The Bumpy Tractor Ride By Mathias

Maths at the Whiteboard Table...

We were pretty excited when Mr Pearse and some handy helpers carried a new whiteboard table into our classroom this morning. We are allowed to have a go at using it to see what we think.

It's a standing table and we just managed to find a little spot to squeeze it into. Check out how we used it today. While we were doing our Maths, Mrs Perry put a word problem on the table and those who finished early worked on solving the problem. Some got it right and some were very close. The great thing is sharing our problem solving strategies and learning from each other.  Loving the table so far!

SafeSparks Article

Hi I'm Bianca and I'm Mathias.

We are here to tell you about the SafeSparks programme.

On Wednesday last week a man called Bob came from Unison to talk to us about how to be safe around electricity.  After we had finished with Bob we went to Room 3 to have a chat with Anna and she talked to us about how to be safe around power boxes, power poles, substations and transformers. We learnt by watching a video. She also asked some questions that Bob had told us the answers to, so we had to think back and give HER the answers.

We learned...

* ... if you have rubber boots on, electricity can't conduct and go through the boots and give you a shock or anything. By Ana

* ... if a tree is touching a power line you're not aloud to climb the tree. By Paige

*... if there is a power pole on a car after an accident and there are people inside the car, don't touch it because the wires might be live. By Jack

*... when a bird goes on a power line it cannot get electrocuted but if it goes on a transformer it gets a shock. By Wyatt

* ... that electricity can go around the world 7 times in 1 second. By Grace

* ... never throw or kick balls at power boxes. By Tyler

*... never throw your shoes on power lines because when it's windy, the line will tear. By Rama

*... look up and check before climbing a tree because if there is a power pole close to a tree you might get electrocuted. By Jordan

*... if you get an electric shock and you are holding something you cannot let go. By Ezrah

* ... never fly a kite by a power line. Fly them at the park or on a field because there are no power lines there. By Bostyn and Leo

* ... never sit on power boxes. By Sharnika

*... you're not allowed to touch power boxes because you might get an electric shock. By Julie

*... do not throw stuff at power boxes because they might go BOOM! By Destiny

*... if something electrical happens call 0800 2 unison. By Bianca

*... if there is a bird on a power line, then it touches a transformer, it will get electrocuted. By Presley

*... birds can go on power lines and not get electrocuted. By Evangelina

*... you should look up if you want to climb a tree so you do not get electrocuted. By Aradia.

* ... linemen wear a lot of protective gear when they are working with electricity. It's so important to be safe around electricity! By Mrs Perry

Great learning Room 10!

Bob from Unison talked to us

Mmmm - Who is this mysterious person?

Great rubber safety boots!

Thanks Anna!

Oh Brother, I Won't Do This Again! By Mathias

Today is school photo day. I must look my best. The minute I wake up, things start going wrong...

"Wake up" said Dad. I climb out of bed. On the very top rung of my ladder, I slip and... CRASH!!! I had crashed through the floor! "Where am I?" I said to myself. I had concussion!
Oh brother, I won't do this again!

The concussion eventually wore off. Breakfast time. I got out some Weet-Bix. I reached for the milk but I picked up the water and instead of grabbing the sugar I grabbed the xylitol. I poured the water over the Weet-Bix and sprinkled the xylitol over it. Time to eat. I ate a piece of Weet-Bix. "PFFFFFT, YUCK!!!" I screamed. "MUM!" "What?" she asked. "Where's the milk and sugar?" "We've run out she replied. "You'll have to go with water and Xylitol." I ate the rest of my Weet-Bix.
Oh brother, I won't do this again!

When I finished my breakfast, I bumped my nose on the bottom of the bowl. The pain was terrible. "YOOOOW!!" I screamed. "MUM!!" "What now?" she asked. "I've got a bleeding nose! I can't be like this for the school photos!" She comes in. "Goodness me!" she says. "It's bleeding hard out! How did you do it?" "I bumped it on the bottom of my bowl!" I screamed. "Get a damp flannel and put it under your nose" she said.
Oh brother, I won't do this again!

My nose stopped bleeding later. I go into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I picked up a toothpaste tube tube but it was melted ice cream! As I put the tooth brush in my mouth, the ice cream fell off. "PFFFFFT, YUCK!!!" I screamed. There was none of my toothpaste left so I had to use my brother's toothpaste.
Oh brother, I won't do this again!

I'm at school before my photo. I'm at the top. I start to sniffle, then I become unconscious. I faint one second before the photo is taken. Half a second after the photo is taken, everybody hears  a loud CRASH! and everybody sees me, fainted behind the photo thing.
Oh brother, I won't do this again!

When I wake up again, I realise I am in hospital. The doctor comes in and says "You're good to go." Five minutes later I'm back in my own house. Everything was back to normal!
What a relief!

Mathias

Ahoy there me hearties! Arrhh!

September 19th was International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Room 10 had some pirate fun and there were a few rogue characters loose in the classroom as well. Read about some of the highlights...

