11 September 2012
Kelly Sports
Today we had our second session of Kelly Sports. We worked on some soccer skills. Watch the video below of some of us using our heads!
10 September 2012
Word and Problem of the Day
Word
of the Day: epiphany (noun)
Definition:
the discovery or realisation of a new idea.
1)
I had an epiphany last night, about how to build a better bridge.
2)
While I was sleeping I had an epiphany about the meaning of life.
3)
After he had an epiphany, everything suddenly made sense.
Problem
of the Day: What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you
don’t want to use it?
08 September 2012
We Won Billy The Bass!
At assembly yesterday, the Crafty Foxes were awarded Billy the Bass. For the next week he will be living and singing with us - and we'll do our best not to eat him (as most foxes would...).
07 September 2012
Build a Sentence
We started with:
We finished with:
I ate ice cream.
We finished with:
I licked the delicious, smooth, refreshing hokey pokey ice cream slowly like a snail with my tongue at the peaceful, sandy beach on a hot, sunny day with my kind, caring and lovely family.
06 September 2012
Word and Problem of the Day
Word
of the Day: elegant (adj)
Definition:
high quality or fancy
1)
The woman was wearing an elegant dress.
2)
Your solution to the problem was simply elegant.
3)
She looked elegant as she walked into the room.
Problem
of the Day: The more of it you have, the less you see. What is it?
05 September 2012
Word and Problem of the Day
Word
of the Day: aftermath (noun)
Definition:
the period right after a disastrous event; the consequences or results of
something
1)
The playground was completely wet in the aftermath of the storm.
2)
In the aftermath of the fight, three children had to see the principal.
3)
The aftermath of the shopping trip was the massive bill.
Problem
of the Day: Forward I am heavy, but backwards I am not. What am I?
04 September 2012
Word and Problem of the Day
Word
of the Day: punctually (adv)
Definition:
to do something on time.
1)
He arrived punctually for class.
2)
He put his marbles away punctually.
3)
Dinner was served punctually at 7pm.
Problem
of the Day: What is in the middle of nowhere?
03 September 2012
Footsteps Dance Company
About a week ago, Footsteps Dance Company came in to Rowandale to show our students a dance. The children really enjoyed it. Here is a video of the dance they did:
Build A Sentence
A few weeks ago we did an activity called Build a Sentence. We start off with a very simple, boring sentence and then work together to make it interesting.
The first time we did this we started with:
and turned it into:
The second time we did this we started with:
and turned it into:
We will post more of these as they happen.
The first time we did this we started with:
The boy ran to the park.
and turned it into:
The magnificent, marvelous, Maori boy sprinted quickly like a charging rhino to the horrible, hideous park where he fell off the monkey bars and broke his leg.
The second time we did this we started with:
We were sitting on that mat.
and turned it into:
We were sitting quietly and sensibly as we paid attention to the kind, brainy and heavy teacher who was teaching an extremely boring maths lesson about silly subtraction and difficult division.
We will post more of these as they happen.
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