Room 4 Brightwater 2012

Room 4 2012 is a fabulous group of Y1 and 2 children.

2012-02-10T13:57:00.002+13:00

We are Room 4.
We are good at work.
We are kind.
We are super-awesome!

Fun, food and friends.

2011-12-09T15:39:00.001+13:00

Another scrapbook by Smilebox

A Fabulous Furry Day at Brightwater.

2011-12-08T22:42:00.002+13:00

This free scrapbooking design created with Smilebox

Only 16 more sleeps and we are getting festive!

2011-12-08T14:44:00.001+13:00

We had fun at Mix and Make!

2011-12-07T20:20:00.002+13:00

Create a digital scrapbooking design

2011-12-07T13:01:00.003+13:00

Another free scrapbook design by Smilebox

Brookie-Lee -Motorcross Champion!

2011-11-14T19:53:00.003+13:00

Brookie-Lee rides her motorbike in Motorcross competitions. Last weekend she went to Hokitika and competed in a national competition. She came 10th in the 4-7 age group for the whole of New Zealand and won this fancy trophy!
We are very proud of you, Brookie-Lee!

Keighley is a Flower Girl!

2011-11-08T20:07:00.003+13:00

Keighley was a flower girl at a wedding last weekend. She put on her beautiful flower girl dress at school and showed us the posy of flowers. Keighley told us she danced until midnight at the wedding and had lots of fun. We thought she looked beautiful!

How hot are you?

2011-10-29T19:48:00.005+13:00

We made some 'thermometers' to show how our temperature changed during the day.

2011-10-11T22:06:00.002+13:00

Another digital scrapbooking design by Smilebox

Our BIG cats.

2011-10-11T19:32:00.001+13:00

Learning about Big Cats! on PhotoPeach

Some cats like to sleep on mats; art from Room 4

2011-10-11T19:30:00.000+13:00

Cats on Mats on PhotoPeach

Dancing with Dolphins

2011-10-11T19:27:00.001+13:00

Dancing With Dolphins on PhotoPeach

More Shape Exploration With Room 4.

2011-10-03T21:44:00.002+13:00

Photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox

2011-10-03T19:35:00.000+13:00

We can write! on PhotoPeach

2011-10-03T19:31:00.000+13:00

OUR SHAPE PICTURES on PhotoPeach

Rugby World Cup

2011-09-25T15:45:00.001+13:00

Can you guess who Keighley is supporting??
Go Italy!!

Visit to Alicia's Farm

2011-09-25T15:38:00.005+13:00

On Wednesday, Room 4 went to Alicia's farm in Teapot Valley. We fed the lambs ......

.... we patted the calves ...

......... we held the baby chicks...

.... we had our lunch and went for a long walk. Thank you Sheryl and Miles. We had an awesome day!!

Room 4 Can Dance!

2011-09-03T19:57:00.001+12:00

This week our focus letter was 'f'.

2011-08-06T21:36:00.004+12:00

On Friday

we made fairy bread for playlunch and . . .

funny faces just for fun!

Fabulous Art from Term 2

2011-08-05T15:41:00.002+12:00

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.

2011-08-05T15:36:00.002+12:00

GREAT PERFORMANCE ROOM 4!

Going Live!

2011-08-04T08:32:00.002+12:00

I know everyone has been WAITING to see "Room 4- The Movie". I have been working on it - just a few technical "hitches" . . . but Peter Jackson takes his time too!
Watch this space for featured highlights!

SEE YOU THERE!

2011-07-08T08:51:00.002+12:00

Always Take The Weather With You!

Popcorn for bears - and some for us too!

2011-06-23T23:05:00.002+12:00

We are learning about size and finding out how much fits into different containers. The 3 bears wanted to go to the movies and we had to figure out how to make a big popcorn bag, a middlesized popcorn bag and a little popcorn bag.

They really worked because we made popcorn so we could try them out! Yum!

