Orchestra Visit

Today we saw some of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Each of them told us about their instruments. We saw a flute, piccolo, french horn, oboe, clarinet, bassoon. They were all wood wind instrument except for the french horn, which is a brass instrument. All the wood wind instruments had a reid, a reid makes the sound.  The oboe and the clarinet had double reids which means that there are two pieces of bamboo tied together and they vibrate to make the sound. 

Bank Visit

On Tuesday we went to WestPac Ferrymead, because we are learning about Financial Literacy.
Financial Literacy is learning how to make good choices with money.  We met Tracey, she is the Bank Manager, and she showed us the vault where they keep the money. Tracey and another lady had keys to the vault but they were both different keys and you needed both to open it, so both of them always needed to be there to open the vault. We got to hold $10,000 dollar in $100's and $20's. We got to weigh the coin. We had to tell the machine what type of coin we wanted to weigh and it told us how much we had. The $2 coin was the heaviest and the 10c is the lightest. One of the ATM machines was a coin change machine, so businesses could swap notes for coins. Shops would use this often.

Athletics Timetable

Here is the timetable for Year 4-8 Athletics tomorrow

9.00 Assemble in classes

9.15 Meet on the field in age groups

9.25-10.05 Round 1

10.05-10.45 Round 2

11.00-11.40   Round 3

11.40-12.15  Round 4

12.15- 12.50  Round 5

12.50-1.30 Lunch

1.35-2.15  Round 6

2.15 - House Relays 

Art

Today we learnt how to draw a rabbit with Neil, from Graham Braddock Art School.
We learnt how to shade, and add light.  We also learnt how to add fur.

Room 9's News Report

While the Year 4's have had athletics practice, the Year 3's have been busy with Miss Smith and Miss Dippie. Miss Smith is taking art and Miss Dippie has been teaching us how to use the iPads to create movies.
Here is the Room 9 News Report by Imogen, Gabs, Tara, Kyra, Dylan and Jago

Room 9's News Report

Home Learning Week 10

Hi Room 9
This week for home learning I have set some study ladder activities, based proof reading, and also a variety of maths activities, some will be harder than others.
Also have a look at walk the plank - literacy. See if you can solve the trickiest level of hangman without walking the plank.
http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18653/myclass/269646

Another good idea would be to check out BBC typing and practice your typing!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/


Have a great week.

Miss Dippie

Setting Descriptions

We are learning how to write a narrative. This week we are looking at how to write an interesting description of a setting.

Will has written a description about Room 9.

Room 9 is a welcoming,peacful and musical place. With walls covered in art as beautiful as Mt. Cook on  amazing a sunny day. It has a activboard that is as flat as a table & is very useful,smart & creative.
All 20 windows are partly covered in more art!
Room 9 is a nice, safe place.