Term 1 Holidays...

Comment and share how your holidays are going. Remember to include lots of interesting details and personal comments and of course you must use the language of success (correct punctuation and spelling).

Happy Easter, Happy Holidays :)

Phew! Time for a well-deserved two week break. I hope you all enjoy the holidays with your family and do lots of resting, relaxing, reading and writing! Please comment and share what you are up to during the holidays. Make sure you enjoy some chocolate, but not too much or you'll get a tummy ache! It was great to have my Easter Bunny cousin visit Room 10 today. Thanks for the treats - we absolutely loved them!

Decorated & Accessorised!

Check out these grass buddies - they look fabulous! Some have had haircuts while others have had their  grass hair styled. Have a look at our window on your way up the driveway as they look really cute looking out at everyone!

The buddies get together

Lined up looking out the window

Decorating Grass Buddies!

Remember to bring along your bits and bobs so that you can dress and accessorise your grass buddy tomorrow. Check that Mum and Dad say it's OK before you raid the sewing box or the garage. You don't need fancy things - just some imagination and a willingness to be creative. I can't wait to see what you all come up with! We are also going to work with Six Team so make sure you have had a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast. Those kids are very energetic! See you in the morning :)

Awesome Questions from Six Team!

Great questions :)

Great heads of hair are growing!

We were really excited when we read the questions clever Room 6 students asked us about our grass buddies. Thanks so much for your challenging 'fat' questions Six Team!
So… we got organised into small groups and set about replying as part of our writing. We talked about what a quality reply or comment should look like and set some success criteria to guide us as we constructed our replies. We're pretty proud of the work we did today and now when it comes to blog commenting we are moving up the Piki Haere ladder and moving 'right up there.'
Ka pai Six Team, we hope you enjoy reading the answers!

Lily asked…

How did you put your grass in?

Kia ora! 

Our names are Destiny-Paige and Jahrel. Thank you for your interesting question Lily.We used a tablespoon to measure the grass seeds and put them in the middle of the cloth. Then we had to spread the grass seeds out. Would you like us to help you make your own grass buddy? Keep visiting our class blog!

Did you make them with a buddy?

Hi!

our names are Ezrah, Sharnika and Nina.Thank you Lily for commenting on our blog about grass buddies.Yes we did have a buddy. We had an EIT teacher. We either had Miss Spurrier, Miss Sinton, Mr Forman, Mrs Smith or Miss McIntyre to help us. Would you like to make a grass buddy one day?

Did you put your name on them? 

Hi Lily :)

Our names are Bianca, Tyler and Nicholas. Thank you for commenting on our blog. Yes! We did put our names on the plastic cup otherwise we wouldn't know which grass buddy was which! Would you like to make your own one?

Shilah wondered...

How did you do it?

Hello Shilah

This answer is from Jordan, Cairo and Divaan. 
Do you want to learn how to make a grass buddy?

You'll need grass seeds, fabric,1 tbsp of grass seeds, one and a half cups of potting mix and a plastic cup. First you spread the fabric out and then you put the grass seeds in the middle of the fabric and spread it around. Tip the potting mix on top of the grass seeds. Pull the fabric together to make a ball. Would you like us to help you make a grass buddy of your own? Thank you for commenting on our blog.

Isla's question was...

What is the circle stuff made of?

Kai ora Isla :)

Our names are Evangelina, Aradia and Bona and we were very excited to get your comment. We used a stretchy cloth with tiny holes in it to hold the grass seed and potting mix so our grass buddies can grow grass hair. thanks for your comment Isla. Would you like to make your own grass buddy with a funky hair do?   

Kimberly-Ann asked...

How does the green grass grow with those tiny holes?

Hi Kimberly-Ann 

Our names are Jack, Reicoe and Cole. Thank you for commenting on our blog.

The grass is so small that it can fit through the tiny holes and pop out when it

is ready to grow. We had to dip our grass buddies into water for 10 seconds so they would have moisture to help them grow. Do you want to make a grass buddy too? It will be fun!

Talan wanted to know...

What is the stuff that they grow in?

Hello Talan 

That is a good question! Well, the grass seeds are growing in potting mix. You could also grow them in soil. That means dirt. Thank you for commenting on our blog. Did you know that our grass buddies have grown a lot of hair? Do you want to make one of your own? 

From Paige, Shekinah & Wyatt

Sam's question was...

Why did you want to have them in your classroom?

Hi Sam :) 
Our names are Grace, Julie and Rama. Thank you for the comment. It was amazing. We put them in the classroom because if we put them outside someone could steal them. Our topic is all about 'growing' and so we thought this would be a fun thing to do. 

'Grass' is the word...

Wow! While we were enjoying the weekend our grass buddies were sitting on the windowsill in Room 10, enjoying the sun and GROWING! We were pretty excited to get to school on Monday and see some lovely green grass shoots had appeared. To keep the grass moist, we spray it with water. I wonder what hair styles we'll be able to create soon? What can you see if you look really closely at your grass buddy?

Lovely green hair!

We are fabulous!

We enjoyed a class treat on Friday because we did such a super job with interviews this week. Mrs Perry was so proud of the way we booked interviews, introduced our parents to her and shared our learning AND our next learning steps. She thinks we are the best class ever. WOW! How cool is that?
We loved our hokey pokey ice creams in a cone. Thanks for being such a clever photographer Nina!

Photographed by Nina

Growing a Grass Buddy!

The picture was… GRASS SEED!
Thanks to some help from our super EIT teachers, this afternoon we made a grass buddy.
At first we were a bit worried that when the grass began to grow it would not be able to poke through the cloth holding the seed and potting mix, but then we spotted little holes in the cloth. We'll watch carefully and observe the growing process in action.
We will have to take care of our buddies so they grow a great head of grass hair.
I wonder how long it will take before the seeds start to grow?
And why did Mrs Perry put the seed into water?
What do you think?

Time to start growing! 

Thanks Mrs Smith :)

Tino pai Miss McIntyre :)

Measuring and spreading the grass seeds

Cheers Miss Sinton :)

You rock Mr Forman! 

Kia ora Miss Spurrier :)

Mystery Picture...

What is this? What are Room 10 up to today?? Watch this space to find out!