At lunchtimes, Room 8, and the rest of the school, are busy doing all sorts of interesting things;
- playing ball-tag, cheat and other playground games,
- manhunt, tag and other whole school games,
- playing fun mini games with juniors and middles in the sandpit,
- doing lunchtime activities like Kapahaka, Ukelele and Library duties,
- or walking aimlessly around with friends
We have been doing some pretty cool stuff at lunchtimes!
By Jacob
Monday 18 May 2015
Spelling to the MAX!
In Room 8 we have been working on the 'C', 'K' and 'CK' sounds in spelling. Here are some of our rules!
-use 'CK' after a short vowel: back, peck, thick, sock
-use 'K' after a consonant letter, long vowel or vowel pair: park, peek, cake
-if we use a 'K' we use 'I' or 'E' after it: kit, kill, ken
-if we use a 'C' we use 'A' 'O' or 'U' after it: cat, core, cut ( sometimes those last two rules don't apply but we haven't learnt about those. )
We use dictionaries to find 'C' 'K' and 'CK' words. We then use the words we've found and spell them. Hope you enjoyed reading about our spelling.
For our writing we have been writing ANZAC diaries by soldiers, or nurses, in The Gallipoli Campaign. We have been writing primarily about life in the trenches and battlefields. Some people chose to write about blood and gore, while others wrote about the hospitals This was mainly those writing as nurses. Some soldiers chose to opt out of the battle for a seemingly quieter life on beds in hospital tents with walls that blocked out the sound of deafening explosions and blood curdling screams of the battlefield.
These are some entries from various authors:
28th April 1915
It has been pouring with rain. We have been busy all night putting triage tags on wounded soldiers. We saved the red tagged soldiers immediately, but those with black tags sadly passed away. There was no way to move with all the dead bodies lying around in the hospital tent.
entry by Lily Hendriksen
1st June 1915
I have been awarded a medal! But I have been shot in the leg. It's just gutzer! I got the medal for bravery because when I got shot in the leg I just forgot about it and kept fighting on.
During the battle I remember a cricket ball sized grenade being thrown into our trench. Luckily for me, its fuse was burning slowly so I picked it up and threw it back into the turks trench before it exploded. I felt lucky because I didn't get blown to pieces but I feel sad for all the turks I must have killed.
I don't like war, it's terrible! All you do is shoot people. The trenches stink. I stink! I am always getting the Gallipoli Gallop. Trying to find a spot to go to the loo, sometimes I cant find anywhere to go and I end up having to pee my pants. I cant wash my clothes or myself because there is so little water and no bathroom facilities . I have to wait until I get down to the beach and wash myself in the sea.
entry by Kouta Roberts
Glossary of Kouta's entry
Gutzer: Horrible
Gallipoli Gallop: Trying to find a toilet in the trenches
Blog post by Jacob
-use 'CK' after a short vowel: back, peck, thick, sock
-use 'K' after a consonant letter, long vowel or vowel pair: park, peek, cake
-if we use a 'K' we use 'I' or 'E' after it: kit, kill, ken
-if we use a 'C' we use 'A' 'O' or 'U' after it: cat, core, cut ( sometimes those last two rules don't apply but we haven't learnt about those. )
We use dictionaries to find 'C' 'K' and 'CK' words. We then use the words we've found and spell them. Hope you enjoyed reading about our spelling.
For our writing we have been writing ANZAC diaries by soldiers, or nurses, in The Gallipoli Campaign. We have been writing primarily about life in the trenches and battlefields. Some people chose to write about blood and gore, while others wrote about the hospitals This was mainly those writing as nurses. Some soldiers chose to opt out of the battle for a seemingly quieter life on beds in hospital tents with walls that blocked out the sound of deafening explosions and blood curdling screams of the battlefield.
These are some entries from various authors:
28th April 1915
It has been pouring with rain. We have been busy all night putting triage tags on wounded soldiers. We saved the red tagged soldiers immediately, but those with black tags sadly passed away. There was no way to move with all the dead bodies lying around in the hospital tent.
entry by Lily Hendriksen
1st June 1915
I have been awarded a medal! But I have been shot in the leg. It's just gutzer! I got the medal for bravery because when I got shot in the leg I just forgot about it and kept fighting on.
During the battle I remember a cricket ball sized grenade being thrown into our trench. Luckily for me, its fuse was burning slowly so I picked it up and threw it back into the turks trench before it exploded. I felt lucky because I didn't get blown to pieces but I feel sad for all the turks I must have killed.
I don't like war, it's terrible! All you do is shoot people. The trenches stink. I stink! I am always getting the Gallipoli Gallop. Trying to find a spot to go to the loo, sometimes I cant find anywhere to go and I end up having to pee my pants. I cant wash my clothes or myself because there is so little water and no bathroom facilities . I have to wait until I get down to the beach and wash myself in the sea.
entry by Kouta Roberts
Glossary of Kouta's entry
Gutzer: Horrible
Gallipoli Gallop: Trying to find a toilet in the trenches
Blog post by Jacob
Monday 11 May 2015
Soldier diaries
25 April 1915
The sound of bombs exploding nearby, the whizz of bullets flying past. It was deafening...
For a while, Room 8 has been reading like mad to find out exactly what happened at Gallipoli in the awful war. We learnt about the disgusting, hard biscuits the soldiers were given as part of their tiny rations and the awful trenches, full of disease. We are planning to use this information to write a soldier's or nurse's diary. The diary will include important information about this awful war. We can't wait to start writing the diaries!
Gratitude
Gratitude.
I am grateful for... At the moment Room 8 is learning about gratitude for DEAW. After morning tea time we come in and get out our gratitude journals. The first thing that we put in our journals was a list of all the things we were grateful for and the things that made us different. Some common things were our family, culture and friends. For the next two days we wrote about what happened at morning tea and what we appreciated from our break time. Some of the spelling was a little bit difficult but with the help of our friends and teacher we managed to spell some very tricky words.
I am grateful for... At the moment Room 8 is learning about gratitude for DEAW. After morning tea time we come in and get out our gratitude journals. The first thing that we put in our journals was a list of all the things we were grateful for and the things that made us different. Some common things were our family, culture and friends. For the next two days we wrote about what happened at morning tea and what we appreciated from our break time. Some of the spelling was a little bit difficult but with the help of our friends and teacher we managed to spell some very tricky words.
What is War?
On the 29th of April Luca’s Dad, Bayard, came into Room Eight to talk to us about his ancestors who fought in World War One and the Boer War.
We learnt all about SS Ceramic, the ship that sank when it was shot down by a German submarine. Did you know that six hundred and fifty four people died! Only one lucky person survived. The Boer war was in South Africa from 1901-1903. Luca’s Great Great Great Grandfather fought in it and won many, many cool medals. We got to see heaps of precious medals for bravery, the first 100,000 to enlist and lots more. One of our favourites was a medal with a rainbow string and one that looked a bit like a little bronze star. We found out that the Victoria Cross is the best medal to get because it meant that you were extremely brave. We enjoyed the speech very much and thank you to Bayard for giving up his time to teach us about his family.
Sunday 3 May 2015
The Scale Of The Universe
This website is a great way to get the feel of how amazingly massive the universe really is. It goes both ways though, as the minuscule things are the most important of all! It goes all the way down to a tiny 0.0000000001 yocto-metres! From the whopping known universe to the space-time fabric of everything, this is a truly awesome website. Click on the link at the 'websites to check out' down at your left.
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