Last week till were year four

In the last week of school Room 19 has been having a really big clean out! Well on Monday we were just some  making maths games. On Wednesday we had some year six students come over to help Room 19 with some arts and craft and cleaning.  Today is Thrusday and the same year six students come to help us.





                                By Rachael 

End of year.

It has been a good year this year for the amazing year 3's.

One of my favorite things this year was having the year 6's in are class. We had a voice contest and Rebecca won. We also did some arts and crafts which was fun. The year 6's names wore ''Ava Amelia and Cristina.'' It was so much fun having the girls's in our class. ''Room 19'' ''I'm going to miss Room 19'' [and miss lologa]  THE END OF THE YEAR

By Amy-Rose

Endangered Kiwis

The Kiwis are a native non-flying birds native to New Zealand and they are rapidly decreasing. This is a link of how you can help to save our kiwis!!

http://www.wwf.org.nz/what_we_do/species_/kiwi/


From Thomas P

Mathletics Trophy!!!!!

This week at Meadowbank School in Assembly we won the Mathletics Trophy!!! We got over 15,000 points! This is the link and pictures of of the trophy.


http://www.mathletics.co.nz/

Well Done Sienna!!

One of our students has created her own blog!! Well done Sienna!!!
You can visit her blog by following this link:

Meadowbanksienna.blogspot.com 


Well Done Sienna!!!

Poppy's Blog

One of our students has created her own blog about book reviews.  Please drop by Poppy's blog to find out her latest review.  She would love to read your comments on her reviews.

Fantastic job Poppy!

 

 

Click on the image below.



Meadowbank Survey

Room 19 please click on the link below and complete the survey.

Meadowbank Sports Survey

Scooter Ramps!!!

In Room 19 we made Scooter Ramps. It was quite fun. We could choose to work together or could work by yourself. Here is a picture of a actual Scooter Ramp (Not created by us)
By Thomas Patton

End of Year!!!

Soon it will be the End of the Year!!! It is very exciting. Everybody will be moving up a year. Everybody is tired and it is good to have a break. You have 7 weeks off school. 7 Weeks! I will miss going to school but enjoy having a break. There are lots of events happening. Christmas, New Year and lots more! But it is also the season of allergies. Even I have an allergy. I am covered in hives. Well that is the end of my time slot. I have to get off the computer. Make sure you keep tuned to the best blog in the world!!!

By Thomas Patton

Tennis

On Wednesday Room 19 had a tennis session with Nick from Auckland Tennis. Nick went through some warm up drills and then taught the class a few skills. One of the fun activities was when the students paired up and had to hit a ball over the arms (one arm of the student were linked together to form a net). The students got a chance to play doubles and practice hitting the ball to their partner. We took pictures and made a video of the session. Click on the video to watch.

Scooter Safety

Today Steve from Scooter Safety came to teach the Year 3's how to be safe on scooters.

We put on helmets and elbow pads to protect us in case we fall over.  Next Steve showed us how to safely come off a scooter after riding and how to slow down and use the brakes.

Watch our video of our scooter session with Steve.

Message in a Bottle

On Wednesday Matua Martin and the team from 'The Roots' brought in the bottles for our messages.  We went into the school hall and two year 2 classes joined us.  Next they introduced themselves and explained what we had to do to put the messages in the bottle.  They split us in half and took photos of our messages.  After we went down on to the mat we had to roll the pictures and put them in the bottle.  We put lids on the bottles and we used plastic ties to join them to make a triangle shape.  We had buddies to help put our messages inside the bottles.

Last we put our triangles on to the stage with the other bottles. The bottles will be taken down to the 'Gantry' ready to be assembled.

Room 19 had lots of fun making the bottle wave!

By Room 19

 

The Roots comes to talk with Meadowbank School!

You are all probably thinking 'Who are the Roots?' They are a company that helps save the enviromment. They are all from New Zealand.

What they are trying to do is that instead of recycling bottles, they are using them to make a bottle wave. Here is a picture of a bottle wave:



Over 4,500 students are participating in this event. 

