Personal Investigations

We have listened to some wonderful Personal Investigations this week. Topics have ranged from blackbirds, soccer, NRL, M & M's, and toothpaste. Take a look at this short video of Kayla making electricity with her washing machine generator.

Reindeer making with LC16

LC11 had a fabulous time making reindeer with our LC16 buddies. We helped them trace around their foot and their hands, and they did the colouring in. It was a lot of fun.

We can tell the time

We made our own clocks to help us learn to tell the time. We're nearly experts.

All Black Day - Term 3

Brain Making

Today we made brains out of potato flakes and salt. They look so real.

Reading

We read a book called "Sam's Glasses". It was about a girl who can't see the ball very well cause she was far away. She needs new glasses but she didn't want to get them. I made some glasses.

By Renee

Skeleton Making

Mrs Kenyon gave us a test on our bodies. We had to name as many bones in our body as we could. We did really badly on the test so we've been learning more about our skeletons. We even had a go at making a skeleton. Take a look at how well we did.

Karna Neupane

We were fortunate enough to have Karna Neupane come and speak to us today about his life in his home country - Bhutan. Mr Neupane moved to NZ with his wife, parents and daughter in 2008.

A big thank you to Mrs McIvor for organising the visit for us.

We won a BBQ!

LC11 entered a colouring competition run by Fonterra to be in to win a years supply of ice cream or a BBQ. Unfortunetely, we didn't win the ice cream but we did win the BBQ. LC11 had the most entries out of the entire Manawatu area. You may have seen the BBQ at Touch Rugby on Monday night. We have decided to donate the BBQ to the PTA.

Mrs Squires - The Digestive System

A big thank you to Jo Squires (Ashleigh's Mum) for coming and teaching us about the Digestive System today. Jo is a nurse at the hospital and had a vast knowledge of this topic, among others. We all learnt so much. THANK YOU!!!!

Science in schools - Agar plate results

Agar plate results

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Term 4 Personal Investigations

Don't forget that your Personal Investigations are due in week 6 - Monday 28th November. You need to write an inquiry question and then answer/investigate it.

You can record your details in a format of your choice - book, movie, powerpoint, speech, poster, board etc.

I look forward to hearing them.

Mrs Kenyon

Science with Plant & Food Research

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68331862@N04/

A big thank you to Dr Kerry Bentley-Hewitt and Paul Blatchford (PHD student) from Plant & Food Research for sharing some of their knowledge with us today.

We were lucky enough to be able to complete a variety of research with them. We looked at rats guts under the microscope, made models of germs - E-colo, Trichophyton, etc, washed our hands and then looked at the bugs that were left behind under the UV light, spat into a dish to see what bugs could be grown and tasted sweet, sour, and bitter items.

Click on the link above to see the photos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ9DxVGdt6k&noredirect=1

Click on the link.

Click on the 'like' button.

Email from Jenny 28th Sept

Dear Mrs Kenyon,

We have been to Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle. Tintern Abbey had lots and lots of bits and we kept going around the same one three times or so. We went to both of them with Aunty Carol, Dad’s sister. Before that we met Uncle John and went to a pub that was called the Bear and me and Bryony had fish and chips and really yummy afters. Then we went a walk along the Brecon and Monmouth Canal. The water was brown with bits of leaf floating around. We also saw narrow boats (barges) gliding along the water with little motors going chug-a-chug-a-chug-a. We’re staying in Staunton (known for its special “stauns” (stones)) in a house with stone walls about 40cms thick!

From Jenny.

Digi Award Entries - "In a perfect world"

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Email from Jenny in the UK

Hello,

We’ve been having a great time for fun and game’s ( and giving presents)! By the way how are you all? I’m great. AND… what have you been doing? I’ve been going on long walks, meeting my family again and also sometimes getting a little bored. On the flights to Birmingham we stayed in two hotels one in Auckland and one in Beijing (which is in China). Auckland’s was not as posh as the one in Beijing (that one had a chocolate fountain)!