2011-06-23T22:35:00.000+12:00

Mr Baldwin helps out! on PhotoPeach

2011-06-15T21:06:00.004+12:00

Yeah - finally Mrs Isles has some photos of our cross country on the blog to go with our fantastic writing . . . you have all listened to our 'vocaroo' recordings haven't you?
Next time you are passing, check out all our published cross country writng and our action art.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

2011-06-13T20:23:00.003+12:00

Room 4 has been learning about "Keeping Ourselves Save." Constable McKitrick has been helping us and today we learnt about knowing the difference between Secrets and Tricks. A good secret would make us feel happy and excited but a bad secret or trick would make us feel scared, worried or confused.
SAY NO, GET AWAY, TELL SOMEONE!!

Travelling Art Show

2011-06-13T20:09:00.003+12:00

The Travelling Art Show came to our school. Room 4 really enjoyed looking at all the different artworks. We had to decide which ones we liked and which ones we didn't like. We also had to give a reason.

2011-06-10T11:39:00.001+12:00

Flynn reads his cross-country story.

2011-06-10T11:31:00.001+12:00

Alicia reads her cross-country story.

2011-06-10T11:22:00.001+12:00

Helena's cross-country writing

Room 4 rocks the cross-country!

2011-06-10T11:00:00.001+12:00

Aaron's writing about the Cross-country.

Winter is here. . .

2011-06-03T16:37:00.004+12:00

We think the chill is setting in for the long weekend.
so... we thought of some nice things about winter!
Hope everyone in Room 4 enjoys a sleep-in!

Keighley decided Rory needed a new bed...

2011-06-03T16:31:00.002+12:00

2011-05-21T22:59:00.000+12:00

2011-05-21T22:50:00.000+12:00

Our Happy/Sad Day

2011-05-16T20:07:00.006+12:00

We were happy today to welcome Jaymee to Room 4 , but we were also feeling a bit sad about saying goodbye to Aaron. He is leaving us to go and live back in the Shetland Islands and we will all miss him.
Welcome Jaymee and farewell Aaron. Haere mai, ka kite ano.

2011-05-12T08:30:00.008+12:00

Exploring art at the Suter Gallery

Thank you to the helpers who
took us to The Suter Gallery.

We had a great time looking at
the fabulous artwork.

We chose our favourites and thought about why
we liked it best.

We did a 'treasure hunt' to find the hiding details.

2011-05-12T08:24:00.002+12:00

Dear Mums,
We hope you had a happy Mothers' Day and that you liked your surprise!
Love from
Room 4 xxx

Science Discovery

2011-05-09T18:22:00.005+12:00

We explored activities at three tables. We had to think about three questions:

1. What did you notice? "We noticed that when we put the magnifying glass closer to the rocks,
we saw gold colours." (Jack's Jumpers)

2. What did you think? "We thought that Spongebob wouldn't float but he did!" (Helena's Hoppers)

3. What did you find out? "We found out that crayon doesn't stick to the magnet because it's not made of metal." (Bailey's Bouncers)

Noodles, noodles, noodles.

2011-04-16T20:56:00.010+12:00

Room 4 loves oodles of noodles!

We had a lot of fun remembering 'nnnnnn' for nooddles!

2011-04-16T20:08:00.006+12:00

Our box constructions are taking shape. Most of us were busy working on the finishing touches on Friday. It is really exciting to see how our work is turning out!

Callum decided silver foil would complete
his laser-boosted rocket.

Mikayla decided on paint to finish her boat in style.

Amazing work Room 4!

2011-04-09T20:27:00.011+12:00

DISCOVERY. . . it's FUN, it's PURPOSEFUL, it's PLAY, it's CREATIVE!

and on Friday it was!

It all started last week with a question, some imagination, talking, and a bit of research.

We had to do quite a bit of planning and talking to a buddy to fine-tune our ideas.

Then it was time to create!

Watch this space to see what we can make with a box!

Arty time!

2011-04-06T16:29:00.005+12:00

We have been having an "Arty Time" over the last few weeks, using our great ideas to create many artworks.
We have made playdough and clay snails, clay pinch pots and pictures that show "what you can see through my window."

