Room 20

Kite Day

2011-08-08T20:58:00.001-07:00

E Papa

2011-07-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

Room 20 have rhythm. During Maori language week we learnt to do some stick games to E Papa in Music with Dagmar. We were great at it.

Why do we get different seasons?

2011-05-23T21:16:00.000-07:00

Room 20 watched a short movie to try and find an answer to our question. It is fairly tricky stuff, but after we had done some note taking and note making we had information to write a short statement to help explain how different seasons occur.
The Snakes and The Owls share some of their writing about this:
The earth is tilted. When New Zealand is pointing to the sun it is summer. We will have hot longer days. In America it will be winter because it will be further away from the sun. The days will be colder and shorter.
By Marina

Earth tilts on it's axis. When the earth spins around you won't fall off. When the southern hemisphere is pointed towards the sun it will be summer. The northern hemisphere is pointing away from the sun, it is winter-colder shorter days.
By Amani

How do seasons change? The earth moves around the sun and different countries face the sun. When the different parts face the sun the different countries have different seasons.
By Nicole

The earth is tilted on it's axis. When we are in summer on the bottom of the earth we are nearer the sun, so that means the top side of earth is in winter because they are further from the sun.
By Aliesha

When New Zealand is turning towards the sun it is summer in the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere it is winter.
By Kyah

Term 2

2011-05-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to learning in Room 20 for Term 2. We will be doing lots of work around the earth, sun and moon. Watch this space for super writing, photos and art to do with this.

Raising money for North New Brighton School

2011-03-09T14:34:00.000-08:00

Room 20 along with the rest of the Katikati Primary School students and teachers wore red and black to raise money for North New Brighton school in Christchurch. This school was quite badly hit by the earthquake, so we appreciate your support for this. It felt good to help in this way, so our children wore red and black with pride! We have written letters to the children of this school as well. The school is due to open next week, (mid March) so we thought it would be nice for them to receive letters of support.

Our Jelly Brain

2011-02-23T14:35:00.000-08:00

What fantastic writers Room 20 are becoming. We have been learning to start our stories with a snappy hook in. Read some of these great brain stories from The Leopards writing group.
Disgusting! Mrs Woods brought a jelly brain. It was squashy. By Daniel

Gross jelly brain! Mrs Woods brought it. It is slimy. By Isaac

So yuk! It was a jelly brain. It was slimy and it was bumpy. I liked it and it was very gross. I didn't eat it because it was disgusting. By Emma

It was disgusting! Mrs Woods brought a jelly brain to school. It was very squashy. Our brain thinks very hard. By Joshua

The jelly was wobbly and it was soft. The red jelly tasted like coffee. By Tau

Lydia didn't finish her story but she had a wonderful start.
Oh no, don't eat it! Ther water went over...

Room 20 are thinkers

2011-02-11T16:57:00.000-08:00

Room 20 will be doing lots of thinking. Here we are showing our thinking faces.