Vote for Samarah and Kristy!!!!

Samarah and Kristy in Room 3 have won a film competition based around sustainability.  They are one of 20 winning films and are going to a prize ceremony on December 8th. There is also a special prize for audience favourite.

So..... I would really appreciate if you could follow the link below and vote for "The Juice Box Bandit"

http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/vote/

Thanks a lot

Mr Bainbridge, Samarah and Kristy

Let's get voting for Samarah and Kristy!!!!

Congrats girls!! Good luck!!!!

Group Inquiries - Solar System

Define the Solar System

Describe the Solar System




Explain Why it is called the Solar System?

Create your own solar system
Predict what would happen to our solar system if there was no sun?
Generalise the importance of the Sun

Group Inquiries - Atmosphere

Define: What is the Atmosphere?

Describe: The 5 layers of the atmosphere.



Compare and Contrast: 2 different layers.

Group Inquires - Biosphere

Biosphere:

Define: What is the Biosphere?
Classify: Living/ Non- living

Group Inquires - Hydrosphere

Hydrosphere:

Define: What is a hydrosphere.
Sequence: The Water Cycle, make sure you use the words Condensation, Evaporation and precipitation.

Biosphere:

Citizen Seung

Halsey Drive citizen Seung was spotted being awesome!!!

Poupou

We have been working collaboratively to create Poupou using warm or cool colours.

KiwiSport Tennis

Here are some pictures of us learning how to use a tennis racket correctly to strike a ball.

Cause and Effects of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and volcanoes are both Geological events. 

Choose to investigate the cause and effects of either earthquakes or Volcanoes.


Write down what causes them and then their effects.






Choose the app you would like to present your work on.

What causes Volcano?

What causes a Volcano?

What causes Earthquakes?

This morning New Zealand experienced a huge earthquake.  Our thoughts are with the people in the South Island and Wellington.

What causes earthquakes?




How to keep safe in an Earthquake!

DURING AN EARTHQUAKE

• If you are inside a building, move no more than a few steps, drop, cover and hold. Stay indoors till the shaking stops and you are sure it is safe to exit. In most buildings in New Zealand you are safer if you stay where you are until the shaking stops.
• If you are in an elevator, drop, cover and hold. When the shaking stops, try and get out at the nearest floor if you can safely do so.
• If you are outdoors when the shaking starts, move no more than a few steps away from buildings, trees, streetlights, and power lines, then Drop, Cover and Hold.
• If you are at the beach or near the coast, drop, cover and hold then move to higher ground immediately in case a tsunami follows the quake.
• If you are driving, pull over to a clear location, stop and stay there with your seatbelt fastened until the shaking stops. Once the shaking stops, proceed with caution and avoid bridges or ramps that might have been damaged.
• If you are in a mountainous area or near unstable slopes or cliffs, be alert for falling debris or landslides.

Here is Room 8 practising how to be safe in an earthquake:

Drop, Cover and Hold

Narrative Writing

Check out his Christmas advertisement.  See if you can write a narrative based on the ad.

Earth's Layers

Watch this clip to learn about the different layers of the Earth.

W.A.L.T: Sequence the Rock Cycle

Choose a partner to work with and then decide on an app to show how rocks are made in a Rock Cycle.

Design a rock cycle showing how the 3 types of rocks are made and then label your diagram using these labels in the correct places. You can also make your own labels if you decide to.



Magma ( hot melted rock), deep under ground cools down and crystallises making igneous rock.


Igneous rock erodes by wind, water or other forces into sediment ( small particles of rock). These small particles are deposited in layers which eventually become sedimentary rock. 


Some sedimentary rock is pushed deep under ground, where they are exposed to heat and pressure transforming them into metamorphic rock. 


Check on the blog for examples of the Rock Cycle.

Athletics Day 2016

W.A.L.T: Plan a Pirate Narrative

How to talk like a Pirate

W.A.L.T: Write a Narrative

Plan a Pirate narrative outlining:

• Character/s
• Setting
• Problem
• Solution

To help with the writing of your narrative here are some words and phrases you can use in your Pirate Narrative:

 Ahoy! - Hello 
Aye! - Yes 
Booty - Treasure 
Colors - Flag 
Matey - Shipmate or friend 
Hearties - Friends 
Lass - Woman or girl 
Avast! - Stop 
Blimey! - Something to say when frustrated 
Savvy? - Do you understand? 
Shiver me timbers! - Something to say when you are surprised 
Yo-ho-ho - Something to say when happy 
Ye - Use this instead of "you" 
Aft - The back of the ship 
Bilge - Bottom of the ship 
Fore - Front of the ship 
Port - Left side of the ship 
Starboard - Right side of the ship 
Buccaneer - Another name for pirate 
Lad - Young man 
Scallywag - Someone you don't trust 
Shanty - Song 
Cutlass - Pirate's sword 
Doubloons - Gold coins or money 
Jolly Roger - The flag of a pirate ship 
Hornswaggle - Cheat someone 
Marooned - To get stuck on a desert island 
Walk the plank - To be forced to walk off a plank of the ship into the ocean 
Weigh Anchor - Get the ship ready to sail

Haka

At the museum they taught us how to learn the parts of the Whare nui by learning a Haka.

The Rock Cycle

Here is the Rock Cycle showing how sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks are made.

Happy Diwali

Museum Trip

Geosphere - Rocks

Rocks are part of the Geosphere.

See if you can Identify the 3 different types of rocks, how they are formed and some examples of each type of rock.

Use these clips  to help you.

W.A.L.T: Describe a setting

Today we used this 360deg video as inspiration for our writing.

Systems - Many Parts Make A Whole

Our Science Inquiry topic is all about the parts that make up our planet; the geosphere, atmostphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.