Kiwisports Day

2011-03-23T16:22:00.004+13:00

On Tuesday, all the Junior Syndicate went to Wakefield School to take part in a Kiwisports day.

We tried many games and activities including hockey, ball games, and a giant earthball.
After the sports, we had lunch at Faulkners Bush.

We were very tired when we came back to school!

Suter Art Gallery

2011-03-23T16:16:00.004+13:00

Last Tuesday, we went to the Suter Art Gallery. We saw some pottery made by Darryl Frost and a movie about his special kiln. We all made our own fantastic piece of "flying" pottery.

We ate our lunch under the trees in the Queen's Gardens and then we went for a walk to see the beautiful Chinese Gardens.

Visiting the Pottery

2011-03-14T21:19:00.005+13:00

We went to Royce's pottery next door. He showed us how he made the pottery using a wheel, his hands, some clay and a HUGE kiln for "cooking ".

We think Royce is very clever and we are lucky he is our next door neighbour!

2011-03-11T12:21:00.004+13:00

We are co-operating at maths time
to sort objects into groups.

We are thinking of you Christchurch!

2011-03-04T15:09:00.004+13:00

Our news today.
Today is Red and Black Day.
We have brought some gold coins to help the
people in Christchurch.

BREAKING NEWS - Mr Baldwin annouces that Brightwater has raised $485 to support schools in Christchurch as they recover from the earthquake!

Room 4 says "that's a lot of hundreds!"

Discovery Time

2011-02-25T15:37:00.003+13:00

We are learning to;

make choices and finish what we choose
use the things in our classroom carefully and tidy up when we finish
help others and work together.

We are enjoying our work too!

Gliding on the water.

2011-02-25T15:27:00.002+13:00

Swimming is fun.
We are learning to glide smoothly on the water.

Paintbrush Writing

2011-02-15T20:20:00.003+13:00

We practised writing our names on the concrete using big paintbrushes.

We had to be fast because the hot sun dried our names very quickly!

Welcome to Room 4 2011

2011-02-07T20:31:00.003+13:00

We are a fantastic New Entrant class of four boys and four girls. Soon we will have four new children starting in our class.

We have two teachers in Room 4. Ms Lister teaches us on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Mrs Isles teaches us on Thurdays and Friday.

At the moment, we are going swimming every day! We can all get in and out of the pool safely.

We LOVE to go for a swim in the hot afternoon!

Flower Show by Nico

2010-11-22T12:03:00.015+13:00

On Flower Day everyone brought a flower. Some people brought a miniture garden, they were cool. I made a sand saucer and a button hole. We displayed them in the hall for everyone to look at. Lots of people did baking too. I liked the baking, I made biscuits that were like a house . . . YUM!

Port Nelson Haven Ahoy!

2010-11-22T12:01:00.013+13:00

Room 3 took a journey back in time and learnt about what it would have been like to make the long voyage from England to Nelson in 1841. Before we went on our trip to the museum we talked about why people would have left their old life behind to travel so far and we 'packed' our sea chests for the voyage. At the museum we were able to explore what it would have been like on board. Back at school we wrote diary entries which showed how much we had learnt.

Mrs Isles was extremely proud of Room 3; even the museum teacher commented on their fabulous behaviour and their quality thinking!

Grandparents Afternoon by Ollie

2010-10-13T12:05:00.022+13:00

On Wednesday grandparents came to school to look at our work. Some kids borrowed a grandad. Everyone had shared afternnon tea.

Some kids took nanas and grandads for a look around the school. Everyone had a fantastic time.

Brass Band Visit by Nicola

2010-10-13T12:05:00.021+13:00

On the first day of school the New Zealand Secondary Schools' BrassBband came to Brightwater School.

It had drums and trumpets. They played some music. It was fantastic and my friends thought that it was awesome and terrific. My favourite piece was Wallace and Gromit.

Visiting Broadgeeen House by Britney

2010-09-13T12:29:00.025+12:00

On Monday, Room Three went to Broadgreen house. It was interesting and there was no toilet upstairs. They had to use a chamber pot. There were fake people with olden day clothes on upstairs too!

