Mikayla's Fun Day Recount
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Tuesday 6 December 2016
A Trip To Howick Historical Village
Last Friday I went with my class and my teacher to Howick Historical Village. We made butter in a churn. We put cream in the churn and we turned the handle. We sang a song and everybody had a turn. We put it on a cracker and ate it with the butter. Then we played parlour games called "Pass The Ring".
Tuesday 29 November 2016
Carey Park Camp 2016
On Monday 17th October, the Senior syndicate went to camp. The location was in Carey Park, in West Auckland. We stayed at Carey Park for three days and two nights. My favourite activity was archery and air rifle. This activity was split into boys and girls. We did the archery first, and the girls did the air rifles. Mr Oliver taught us the safety rules first. Two of the safety rules were when you have finished shooting three arrows put your bow down and before you go grab three arrows you need to wait until Mr. Oliver says it is clear. When it was my turn I was afraid because I might injure someone or even kill. The good news was nobody got hurt or killed.
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| Justin in his bivouac |
Camp Fun Camp
Last week Monday the Year 5s and year 6s went to Carey Park in the western part of Auckland. We went there for camp, and we also had some teachers and parent helpers. We stayed there for three days. In those three days we did ten activities. They were all very fun. I personally think the flying fox was the best one, because it was the most stimulating. Kayaking, shooting, rogaining, and crate staking were very nice and fun, too.
We had lots of different cabin groups and activity groups. All the activity groups needed to be rotated around. The cabins looked very similar to a cottage, a modern cottage not the same as I thought before camp.
We ate many delicious foods, such as butter chicken, fish and salad, etc. When we went to the camp fire, we baked some marshmallows. They were so squishy and sweet.
After that, we went to the Burma Trail where you had to cover your eyes and go forward with three or four people in a team, following the rope. Then you went deep into the bush which was only full of darkness. If you lost the rope, and you couldn't see anything you would probably get lost. There was always some adult trying to scare you, but they didn't scare me anyway!
We went back to school on Wednesday and I really didn't want to go back to school.
We had lots of different cabin groups and activity groups. All the activity groups needed to be rotated around. The cabins looked very similar to a cottage, a modern cottage not the same as I thought before camp.
We ate many delicious foods, such as butter chicken, fish and salad, etc. When we went to the camp fire, we baked some marshmallows. They were so squishy and sweet.
After that, we went to the Burma Trail where you had to cover your eyes and go forward with three or four people in a team, following the rope. Then you went deep into the bush which was only full of darkness. If you lost the rope, and you couldn't see anything you would probably get lost. There was always some adult trying to scare you, but they didn't scare me anyway!
We went back to school on Wednesday and I really didn't want to go back to school.
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| Andy on the confidence course |
Monday 28 November 2016
Guy Fawkes Night
Last Saturday it was Guy Fawkes night. We had fireworks in my garden. The neighbour came to my fireworks. I held a sparkler in my hand. I enjoyed the firework. It was fun.
Sarah & Kevin at the Jubilee
Last Saturday Mum, Dad, Kevin and I went to the Sunnybrae's 50th Jubilee. We looked at the displays, photos and I looked at my photo.
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| Jubilee cake |
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| Sarah & Kevin |
Sunday 19 June 2016
Senior syndicate theme Animal Habitats
The Senior topic group have been looking at Biomes and Animal Habitats. The use of translated vocabulary lists has enabled Andy to complete his topic work to an excellent standard. We are very fortunate to have Korean and Chinese English Language Assistants, who translate for our ELLs. We would welcome any parental assistance to get these topic lists translated into other languages, for the benefit of our many other ELLs. English language acquisition is greatly enhanced by continued use of the first language.
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| Chinese translation assistance |
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| Vocabulary topic list prepared by ELAs |
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| Biome comparison activity |
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| Compare and Contrast map |
Aesop's Fables
Whilst preparing their stage production of "The Pied Piper", the Middle syndicate have been looking at fables/myths/legends. The Middle topic group have been learning their grammar by completing activities related to Aesop's Fables. First they completed "The Fox And The Crow", prepared by the teacher. Then they were asked to make up activities for another fable. Have a look at Johan's excellent work. Well done, Johan.
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| A cloze activity requires all the nouns to be removed |
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| Dictation and true/false statements for a 3 level guide |
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| Definition |
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| Verb story and paired dictation |
Juniors complete their Minibeasts study
The Ells with more English are grouped into topic groups, and complete work related to their class theme. This term the Juniors completed their Minibeasts unit, and the Junior topic group worked hard to learn about labelling insect body parts and the life cycle of a butterfly.
Other Reception level activities
Other activities included in the ESOL programme
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| Hiroto uses a Rainbow Reading pen |
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| Hannah is reading PMGems online |
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| Ms.Qian (ELA) directs Ivy's pencil grip |
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| Diana uses her first language (L1) |
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| Arya discovers real bubbles after reading the "Bubbles" reader |
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| Margarita also discovers the English word for bubbles |
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| Margarita conpleting her alphabet activity |
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| Ivan is learning his letters |
Saturday 18 June 2016
Reception groups' weekend recounts
Every Tuesday morning we talk about what happened on the weekend. Here are some examples of the students' recount writing at Reception level.
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| Delton |
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| Paul |
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| Derek |
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| Laryah |
Monday 23 May 2016
Bobby shares his trip to Rainbow's End
In the holidays Tae Young and her Mum and my Dad and I went to Rainbow's End. First we went on the Fearfall. It was very scary but I was not too bad when I got off. I had a sore head.
The Bumper Boats were my favourite ride but I got wet!! I liked the Log Flume, too. Lastly I went to watch a cool 4D tv. I wore 3D glasses and I sat in a chair that can move. It feel like a earthquake and I hear pumping sound like a machine. It was quite scary but not very long. I enjoyed Rainbow's End a lot.
The Bumper Boats were my favourite ride but I got wet!! I liked the Log Flume, too. Lastly I went to watch a cool 4D tv. I wore 3D glasses and I sat in a chair that can move. It feel like a earthquake and I hear pumping sound like a machine. It was quite scary but not very long. I enjoyed Rainbow's End a lot.
Tuesday 12 April 2016
The Juniors have been learning about insects. They can label the body parts of an insect and they can identify lots of different insects. This morning they played the "Beetle" game to practice the names of the body parts.
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| Dawei looks at a beetle |
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| Jayden & Ahmed make their "beetle" |
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| Isabella & Yoona won their round |
Monday 11 April 2016
Laryah shares her weekend news
After school on Monday I went to my cousin's home. I rode my bike with my sister. We were playing on the trampoline. After that, we ate some feijoas.
Paul shares his visit to the Korean Day celebration
Last Saturday Chan, Joshua, Jeremy and I went to the Korean Day. First we had our faces painted. After that we got a yellow and white cap and a Korean badge. We bought some Korean pancakes and ate some free rice cakes. The best activity was the face painting because it was fun. I had seven blue red black and white lines on my face and arms. What a great day! I think I had the face painting more than nine times. I drew ten more.
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