Kotahitanga NCS Room 1

CAMP MOVIES !

2009-12-16T09:01:00.004+13:00

2009-12-08T13:52:00.000+13:00

Hayley G Outreach 2

2009-12-08T13:46:00.002+13:00

The Making of Evil Pirates Thomas

2009-12-08T13:45:00.000+13:00

Outreach Brittany

2009-12-08T13:44:00.001+13:00

Outreach Callum

Pirate Creations!

2009-12-08T13:39:00.001+13:00

Ella- Fast Writing.

Calendars

2009-11-03T08:23:00.003+13:00

Hi, these are the wonderful calendars that Room 1 have worked on. They make ideal Christmas presents, and can also be purchased in a card format. Proceeds go towards Nelson Central Community Group. Any orders are to be made via your class teacher.

2009-10-16T09:34:00.006+13:00

It is 6 hour drive from Nelson

It is a pool

It starts with Q

It has 4 or 5 massive hydroslides

TAYLA

2009-10-13T14:28:00.004+13:00

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
1.Its smelly and noisy
2.you can feed the animals
3.Its in Tahuna

off the beaten track

2009-10-13T14:23:00.024+13:00

Its in the South Island.
Its in Nelson.
It has a slide.
Its wet.

Off the beaten track.

2009-10-13T14:23:00.023+13:00

Its in the South Island.
On the east coast.
In a big City.
It has movies and game arcades.

Off the Beaten Track

2009-10-13T14:14:00.003+13:00

It is in Nelson

It's in town

and it's by the river side

You go there when you see new films that have just been released

Off The Beaten Track

2009-10-13T14:12:00.008+13:00

This is something I got in the holidays.
Clues:
1. It is An animal
2. It is Brown and White
3. it has a scaly tail
4. It is a Female
5. It lives in a cage
6. It was $12
7. It starts with the letter R
8. Her name is Trixie

Off The Beatan Track-Jamie

2009-10-13T14:11:00.003+13:00

Clues:

1.Its in Wellington

2.People dont live there

3.Has animals in it

Answer: Wellington Zoo

Off the Beaten Track

2009-10-13T14:10:00.004+13:00

Clues:
1. In the South Island of New Zealand
2. Close to Nelson
3. I played in a Nelson Bays Football rep team there
4. We played against teams from the top of the South Island
5. A big sports field

Off the Beaten Track

2009-10-13T14:08:00.005+13:00

1.You stay at huts
2.Its a National park
3.Its named after a Dutch Explorer.

1.You wear weird shoes
2.You use a heavy ball
3.You hit pins down.

Off the beaten track

2009-10-13T14:06:00.005+13:00

1.Its in Britan London.
2.Its a famous museum.
3.It has 8 complete Dinosaur skeletons.

1.Its in London.
2.People perform plays there.
3.Its Shakespears theatre.

1.Its in the north-east of Spain.
2.Its Spains capital after Madrid.
3.Its soccer team won the Champions leage last year.

Off the Beaten Track Term 4

2009-10-13T14:03:00.004+13:00

In New Zealand
In the South Island
On the West Coast
Starts with S
Close to Greymouth
You can go Gold paning there

Can you guess what it is?

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

2009-10-13T14:02:00.008+13:00

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

Its in the north island
Its 2 hours from hamilton
Has the sky tower

Off The Beaten Track

2009-10-13T14:01:00.010+13:00

1)It is in the South Island
2)It is in the West Coast
3)It takes 3hours and 30min - 4 hours to get there from Nelson

Off the Beaten Track

2009-10-13T14:01:00.008+13:00

1. It is in NZ
2. It is in the South Island
3. You can get there by car.
4. It is not that far away from Nelson
5. It is like 20-30 mins south west from Blenheim

Off the beaten track.

2009-10-13T13:58:00.003+13:00

1.It is in Blenheim,
2.It is a river,
3.A girl in our class has the same 1st letter,
4.It starts with 'T'.

Off the beaten track.

2009-10-13T13:57:00.010+13:00

It's in the North island.

It has one of the top 10 best airports in the world.

It has a theme park with a log flume,corkscrew rollercoster, and scorpian carts.

Off the Beaten Track

2009-10-13T02:02:00.002+13:00

1) 173 latitude, 41 Longitude

2) Southwest of Nelson

3) Ernest Rutherford's Birthplace

What makes water

2009-09-20T14:51:00.001+12:00

One inquiry unit our class explored was 'Sharing the Planet'. A scenario was set that the children in Room 1 had to discover a resource that was depleting itself. This resource happened to be water. Brady and Thomas explored the line of inquiry of 'Water is a finite resource', and created this show to demonstrate their knowledge.

Water by Brady and Thomas

Outreach

2009-09-20T14:41:00.001+12:00

Outreach Callum

Outreach

2009-09-20T14:35:00.001+12:00

Hayley G Outreach 2

Sports News 14th of September

2009-09-17T09:59:00.007+12:00

News.