On Friday I was One-eyed Eddie the Talkative. We had a teacher called Captain Mean Matthews. We played Pirates and the Gold, which is like Dog and the Bone but with pirates and gold. Instead of having Jelly Bean Moments, we had Skull and Crossbone Moments. By Mathias

On Friday I was Scrawny Gertrude the Dangerous. I really enjoyed making the pirate hats and the pirate treasure maps. By Nina

I was Sneaky Thomas the Dangerous on pirate day. We did an activity called Pirate and the Gold. By Rama

I was Marooned Tabitha the Smelly. We did a work sheet and we had to write it using four pirate names. We had to say what jobs they did that they were useless at. I wrote...

There's Pirate Koo-koo, who steers the ship's wheel with his leg and Pirate Lucy who digs for Juicies. 

By Sharnika

Arrhh! my hearties!  My pirate name was Pirate Death Danger. We made a pirate hat. Mine was the best! By Reicoe

Just as well Scrawny Tabitha added her commas, she won't be walking the plank this time!

I be off to find the treasure!

My Favourite Number By Mathias

One is my favourite number. It is like a vacuum cleaner. It is shaped like a tree with a twig hanging off it. It makes me feel worried that I will be sucked up into it. It makes me think of a mop mopping by itself.

Who could this dark character be?

It was fantastic to get our production item underway today. Our item is all about precision and timing as there is no song. There will definitely be a 'WOW' factor though!

Miniball Champions!

How cool to have a team of champion mini ball players at Mahora School. Well done to these 5 dedicated players - Neilah, Mathias, Cole, Innika and Manu. We are so proud of you! What was the key to your success? We would love to know...

Experimenting with Touchcast

Mathias and Tyler experimented with touchcast. TouchCast is an interactive video player app which we are just beginning to learn about. Like so many eLearning tools, the possibilities are endless! We will find out how to share one touch cast at a time.

Tyler's Story...
Yesterday we made headbands out of flax and Mel taught us how to make them and Mel is a master at weaving. It was a tough challenge but we could do it. First we got the flax then she taught us how to do it step by step. I got stuck a few times but I got the hang of it. Me and Julie worked together to make her one then Miss Pierson helped me make my own headband. The flax leaves were sword-like and it made a beautiful pattern. I said "I did it!" over and over again. It was super exciting. I had a top attitude and great maths skills and patience. I loved yesterday. Then we all wore our headbands for a photo. After that we had to make a pattern then we got to colour it in. I hope you liked my story about weaving. Thank you.

Huge High 5!

Tyler and Mathias got a huge high 5 from the big guy, Mr Pearse today for their wonderful writing. We will publish it tomorrow, so you can see how fabulous it is.
Well done, we were really proud to give you the golden buzzer to go straight to the grand final!

Sharing our eLearning

Having a super time sharing in Room 11. Thanks so much to Nina, Aradia, Ezrah, Mathias and Jack for coming out on such a wet night to be part of our special information sharing evening. It was awesome to have a great turn out of parents to share our eLearning journey with. Thanks everyone!

Bike Track Ceremony by Mathias

Today at 10.00am we went out onto the field for our bike track opening ceremony. There was a long yellow ribbon between two bikes. Amy, the NZ under 15 BMX champ was there. She did a couple of laps around the pump track. Next Jayden cut the ribbon with Craig Foss because it was his birthday. Ma Hora led 35 kids around the distance track. Then some sponsors rode some bikes around the pump and skills track. Before we went to morning tea there were helmets that spelled WOW on the cricket pitch. We had a photo under the helmets. To finish off the day everyone made a bicycle wheel. Today has been fantastic!

Ma Hora

Awesome Bicycle Art

Today we worked on creating several bicycled themed art projects. The details in these pieces created by Cairo & Ezrah, Sharnika & Nina, Reicoe & Divaan and  Mathias & Aradia is absolutely amazing. Tomorrow these and other art pieces will be presented to our sponsors to thank them for donating funds for our track, bikes and helmets. We watched a you tube clip and followed the directions for drawing the bikes. Adding the shapes and colouring them took quite a long time! Other students worked on creating 'pop art' styled crayon and dye pictures. Well done everyone, these results are stunning!

Cairo & Ezrah

Sharnika & Nina

Reicoe & Divaan

Mathias & Aradia

Nicholas & Bona

Room 10 Artists at Work

Sharing Learning with Popplet

We are learning to…
Work with a buddy and use an iPad app called Popplet to share what we learned at RJ Flowers this week. Popplet is a great app for brainstorming and sharing ideas. These are fabulous Popplets Room 10. I know you worked really hard on editing and completing them today! Tino pai :)

Ana & Aradia

Ezrah & Jordan

Mathias & Paige

Grace & Sharnika

Nina & Evangelina

Cairo & Tyler

Our T-Ball Game By Mathias

Yesterday our t-ball game was great. Parkvale won with 28 runs. Team Smith got 25 runs. It was so close! We showed friendliness by saying 'good game' after the game. It was our best game so far so Ms Smith was really proud of us.

Ms Smith & Ms T's awesome T-Ball team.
Mathias is sitting in the centre,  front row with a great big smile!