will win the war.

By Q’west

I see dead bodies with blood

I hear bullets flying past

I feel sad and cold because I am freezing and I might die

I think my Mum might get worried

I wonder if I can make it back home.

By Jade

I see my Dad in a photo.

I hear guns shooting.

I feel scared.

I think I might die.

I wonder if I am going to make it back.

By Tane

I see guts all over the dead bodies.

I hear bullets flying past me and I hear gunshots.

I feel sad because my friend is dead.

I feel hungry and thirsty in the trenches

I think about what my Mum is doing.

I wonder what my Mum and sister are doing.

By Hunter

I see my friends dying on the battlefield.

I feel sad because my friends are dying.

I hear bullets flying past me.

I think about my kids at home.

I wonder of I am going to die.

By Isabelle

I see bullets

I feel sad

I hear bullets flying past my head

I think about how ling I will be here

I wonder of I would die today.

By Tai

I see a bullet fly by me

I hear bombs

I feel sad

I think this is a scary place

I wonder if I am going to die.

By Lachlan

In the trenches I think of Mum and Dad and of my family.  I feel scared because I miss my family.  One of my friends dies in front of me.  I feel sad because I am not with my family.  I always think about not knowing what is going to happen today.

By Blaze.

I see dead bodies and blood

I feel sad and I miss my family

I think about my friends

I hear bullets flying past

I wonder if I am going to die today.

By Navarro

I see bombs shooting over us and exploding everywhere.  We get out and run when the whistle blows.  We miss the soldier that lost their life right next to us.  I can feel my body getting sore and weak and dirty like getting run over by a bus or even a car.

By Tash

What a great level of understanding you have shown!

Congratulations of your superb writing.