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Week 4 Term 3
Posted on 14 August 2017
Welcome to Miss Gibson. She will be with us for the rest of the term. I know you will all look after her.
I hope you are gathering information about your planet. We will be writing a report later in the week.
What do you know about the Sacraments?
How are you getting on at Genius Hour? What are you doing?
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In genius hour this week I am marking aliens my name is going to be called Raelene it has a floppy tail three eyes and a nose and bow.
there are seven sacraments
baptism
eucharist
confirmation
anointing of the sick
penance
holy orders
marriage
On genius hour we have been making plans. Like paper plans we did a competition that went the furterst we came second to last Greer and Olivia were in my team we did a good team.
These are seven sacrament
Baptism,
Eucharist,
Penance (Reconciliation or Confession),
Holy orders,
Marriage,
Confirmation,and
Anointing of the Sick.
I have been Baptism and I'm preparing for my first Reconciliation. Penance is an old word used for Reconciliation. Confession is also an old word used for Reconciliation. You Confess you sins, say what you have done wrong, to God through the Priest. The Priest gives you Penance, something to do to show you are sorry, and God forgives you. So your friendship with God is better, it's Reconciled.
Week 3 Term 3
Posted on 7 August 2017
Your question for this week:
What are the planets in our Solar System named?
What are they named after?
Think of a planet you are especially interested in. You will be doing a mini inquiry about the planet you choose.
Have a great week! ![]()
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The planets names are mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus
and Neptune.There are 8 planets in the
solar system.the closest planet to the sun is Mercury.
The planets names are mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The five planets closest to the sun are named after the Roman Gods. The rest were named after the Greek Gods and Goddesses.
Jupiter was the king of roman gods Saturn was the god of agricuture Uranus was named after creek king of gods Nepturn was a roman god of the sea and pluto was a roman god of the under world
Some people call earth terra which is earth in latin.
My favourite planet is venus because it is hot and fill of laver it is a shame that we cant live there because it would fell like a boiling hot spa pool.
The name Venus was also the name of the Goddess of love and beauty.The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
mercery is named after the god of merchants and travellers. Mars is named after the god of war. Saturn is named after the God of time. Uranus was named after the greek God of the sky. Neptune was named after the
God of the sea.
The Romans named the 5 planets closest to the sun after their most important gods. Astronomers decided to continue naming the planets after Roman Gods with one exception-Uranus. Uranus was named after the Greek God of the sky. According to myth he was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter.
Term 3 Week 2
Posted on 31 July 2017
I hope you all had a good first week.Some of you had really exciting holidays - lucky people!!
You have asked some interesting questions and wonderings about our planet and space.
Do you know who these famous people are and what they have to do with space?
Copernicus, Neil Armstrong, Galileo, Yuri Gagaran, Buzz Aldrin
Do you know all the planets names? Which is your favourite planet and why?
Have a great week - Ms Gibson will be visiting us on Thursday - so you can all meet her. I know you will welcome her to our Reignier family.
Have a great week.
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This is the order of the planets starting from the Sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. My favorite planet is Neptune. Neptune is the only planet with a moon that goes in the opposite direction than the planets rotation. The name of that moon is Triton.It is extremely windy on Neptune with the winds blowing at 2400 km/hr.It s also one of the 4 Gas Giants the other 3 are Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. Neptune spins faster than earth taking 16 hrs to do one whole spin.
There is only one planet I like out of all 8 planets. It is Jupiter and there are 53 moons or maybe it's Likely to be 69 moons. My favourite number is 5 and Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. Neil Armstrong was the first person who walked on the moon and Yuri Gagrin was the first person in space not on the moon.
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. my favourite planet is Saturn because of it's fabulous ring's around it. the planets are Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune
there are 200 billion stars in the solar system my favourite planet is saturn because of its rings the planets are Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the moon. The order of the planets is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
This is how I remember the order of the planets...........My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos!!!
My favourite Planet is Saturn because it has a cool ring around it!
