Hi Isabel

Hi Isabel
Yesterday everyone got a sheet of paper and it had all the things we need to get done this week for school. We have to do reading,maths,writing,bubbles and the end of term clean-up. by the end of this week. I will write back to you soon bye bye
From Nicole

Beno

Hi room 4 thanks for the replies, believe it or not it is summer and there's been thunder and lightning. A couple of days ago we saw my mums friend and her son Beno who is two and a half they came at four in the afternoon and stayed till about nine O'clock it was really fun playing with Beno and I hope to see him again sometime.I heard that the holidays are coming up YAY!!! How is the bubbles competiton going I hope someone from our class wins it.Kate I don't know why my last blog post showed up in pictures because here it's in normal writing but maybe it is because there was a picture added on to it.

Bubbleology

The last couple of weeks we have been doing bubbleology. We have been using lots of different tools like wire, magazine paper rolled into cones, straws and lots of other cool things. I have learnt that the best blower was the cones made out of magazine paper. Other people in my class have been changing the mixture to see if it will help make bigger and better bubbles.

hi isabel

hi isabel it is sophie here.i am just wondering how is it going and what you have been doing.
we are at the computer room and we are doing our bubble inquiry.hope you are having fun got to go.bye

Hi Isabel

Hi Izzie!!!I can't seem to be able to read your last blog post because it is in pictures!!!
I hope you are having fun!!!
Bye!!!

Isabel

hi Isabel
hope you're having fun one more week of school yay yay
phoebe

Hello Sounds Like You Are Having FUN!!!

Sorry Isabel I meant Wild Life Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you are having a great time!!!!
In class we have been doing alot about bubbles.
We have made bubble poems and it has been fun!!!
BYE BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Sarah I went to the zoo but it's not a zoo it's a wildlife park there were wild pigs, wild horses,deer,buffalo,rabbits,ox's,and two lots of original wild cats one lot are the size of a normal house cat and the others are triple the size of that.I fed the deer and there were a few babies and they were really cute. I enjoyed going to the wildlife park and hope to go there again. See you later !!!

To Isabel

Hi Isabel I hope you are having fun in Germany!!!!!!
You wrote in your last blog message that you were going to the zoo how fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking foward to read your other blog messages!!!!
Oh and I would love to try some spagetti ice cream!!!!
Bye Bye!!!!!!!!!

spaghetti icecream

Yesterday we went into town to go shopping and after that we had some icecream. I had a Spaghetti icecream it was really nice a Spaghetti icecream is made out of vanilla icecream thats been shredded into the shape of noodles,stawberry sause and a wafle on top. It was really nice.Then we went home and had some dinner and tomorrow we are going to the widlife park. (catch up with you later)

Germany

We got to Germany safely.The plane flight was long but we stoped in singapore for four hours and looked around the shops.The second flight was a night flight so we slept through it.When we got to Germany we went to the bakery for breakfast then we went home.Today we are going into town to go shopping and thats all I have done for the time we have been here write to you later.

The Ferry

Oh My gosh!!! I am so nervous about going on the ferry tomorrow because I've heard the waters are pre-tty choppy. I have to get up at six o'clock tomorrow morning .I am really excited about coming back to school though bcause I've missed my friends !!!! hehehehehe! and no i havn't been a loner thank you very much!! hahaha : ) : ) :) :) :)


From Ashleigh

HEY ASHLEIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I said we have been put in groups for a bubbles test kind of thing and i think you are with Thomas and someone else.Anyway i hope you have alot of fun in Palmerston North i can't wait till you come back we can go back to having so many laughs each day. Can't wait till you blog back.

from your best friend Tahlia

p.s.Can't wait to see the photos

Hey Ashliegh!

Hey Ashliegh!/pineapple
im at home right now but i heard that it is really cold up there!
i saw tamati on breakfast!well we all cant wait till you come back to school.we had a really cool mufty day and we watched oaklands got talent.It was so cool!! well i just thought i should say hi.but i gotta go now. bye!

Its sharnecho by the way!
cya!

Going to Palmy'

Hay today we are going to palmerston north I will miss New Plymouth alot but I am excited to go to Palmerston north because I will c people i haven't seen in ages! i wont be at school on monday either and bye the way thankyou for all the posts i love reading thm bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S Tahlia in your last post you said something about bubblez i didn't understand so check that and then tell me!!!!

