Amazing animal alliteration

"Ten troublesome tuis tumbling in the tree."Sam I am.

Family of facts

Did you know:
4 + 8 = 12
so 8 + 4 = 12
so 12- 8 = 4
so 12- 4 = 8.
We can use our known facts to help solve other problems.

Miss Cullen's last day.

Today we said goodbye to Miss Cullen , we played some more funny and interesting games. Thanks for being in our class Miss Cullen we loved having you and look forwad to seeing you again.

Compound Words

Today we learnt about compound words. For example:
something,policeman
toothbrush,lightbulb
blindfold,hosepipe
layout, letterbox, lunchbox
fishtank...

How many more can you come up with?

here, hare, hair, hear

"I'm going to be here tomorrow. Sebastian."
"Look at that hare with long ears! Grant."
"Why haven't you got any hair on your head?" Hamish.
"I have great hearing so I can hear everything." Louis.

What we learnt today.

We learnt that...

even+even=even 2+4=6
odd+odd=even 3+3=6
odd+even=odd 4+11=15

Verbs are doing words...
pecking, running, waddling, laying, spinning, kicking, walking, rumbling, jumping, sleeping, racing.

What verbs could you use to describe how a native animal moves?

Learning is fun in Room9.

Maths week has started and we have been busy earning our points. Room 9 is a busy learning zone at the moment with all of us working towards achieving our goals.

Our responsibilities to saving our endangered species

"Keep the rivers and lakes clean because the animals need to drink clean water." - Sarah.
"Stop deforestation because it is destroying the Kiwi's native habitat." - Vince.
"Stop littering so the kakapo can have a clean habitat." - Anna.
"Put up signs which help keep dogs out of kiwi zones, the dogs kill the kiwis." - Jonas.
"Put your dog through the kiwi aversion training." - Allie.

Having fun learning in Room 9

Here is a sample of what we have been doing in Rooom 9 over the last week.

NZ Maths week

NZ Maths week begins on Monday. Our class are all registered and ready to begin.
Click on the link in our websites section at the bottom of the page to join in the fun.
Good luck Room 9!

Homophones

Can you pick the homophones in these sentences?

Anna - I was the only one who won.
Patrick - Dear Mum can you let me have a deer.
Kararaina - I said hi to a person who was up high.
Tamaku - I'll go see if I'll be sailing out to sea.
Allie - I ate my pear while buying a new pair of shoes.

School cross country

Today we had our school cross country in the Redwoods. All our training paid off and we did very well.
Some results:
Sam - 3rd 8 yr old boys
Anna - 3rd 8yr old girls
Arohanui - 3rd 7yr old girls
Oliver - 3rd 7yr old boys.