Ruby- Went to a netball tournament and won all three games, but they were only 20 minute games.
Julia- Went ten pin bowling for the first time, the very first throw went in the gutter but it was still quite fun.
Shaye- went on the same netball tournament as Ruby, but a different team and she won all games.
Max- Played in basketball game and won 36/16
Brady- Went to Christchurch with a rep team for a hockey tournament. He won one, drew one and lost one.
Our Class Highlights - Prize giving for Nelson Soccer Teams, netball tournament.
Sue (teacher)- Competed in the Abel Tasman Coastal Classic marathon. She came 1st out of all Nelsonians in over 40 year old women and came 32nd over all in her category. She had a fantastic time and is planning to do it again.

Suter Art Gallery

2009-09-16T15:35:00.002+12:00

On the 30th of June our class went to the Suter Art Gallery to see an exhibition.
The exhibition was about some creatures in the world that people hate.
We talked about some of them and why people hate them.
At the exhibition I felt amazed.
After we talked about some of the creatures that people hate we got some pictures and went into the theatre and made birds out of clay.
Then after we had finished making the birds we left them there to be put in an oven so they could harden.

Cross Country

2009-09-15T09:49:00.008+12:00

On Monday the 14th of September some people from Nelson Central sShool went to Saxton Field for a 2km long run. We versed lots of other schools. There were hundreds of people when we started it - was fun BUT...

we had to go through water and lots and lots of mud it was very slippery. We had to go around the course 2 times everyone was so mudy and ou

Totara Trading

2009-09-08T14:08:00.010+12:00

Sometimes, on a Friday at Central School, the Totora Syndicate has a trading day called Totora trading, where you have fake 'Totora' dollars (a bit like funny money). You can buy and sell toys, food and raffle tickets for raffles. People can earn Totora dollars by: following instructions, doing work when you're supposed to, etc, etc. Well, you get the idea of what you do. Personally I think Totora Trading is fun because you can bring in toys, sell them and then buy a new toy. Totora Trading is on a Friday from 12:00 to 12:30 (I think!) ,but sometimes it's cancelled or Top 20 is on. Totora Trading rocks!

AsTTle Writing - Elliot

2009-09-08T14:07:00.014+12:00

At the start of the term we began the topic 'It's Not an Even Playing Field'
In this we were going to learn about Human Rights in countries that we were going to choose from a list.
My group, (Elliot, Julia, Max) choose Somalia in Africa.
We started researching Somalia. We found some very good information about the war with Ethiopia, the Somaliland and Puntland separation from the main country of Somalia, and a very good timeline about the main events in Somalia on the Internet.
After the research we wrote down or printed out the info we had found, highlighting key words and looking up words that we did not understand.
Soon after this we will be turning the info we have into a slide show or movie-maker file on Human Rights in Somalia.
Also, I was shocked with situation of Human Rights in Somalia and in many other places like Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, China, Japan, Mongolia, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan,
Northern Russia and many more places that have a very poor standard of human rights.
So I think that we should all do something to help the situation in the world today because no matter if it's in the playground or in the trenches of WW1,
You can still do something to help and support.

Sport news.

2009-09-08T14:07:00.013+12:00

This was the final weekend for alot of winter sport in Room 1. Many are sad that the season is over - but many enjoyed prize giving. Below is a list of the group of children that played sport in the weekend.

Jacob: On Saturday Jacob had his hockey final. He versed Stoke. Stoke won, but later on he played his dad and he won!!

Tayla: Tayla also had her hockey final. She lost 2-1. Hayley B did the same.

Lucy: On Saturday Lucy, Brittany and Ruby played a netball competition. They won 6-4.

Josh: Josh had his squash prize giving.

Sam: Sam played soccer, he lost. But he might be going to Australia for Basketball reps.

Jamie: On Saturday Jamie played soccer. He lost 2-1.

Brady: Brady played soccer. The score was 3-1

Felix: On Saturday Felix played soccer with Hayley G. The versed Mapua. Felix's team won 1-0.

Just to add to this our teacher Sue also did an amazing event. She completed the Abel Tasman Coastal Classic trail run. This is a 36km trail run from Awaroa to Marahau - funny enough she said she enjoyed it!!!

News from the weekend

2009-09-07T09:47:00.003+12:00

Brittany: Brittany went to her cousins house. Her aunty got Brittany some clothes.

Callum: He spyed on people with an telescope.

Finn: Finn went to anparty. He saw someone dressed as James Bond and someone dressed as Michael Jackson.

Ruby: Ruby went to Tayla's house on Sunday. They went to the libary but it was closed.

Jacob: Jacob went to Rabbit Island with Sasha. They found at least 20 Sand Dollars.