From Jenny =)

P.S we stayed in the hotels because our plane was hit by lightning strikes! (before we got on it thankfully!)

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Email from Eric

Dear Mrs Kenyon,

I am in Germany now. I am going to local school from Monday to Friday every week. Most teachers can speak English to me. The weather was very warm. Every day I was there was 27c to 36c. Before I came to Germany, I stayed in China for 1 month exact.

Very soon I will send some new photos. I attached some photos to show the class.

Cheers,

Eric

Te Apiti ICT Survey

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Maths of the Day

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Can you move all the frogs to the other end of the pond in only a few moves....

Logan in the snow

Looks like Logan's family had a fabulous time in the snow yesterday. This is the first time in 100 years it has snowed in the Square.

News from Eric

Dear Mrs Kenyon,
How are you? The weather in China is very hot. Nearly every day is over 30c. Some days are over 35c.
There are more photos coming.

I have been to some interesting places I would like to share some photos with our class.

By Eric

PE Session with our Buddy Class

We had another fantastic PE session with our Buddy Class today. LC11 picked all the games, set them up, and had a go at running the sessions for the children. It was challenging. Some children commented on how hard it was to get the younger children to listen to them and to follow their instructions.

Boat Racing

Today we raced the boats we made last term. The pool water was pretty 'yucky' but we managed.

Kayla had the fastest rubberband boat and Christian has the best sinker - we renamed his boat "Submarine".

Well done to you all for following the directions for boat making, re-writing them in your own words for your peers to follow and making such fantastic boats. Maybe you can make one at home.

Weight & Capacity

We have learning all about weight and capacity in LC11. Did you know there are 250mls in a cup and 4 cups in a litre?

Perhaps we could do some cooking with you in the weekend to help reinforce what we have learnt.

In the holidays I........

In the holidays I went to Wanganui to see my Nan and Pop.

I went to Perth

I went to Wellington

I went to the Westpac Stadium

I went to the windmills

I went to my Poppas farm

I went to the snow.

In the holidays I went to see Cars 2

I went to Rotorua

I went on the gondola

I went to Lindale Farm

I went to Huntly

I went horse riding

I went to see kiwis

I went on Poptropica

In the holidays I went bowling and won by 107.

In the holidays I played in a rugby tournament

I made a hammock with flax

I got my ears pierced

I watched someone play the violin

I heard the sheep bleating

I saw African Cats

In the holidays I couldn't eat for 21 days

I played on my scooter

I played in the soft white snow

I got hit on the head by a coconut.

In the holidays I brought 75 sea monkeys off Mighty ape.

Welcome back to Term 3

Be ready for some fun:

Mythical creature art

Book publishing

Boat racing

Robot building

Weight & capacity

Logo designing/advertising

AND... plenty more!!!!

Technology Websites

http://www.rosiesworld.co.nz/

Rosie's world has some fabulous games to play. See how many turns it takes you to complete the memory game. Can you beat your friends score?

http://www.fonterra.com/wps/wcm/connect/fonterracom/fonterra.com/Our+Products/The+Story+Of+Milk/

(Click on "the story of milk")

Go Dairy Education

http://www.godairyeducation.co.nz/

Sir Peter Blake Leadership Day

The Senior Skyscrapers had a fabulous time with the Turbos and Jets last week. We also collected over 100 bags of rubbish. We are all great role models for our school and community. Go to the Riverdale School website to see all the photos of our fabulous day.

Party with LC14

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Click on this link to view the photos of the wonderful party we held for LC14. The party was a way for us to share the work we completed and have some fun with our LC14 friends.

Children had written stories and turned them into a puppet show, written books to share, put together a display of photos, selected the music we danced to and made 'home made' decorations.

Buddy Class Games

We had a fantastic time playing games with our Buddy Class LC16 last week. We played soccer, tennis, Duck, duck, goose and Seaweed.

Cross Country

Congratulations to everyone for participating in the school cross country this week.

We had some excellent results in LC11. Two mentions:

Matthew Goacher - winner 8 year old boys.