TERM 3 Week 1
Posted on 24 July 2017
Hi everyone. Welcome back!! I hope you all had a great holiday and stayed warm and dry.![]()
This term we are talking and learning about our world and space. We are thinking about how day and night happens, the seasons, and we are going to investigate space. I would like you to think about some questions and wonderings you might share.
We are talking about fractions and decimals in Maths. See what you can find out about decimals!
A little later this term we will welcome a teacher into our class who is going to be getting to know you all and doing some teaching with you.
Have a great term everyone!!
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In the holidays my cousins came up there are five of them all girls and my other cousins mum my auntie Jan with the girls we went to ocean spa and we went out for dinner we went for a massive scooter ride we went to the Art Deco winter festival we saw cool as olden day cars and trucks we saw theseladies dressed up as oldin day people
In the holidays I went up Ruapehu and learn't how to toboggan it was freezing fun.by Hannah
In the holidays I went up Ruapehu and how to toboggan it was freezing fun.by Hannah
in the holidays i went to ohakune to see my oma and opa. I learnt how to ski and then a big storm came and it snowed and snowed and snowed. I got to build a huge snowman and a snow igloo
In my holidays I went to Rotorua with my Dad and family. I went on the Luge and a Jet boat, its was awesome. After Rotorua we went to Melbourne where we did lots of things, like the movies (Diary of Wimpy kid) which was great. I also went indoor climbing with my cousin Abbie.
Week 9
Posted on 26 June 2017
Hi everyone - this is the first Blog for a while - I have been so-o-o busy.
Year 4s - your Reports go out this week. Don't forget to take them home on Thursday.
We are going to begin our Inquiry about Space and Planets, the moon, shadows, the seasons, night and day. What do you know about any of these things?
Have you got any things at home that you can share with us?
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All the planets go around the sun. The moon goes around earth. Some of the planets are called Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Pluto.
There are seven planets around the earth and they are called Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and one of the smallest planets, Pluto. Earth is the other smallest planet and there's also the sun and moon which are not planets. There are nine planets altogether. There are 24 hours in a day and four seasons called Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
my second favourite plant is pluto
my favourite planet is earth because I live there.
Saturn is famous for its rings. That are made out of stone and ice. Pluto is the smallest planet. In Poland we went to the Copernicus Science Centre we watched a movie about stars and Planets. You would see more stars if there was no street lights and cars.
There are 4 seasons there is Summer , Autumn , Winter and Spring. There are 24 hours in a day.
Week 5
Posted on 30 May 2017
Remember to bring your PE gear each week. You have got gymnastics with Miss Brooker. I hope you are enjoying it. What can you do?
This is the last week of May - Our Virtue for June is Perseverance - have a think about what that would look like when it's happening in Room 6. Most of you have done really well with Acting With Kindness - How did you go personally?
Can you find out when Matariki is?
How is your country research and presentation going? I'd like some to show for Assembly on Friday!
Have a great week.
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My a2paper is going good. i am enjoying gym i am better at beam
my power point is finished. i am enjoying gym and when i get something wrong i try again and that is perseverance.
I think i did really good with Acting with Kindness. My presentation is going good. I have five things to do and then i have finished my book!
Perseverance means to never give up like if I can't do something I don't give up.Matariki is on the 25th of June.I am doing very good on my Japan project even finished it and now I'm showing it for assembly.
Perseverance means never giving up. Like I never give up doing homework.
Week 4
Posted on 22 May 2017
Hi everyone - I hope you all were able to be snug and cosy over the weekend.
We have Harold and Anne visiting from Life Education this week. Do you remember the last time they came? This time we are focussing on how it's OK to be different and that everyone is unique (WHAT DOES THAT WORD MEAN?) How to get on with others and friendships.
Also we are thinking about the country we have chosen to study. Keep collecting facts and be deciding about how you are going to present your work. You could discuss this at home.
Don't forget your P.E. gear every Monday and Thursday. This week Room 6 is doing gym with Miss Brooker.
Have a great week!
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Unique means no one is the same.
unique means no one is the same and we are all special. my country that I'm working on is dance. France has the Eiffel tower is in france which shall be good for my presentation.
