Peter and the Pig

You must read this book - it is so funny!

It even comes with a warning - 

"This tale will make you laugh out loud"

Here is a book review by Maia and Jacey

When we read "Peter and the Pig" Mrs Laburn was laughing hard out.

She kind of had tears in her eyes and her face was red with laughing.

There was a pet shop owner and Peter the pirate.

Every time when the pet shop owner gets something for Peter, Peter doesn't need it.

One day Peter went to the Pet shop and he said "I don't have a parrot".

He asked the pet shop owner if she had any parrots.

She said, "I don't have any parrots".

She asked Peter if he would like a pig instead of an parrot.

The pet shop owner even gave Peter more things that he didn't need.

You will have to read the book to find out what happened.

"I thought it was really funny because pet shop owner sold Peter a popper scooper!!"

"He looked silly in the cat costume!"

Anna's Amazing Learners - Hamilton East School

Last Friday Anna from Hamilton East School came to visit our classroom.

We were very excited because her class is one of our Quadblogging classes.

We showed Anna and Mrs Nagels how we use the iPads to learn.

They were very impressed with us!

Check out Anna's Amazing Learners blog to spot some photos of us in action.

http://annaslearners.blogspot.co.nz/

 

Quadblogging - Haworth Reception

Here are our quadblogging focus dates

This week is Haworth Reception

Here is their latest post 

Please visit their blog and leave them a comment

http://haworthreception.primaryblogger.co.uk/

True RWC 2011 Sportsmanship

Our quadblogging friends from Australia made us a welcome back video.
How special is that!
It really is awesome!
They even give the ALL BLACKS a shout out!
You will also hear them sing the great Aussie song - Gidday.

Our friends in Australia show the spirit of true sportsmanship.

After you have watched this video Room 3

 please go to Prep S and Prep K's blogs and 

leave them some awesome comments.

Australian Quadblogging Buddies

Action - Reuse and Reduce!

By our Quadblogging buddies at

St Lukes School in Melbourne, Australia

During Inquiry Learning Prep S and Prep K learnt about reusing products and recycling to reduce landfill. They discovered a problem at their school - they use too much paper. So they worked through a Problem Solving Strategy to decide what they could do to change the way they use paper at St. Luke's. After much discussion and considering the pros and cons of all ideas, the Preps decided to make a video about how they could stop using too much paper. Together they wrote a script - practised their lines and made props to make their video.
They want all classes to put this video on their blogs to share this very important message. 

  

What will you do today to stop using so much paper?

Carrollton, Kentucky

Where is Carrollton, Kentucky USA?

Mrs England's Kindergarten has posted some information about Carrollton on their blog. 

We also found some photos from gambleg42's photostream on Flickr.
It looks like such a pretty place.

Here are some websites Mrs England has recommended we visit to find out more about Carrollton.

National Geographic - Kentucky

Kentucky's big sport - Basketball

Carrollton KY

 Carrollton is right on the point where two rivers meet - the Ohio River and the Kentucky River.

Jigsaw Puzzle for our Quadblogging Friends

 Hi Quadblogging friends - 

we have added a jigsaw puzzle for you to do. 

When you have finished the puzzle can you please ask us some questions about the photos and we will answer them for you.

Room 3's Movie - Out and about around our school

Room 3 decided to make a video for our Quadblogging friends.

It is a wonderful tour around our school.

We used the ipods to video each other.

We had to make sure we didn't put our finger over the view finder and

we had to make sure we kept the ipod as still as we could and

we had to make sure when we filmed moving around that we didn't

move the ipod too fast.

We also had to think carefully about what we would say to make it interesting

for others to listen to.

What do you think about our first video made by us?

Have a Great Holiday Preps S and K

Our Quadblogging buddies from Melbourne, Australia are now on holiday for 2 weeks.
BUT
that doesn't mean you can't visit their blogs and leave them some comments.
PLEASE VISIT THEM AND SAY HI

Mrs Swann's Class - We Love Learning - Prep S
http://preps.global2.vic.edu.au/

Mrs Kennedy's Class - Learning Together - Prep K
http://prepblackburnsouth.blogspot.com/

Questions for Mrs England's Kindergarten Class

Voice Thread from Stoke Bishop

Our friends from Stoke Bishop Primary made this Voice Thread to share information about themselves and their classroom.