The boys looked handsome because they wore fancy vests and the girls looked beautiful because they looked awesome in their lacy clothes and some frilly hats. We saw Mr Buxton's room.

Room Three's Assembly by Sierra

2010-09-13T12:29:00.022+12:00

On Friday Room Three took the whole school assembly because it was our turn. We made some awesome lion masks. The tricky bit was for the teachers;it was cutting out the eyes and putting on the elastic. Then they were ready!

We practised and practised and the day came. We performed fantastically and the audience were amazed!

Soccer and Ripper Rugby

2010-08-25T15:26:00.003+12:00

At lunchtimes, we have been playing soccer and Ripper Rugby against other Junior classes. Each team has 5 boys and 5 girls in it.

The rest of the class have been the very loud cheer leaders! We have won some games, drew some games and even lost some games. Everyone has really enjoyed the competition and we have learnt lots about working together in a team.

Learning About Grandparents, By Nicole Carey and Maddie

2010-08-25T15:22:00.002+12:00

We are learning to communicate with others who don't live near us. We have been making fishbones and letters.

We have also been learning about grandparents. We have written all our grandparents up on a list. We have had a grandparent poem and Ben's Nana came to visit.

Rally Car Visit, by Kody and Talia

2010-08-25T11:52:00.008+12:00

On Thursday 19th of August 2010, the Rally cars came to Brightwater School.
The drivers were Kieran, Dean and Dominic.

Kieran shared his life with us. It was fantastic because he started school at Brightwater School! Kieran had a big serious crash once.

We hope they come again.

Strike by Izaak

2010-07-26T11:29:00.003+12:00

We went to see Strike and they played the drums on some poles and then they played a dangerous fire music

They did a played a marimba really fast. My favourite part was when they played a piano.

Brightwater Has Talent by Ollie

2010-07-26T11:14:00.010+12:00

The school did a show. We did dancing and singing.

Year two did an ABBA item at the amazing show. There was a Sasa it was fantastic! I liked it. Did you?

There was the Caretaker Shuffle with Peter and his mini mes.

Robyn Belton by Kody and Max.

2010-05-31T11:39:00.011+12:00

Wow! What a day on Wednesday! We saw the coolest artist at school. It is Robyn Belton. She has a curly hair do. She wore an interesting dress like a dressing gown. She drew a picture of Herbert the Brave Sea Dog. It looked fantastic!

Mainly, she draws picture for Joy Cowley's books and the new one is called, "Greedy Cat and the Goldfish."

Wacky Hair Day. By Maddie and Talia

2010-05-14T10:21:00.004+12:00

We saw extremely wacky hair like undies, reindeer fluttering around. Jade was the reindeer. Pigtails were waggling around. Ms Lister was wearing a funny clown wig. Everybody started to giggle.

Wacky hair day. By Ben and Anita

2010-05-14T09:33:00.007+12:00

Wacky hair day was funky! There were weird and wild styles all over Brightwater School. There was hair with spikes. There was hair that was smooth. Jade had reindeer hair. A boy even had pigtails! Ms Lister was a clown.She was wearing funky glasses.

my weekend

2010-04-27T09:25:00.003+12:00

Jade and Anita went to the Rollerskating rink. Anita fell over once but it was her first time. We also went on the megaslide, playground and the beach. Then we went to Jades Nanas house. We made a triangle.

Making Fruit kebabs, by Max, Ben and William

2010-03-30T11:13:00.003+13:00

You need to cut the orange in half.
You need to get some marshmallows.
Wash or peel the fruit.
Cut the fruit up into bite sizes.
Put the fruit and one marshmallow on the kebab.
EAT YOUR KEBAB!!

Healthy Harold by Talia , Zane and Jade

2010-03-30T09:45:00.005+13:00

Room 3 went to see Harold in his caravan and we had heaps of fun.

For our first time, we all got a book about healthy eating. We went to the caravan twice to see Harold who is a yellow giraffe.

We learnt about healthy food, where parts of our body were, and how to grow up with a strong and healthy body.