Unique means that none of us are the same. Everyone is special.
Unique means everyone is different. wouldn't be boring if we were all the same? The country I am working on is England,and I know that the Queen lives there it is great fun.
Unique everyone is diffrent.
Week 2
Posted on 9 May 2017
Here is a good link for learning two times tables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIB-dZRCiA
There are many others on You tube - Just type in eg 5x tables you tube and it will bring up a selection. Remember - 2x, 5x and 10x - you need to know these instantly.
I know you all enjoyed hockey skills - we have some great players!
Do you know the Seven Servants? They are used to ask questions - How many can you name? (There's a clue at the beginning of that sentence!)
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!
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The words that you should use for you writing. Who?,how?,what?,where? and why they are the seven servants and did you know? that the seven servants are actually more important then capital letters you ask them when you tell a Questions like "how did you break it?" and "what is your name?" and "where did you go?" also "who are you?" lukiey last "why did you go?" thats all the seven servants.
Who, what, why, how, where, when, which. These are used to ask questions.
the seven servants who how why where when which what they are almost important than capital letters
The seven servants why , who , what , how , where ,
when and which they are very important they are almost more important than capital letters.
The seven servants are why, who, how, where, when, which and what. They're important.
Term 2 Week 1
Posted on 2 May 2017
Hi everyone - welcome back to Term 2. This will be a big term - with Reports for Year 4s and Interviews at the end of Term.
It is great to hear about everyone's experiences in the holidays. Super to see Dylan back at school and we hope he can lose one cast this week!
We are focussing on learning our multiplication tables - we should know our 2x, 5x and 10x with instant recall - that means we know the answer straight away without thinking. In your Homework Books there will be a sheet pasted in to give you some ideas on how to learn them. Year 4s should be working on their other tables.
What are you looking forward to this term?
You can choose gymnastics, we have hockey each day this week with Sport HB (remember your PE gear), plus an activity in the Library one evening.
HAVE A GREAT TERM EVERYONE!
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I'm looking forward to do fun things with my friends,guitar lessons,gymnastics,Basketball and Netball
I am looking forward to playing netball.
I am looking forward to gymnastiic and ho
key
Iam looking forward to play hokey and playing whith my friends and gymnastiic
i am looking forward to house football hopefully we win go devoy
Week 10
Posted on 4 April 2017
Wow - has this term gone fast!
Tonight is our Shared Learning evening. You can show your work to your parents and tell them what your Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are in Reading, Writing and maths. you may like to play a game with them too.
It was lovely to have a visit from Dylan yesterday and we hope he can come back to school soon.
Alek is looking forward to his trip to Poland to see his family and experience what it is like in a Polish school. We wish him and his family a safe trip!
I hope you all know what at least one of your names means because on Friday we are making a mini presentation about our names. Don't forget to ask your parents how they chose your name.
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Braith means black and white and is welsh. Carew is also welsh and we even have a castle in Scotland called Carew Castle. My Dad named me after a rugby league player.
one of my names means watchfull which is Greer and dooney means fuchres holder my mum and dad chose my name from the namesbook. I hope DYLAN is back at school soon and hope AND THAT alex has a good time in poland
I hope Dylan get's better soon and I hope Alek has a great flight to Poland even though it's going to rain and his trip will be a whole day. My name is made up and my last name came from my great grandpa who lived in Sri Lanka so he chose a Sri Lankan name.
Dad and Mum thought I was beautiful like a flower, so they called me Poppy.
Liam's new blog: I am really nervous because my name is really funny and the only trickiest thing about the meaning of Reilly is that it is too hard to pronounce. (Mrs Cronin please ignore my previous blog thank you)
Week 9
Posted on 27 March 2017
This week and next our Maths focus is addition and subtraction so we will be looking at strategies we can use to solve problems.
Also we are talking about our names as part of Inquiry. How did you get your name? Do you know what it means? Where does your surname come from and how did it come to be? For example Cronin is an old Irish name coming from cron - which means saffron coloured. (What colour is saffron?)
