Kokos Adventures in Wanganui

Fire engine Writing

Look at our fabulous writing about the fire engine coming to school.

Week 7 'Big Question'

See if you can answer this weeks 'Big Question' What is the worlds biggest snake?

What is the worlds biggest snake?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Answer to this weeks big question

Scratch to find the answer to last weeks big question.(week 6)

Orkut Scrap Toys

What will next weeks question be?

Fun Run

This morning we had our junior fun run. We thought it was going to be cancelled as it had started to ran and the field was muddy. But we still went and ran around. We had a lot of fun and ran around the field as much as we could for 10 minutes. Reanna even had her own cheering team.When we were finished we washed our muddy feet.

Mystery Reader

Today we had a mystery reader. Well actually it wasn't one it was three. We had Duffy and his friends come and read to us. They read us 'Kiwis nightead before christmas'.We all really enjoyed the story. when they had finished reading some of us got to choose a book which they then read to us. We really enjoyed our mystery reader. We cant wait for next weeks mystery reader.

Duffy Book

Today in assesmbly it was the juniors turn for duffy Books. Brendon got a duffy book for 'trying hard to learn his words to help with his reading'. Well done Brendon.

Numbers before, after and between challenge

See if you can answer all of the questions.

Salaka Drumming Show

Today we had the Salaka Drumming Show. “Salaka” which means “Sharing” in Ghana. The performance by visiting artists from Ghana. Tenesha, Arnakah and Jerome got chosen to have a go on one of the big drums. We all got a turn to play a one. The teachers also had a turn as well as Koko. We had a lot of fun. It was a fantastic show.

This video is taken from one of their shows.

Duffy Show

This afternoon we had the 'Duffy Show.' We really enjoyed the show. They told us how important it is to read. We really enjoyed the show.

Koko's trip to the Hawkes Bay.

On the week end our deputy principal took Koko to the hawkes bay.

This is a photo of 'Paina of the reef statue' Below is a brief outline of the legend about Paina.

A Maori legend tells how Pania left the sea people to marry Karitoki, a chieftain whose whare (house) was sited in an area now known as Sturm's Gully on Napier's Bluff Hill.

After Karitoki departed to fight in a long tribal war, Pania's original family called to her at sunset and at dawn. Unable, finally, to resist their siren voices, she swam out to meet them. When she attempted to return to the shore, however, she was drawn down to the caverns of the sea. Angered by her divided loyalties, Moana-nui-a-kiwa, lord of the sea, transformed her into a rocky shelf. Lying off the Napier breakwater, the beautiful sea creature is immortalised as Pania's Reef.

This site 'http://folksong.org.nz/pania_of_the_reef/index.html' gives more information about Pania of the reef.

Art

Today we did our art with Room 14. First we had to use one colour to paint our
head and neck. Next we picked another colour and painted the shoulders. Last we painted the background with a completely different colour. Next week we are going to use different materials to do the eyes, mouth, nose and hair. We can't wait. Thanks room 14 for helping us.

Fire Brigade

This week it has all been happening at Carlton School. Monday night it rained so hard that room's 5, 6 and 7 were flooded. Today we arrived school to find more broken windows. Just after 10am Wanganui had an earthquake. At morning tea time a fire engine turned up.

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School Country

Yesterday we had our school cross country. We all walked down to the Gonville domain. Room 12 has some fantastic runners. Even though we got tied we all kept on 'persiting' to finish. In the 5 year old girls race Javae came second and Arnakah came 4th. In the 5 year old boys race Jarome came 4th. Well done.

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The Big Question

Each week we are going to have a question for you to answer. You can post your answer on the wall or on the sheet in the classroom.

Piata in Adelaide

Piata has arrived in Adelaide. Here are some pictures of Piata at a lookout called 'windy point'. He got to see all of Adelaide from here.

New Student

Today we welcomed Ciara to room 12 'The Learning Hive.'

Ordering Numbers to 10

Our circles maths group is learning to order numbers to 10.

Art

On Tuesday we finished our continuous line drawings with room 14. We think they look really good.

New Class Member

Today we had a new member arrive in room 12. We were very excited about meeting our new class member Koko. Koko has come from room 19 Woodcroft Primary School in Adelaide, Australia. We are going to enjoy having Koko in room 12.

Skype

Today we skyped room 9. This is the first time that we have used skype in the class. We hope to use skype again to help us with our learning.

Mystery Reader

In room 12 today we had our first mystery reader. We were really surprised when Mr Petersen came in and sat down. He read us a funny story about .... Unfortunately we promised him that we would not tell anyone what the story was about. We enjoyed having Mr Petersen come and read to us.

We wonder who will be next weeks mystery reader?

Number 7

This week the number we are learning about is 7. Today we used tux paint to show different ways we can make 7.

Piata's Travel

Piata is off to a school in Adelaide, South Australia today. He is going to be in a year 1/2 class. We are looking forward to exchanging emails with our buddy class in Australia to see what Piata is doing and learning about Australia. We are going to be getting a Kola named Koko. We are looking forward to meeting Koko and teaching him about New Zealand.

Rhymes

Rhymes can help us identify and use new words, phrases and language patterns.
Here are some Rhymes that we can listen to.

Alphabet sounds

This week we are going to watch this clip to help us learn our letter sounds.

Road Saftey

For the past 3 week we have been learning about road safety. We have been learning how to cross the road safely with the help from Constable Val and Constable Tanya and our school road patrol. We know when we cross the road it is safer to walk across the zebra crossing. We know if there is not one we have to look in all directions to make sure there is no traffic coming. Then we cross quickly. We also learnt that when walking down the street we need to watch out for cars backing out of drive ways, so we need to listen and look.

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Visit From Room 14

We have been doing continuous line drawings of faces. We have practiced and practiced. We then chose our best one to colour. Room 14 came in to help us do this. Mrs Robertson Buddied us up with someone and they helped us to colour our pictures. They are looking really good. We had fun working with Room 14 and are looking forward to them coming and helping us finish our pictures.