India Alexander-Balfour - representing Riverdale School at the Interschool Cross Country in the Year 5 girls.

I'm so proud of you all! Make sure you work this hard in all areas of your schooling and you will fly to success.

Matariki Day 2011

This week we had Matariki day. The activity I did was the ball game. We used 5 buckets and a lot of tennis and a barrow with 5 big balls. You have to try hit the barrow and its worth 1 point but if you get the balls in its worth 3 points. I also did the rakei to the song e papa in LC7. We had to do the poi to the song poi e in LC6. It was fun we also made kites and pawa. Matariki day was fun.

By Maia, LC11

Ecology with Dr. Potter

We were lucky enough to have Dr. Potter come and visit us last week. He taught us about "Seashore Animals:. He told us about crustaceans, annelids, king crabs, and plankton. It was lots of fun and we learnt a lot. Thanks Dr. Potter.

2D and 3D Shapes

We are learning to make and identify 2d and 3d shapes. We've drawn them, and made them with paper and sticks.

Geometry - Treasure Hunting

LC11 have been learning how to make maps to scale and how to read and use compasses. This week we made a treasure map using the knowledge we have learnt. Our Buddy Class came over and we all went treasure hunting. We had a lot of fun and learnt a lot about geometry in the process.

Buddy Class 2011

This year we are fortunate enough to have LC16 as our Buddy Class. When we went over today, India and Jenny read us a book and then we read and played games with our buddies. We can't wait for our next visit.

Welcome Cecilia

A big welcome to our new student Cecilia. Cecilia and her family have moved over to NZ from Spain for the year. We are very pleased to have her in our class.

This morning I saw....... By LC11

LC11 wrote this poem. Every person in the class, even Mrs Kenyon, contributed one line. Then we sorted our lines into categories.

This morning I saw Aiman

Cam

Mrs Kenyon

A birthday boy

Hayley watching TV

My brother snoring

My brother yawning

People walking to school.

This morning I saw fog.

This morning I saw pictures of the tsunami in Japan.

I saw really thick fog

This morning I saw leaves rattling on a tree.

Kids playing soccer

People going for a morning run

People playing soccer on the court

This morning I saw cars

A van

This morning I saw fog

This morning I saw a dead possum

My pet Corgie

My dog barking

My cats fighting

My cat playing with my next door neighbours dog.

This morning I saw the gleaming water in the shower

The shower running.

This morning I saw a big juicy plum.

This morning I saw fog.

Writing with adjectives

WALT: recognise adjectives in our reading and use them in our writing.
Have a look at the fabulous description Lauren wrote about Mrs Kenyon. Look at all the adjective she used.

Mrs Kenyon is a fun, energetic teacher. With big, sparkling blue eyes and a tall, slim body. She has shining chocolate brown hair with highlights of yellow. Her voice is confident and cheerful. She has a beautiful silver locket around her long neck. Her jet black shoes gleam when you look at them. Her teeth are pure white.

Christchurch Earthquake

Just a reminder that we are having a Black and Red day this Friday 4th March to raise funds for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. We have two families from Christchurch at Riverdale School while things down South settle down for them and their families.

Let's give generously.

Camp Courage 2011

Not long now until we leave for Camp Courage 2011 at Castlepoint. All Medical Consent Forms need to be back to Mrs Kenyon by tomorrow.

If you click on the link below you will be able to access our Camp Blog. You will find a map of where we are going, photos of the accommodation and a list of camp activities.

Link: http://riverdaleatcastlepoint.blogspot.com/2011/02/camp-program.html

Assembly

Presenting the first assembly of the year is not easy. However, the children in LC11 rose to the occasion and I was so proud of you all. Watch the video of our fantastic dance moves.

Question of the Day - 8th February

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?

Publish your answer!

Welcome to 2011!

A warm welcome to everyone to the LC11 2011 blog. There are plenty of activities on our blog that I know you will enjoy. Take a look around and let me know what you think. Maybe you know of a site that we should add to our blog. Mrs Kenyon