Sierra's amethyst and fossil

2010-03-26T17:00:00.002+13:00

Sierra bought this beautiful amethyst and incredible fossil to school yesterday. Her reading group had read an interesting story called "Rock Doc" about the work of a geologist.

Sierra's mum and dad bought the trilobite fossil back from America ten years ago from a women who was one of the first people ever to find dinosaur bones.Amazing!!

Kiwisports Day

2010-03-26T16:47:00.003+13:00

Last Thursday, all the Junior Syndicate walked to the domain for a Kiwisports day. We made new friends from Wakefield, Ranzau, Hope and Appleby Schools.

We each had a team number on our hand and took part in all sorts of great activities.
Some of the activities were a giant earth ball, petanque, dancing and hurdles.

We had a fantastic morning and we were all very tired when we got back to school.

Swimming display

2010-03-26T16:39:00.003+13:00

Our class put on a swimming display for the parents. Each group showed the different skills we had learnt this term. Many mums, dads, brothers, sisters, friends and even grandparents came to watch.

They were all very impressed with our fantastic swimming and the progress we had made!!

Variety Bash by Sierra and Nicola

2010-03-19T09:43:00.016+13:00

On Wednesday the Variety Bash came to Brightwater School. They gave us some goodies. We saw funny cars, we got sparkly pens, we saw Pooh Bear and Piglet and some funny cars too.

We saw the superhero man. He was funny as he did magic. He was the best magic man ever! Suddenly we saw more cars coming into school. They were fancy to. We liked them.

The spotty egg by Talia

2010-03-08T11:46:00.009+13:00

I found a speckled egg in my garden. It had a silly mother hen, because she left it in the middle of the lawn and we ran one over.

The one I brought to school is my pet egg now.

We have two teachers! by Jade and Nicola

2010-02-25T17:56:00.003+13:00

Room 3 have two excellent teachers. Ms Lister is cool. She's the best teacher in the school. The whole class like her. She is a star and a good teacher. She has short brownish blond hair. She has greeny grey eyes. She's fantastic. She wears glasses and earrings. She wears a necklace. She wears black shoes, a brown top with black flowers.
Posted by Room 8 Brightwater School 2009 at Wednesday, February 24, 2010 0 comments

Best Teacher by Jade and Nicola

2010-02-25T11:40:00.004+13:00

Room 3 has another teacher.She is the best in the school too! Her name is Mrs Isles. She has short blond hair. She has a sparkly gold ring and a gold necklace and a black top and some tanned skin. She has a 'coffee fairy' who brings her coffee! She has sparkly blue eyes.

Rally Cars

2009-09-24T08:06:00.002+12:00

The rally cars came to school. Keiran Hall was one of the drivers. They drive really fast. They have seatbelts and roll bars to keep them safe in a race. We would like to drive the rally cars.

Our Assembly

2009-09-24T08:02:00.002+12:00

Last week Room 3 took our whole school assembly. It was scary in front of all those people. We talked into the microphone. We showed our robots. We sang some Maori songs. It was scary but fun.

Floating and Sinking

2009-08-31T16:41:00.004+12:00

We made a boat and we tested to see which one would float the best. The ones that were the best had a big flat bottom and sides. Mitchell's boat was one of the best designs.

Rosie and Amelia's Chickens

2009-08-31T16:38:00.006+12:00

Our chickens came to school in a box. They sat on our heads. Our chickens are purple and yellow. They are called Lilly and Daisy.

Jump Rope for Heart

2009-08-24T12:43:00.003+12:00

We did lots of skipping for Jump Rope. We jumped using long ropes and short ropes. Lots of our Mums and Dads came to watch us.

Maddy's Dog Lilly

2009-08-24T12:18:00.002+12:00

I have a dog and her name is Lilly. She is 8 weeks old.

I brought Lilly to school to show Room 3.

Ethan's Rabbit

2009-08-24T08:26:00.003+12:00

I got the bunny from my friend's house. His name is Shrek. He eats carrots, spinach and cabbage leaves.