Matua Martin who is part of the The Roots came to talk to the school about their project.  They are getting together with many schools around the Auckland to create a eco friendly community art work made of recyclable material with each child writing a message of hope for the upcoming season and festivities.

In each individual bottle will be a message of hope from a student.  They will be assembled together and made in to wave that will e installed at Auckland waterfront’s ‘Gantry’ viewing platform.

What a wonderful project to be apart of.  We are looking forward to putting our messages in a bottle.

 

Instructions on how to play Freakout

                                                               Freakout
How to play a game called freakout.
Instructions 
You will need to get into a circle.
One person goes in the middle and acts somthing out.
One person comes into the circle and says what are you doing?
But you don't say the thing that you are doing, you say something like "I  am dancing".
And that person goes in the middle.
And that is how you play freakout.                                 

                                              By Mojdeh!!!             
                                                            

The magical Big Ben

                                              Big Ben

You will need: pens, cardboard, scissors, cellotape, a vivid, some colouring paper, glitter glue and not last but least staples.


1. Find some cardboard and bend it into a shape that looks like a rectangle.

2. Staple the cardboard together and it will look like a rectangle.

3. I got some paper and wrapped it arond the cardboard.

4. I cut out a circle so I can make the clock of  Big Ben.

5.I drew the numbers to make it into a clock.

6. I drew some lines to make it a little bit fancy.

7. I coloured in the lines to make it look colourful because at night time Big Ben is colourful.




                                                               By Astoria

big ben

 You will need : pencil,  vivid,  cardbord,  ruler, double sided tape, paper.

Step1 Get your cardbord box.

Step 2 Then you cut out a piece of cardbord.

Step 3 Get your piece of paper and work out so the sides  are the same length.

Step 4 Get your double sided tape.

Step 5 Fold the sides together.

Step 6 With double sided tape you join the sides together.
                                         


                                       by Lucy

Galloping stallions and white pearly ponys

                                 I am crazy about galloping black stallions dazling in the sun.

                                 I am addicted to white pearly ponys rolling in the grass.
                                
                                 I never tire of jumping caramel horses on winter stormy days.

                                 I can consume a can of bubbling clear sprite fizzing on my tongue.

                                 I wear peachy plain orangey jodphers to wear on a trotting horse in Automn.

                                 I love to eat golden chewey hard toffee that makes your baby teeth fall out.

                                 I like to smooch my soft grey burmes cat to death.

                                 I like pransing kittens dazling in the zizzling hot sun.



                                                                    By Rachael

The school Athletics day

Yesterday I went to the school Athletics day.
I did the running race. I couldn't run very fast.
I like the gumboot throw because it was fun.

by Zoe

                             

rich, dark, chocolate fudge

I am crazy about cuddling my cute fluffy cat.
I am addicted to rich dark chocolate fudge.
I never tire of crawling in to my small fun secret hut.
I can consume a bag of crunchy salty chips.
I wear a white t-shirt and dark blue jeans.
I love running in the park that has flowers and trees growing.
I like playing my red precious shiny violin.
I adore my adorable fuzzball puppy.

by aimee

I am crazy about...

I am crazy about cool strategy and action games.
I am addicted to scary cool rainbows end
I can consume slipppery, long noodles comforted up in  the sofa watching my favourite movie.

I wear super elastic clothes

I love to play the loud musical piano

                                                                                       BY UDAY

 

 

                   

My structure poem.

Solid skyscraper
Tall Eiffel Tower
Rich big buildings
Unique unicycle
Colourful coliseum
Tall grey statue
Ultimate super car zooming in the street
Robust robot
Epic enormous Burj Khalifa                            

                                                                               By Tom W

I am crazy about...

I am crazy about delicious rich chocolate fudge.

I am addicted to the best theme park in NZ

I am never tired of running the longest marathon.

I am comsumed of eating yummy choc chip drops and big strawberry fizzes that sting in my mouth

I wear big black striped jeans.

I love to do crazy quizzes with my dad.

