CHANGE - 2010

Greeting and welcome to our blog for 2010. We are the new group of students in room 16 and will be looking at how things CHANGE. Read on and find out how we have all had some changes happen in our lives. When you comment think about how you have changed and share it with us.

QUESTION:

what is new with you?

Uala - A major change for me this year is that I am no longer relieving but in the classroom full-time.

Alyssa - I don't like sushi any more. Harry - I have grommets in both ears.

Otalani - I am not in the classroom full time. Charlotte - I was a vegetarian but now i eat meat.

Emma - My eyes are a little bit lighter. Floyd - I gained three pounds.

Raiden - I like Homemade sushi. Julius - I am much faster when i run.

Kiamana -I grew 78 cm tall. Lucy - I have darker hair.

Maya - My hair is longer. Ariana - My hair is really curly.

Frederica - My big smile,it is bigger. Pipi - Last year i was a junior but now am a SENIOR.

Georgia - My age, height and hair have changed. Matthew - I am taller.

Tom - I have a new hair cut. Bryn - I have pimples. Cole - I gained two kg!

Lola - I like the colour orange. Filo - I am faster and taller.

David - My hair is growing slower.

Daniel - I am taller and smarter. Caleb - I like eggs now. Alice - I am taller now.

Liam - I won a prize pack! Sofia - I have grown five cm and have longer hair.

Sam - I am 5 cm taller. George - I am better at saving my money!

Thomas - I have twice as many freckles than before.

We are all in a new class!

What is erosion?

We watched a very short documentary about how land can change and move. I understand that erosion is when rocks brake up into small parts. When these broken rocks move this is called weathering. When the rocks move and find a new area its makes new land and this is called deposition. By Mitchell

The power of words and pictures

water can be very helpful and give life to all things but remember that even in the most lovely settings on our world water can kill and destroy all things! by Sam

Native birds and trees to the max!

Are there villains in nature? Well its a hard question to answer as we found out that even the nice birds and tree we have in New Zealand can some times hurt the land around us. It's part of a cycle and we are trying to understand this idea. But we all agree that the native birds and trees of our land are beautiful! Kiwi by Loimata, Tree and Kakapo by Zeb.

Hola family and friends check out what we are doing with kidpix.

Our focus this term is looking at how humans and natural phenomena can change our land. But before we looked in depth at the big idea our class talked about trees and birds in New Zealand. We looked at native trees and birds. We used kidpix to draw our findings.

The Fantail - by Mitchell, The Puriri Tree - by Julius, The Kiwi by Sene, The Kauri Tree by Daniel.

Ink's go crazy on Photo Booth

WALT: Use Photo Booth, iPhoto, Bubbleshare and Blogger.

Our goal was to make a Bubbleshare and this is how it turned out. We experimented with the different effects on Photo Booth and ended up pulling some really funny faces. Hope you like our show.

Jonathan, Morgan, Lucy and Petra.

Term Two Focus - Are there villains in nature?

Our focus in the Kowhai team is looking at villains in nature. This means we will be learning about what bad things happen in nature and how those bad things can effect the rest of us and even nature. I am learning that the wind and sun can be villains and we are looking at trees to see what can harm them. Can you spot the villains in my picture. Good luck! 

By Denzel