Descriptions

We have been writing character descriptions. What interesting adjectives can you use to describe these characters?

Swimming!

Learning to float

Khoa learning to streamline his body

Adrian, doing so well!

Francis, a star swimmer!

Survival Kits

Have you got a survival kit at home?

Disaster Planning

Check out this great website to learn about different disasters in a fun way!

http://stansland.aucklandcivildefence.org.nz

Our Term Value is Determination

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Tessellation

Today Room 18 students were learning all about tessellation and shapes that tessellate. Check out some awesome tessellations they made.

Life Education

Room 18 have been learning all about the heart in the life education caravan with Harold. Here is a website link to find out more.

http://www.lifeeducation.org.nz/KIDS.html

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

We are learning about 3 important ways to care for our environment and reduce our waste. We love singing the 3 R song!

Colour Poem

Red

Red is the powerful blood that that pumps through your body.
Red is the burning hot chilli in your mouth.
Red is mean madness that you feel.
Red is the crunch of sweet delicious apples.
Red is the burning hot fire on the firewood.

By Ronit

Geometry

We have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.

We took photos of shapes and created these awesome comic strips about their properties.

Telling the Time

We are learning to tell the time

Click on the link below for lots of Time games and activities to do at home.

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-time.html

Race Relations Day

Lots of children in Room 18 came to school in their cultural clothes on Race Relations Day. We think they looked amazing!

Crayon and Dye Taniwhas!

Room 18 spent the day in the art room on Tuesday. We used crayon and dye to create our own mythical taniwhas. 

We thought about using warm and cool contrasting colours.

Check out some photos.

Pictograms

Check out some of the pictograms we did on Kidpix today! 

We found out about Room 18s favourite things, created a tally chart and then made a pictogram. 

What is our favourite ice cream flavour, singer and drink?

By Irshaad

By Raeleigh

By Ronit

Year 4 Rocks

HI guys, how's it going at school . In room 18 it is awesome. In room 18 we say we are the best senior class in the whole year 4 block. We really enjoy science, reading, writing, and maths because they are awesome! 

Bin, Ronit and Krisha

2013

Welcome to Year 4 and Room 18! 

My name is Alex Hanson and I am very much looking forward to a full and fun year in Room 18.   Please come and visit this blog throughout the year to see what has been happening at school, it is a great way for your child to share their learning. Please feel free to leave a comment. We look forward to seeing you, both in class and on the blog!