By Charles C

 

what i love

I am crazy about cute fluffy animals
I am addicted to hot chocolate with marshmellows floating on top
I never tire of reading books
I can consume three caramellows in five minutes
I love to mess around and have fun
I like to wear beautiful dresses at parties
I like to run around and play with my cute fluffy puppy
by Poppy

Te Reo Maori

Our Te Reo Maori focus is on the classroom or 'akomanga'.  Students learned names of objects around the classroom.

Next the students learned to say a question and answer in Maori.

He aha tenei?  (What is this?)
He ________ tenei.  (This is a ___________.)

Students practised with their partners saying the sentence structures in Maori.

Afterwards, the students used the ipads to show what they have learned.

Here are some examples of what they did.

Can you say these words?

Spectacular Spelling!!!

At school we were doing spelling as part of our curriculum. We needed to make sentences out of our spelling words. It was quite challenging.

By Thomas Patton

 

Halloween Haunting!!

Soon it will be Halloween. We might be able to do some creative Arts to do with Halloween at school. Here are some questions for you:

What is Halloween all about?
What do you say on Halloween night?
What do you collect from different houses?

By Thomas Patton

My trip to the Bay of Islands

In the holidays me, my grandpa, grandma, my friend and his grandma went on a trip to the Bay of Islands for 3 days.

First when we arrived it was very wet so we found a hotel to stay in for 2 days. When we found our room we first unpacked our things.

After the rain cleared it was lunchtime and we didn't have any food so we all got in the car and headed to the nearest food court. My friend wanted to eat McDonald's so we did.

While we waited for the food my grandpa got out his iPAD and let me play EXPLORATION on it until the food arrived. Just in case you don't know what EXPLORATION is, it's like a game and everything is made out of blocks and you can build anything. There are 3 modes: Flat mode, Earth mode and flying blocks mode.

Stanley      

Lek`s Amazing holiday

In the holiday I went to the Coromandel for 3 days.

First we got everything ready, then me and my dad got the jetski then every one got in the car.

Next we drove to Coromandel. It took two hours then when we got there we put every thing in place then my grandparents and my uncle arrived.

We had dinner on the BBQ every day!!! We and my family went to the the beach every day too!! Me and my uncle played monopoly too.

Finally we went on the jetski but... it got stuck. My dad quickly got it back on the trailer. After that we went home. It was the best holiday ever!

by Lek

 

White out

In the  holiday we went to Mt Ruapehu. We went with my dad's girl friend's family. We did sking the first couple of days and that went well, but on the last 3 days there was a white out.

So our first idea was to make slushy's and to have a snow ball fight, that did not go to well because the snow would not stick so we ate it instead. It was almost powder then we got the idea of tobogganing.

Weeeeeeee, crash, that is the noise of us tobogganing. We did not go very fast though so we went rolling down the hill.

We went back in a terrible blizzard and then that turned in to a white out. What is a white out you ask? It is after a blizzard you can not see anything only white. It is terribly cold and windy. I did find it a bit worrying and scary. The worst part was it lasted for 6 hours and sitting inside the whole time and doing chores. Then on Sunday we went home.

Rebecca

My trip to Fiji

Have you been to Fiji? Well after this post, you will want to go.  My family went to  Plantation Island for three days.

My favourite day at Plantation was when we went on a boat to Bounty Island and went diving on the reef. My favourite fish was the parrot fish.  It was bright pink and dark green and blue. Then we went to the floating trampoline and then we went back on the boat.  After the days on Plantation we went to the mainland then we went to First Landing. We stayed here for the rest of  the week then we went to the airport and went back to NZ.

Sophia

Awesome Art!

In Art this week we have been doing Printmaking. First we needed to cut out shapes. Then we had to glue down the shapes onto a piece of paper in a pattern. It was quite fun to experiment with all the ways you can put the shapes into patterns.

By Thomas Patton

My Holiday

My Holiday

 

At the start of the holidays I went to a few different clubs. E.g. Art Classes, Sport Clubs, and School Holiday Programs.

 

In the Middle Weekend I went to Pauanui with my grandparents. We went on a long bush-walk through huge, giant rivers.

 

In the 2nd week we went to more Art Classes. Some days we went to look at houses and the rest we stayed at home.