Ashleigh!!*:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

HI ASHLEIGH

Hi Ashleigh this week we have been doing alot more experiments with BUBBLES first we made a cone out of a warehouse brochure then Mrs McLeod gave us a bubble mixture BUT WOULDN'T give us the recipe hope i spelt recipe right anyway we have been put in to groups of three to verse room 6 to see who can blow the biggest bubble.I think you are with Thomas and someone else but i am not sure anyway hope you are having a great time in New Plymouth

from your best friend Tahlia

p.s.very cold down here to.

Canterbury Champs Cross Country!

On Wednesday the 17th of June five people in our school went to the Canterbury Champs Cross Country.To get there we had to run in zones.Our zone was the South West Zone.The people that got in the top six went through to canterburies.We raced against 15 schools in zones and Maricah came 5th,Nick came 2nd,Tylar came 6th,Nicholas came 5th and Sarah (me) came 3rd.In canterburies there were 106 people in each race.In the end Maricah came 47th,Nick came 13th but there were two year sevens in his race so he got 11th.The top 10 people get to go to the Nationals.Tylar came 85th,Nicholas came 65th and I came 37th.It was so fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the posts!!!!

Hey it's Ashleigh here just thought I'd say thanx to chontelle and mikayla for writing posts in for me thanx guys!. So, I am at my auntys house again and my sister and I have just taken some awesome pics of the american cars! and the view my aunty has at her house ! I also have some pics of the wind wand and the ocean and stuff like that and also Puke Ariki , its our mueseum in New Plymouth there is a cafe in it called aborio and we went out to lunch there yesterday so any way bye!!!
P.S the weather is lovely up here and i promise I will bring the warmish coldish weather with me to ChCh! Hehehehehehe :) :) :)( :) :)

Hi Ashleigh

Hey Ashleigh it's Mikayla and Chontelle we had Mrs McLeod yesterday and did heaps of bubble stuff its was heaps of fun and you missed out on having a great time even though you are up in New Plymouth. Mrs McLeod showed us some bubble mixture she made at home and showed us how to make a bubble blower out of a magazine page and it made huge bubbles. We also used a straw to blow bubbles. Hope you are having a nice time in New Plymouth.

How to upload a photo.

Hi Ashleigh
It is good to see you are having a neat holiday, and yes I did see Tamati in NP and was looking out for you. I see you are having cold weather there too.
At the top of the window where you write your blogpost you will see a small photo. If you hold the mouse over it it will say "add image" Click on that to browse (find) a photo on your computer to upload it. If you can make it a smaller size it will upload more quickly. You can choose where on you blog you want it to be and make it medium size. Where the photo appears in your "Create blog" window it will show as a lot of words but when you view the blog it will be the photo. Then save it.
The students are going to be posting a blog post for you soon.

Me Again : )

Hey It's Ashleigh again just asking if any of you watched breakfast this morning 'cause Tamiti the weather guy was in New Plymouth with a bunch of kids I didn't know (Hehe) anyway today I am going to my auntys house and then i can take some pics of the American cars 'cause they own a shevy impala which is a car from america of coarse!!!!!!! and the mountain looks beautiful this morning !!!!! so i will get pics of that!!! bye 4 now!! : ) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)



P.S how do i post pictures on the blog if you know please tell me through the blog a.k.a thrugh the grape vine!!!!!! hehehehehehehehehehe

-4 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in New Plymouth

Hi its Ashleigh again just thought I'd let you know it's -4 degrees!!!!!! I am so cold !!!!!!! Today my sister is coming up to New Plymouth with her camera , there is a nice clear sky so i will be able to get a picture of MT TaRaNaKi!!! . I could finally have a sleep in this morning ! yay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmmmmmm so well i don't know ....................Bye!!!!!!


Ashleigh!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :P :P :P :O :)!!!!!!!!

Hi again!

Hay its Ashleigh again Today my mum my nana and I went to the local mall called centre city and I bought the twilight directors hand book (for all you TWILIGHT lovers!) and then we came to my auntys wich is where I am writing this!!!! hheehhee
I will try and get some pics asap to post on the blog .I will try to get a photo of our beautiful walkway and the wind wand its like a giant light on a stick but it sways from side to side a little anyway i better go now, i have more things to do


P.S i have checked the blog post mrs Patten! and i'll try and get time to do those exercises(did I spell that right? any way bye!


