Book Reviews- Summarisers

I think that this book is awesome because it very funny and if you like funny books this is the book you should read.

Sophie is the guardian of the magic gateway . Its her job to keep the horrid creatures that live there from getting into our world can she save the day. ( from the back cover)

It is cool as.

Our Visitor

JOHN

STRAWBRIDGE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WORLD CUP

John Strawbridge came to Whetu assembly to talk to us about how people are going to get to the world cup. He said that 15,000 people are going in their cars, 1,000 by bus, 3,000 are going to do the special walking route, 2,000 are going in private coachs & 17,000 by train

"Train will be the most populur trasport," said John. Probably 15,000 people will go in each door at the world cup. There are 60,000 seats in the park.

We hope people are able to get to the World Cup smoothly and we really enjoyed Mr. Strawbridge's visit.

By R Room 27

"Eden Park!' By Emilie, Sophie and Jessie.

On Tuesday we went to Eden Park.
They welcomed us by putting our Balmoral logo on the screens.
We felt very welcome because our logos were EVERYWHERE!!

When we went into the changing rooms, we saw nets on the roof in front of the lights

so they could practice without damaging the lights,but they don't have nets in front

of their TV.

We weren't allowed on the grass because the grounds keeper would get MAD, and there were patterns on the grass that were just the light or the way that the mower mowed it. On the grass someone had painted "World Cup 2011".

You should go to Eden Park its all WOW WOW WOW and one more WOW.

Going Global

Today we were very fortunate to have two teachers from Switzerland visit our class. We learned so much about their culture and how it is to communicate with people from other places that speak a different language and are learning about English.

We practised how to welcome them and it went very well. At the end of the visit we presented Eveline and Simi with a piece of collaborative art that showed some of the special treasures we have in New Zealand.

Spelling Investigation- Long and Short 'u'

We are learning about the long and short 'u' sound. Can you find a pattern that tells you when a 'u' will have a long or a short 'u' sound?

Here are some words to help you.

Long Short

utility utter

use up

university ugly

We are learning about writing about characters in a way that makes them come alive for the reader.

We decided that we wouldn't tell you who we are writing about and hope the language that we have chosen to use helps you understand who it is. Please post your guesses below.

With its spherical body, stick like beak and milk chocolate feathers it is a rare sight. It's talon like feet make it really unique. If you listen very carefully you will hear it peaking like a gentle tap at the door. It feels as soft as clouds with aeroplanes soaring through them. It mines deeply, like it is working towards the core of the earth, in search of tender bugs.

Have you measured today?

I just pulled my famous raspberry white chocolate shortcake out of the oven. I had to use lots of measurement skills to tackle this project. I had to measure the mass and quantity of the ingredients using scales and capacity, remember when we did that in class, measure the temperature of the oven and measure how much time it had been baking for. Have you had to measure anything yet these holidays? Make a comment below :)

Oh, there's the door. Good thing I can think about fractions confidently because I am going to have to share these out equally. Maths, it's all around you!