Olympic Visitors

Hingaia School Visit

Supporting Westpac Helicopters

Room 27 presented their fundraising initiative to Kids with a view on Friday.

They have made helibands to sell for $1.00 each.

All money raised goes to the Rescue Helicopter fund to help save lives.

So if you have a spare $1.00 bring it along on Monday and visit Room 27

to purchase your heliband.

For more information about the Rescue helicopter please visit

http://www.rescuehelicopter.org.nz/

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Happy Father's Day

One Direction - Junior Dance Group

Five children from Room 3 were selected to perform in the Junior Dance Group - Sienna, Neeve, Orlando, Benny and Aryaan. They went to lot of practices to perfect their dance. The dancers have performed at a whole school assembly, at our Junior School Mini Olympics and at the East Auckland Dance Festival. Their costumes are amazing! Mrs Groom made the stunning costumes. Chanelle and Katarina from Year 6  and Samantha an ex pupil of PVS helped Miss Lee to choreograph the dance. 

We think they all did an amazing job! 

Do you recognise the song that they are dancing to?

The Wizard of Oz

On Friday my class saw Room 15's play. I loved Lydia's tinman costume made by her dad. The loudest part was when the BANG sound came and the munchkins came.

By Jack

Room 15 were so good because they had done so much practice. They did not have to look at a paper they remembered their lines. Room 15 did not do any mistakes and they used so much expression. Room 15 had very loud voices. The costumes made the play. Dorothy was the first she was looking for her pet and she found her pet and she was going to be safe but she got caught in a tornado and she was spinning and she landed in Oz. Then Dorothy met a scarecrow and he wanted to have a brain. Then Dorothy met a cowardly lion. He wanted to be brave. And they all sang "We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of all, because, because of the wonderful things he does." Then they got there and Dorothy had a challenge she had to verse a wicked witch of the north. Dorothy said "You wicked witch, you take a bit of that." And the witch of the north fell down and the flying monkeys were free. Dorothy finally got to go home!

By Joshua

Last week on Friday we went to Room 15 to watch THE WIZARD OF OZ. The main characters were Dorothy, cowardly lion, scarecrow and the tin woodsman and they all went to the wizard of Oz and they all wanted to have something. Dorothy wanted to get back to her farm, the scarecrow wanted a brain, the tin woodsman wanted a heart and the cowardly lion wanted to be brave. The story was like this...

Dorothy was on her farm and then a tornado took her to Oz and the good witch gave her some shoes and she just needed to stomp her feet together and she was there and she met all her friends and they went to the poppy field and the lion got drugged. After that the poppy mice saved him. Then they met the wicked witch of the East and killed her. Then they went to the wizard of Oz and they got what they wanted.

By Orlando

Life Education Caravan

On Monday the 23 July I went to the Life Education Caravan and I learnt how many minutes we have to brush our teeth for and I learnt that my brain feels like butter. Did you know I learnt that my brain is the boss of my body and my brain controls my body. My lungs help me breathe and my heart pumps blood around my body.
By Alex

Yesterday we were in the Life Education Caravan we learnt about bodies. It was fun learning about parts of our body and our bones. It was a fun day doing all that stuff and Celia taught us about doing the right thing. Your brain is the boss of your body and you need heaps of sleep to be healthy. Your lungs feel like airbags and your brain feels like squishy butter. It is weird. Your heart is as big as your fist. Celia taught us heaps of stuff to do and she has a giraffe in the caravan. He wanted to play playstation and Celia said "No." It was fun learning about your bones in you and it was cool learning that stuff. We also need to drink 18 glasses of water a day.
By kairyn

Yesterday Room 3 visited the Life Education caravan. The teacher's name was Celia. We learnt about the body parts. We have to drink water 5 times a day. One in the morning, one at morning tea, one at lunch, one in the afternoon and one at teatime. I also learnt that you have to eat fruit and vegetables and you need sleep. Don't eat the bad foods and we have to brush our teeth two times a day so your teeth don't go bad.
By Nicolas

