Fun Friday

Today we spent some time sharing our published writing with the rest of our class. We chose two of our favourite sentences from our descriptive writing about Puss in Boots to publish.  We worked in three groups and then gave feedback to one another - commenting on adjectives, similes and language we used to describe Puss in Boots.

We also brought along some special visitors to school today.  Lots of soft toys came to share our day with us.  It was really awesome to be able to share our toy with our friends, explaining why it was special to us and where and when we got it.

At 6 o'clock tonight we had the PTA School Disco.  The theme was Pyjama Party.  Here are some photos of Team Toru kiddos celebrating!

Writing time in Team Toru

We have been hard at work in Team Toru.  Most of us are now up to publishing our Puss in Boots stories using Book Creator on the iPads.  Here are some shots of us hard at work!

A Special sharing with Team Rua

Over this week, Team Toru have been working hard at writing, then crafting, and finally publishing a piece of writing.  This process took four days!  On Friday we were able to take our stories next door to Team Rua and share them.  This was an awesome experience for Team Toru tamariki!  We felt very proud!

Team Toru Bean Diaries

We have been keeping a bean diary for the last five weeks, to monitor the growth of our bean seeds.  This was the last entry in our diary.
Here are some wonderful entries :-)

Keyshia's Diary

Lily's Diary

Olive's Diary

Sascha's Diary

Shelby's Diary

Sophie's Diary

Alex K's Diary

Alex B's Diary

Week 7 Superwriters!

Here are some top recount writers from Team Toru... Super Duper Work!

Lily

Herana

Christopher

Sascha

A Great Recount by Fenton

Great Disco Stories in Team Toru

Today, many of us shared stories about the School Disco.  Here are three super duper efforts from Team Toru...

Eraihia's Writing

Shyne's Writing

Olive's Writing

An Awesome Day in Team Toru

Wow... what a day!  Lots of exciting new learning experiences happening in Team Toru!
First up we continued our simile and description focus... we blew bubbles and had lots of fun as we found words to describe the bubbles.

After play we worked with our Tuakana Teina buddies in Room 11 and played Fraction Olympics.  What awesome fun!  We got to throw 'javelin' (cotton buds), 'shotput' (cotton balls) and do 'long jump' (counters).  We then measured our throws using half circles, to find how many halves and wholes we had thrown.  Super fraction learning!

After play it was Ako time with our Team Tahi, Team Rua and Team Wha buddies.  Lots of sharing and working together going on!
Wow... I wonder what tomorrow will bring?