Wild Boys Rap

After our zoo trip Calais, Siale, Kenneth and Kaitati wanted to write a rap about the animals we saw. They worked hard all week to write, learn and perform the rap.  Take a look at the finished product.

Zoo Trip, by Alone

Alone worked hard last week to write a story about our trip to the zoo.  She has been learning to write stories with more then one idea and she has done a great job on this!  Keep up the good work Alone.

Animals, Animals, Animals!

After our Zoo trip in Week One we came back to school keen to write.  Losana has decided to write an informative piece about animals.  She used what she learnt at the zoo as well as books and google to find the information she needed.  She has published her work as a slideshow.  Take a look at the finished product.

Zoo Words

After our zoo trip we got into groups and wrote down all the words that came into our head when we thought about the zoo. We used tagxedo to put them into an animal shape. Here are the results.

Poetry Performers

We have been experimenting with performing poetry over the last two weeks.  This week the children could choose to practice and perform a poem called 'The Panther's Heart'  

The Panther's Heart

Although he still pads about behind

The bars of his solitary cage,

Although he looks up nightly

At the moonstruck mountains

And the falling snow,

The panther’s heart

Stopped long ago.

Losana and Leilani decided to perform it as a song.  Here is a video of their performance.

Last week we had our own version of Room 10's got talent.  The children worked in groups or individually to practice and perform our poem - The Invitation by Shel Silverstein.  Everyone then voted for their favourite and Timeus was the winner.  Take a look at the video below to see his performance.

We're Going to the Zoo

Last Thursday we were lucky enough to go to the zoo with Room 9.  We saw lots of different animals and some of us even fed the giraffe!  We are all busy writing about it at the moment so hopefully we'll have some more zoo postings soon.  For now you can check out our video to see what we got up to.

The Return of Wally

We got a big surprise when we came to school on Thursday last week - Wally was had come back to Room 10.  We found him in the library corner reading a book and eating chocolate!  We were very excited, especially because he came back right on time for our trip to the zoo. He said he had lots of fun at Green Bay Primary, but he is happy to be back in Room 10.  I wonder what his next adventure will be.