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Max mens greatest fysh meas fishermen ho caputred fish and sold them my mum wanted a strong name thats how i got my name
Campbell is primarily a Scottish surname of Gaelic origins. In Scotland, the name itself derives from two Scottish Gaelic words. "Cam" (crooked) and "Beul" (mouth) meaning "Crooked mouth" or "wry-mouthed", originally a nickname which over time became used as a surname.
My last name means fortress-holder. My last name is from Irleland. My dad chose Greer and my mum chose Greta for my first name. THE END
We have found my great great great grandfather was named Edmund myles reilly born about 1858. not sure where he was born but he died in NZ and had a child named Charles born 1882 who married Lillian Stempa and her grandmother was Wisniewski from Poland. Liam is named after a actor on Coronation Street who mum liked!
My mum named me after my uncle. My name means Christmas eave.
Week 7
Posted on 14 March 2017
Swimming Sports this week on Thursday!!
What do you think about the Swimming Sports - what are your feelings? Tell me.
Remember to wear House colours to school, bring your togs and towels and lunch. No Lunch Online on Thursday.
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The thing i am nervis about is if i don't hear them. The thing that i am
excited about is if i get in the finlis.
I am Excited for swimming sports.I am a little bit scared to .
I am felling really happy to do this and a bit scared.I hope i come first.
I am Excited for swimming sports. It will be fun. I am a bit nervous but also Excited at the same time.My dad, mom, nan and poper . THE END
I am exited about the swimming sports.
This is my first time doing the swimming sports.I am in Devoy house which means green house.
Week 6
Posted on 7 March 2017
Hi everyone.
Some questions for you:
How do you know when a sentence ends? How do you know where to put a full stop?
What are you thinking about trying to do better for Lent?
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when you put a full stop in one line that you have you take a breath take a breath. for lent im giving up lolies
When you put a fullstop somwhere you have to take a breath. For lent i am giving up being mean to my brothers and making a mess.
When you see a full stop.
When you take a breath.
For Lent I am giving up chocolate lollies for 40 days
I put full stops in when I need to take a breath when talking and also at the end. For lent I will try to do my jobs at home without being asked.
When you need a breath you put a full stop i can show lent by vitus and by givg up things up
Term 1 Week 4
Posted on 20 February 2017
Hi everyone - I hope you all had a great Art Deco weekend - and didn't get too wet! I hope to see some photos. Get your parents to email me one or two.
We are having our Art Deco picnic on Wednesday - let's all pray for some sun.
Refugees: can you please find out one thing about this word and be prepared to share your learning with us.
Do you know any times tables? Do you know the division facts that go with them? We will be working hard on these for the next couple of weeks.
PAT tests start this week - so try hard to be at school on time. Lots of students all around NZ will be doing these tests too. Remember - just try your best and don't worry.
Have a great week!!
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I know my times tables like my tens and fives and twos
i love times tables. i even know my ten times tables.
i know my times tables very weel
I know some multiplication. 20x20=400
I know the 5 times table 5x9=45
Week 3 Term 1
Posted on 14 February 2017
Happy Valentines Day everyone!!
We are talking about the fact we are all migrants - it may be us, our parents, grandparents, great grandparents or even further back. All our families migrated to New Zealand from other places at some time in our history. We will look at a World map and plot where we came from. If we have Maori heritage we need to know our iwi and what part of the country that belongs to.
We are talking about number knowledge next week and learning Basic facts. In Year 3 we should know our addition and subtraction facts to and from 10. Also we are learning Basic Facts to 20 and multiplication and division facts of 2x, 5x and 10x.
Year 4 students should know all of the above plus begin working on the other tables.
Please make a comment on something you are looking forward to this year.
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Earth is my favorite planet because
it is got the oxygen and people live there.
It takes earth one year to go around sun. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Galaxy. How much Galaxies are there. How many people have been to the moon on a rocket ship. Are aliens real.
my cousins are coming to Napier this year.
i like to sleep and play games
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