Arohatia Te Reo - Maori Language Week

This week is Maori language week. We have made videos of some of the Te Reo words and phrases we use in our class. We hope you learn some new words!

Volcanoes - Our One Day Inquiry

Facts we learnt about Volcanoes today!

• There are more than 1500 active volcanoes around the world. By Josh, Michael and Karlos

• Volcanoes are sometimes really dangerous because they erupt quickly. By Ruby

• Volcanoes are red and hot. By Jorja and Ella-Marie

• Volcanoes that are active might erupt. By Zaliyah

• Not just lava kills people. Ash can too. By Baillie

• Volcanoes are hot, steamy and dangerous. There are under water volcanoes. By Jayden and Omar

• Lava is not just hot. It is very dangerous too. It can kill you. By Justice

• Lava only comes from volcanoes. By Boston

• Volcanoes are enormous. Some are small too. By Tia

• Red lava is hot as. By Caleb

• Volcanoes can erupt! By Logan

• A volcano can be bigger than Mt Cook. By Louisa

Class adventure term 2

Last Friday we went on an adventure up View Mount Street! 

We went to investigate the big slip that happened in December. We remembered that planting trees helps to protect the hills and keep them safe during heavy rains. We saw what changes happened to the hillside that didn't have enough trees on it. 

Skyping Sophia

We skyped Sophia in Bali. She was a bit shy and we were a bit over excited! We hope she comes back soon because we miss her. We asked her some questions. She lives near a volcano and we wanted to know about it. Sophia's school doesn't have any walls. The time in Bali was 9 in the morning. It was 1 o'clock here.

Cross Country

We had a great time last week at Cross Country. We have some super fast runners in Room 9. We were exhausted afterwards!

Here are some pictures of the day.

Silent Movie

We have finished our 2 minute silent movie! We had a great time producing this. The children in Room 9 did some fantastic acting. Here is some of our writing about the experience.

There were three main characters. Welcome to Room 9's talent. First up we have Boston. Boston finished the Boston marathon. Next up we have Omar. Omar did a move. Finally Louisa. Louisa made it across the monkey bars. I was happy. By Michael


Room 9 made Room 9's talent. I won and Boston was second. Louisa was third. Boston tried to run but he gave up. Stacey came up to Boston. He started to run again. He ran to the finish line. By Omar


Room 9 made a imovie. Boston was running. He slowed down. Louisa went on the bars. Omar danced. We watched it. By William

In Room 9 we are making a movie. Everybody is making it. Boston is running. It is cool. By Logan

Room 9 made a movie. It was exciting. I had a part by congratulating Omar. It was really fun. The movie is about pushing the boundaries. By Josh

Boston was puffing. He couldn't run. Come on Boston you can do it said Stacey. Boston thought he was in the Boston marathon. Boston ran and ran to the finish line. Louisa was on the monkey bars. Louisa thought she was in a circus and she made it to the end. By Ella-Marie

Our Place - a new Inquiry!

We made some sandcastles. We tipped water over them. The sandcastles fell down.

Then we saw a tent with tools, a blanket, a jacket, some canned food. We thought about what these things might be used for if was there was a natural disaster.

We looked at pictures of the slips in Nelson. We talked about what, when, where, why and how.