By Ethan

Miss King

2009-08-11T09:17:00.002+12:00

This is Miss King. Miss King is visiting room 3. She is teaching us Maori. We are learning lots of things. We are learning the colours, parts of our body, commands, greetings and some waiata. We have been having fun with her!

The Big Night In At My House

2009-08-11T09:02:00.002+12:00

My name is Lydia. I watched the Telethon on tv in the weekend and I got to sleep on the fold out bed in the lounge. I got to stay up really late.I gave $20 to the Telethon. I saw my name on tv. I made this poster at my house. It is about my weekend and about the Telethon. Mum took some photo's of me and my sister.

2009-08-06T13:27:00.002+12:00

Peter is fixing the seat outside our classroom. The screw snapped. He had to get another one. He ran out of screws. He had to get some more out of the shed. He used a screw driver and a screw driver thing that screws in by itself. He said it's called a cordless drill.

By Tayne

Pippins Camp

2009-08-05T11:49:00.002+12:00

I went to Pippins Camp for a day on Sunday. I have new badges on my sash.I had to play lots of different games to get them. Mum had to stick the badges on for me. I had a great time at camp. I liked playing the cool games.

By Piper

Pippins Camp

2009-08-03T08:53:00.001+12:00

I went to the Pippins Camp up the Lee Valley. I got a butterfly painted on my face. I had a heart on the other side of my face but I washed it off.

By Maddy

My Jump Stilt Shoes

2009-07-30T12:32:00.002+12:00

My Dad made these stilt shoes for me. He made them out of wood. He put some soft sponge on the bottom so the floor doesn't get scratched. I can hold onto the ropes and walk around. I am high up when I'm up on my stilt shoes.

By Mitchell

My New Sunglasses

2009-07-30T09:00:00.002+12:00

I am Ethan. I am wearing my new sunglasses at school today. I look very cool.I can wear my sunglasses when I am outside. Today is a very sunny day. I can wear my sunglasses at school today.

By Ethan R

A new maths game

2009-07-21T14:46:00.002+12:00

Today we played a new game at maths time. It is called Bingo. Rosie called out the numbers today. We put counters on our game boards if we had the number Rosie called out.

Room 10 Buddies

2009-07-21T14:41:00.002+12:00

On Thursday afternoons our Room 10 buddies come to see us. Sometimes they read to us. Sometimes they play games with us. This is Olivia. She is helping us play a ball relay game.

I am in the maze

2009-07-21T14:37:00.001+12:00

Here is Amelia coming out of the maze. She is doing PMP at school in the hall. She had to crawl through the twisting, turning boxes.

We can find out who is heavier and who is lighter

2009-07-20T13:55:00.002+12:00

Here are Darby and Mabel on the see-saw. We can see who is heavier and who is lighter. Darby is heavier than Mabel. Mabel is lighter than Darby.

Friday Fancy Dress Day

2009-06-19T09:12:00.003+12:00

We had Book Week this week and today we got to dress up as a character from a book. We have a Buzzy Bee, 2 Spidermen, a pig, a pirate, a mermaid, a dinosaur, Batman, a rabbit, 3 witches, 2 Little Red Riding Hoods and 5 princesses. We look great!
By the Roosters Writing Group

2009-06-15T09:23:00.002+12:00

My Grandma went to China. She bought me a purse and a zipper pal for my jacket. She bought me this jewellery box. It has a panda on the lid. The box is blue and gold and it has beautiful flowers on it. I love it. It is very special. Thank you Grandma.
Love from Jazmine

Easter Eggs

2009-04-09T13:57:00.002+12:00

Today Mitchell brought a basket of Easter eggs to school to share with the children in room 3. Mitchell said he liked sharing the eggs with everyone. We all thought the Easter eggs were yummy. Thank you for sharing, Mitchell!

Gingerbread Men

2009-04-08T10:36:00.003+12:00

These are my gingerbread men. I made them with my Mum. We put chocolate sprinkles, silver balls, hundreds and thousands and pink and white icing on them. We had chocolate chips on them aswell. We made them look like girls with costumes on. They tasted great!

By Chloe