This clip introduces us to the geosphere and biosphere.




This clip introduces us to the atmosphere and hydrosphere

Congratulations to Moon Hee

Moon Hee has been working in a special art group with Mrs Strang. Her piece art work won her age group in the Orchid and Flower Show Art Competition. Congratulations Moon Hee! What a beautiful piece of art!!

Term 4 - Hats

Spring is here and summer is coming! Please remember to have your hats at school everyday!

Class Economy- Mufti Day

Well done to all the Year 4 classes who have worked hard to earn money during the last 4 weeks of classroom economy. Children will be able to spend the 'money' they have earned this week. For $100 children can wear mufti to school on Wednesday.

Children going on the Wastewise trip need to wear their uniforms for the trip but can get changed into mufti when we return to school. 

Year 4 Teachers

Roald Dahl 100

Today Room 8 are Marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl – the world’s number one storyteller. ... 2016 marks100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl - the world’s number one storyteller. ...  

We wrote our own dreams for the BFG's dream shelf.

Here is the link for the official Roald Dahl Website. Its got some great games and information on there for you to check out.

Roald Dahl - Official Website

W.A.L.T: Identify and explain goods and services

Today we learnt what are goods and services. We watched this clip which explains what goods and services are.


We had to identify and explain what is a good or service and why. The explaining gets us to relational.

Our next step is to create our own service that we could provide.

Money Matters - Budgeting Game

Here is a fun budgeting game you can play.

Party Time

Daffodil Day

Orange Day

Check out the Auckland Zoo website which has an article about Halsey Drive's Orange Day.

Orange-Day-for-Orangutans

Snag Golf

Here is how we spend 40 minutes every Thursday, learning golf skills.  I wonder if we have the next Lydia Ko?

 
 
 

School Cross Country

HDS News - Breaking News - Halsey Drive School have an Olympics Day

Year 4 Olympics Day Medal winners

The Story of Money

We have been looking at the story of money. We sequenced how money has changed over time.

Time Game

Here is a great website to practise your time telling!!

Woodlands - Telling the time Games

Orange Day - Mufti Day Friday 19 August

Olympics Day

Halsey Drive Olympics

Report Writing

This week our writing focus is Report Writing. Have a look at this website to help you with your report writing.

BBC Report Writing

The Story of New Zealand's money

New Zealand has new monitory notes. This website tells you about the different features and meanings of the different images on our notes.  It's interesting to find out about something we use everyday.
Brighter Money

Cross Country Practise Reminder

Please remember to bring a change of clothes for Cross Country practise next week. 

Term Three Information

Term 3 2016 Year 4 Letter to Parents and Caregivers of Rooms 5, 6, 7 & 8 Students
Dear Parents/ Caregivers, Another busy term is coming up so we want to let you know a few events coming up that will affect your Year 4 child. Dates to keep in mind: Thursday 4 August-Olympic Day (Save day Thursday 11 August) Tuesday 23 August-School Cross Country	Maths Weeks 1-5 Measurement (length, mass, capacity, money, telling the time) Weeks 6-9 -Numeracy (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) All students have studyladder accounts which can support Maths learning at home. Please support your children in learning their basic facts, especially multiplication and division (start with 2x, 5x and 10x) as well as practise telling the time (analogue and digital). Suitable websites can be found on classroom blogs. Inquiry During Term 3 our unit ‘Money Matters’ will be focusing on Financial Capability. This includes developing an understanding of the value of money and spending, saving and sharing.
Literacy Focus for  writing this term: report writing and explanation writing, Reading Students will cover a range of fiction and non-fiction texts and will learn a range of reading strategies. A reminder that children should be getting one fiction and one non fiction book from the school library every week.	Homework Please ensure homework books are returned to school on Friday for buddy testing. Spelling needs to be ticked and signed and reading logs at the back of homework books need to be filled in. All homework books must be back on Monday so children can record new spelling words for the week.
Physical Education 1 Snag Golf (Starting from week 2 or 3 for 4 weeks) - Kiwisport tutor 2 Daily cross country practise (weeks 1-4) 3 Fitness -Monday to Thursday mornings from Week 5 4 Year 4 Syndicate Sport Tuesday afternoons Please wear sneakers for PE- no slip on shoes. Children will need to bring a change of clothes in a plastic bag every day during week 3 and 4 as they will be practising the cross country course on the field.	ICT Please take some time to look at our class blogs and to make a comment: room5hds2016.blogspot.co.nz room6hds2016.blogspot.co.nz room7hds2016.blogspot.co.nz Room8hds2016.blogspot.co.nz Remember to also look at children’s individual class blogs and to make comments.
Reminders: -No toys or jewellery (only stud earrings) at school please. -Students to wear correct uniform-no coloured headbands, socks or hooped earrings (See school policy). -A reminder that all notices are available on the school website and the school app. -School starts at 8.55am. Please ensure you leave home early enough to be at school by 8.50 as the bell goes at 8.55am. We have electronic rolls to do at bell time. -If you have any special concerns, please make an appointment to discuss these, as teachers are often involved with before or after-school meetings and are not always available for informal unscheduled meetings.

W.A.LT: Tell the time using an analogue clock

Here is a great Youtube clip to help you with telling the time.

Explanation Writing

Here is a helpful website for how to write an Explanation. It's a fun way to practise your explanation writing.

W.A.L.T: Express and acknowledge others in Maori

W.A.L.T:Express and acknowledge others in Maori

Vocabulary

awhi: to embrace, hug

manaaki: to care

aroha mai: receive love/ a way of saying sorry

ka pai to mahi: your work is good

ka nui te mahi: too much work

tautoko: support