Felix: Felix had his Grandma over and his aunty from the U.S.A.

Josh: Josh and his mum went to the Wearhouse to get his dad some slippers for Fathers day.

Julia: Went to a friends party. After that her mum and dad were going out so her sister was looking after her. Julia and Julia's sister were on the scooter, they were going fast down the hill so Julia tryed to stop but she fell off the scooter and scraped her knee.

Bella: Next Saturday Bella is going to Italy! Good luck Bella.

Oranges

2009-09-02T09:13:00.000+12:00

Oranges

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Sports results

2009-08-31T12:01:00.004+12:00

Hi this is your local room 1 sport commentators and here we are with another week of fantastic games which you'll be clambering to hear so here we are with more amazing room 1 scores!...

Brittany:Netball played the Mahana hot dogs and won 8-4 the player of the day was the whole team.
Bella: Netball won 12-2 its the teams 2nd win in the season.
Tayla:Soccer her team won 3-1 she scored all the goals.
Brady: Hockey Reps lost to Wellington 6-1 then lost again to Canterbury 2-0 then finally one against Marlborough 4-0.
Jacob: Hockey and drew 2-2 with Stoke.
Thomas: Soccer lost to City Sharks 3-2.
Felix: Soccer lost to Wakefield in the last minute 1-0.
Callum V.S Jamie: Soccer Jamie won 5-4.
Max: Basketball was loosing at half time 28-14 and went on to win 29-52 then played in a rugby tournament and didn't win.

Blues slideshow

2009-08-25T14:22:00.001+12:00

Callum And Julia Orange And Blue

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Milo Mondays

2009-08-24T11:31:00.004+12:00

Every Monday in Room1 we have Milo Mondays.
As we drink our milo we talk about what sport we did in the weekend, and also discuss our social skills programme.
We have a total of 22 children playing sport in the weekend. WOW!! Some children play 2 types of sport. These sport codes include soccer, rugby, hockey, netball, squash and Basket ball.
These are our comments from this weekend:
Some children had watched the All Blacks on T.V. (plus Harry Potter).
Sam had a Basket Ball rep game in Blenheim - and won the tournament .
Brady's team vs Jacob's in hockey,Jacob's won 5-0 .
Felix team vs Callums in soccer,Callum won 5-4 .
Felix and Josh played in a squash tournament and Shaye did try outs for the Year 6 Netball team.
Thomas's reflection on his game "We didn't pass enough".
Great going Room 1.
By Oonagh.

2009-08-23T21:40:00.004+12:00

Term 3.

Exciting events for this term include - a ski trip to Rainbow,
a Suter Art gallery trip, the winter tournament - date 25th August,
more cross country running for the finalists, a fantastic trip to Waimarama Bird Sanctuary - Spetemeber 17th?, and tree planting.
Our in class learning for the term includes:
Literacy - Recounts through fairy tales. We will be reading plenty of fairytales with a twist, and use Blooms to communicate our understanding of the fairytale. Following this the class will enjoy a poetry unit, where the students will explore lots of different types of poetry. The reading focus will be on classic poems like The Highway man, Jabberwocky, The owl and the pussy cat. etc.
Maths - fun and games with geometry, multiplication and division and also fractions!! Look out for these.
Our intergrated unit this term starts off with 'It is not an even playing field' - looking at human rights and how important this document is.
We will also be designing masks for the mask parade, creating speeches for the Nelson Speech Competition, and starting the build up for Camp. So all and all yet another action packed term.
I have not included some of our weekly routines, as these will be appearing on the main page. Enjoy!

Cross Country

2009-05-27T10:18:00.005+12:00

Last week Room1 did cross country training.We wrote down every lap, and recorded this in our math book. We presented this on a bar graph. Have a look at our results

Cross country

2009-05-27T10:12:00.004+12:00

Last week we did cross country, on Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday.

We had to do an amount of laps around the school block.

This is my graph of how many laps some people did in our classroom.

Charlotte' Web

2009-05-19T13:44:00.003+12:00

Sup I'm Templeton the rat.
I'm black and grey. I got fur all over me.
Pig slop is my favorite.
I'm sneaky, I spy and I'm rough and really lazy.
I steall things like rotten eggs and shiny things.
I'm fat and full like a fridge. I'm fast like a leopard.
My typical sayings are" handsome devil and the rat."
I live in a small tunnel in a barn.

Charlottes Web

2009-05-19T13:38:00.002+12:00

Templeton is a sly and sneaky rat that is middle aged, very fast and cunning. He likes his slop alot. His typical saying is the "rat is handsome." "The yoke is on me and the rat is a handsome devil." He is sometimes mean and selfish and only thinks about himself. He can be useful and skillful but he can be a showoff sometimes. He has a dark black and dark grey coat and has a fat tummy. He can be very lazy and is clumsy most of the time. He has a low saucey voice.