They also answered some of our questions.

We love it! Well done 1U.

The children have lovely accents and spoke clearly.

They are going to name their pet stick insects next week.

We can't wait to find out what they call them!

Testa, Spalle, Ginocchi, Pedi

Our Quad Buddies from Australia made a video too!

Don't they sing brilliantly!

We think quad blogging is great fun

because we are sharing so much learning!

St. Luke's learn Italian at their school, so today their Italian teacher, Signora Senzo, helped Prep S and Prep K sing 

'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' in Italian!

Here are the words:

Testa, spalle, ginocchi piedi, ginocchi piedi.

Testa, spalle, ginocchi piedi, ginocchi piedi.

Ho due occhi, un naso, la bocca, e due orecchi.

Testa, spalle, ginocchi piedi, ginocchi piedi.

Testa, spalle, ginocchi piedi, ginocchi piedi.

Testa, spalle, ginocchi piedi, ginocchi piedi.

Ho due occhi, un naso, la bocca, e due orecchi.

Testa, spalle, ginocchi piedi, ginocchi piedi.

Can you work out what the words mean by following the actions of the song?

Maori names for pet stick Insects

Stoke Bishop Primary asked us to come up
with some names for their pet stick insects.
First we watched some Youtube clips about
stick insects so we had some prior knowledge.


We decided to choose Maori because we are New Zealanders 
Maori is one of our National languages.
We hope you like it.
Please leave us a comment.
What do you think about our choices?




Waka, Rakau, Parauri, Kakariki, Haka


Let's learn Te Reo Maori - how to pronounce Maori words
To listen to Maori pronunciation click the link

Maori Body Parts Song

Maori Body Parts Song

Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae

Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae

Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae

Taringa, whatu, ihu, waha

Head, shoulders, tummy, hips, legs/feet

Ears, eyes, nose, mouth

We made this video for our friends at 

Stoke Bishop Primary in Bristol, England

Blackburn South School in Melbourne, Australia

Kathryn Winn Primary School in Kentucky, USA

We hope you like it!

 

Voice Thread for Stoke Bishop Primary Year 1

Within our four schools we have a partnership that means that for a four week cycle, each school’s blog would be the focus for one week out of four. Each school in the Quad will spend some time visiting the blog of the school for that week, leave comments etc. After that week, another one of the four schools would be the focus and this would be repeated for the four week cycle and then repeated. 
This will give each blog a boost in visitor numbers and comments. 
Our blogging friends are


Stoke Bishop Primary in Bristol, England - Mr Unsworth
Learning Together - Blackburn South School, Melbourne, Australia - Mrs Kennedy
We Love Learning - Blackburn South School, Melbourne, Australia - Mrs Swann
Kindergarten - Kathryn Winn Primary School, Kentucky, USA - Mrs England


This week we are excited to be blogging with 
Stoke Bishop Primary


Year 1 at Bishop Stokes Primary asked us some questions to get to know us


Do you have a number line in your class? (Saul)
Do you have golden time in your class? (Lola)
Do you have a school uniform? (Eloise)
Do you have plants in your class? (Kyle)
Do you have computers? (Cleo)
What do you like learning about in school? (Emily)
Do you have a field? (Beau)
Where do you eat your lunch? (Sahardiid)
Do you have a playground? (Toby)
Is your school on a boat? (Harry)
Do you have a train toy in your class? (Calum)
Do you use suncream? (Charlie)
Do you have teddies in your class? (Alfie)
Do you have PE? (Dante)


We decided to make a voice thread to answer the questions 
so that the children could hear our voices.
I wonder if they think that we have an accent that is different to theirs?



Here are the answers to our questions that we asked Bishop Stokes Primary Year 1

What are you learning about? 
We are learning about Barnaby Bear and his travels.

Do you have laptops, ipods and ipads in your classroom? Aryaan
We have three computers in our class and a big computer room.

Do you have an interactive board because we do. Krishant
Yes we do have an interactive whiteboard and we love using it.

Do you know about maths?
We learn lots about maths. At the moment we are learning to count to 20.

Do you like playing blocks? Jack
We have a big block box in our class and we love making things.

How old are the children in your room? Mallika
We are all 5 years old