Ashleigh! :) :) :) :) :) :),

Hi Ashleigh

I didn't get to see you before you left today. I'm wishing you a happy holiday, hope you have a great time and we all look forward to reading your posts and seeing your photos. I have added a link to our class wiki which I am setting up and if you go to this( it's under the Room 4 bookmarks link) there are some learning activities there you can download and complete if you have time. When you run out let me know and I will put some more up !!!!.
We hope to hear from you soon.

Me going to New plymouth

Hay I'm posting this on Friday night probably 4got to say goodbye to you 4 the week so bye ! anyway I'm really excited about going to N.P (new Plymouth if you didn't get that so hope you check the blog 4 my latest blog posts i will be doing when I'm in N.p i will also post pictures so hope you see them






From Ashleigh Murphy also known as crazy girl Blondie or pineapple or even plain old ash so bye!

Fun Topic 09

This term we have been learning about bubbles.We swapped classes with other classes and did different activities.We did fun things like making bubbles with different things.My favorite activity was the fizzing bag of bubbles.what we had to do was put some baking soda,vinegar and hot water and the baking soda was wrapped in a hand towel.we would have a small seal bag with the hot water and vinegar in it and then we would put the baking soda that was wrapped in the hand towel in the seal bag and go outside and shake the bag and it would explode.the second time we did it we changed the amount of baking soda.IT WENT BANG!

south west zones

At the quarry I did cross country for Oaklands School. It was so hard because I had to run up hill.I got tired running.I came 2 out of 56.I was so happy about my running.Now I'm going to the Canterbury.

Bubbles

We have been studying bubbles the last couple of weeks. Last Friday we experimented to see which tools to make bubbles work the best.

After we had done that we had to write about what we learnt and what tools worked the best!

Fair Testing

We have been learning how to run a fair test. Our favourite excperiment was making bottle cannnons.
We first put vinegar in the bottle and then baking soda wrapped up in a tissue.
We then put a cork on the top then walked outside and shook the bottle with our thumb on the cork. The mixture fizzed up and the cork flew off. This is because of the chemical reaction that occurred between the baking soda and the vinegar.

Bubbleology

In room 4 and around the school we have been learning about the study of bubbles, also called bubbleology.It has been great fun as we have been learning about fair tests.We have done lots of experiments with baking soda and vinegar.We learnt that when baking soda and vinegar touch it makes a chemical reaction.We have learnt so much about bubbles and fair tests.We are having a great time!

Writing Group 09

This year our school have a writing group for the gifted and talented. Mr Wethey is the leader of the group and the members are Timiny, Molly, Annaleise, Amy, Shayden, Jennifer, Sarah, Kusual, Zoe, Olivia and Michela. For the Kids News we have to write a book review, a letter to the editor, and a newspaper article. We have nearly all done the book review, starting on the letter to the editor.

Winter Sport

For the last two weeks we have been going to Hagley Park for the winter sport games the netball A team won the first game but there was a twist to the game because at half time we were leading 17/nil so they mixed up the teams and put Mairehau with Oaklands and the score stayed at 17/nil.
The next week we versed Shirley and lost by four but it was still a good game. I hope we win the games in the future.

Winter sport 2009

For sport oaklands pupils in years 5-8 can trial for a winter sport the sports that you can trial for are:Rugby,Netball,Hockey and Soccer.I trialled for Netball and I was lucky enough to make it into the A team. The A team for netball have played two games we have meant to have played three but sadly the first game was canceled, the first game we got to play we won 17-0 but at half time the other team hadn't got a goal so the second half we mixed the teams up so it was fair we kept the score from what it was at half time, but sadly the second game we lost 16-12 we have more games and we are hoping to win them!!!

Bubbleology

At school we have been learning about the science of bubbles called bubbleology. So far we have been experimenting on conducting a fair test. We have been working with bicarbonate soda and vinegar. We have done a few experiments like the fizzing bag of bubbles where you but baking soda and vinegar in a plastic bag then we took it outside and shook it, but I shook it too long and it exploded on my school t-shirt.

Reflection Time

Every Friday all the class' in the school have something called Reflection Time and the parents of children in that class come in to listen to the children and we have to write down or share from our head and share to the class.