Counting Down to Christmas

With just one month until the big day,  today we were writing about Christmas.  Here are some of the amazing stories our class wrote today:

I can't wait for Christmas because Santa gives us presents.  I want my present to be a teddy bear from Santa.

- Julianna

- Arkar

I am looking forward to Christmas and Santa is going to bring some presents under the tree.  I am excited to see Christmas and I love Santa.

- Central

I can't wait to get a present.  I love Christmas.  I've been waiting for Christmas.  I am going to make a card for Santa.  I am going to put cookies and milk out because he has to have some breakfast before he puts the presents under the tree.

- Oalii

- Deborah

I like Santa because he is putting the rainbow decorations on the tree.  Santa is coming to my house.  I can't wait to get my present.

- Bradley

I can't wait for Christmas.  I like Santa because he gives us presents.

- Troy

- Luisa

I like Christmas because my family is going to be having a spikey Christmas tree.  I can't wait for Christmas because it is in one month.

- Hector

- Rae Jae

Sharing our fireworks experiences

The learners in Class 20 were keen to share their fireworks experiences.  We spent several days writing stories about what we did, and created some great art works on the iPads by using a black background as a starting point.  Here are some examples of our work:

Be safe when you do your fireworks, even with the Mums and Dads be safe too!

- Oalii

Nature

I like the colourful fireworks and the rockets and the sparklers.

- Casshius

I like fireworks because they are going up in the sky.

- Luisa

Deborah

I like to go with my family because it is fun to see the fireworks and Guy Fawkes tonight.

- Central

I like fireworks and sparklers and I come with my Mum and Dad to get the fireworks and sparklers.

- Deborah

Phoenix

Today is Guy Fawkes day and we can light up some fireworks.  But you can't light them up, only an adult can light them up.

- Kahurangi

Central

Happy Halloween!

Class 20 has been asking to write about Halloween for the past few days.  They were able to contribute some amazing ideas and have created some great stories unsupported!

I like dressing up as a skeleton because it is fun and because you can scare everyone.

- Kahurangi

Tonight it is going to be Halloween and I like it because it is fun.

- Atlanta

It is Halloween tonight and I'm going to be a ninja turtle.  Me and Dad are going to trick or treat.

- Hector

Yes, it is Halloween today and its going to be so so so so special because I like Halloween because it is fun.  My family is coming too and its going to be so so so fun.

- Oalii

Tonight is Halloween and I am going to be Snow White.  I like Halloween because I like to get candy.

- Deborah

I like to be Cinderella because it is Halloween tonight.  My and Nytram and Rozaia are walking to get lollies with my Mum and my Dad because it is fun to go trick or treating.

- Central

Art Attack

Earlier this week Class 20 wrote about the Art Attack immersion assembly which we all really enjoyed.  Here is a sample of our writing:

I like when Team 2 mix colour and I know that yellow and blue make green at assembly.  - Oalii

I liked it when Miss Vaafusuaga dressed up like a palette.  - Central

I liked the tablet on Mr Burt's tummy.  - Francis

At the assembly the artist was painting a picture.  - Deborah

I like the artist and I liked when Ms George threw a chocolate fish. - Bradley

Healthy Lunchboxes

As part of our integrated learning this term, we are thinking about "What makes a Champion?"   Yesterday we were thinking about eating healthy as being one thing that a champion does.  We came up with some great ideas for a healthy lunch box.  Class 20 used Explain Everything to draw a picture of what healthy things they'd like in their lunch box and then talked about their pictures.  Check out some of the great examples:

Francis Healthy lunch from Team 1 PES on Vimeo.

Central healthy lunch from Team 1 PES on Vimeo.

Oalii healthy lunch from Team 1 PES on Vimeo.

Our Weekend

I went to the movies with my cousin and my family.  My weekend was amazing.  I went to my Nana's house.  
by Oalii

My weekend was amazing.  I went to the park and $2 shop.
by Central

Waffle Magic ....

This term Class 20 are learning to "Work Smarter, Not Harder" and are looking at all the equipment in the kitchen that has been designed to make our lives easier.  Today we made waffles in the classroom.  First we unpacked the equipment that we would use and the learners took photographs of this equipment in Explain Everything.  They used their stylus to write the name of the equipment underneath each photo.

After morning tea we made some waffles.  The learners took turns using the measuring equipment and adding ingredients to the mixing bowls, following the recipe.  Class 20 decided that an electric beater made it easier to mix the batter than a whisk.  Arkar said that it was really hard to mix using the whisk.  All the learners agreed that cooking waffles was a lot of fun, but that eating the waffles was the best part!!

        

After lunch the students took photos of the ingredients, and again added the word underneath each photo.  They then used Explain Everything to create a picture of themselves making the waffles and talked about their pictures.  Here is an example from today's great learning:

Writing our Name

One of our writing goals is to learn to write our name. We've been using our iPads and stylus to do this and the Explain Everything app. Have a look and see how some of the class are working on this writing goal:

Writing our Name