 

By Thomas Patton

Money Week

This week it was Money Week. Room 19 needed to learn about all the coins and notes. Here are the New Zealand coins and notes:

 

10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2, $5, $10, $50, $100.

 

We learned why we value money. Here is a question for you:

 

Would it be worth carrying around money if you can't buy anything with it?

 

 

By Thomas Patton                     

Welcome back to Term 4

Kia Ora, Talofa, Namaste, Ni Hao, Malo-e-lelei Everyone!

Hope you all had a great holiday!  We are now back to our final term of the year.

This week has been a busy one for our school.  Earlier this week we welcomed our visitors from Serpell Primary who are from Melbourne, Australia.

On Wednesday the Kapa Haka group and Dilworth Boys School performed some maori songs to the Serpell Primary students. The Serpell Primary boys learnt the Haka and I think they really enjoyed it.

Serpell have been welcomed to school by our Kapa Haka Group

Serpell performs for the school

This week was Diwali. Diwali is all about the festival of lights. We were really lucky to have a dance group from India to come to Meadowbank School to show us a few dance moves. One person from each class got to go and try some moves and lucky Mojdeh got to try some. They had a Diwali festival in Aotea square. The Diwali festival had lots of food stalls, activities, rides, dances and art.

Our Visiting Performing Group from India

                                                            By Senushka Pillay

Jacob`s holiday

In the holiday I went to the movies and I watched house of magic.  I thought it was amazing and my favourite part was when the little mouse said he's cuter than the old rabbit. I thought it was funny.  I think you will like it. I watched it with my cousins  and my grandad. My cousins names are Ashlee and Catelyn.

Amazing Holidays

Wow! I bet none of your holidays were as nice as mine.The first thing I did in the holidays was go to Whangarei for the first week of the holidays. (The trip was boring). 

But when we got there that was when the fun began. The unit we were in was unit 12. After we had been there for 2 days my dad and I went into the swimming pool and the spa.The rest of the week we had fancy meals and having fun. My sister and I had snacks and watched Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters and we played monopoly.

The next week we went to Auckland again just in time for the power cut which was sad for us. But after the power cut  I got 10,9 and 8th place in the world in a game called uphill rush, I also got to level 15 in a game called Frizzle Fraz.

Kiran

Last day of Term and Farewell

We finally made it to the end of Term 3!  All the students are looking forward to their two week break.  It has been a very busy term with Film Festival, Cross Country, Assembly and Art Exhibition.

Sadly, we say good-bye to Yunji who will be leaving us.  We wish Yunji all the best at her new school.

To Room 19: Let us know what you have been doing over the holidays by posting a comment on this post.  Remember to check and edit your writing before you post.  You may want to get someone to check it before you submit.  Make sure that they are 'quality comments'.

Have a wonderful holiday!  Check back on here for more pictures and videos of our Room 19's Got a Talent on the last day of school.

Ms. Lologa:)

Great Term

Dear Meadowbank School,

Had a great Term 3 this year, and sad to end it.
See you next term.

From Amy-Rose, Room 19, Year 3

Orange Day at Meadowbank School

These are the people who dressed up in Orange. The whole school voted for a fruit or vegetable and Orange won. Then everybody in the school needed to dress up in orange including all the teachers. It was very funny to see everybody's crazy and creative costumes at the school. Last week the actual elections happened so the student council decided it would be cool to have elections at school.

by Thomas P

Campaigning before the Election Day!

Orange Supporters

Banana Campaign Crew

 Strawberry shares why you should elect her as 'the best fruit' to win the election.

Candidates ready for their speech to the crowd

We all know who David and James are voting for!

My Awesome Term

Do you know what I enjoyed in Term three?


What I liked was doing year 3 sport.  In Year three sport we play sports e.g hockey, bullrush and ball steal.  My favourite game is bullrush.

I also like clubs that the school has. These are the clubs - Junior Choir, Chinese dance, Pacific dance, Asian dance, Senior choir, Kapa haka and the lucky last ukelele.


I also enjoyed the Year 6 production I liked little red riding hood.

