Thursday, June 27, 2013

Should McDonald's be allowed to touch up their burgers?

Watching this video shows how McDonald's make their burgers look so tasty.



1. Do you think it is right that McDonald's 'touch up' their burgers to make them look better? Why/why not?
2. Why do you think McDonald's have made this video?
3. Has it made you think any differently about McDonald's? If so how?


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Quadblogging Aotearoa

We are excited to begin our NZ Quadblogging with three other classes around the country who are the same age as us. Find out where in the country these schools are based. Check out their blogs, what learning do you like the look of?

http://www.room14stclair.blogspot.co.nz/
http://oakuraroom6.blogspot.co.nz/
http://www.9plus10.blogspot.co.nz/

Monday, June 24, 2013

Room 9's Assembly

On Friday it was Room 9's turn to showcase a snapshot of our learning over the term. We all enjoyed being up on stage and our audience were great which hopefully means they enjoyed it too. We shared our writing, to dancing and making music from our bodies. We even shared one of our favourite brain breaks which we heard other classes trying later on that day.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Gina's Glogster - Kiwiana Writing


Sarah's Glogster - Kiwiana Writing


Letters about Kiwiana

Dear Readers,

Most NZ people eat tip top Hokey Pokey ice cream and drink L&P. L&P stands for Lemon and Paeroa. Did you know L&P is a fizzy drink? Paeroa is a place in NZ where it is made. Tip top icecream is made by New Zealanders and it tastes good. There are heaps of different TipTop flavours. Our favourite is Hokey Pokey it is Vanilla icecream with small balls of Hokey Pokey in it.

From Paarth

Dear Readers,

You should visit New Zealand because you can watch the All Blacks and eat tip top icecream. The All Blacks are New Zealands best rugby team. Our All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup. Tip top icecream tastes very yummy. They have different flavours but Hokey Pokey is a special New Zealand flavour. It is made from vanilla icecream and little balls of hokey pokey.

From Kaylee


Dear Reader,
Most New Zealanders eat tip top ice cream and drink Lemon and Paeroa  because they are so good.                                   L&P is a fizzy New Zealand drink. It is world famous in NZ. Tip top ice cream can came in so many different flavours but hokey pokey is the top ice cream it is made from vanilla ice cream and it has little balls of Hokey Pokey. It tastes really yummy!

From Trinity
 

Christopher's Glogster-Kiwiana Writing

Comic Life Kiwiana Writing

Here are Rico, Tawhiao and Saphyre's comic life posters about Kiwiana.


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Skype Date to learn about Bougainville

Today Room 9 and Room 13 had a Skype date with Gina and Toby's great uncle Brent. Brent has lived in Bougainville, which is where all the money raised from the 40 hour famine is going this year. Bougainville is a small island not far from Papa New Guina. Lots of people in Room 9 have signed up to do the famine and help children in a country less fortunate than ours. Brent lives in Melbourne now so we started skyping at 11am our time which was 9am his time. It was the first time skyping for some of us and we were amazed at seeing ourselves on the TV. But we also learnt some interesting things about Bougainville.
Bougainville was named after the French explorer that discovered it.
There were a lot of differences we found between NZ and Bougainville. Over in Bougainville all the land is owned by the families and each family gets a block of land. Bougainville is a lot smaller than NZ because it is only the same size as Cape Reigna to Auckland only a tiny part of NZ. They live in bamboo houses and have mini buses to help get around, at school there are toliets but most houses have long drops. School is very different with assemblies starting at 7.15am and studytime going from 6-9pm which makes it a lot longer day than our 9am-3pm school day. There are not many teachers in Bougainville so you are lucky if you get to go to school. But if you are naughty you are kicked out. The weather is really nice in Bougainville and ranges from 20-26 degrees all year round. But there is one thing that is the same as NZ. Bougainville has beautiful beaches. Brent loved his time living in Bougainville and although the people don't have TV's, playstations, computers or ipads they are very happy people who are always smiling.
Here are a few of the things we enjoyed from yesterday;

Oliver learnt that there were lots of different kinds of orchids (a type of flower).
Amelia learnt there aren't many teachers so you are lucky if you go to school and they are poor. I enjoyed skyping to learn more about Bouginville.
Kaylee learnt that he missed his school and he helped people sell stuff. I enjoyed talking to them on skype.
Kayley learnt that the weather is not too cold and not too hot and it is just perfect. I enjoyed skyping and talking to him because we learnt a lot about Bouginville.
Alex learnt about helping other countries. I enjoyed skyping and being able to meet someone new.
Alex S learnt that the houses are made out of bamboo. I enjoyed skyping at school.
Trinity learnt in Bougainville there are volcanoes.
Ella learnt that they eat fish by fishing. I enjoyed him talking about Bougainville.
Gemma learnt that they don't have TV. I liked being able to ask him questions.
Paige learnt they have volcanoes.
Rico learnt that they have a lot of beaches and the volcanoes were really tall. I enjoyed skyping because I learnt a whole lot of stuff about Bouginville.
Eva learnt that they eat fish. I liked hearing what he did in Bougainville.
Christopher learnt that they have volcanoes. I enjoyed him telling us about Bougainville.
Jacob learnt that most people use long drop toliet. I enjoyed learning so much Bougainville.
Gina learnt that everyone in Bouginville are very happy even though they don't have much. I enjoyed getting to see my Great Uncle Brent again.
Saphyre learnt that even though it has very active volcanoes that it can still be a very pretty place. I enjoyed skyping to learn lots about Bougainville.
Filipe learnt there are two volcanoes on Bougainville and that he missed his school. I liked how he answered our questions on skype.
Tawhiao learnt that Brent cried when he left the school he taught at because he really missed his school and he enjoyed living there. And school is different if you misbehave you get kicked out. I enjoyed skyping because you can only see a certain amount of us on the camera.





Thursday, June 6, 2013

Diamonds Maths Learning

We made a comic life about rounding up and compensating this is something we learnt in maths today.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013