Yesterday our class went to the Life Education caravan. The teacher was Celia. She taught us some things about our body. Before we entered the caravan she said "Gluteus Maximus." I learnt that your brain is squishy like butter. We learnt that your brush your teeth twice a day. Celia chose some doctors which had to put in body parts and the body could light up when you aim the pointer at the right body part. Everyone's lungs feels like airbags. Your brain is the boss of your body because it is so clever and I can't believe it!
By Aryaan


Life Education Caravan on PhotoPeach

Mr Bean at the Olympics

Orangutans on Trampolines

This Sunday's episode of The Zoo (7pm, TV One) will feature orangutans on a trampoline. Seriously, who wouldn't want to see that? 

SpeakPipe Voice Messages

Have you noticed the right hand side blue tab bar on our blog?

We have had SpeakPipe on our blog for a few months now

and have had lots of fun voice messages sent to us.

Why don't you have a go and send us a recorded message?

It's really easy!

We're looking forward to hearing from you.

https://www.speakpipe.com/kidswithaview

iPads - Wenlock and Mandeville - PuppetPal

We used the PuppetPal app on the iPads to share our 

Wenlock and Mandeville information.

We took our own photos (making sure they were not blurry), researched on the iPads for the information, wrote our own scripts and used our best expressive voices when talking. We worked in groups of three. 

What do you think about our movies?

Let the Games Begin - Olympic Cauldron

Here it is....

Finally after all of the anticipation you can watch how the Olympic cauldron was lit today at the 

2012 London Olympic Games opening ceremony.

It was spectacular and certainly didn't disappoint anyone!

Seven teenagers, each nominated by UK Olympic champions

each lit a tiny flame, which ignited the 205 copper petals. 

Each petal represents a competing nation.

The petals then rose up on stems to form the cauldron.

The cauldron symbolises peace and unity.

Did you see David Beckham on the speedboat 

with the flame? He was travelling along the Thames river.

What are your thoughts about the lighting of the cauldron?

Wenlock and Mandeville - London 2012 Mascots

The story of Wenlock and Mandeville

http://www.wenlock-mandeville.com/

https://mascot-games.london2012.com/

Wenlock and Mandeville pdf Book

Check out this online mascot colouring in page

We miss you Trinity

This term we have a class member missing :(

Trinity and her family moved to Australia in the holidays.

We hope you have settled in to your new life in Australia.

We miss you Trinity - keep in touch. 

We hope you will leave us a comment soon.

Orangutans Learn to Use iPads

Wow! Check this out.

Source - kiwikidsnews.co.nz

What do you think about this?

Leave us a comment please.

Animal Pattern Art - Camouflage and Mimicry

 

Last term we learnt how animal patterns help animals survive.
We also visited the Auckland Zoo to see animals in their habitats.
Lots of the animals were camouflaged or used mimicry in their environments.
Check out this slideshow we found online.

Our Top Educational iPad Apps

Here is a selection of our top EDUCATIONAL APPS that we use in our classroom.

Not all of them are free but if it is listed here then it is definitely worth paying for.

I haven't listed many Maths and Literacy apps on this page as these will vary from class to class, year level, teacher choice and learning intentions to be focussed on.  

Please leave us a comment letting us know what your favourite learning apps are. 

What apps do you find educational in your classroom?

The Literacy Shed - Check it out!

Wow, look at this. 

We have been listed on The Literacy Shed website!

Be sure to check out their wonderful resources.

The Literacy Shed offers ideas for teachers using visual resources such as film, animation, photographs and pictures.

http://www.literacyshed.com/class-blogs-shed.html

The Literacy Shed

iPads in the Classroom

Here is a very small snapshot of the children using iPads in the classroom. Some of the apps used are Sock Puppet, Fotobabble, Photochop, PuppetPals, WilderQuest, Camera and DoodleBuddy.