                                       
                                                              David

The Exciting Term 3

The first thing I enjoyed this term was cross country.

First we walked to College Rifles.  Next we saw the girl race they were very quick. Then the boys got up, we did a warm up with Mr Ramdhanie. Finally we went to start line and then we started to run.  I came 8th.

The second thing I enjoyed was the disco.

First I did my hair and I put on my clothes.  Next I went to the disco with my friend Sacha.

Then we partied so hard that we got sweaty. Finally we got to eat and then we went home.

My third thing I liked this term was the assembly.

First thing I did was went on the stage.  Next the people came in to watch our assembly.

Then we started our assembly.  It was cool.  Our assembly was about kos and movie making.  Finally we finished our assembly.

by Lek 

My Term 3 Reflection

What I enjoyed learning the most this term was our art and year 3 sport and assembly. 

In our class we made stain glass window with a flower in the middle using dye. Our  class art was the best and put in the office.  It was fun making the art.

In Year 3 sport we played hockey and a ball game and bull rush. I like Year 3 sport because you get to do running and lots fun games like football.

At assembly I liked doing my part and doing the ukelele also the song was fun and loud I think our assembly was awesome.        
                                                            

                                              James

The Amazing Term 3

This term has had lots of different  things happening but I will only explain some.

Book Week:  There was a parade of book characters on the courts and there was a book swap.

Cross Country: We walked to College Rifles to do Cross Country. We needed to run 2 laps of the field. It was very hard running the Cross Country Race.

The Disco:  At the Disco there were lots of people. It was one of my favourite attractions of the year. The tremendously terrific magnificently styled glowing lights shimmered in the noisy hall.

By Thomas P

Our Art for the 'Art Exhibition'.

Our Stained Glass Window Art

We looked at some Stained Glass Windows and talked about where we had seen them and we said we had seen the Stained Glass Windows in Churches. 

When we made our art for the art exhibition we had to draw a flower with geometrical shapes. After all of us had finished our drawings we then mixed some black paint and PVA glue so we could get some black gluey mixture. We then squeezed it from a bottle on to our paintings and let them dry. 

When they dried we then dyed it all sorts of colours.  

By Senushka 

 

What I Like At School

 I like my new school because it is very good. The new school’s friends are very nice.

 I like my friend. My friend is Lily. She is very nice. She is my beautiful friend. I play with Lily. We play on the playground on the monkey bars.

 I like drawing at school. I like drawing ponies. I like reading at school. The library books are very beautiful. I like animal books. They are cute.

 I went to the school Disco because I like parties but I don’t like to dance. Lily didn’t go to the Disco and I missed her.

 By Zoey

Welcome to Meadowbank's Art Exhibition

There were so many amazing art work at this year's Art Exhibition.

If you look carefully you will see our class art which is the 'Black Glue Stained Glass Flowers'.

What art work did you like from our slideshow?  What made it stand out to you? 

We will be interested to read your comments. 

Art Exhibition - Video Maker

The amazing art at Meadowbank School

Yesterday we went to the art exhibition to see some of the art. I saw my one and my brothers and my  Classes one . My brothers one was painted in blue.  There were tree's that were blue. It looked cool. They were it was my favourite. by JOSHUA       

                   

Amazing Art

On Wednesday Room 19 went to see the art exhibition.
Some of the art was marvelous my favourite art was a black tree with a black bird with different coloured buttons for leaves. But that does not mean I did not like the rest. The button s were different colours like red, pink, green , blue, yellow and lots more different colours.
Every class did there own type of art and a canvas. The black trunk made me like it. This is how it looks.
                         By Rebecca

Claudia's story - my letter to Claudia

Dear Claudia
I like your story about the year 6 production.
It was really good.
It described the show a Lot.
I like your art that you made from the art exhibition it was better then mine.
From Lily T

Medaowbank Art Exhibition

I enjoyed looking at the pictures and the wire birds. My favourite thing was my sisters butterfly and Room 19`s art work which was stain glass windows with flowers. It took more then a school week to make the stain class windows. Jacob`s favourite thing was Mia's playdough city.

Mojdeh and Jacob