Off the beaten track

2009-05-12T14:27:00.002+12:00

Clues:

1). North Island
2). You can catch a ferry there
3). Has Parliament, Te Papa and a zoo

Off the Beaten Track Term 2

2009-05-12T14:16:00.006+12:00

Q1. its in Welington

Q2. you use a big heavy ball
Q3. you roll it at bits of wood

Charlottes Web

2009-05-12T14:12:00.003+12:00

Hi, I'm Charlotte. I love to spin webs and I am a calm, patient and caring spider.
When I make a promos I keep it.
I have a black and brown soft, silky coat. My many eyes are black and shiny, so I
can see everywere.
Humans think spiders are ugly little creepy crawlies (and some animals do too)
But not Wilbur, he is a kind and polite pig.

How I came to meet Wilbur was because he could not sleep so I told him that we could converse (chat) in the morning. So in the morning we chatted. Wilbur had never seen a spider - He said I looked beuatiful. I wasn't sure if he was just being nice or that he was polite.

From that day on Wilbur and I became the closest of friends, and I made a promise to help Wilbur to see his first spring.

If you want to know what happened - read the book!! It's fantastic!!!

Charlottes Web

2009-05-12T14:09:00.003+12:00

Hi my name Charlotte A. Cavatica - whats your name?

I make beautiful webs to keep the insects out of the barn, but I don't just do it to keep the bugs out of the barn, I drink their blood. I don't do all this work at day - I do my job at night when it's quiet and dark that means I am nocturnal.
Can you guess what I am?

My favourite saying is "I promise" which means I give heaps of promises and I never ever, ever
EVER break them. I think I am trustworthy and brave but I never get to show it. One day a cute little runt named Wilbur came along and wanted to see the snow but the farmer wanted to cook him in the smoke house. I promised that he would see the snow. So thats when I went to work I made words in my web like:Terrific, some pig, humble and radiant. That's when everyone knew I was trustworthy and brave but Templeton is just as trust worthy and brave as I am.
I have a small round body, eight long skinny legs and most inportantly I am female.
Anyway see ya later that's all for now.

Oh and if you still havn't guessed what I am keep guessing cause I'm not going to tell you!!!
HA! HA!

[= THE END =]

Templeton.

2009-05-12T14:06:00.012+12:00

Hi I'm Templeton but I call myself 'The Rat' but don't you DARE call me that! People say I'm fat, collect useless stuff, etc, etc... BUT I do not and I repeat do not agree with them!!! I LOVE Slop and I get in pretty bad situations for trying to get it like the time Wilbur said "If you get words for Charlotte then I will give you a life time supply of SLOP!" and then I got chased by those silly blackbirds. They thought they could outrun me, he he he!!! Anyway I am brown, have a long snout ( good for finding food!), pink ears and beady eyes. I absolutely love night because I can sleep... um... laze around and um... ya that's it oh but I can eat as well! Oh here we go again!!! Sorry I've gotta go. Wilbur is trying to make a web and he is jumping up and down and my home is falling down!!! Why is he laughing??? Oh before I go. The Rat is handsome!!! Bye!

p.s In the background "WILBUR!!!!!!!!!"

Templeton

2009-05-05T14:55:00.004+12:00

Hi I`m Tempelton, I call myself The Rat! My favourite sayings are "The rat is handsome," and "The rat is happy". I'm a bad, sly rat that loves slop anytime of the day or night. I'm lazy, sneaky, and greedy. I'm fat and plump. Don't forget I love slop and I'm handsome, sneaky, and greedy.

Off the beaten track term 2

2009-05-05T14:52:00.004+12:00

1.A museam
2.in a big city
3.north island

charlots web jamie

2009-05-05T14:51:00.006+12:00

I'm the rat but not just any rat I am Templeton the rat. If you want to know what I look like read on.I have dark grey coated hair with a pointy nose, and a very long tail that is dark pink. Some people would say I walk like jelly and look like it too - sometimes I would agree!!

I am not so nice to those animals and definitely that runt Wilbur. I don't really like doing stuff for other people but myself but when it comes to food I'm your guy.

I think I'm very beautiful and cool.

I say these words lots - "the rat is handsome, the yokes on me, SLOOPS!!!!!!, the rat is happy and the rat."

I like to laze in my hole, dive into Wilbur's sloops, finding words for Charlotte so she can save Wilbur from that old smoke house and come out of that old hole of mine and talk to those barn yard animals.

templeton

2009-05-05T14:46:00.014+12:00

Gee hi I'm Templeton - I'm the rat. I'm rude & I've got attitude! I've got a dark face and a small plump body.
I love slop! I only care about ME and I'm arrogant. I have got black hair a light body and I'm greedy. I'm a male that is smart, lazy and brave. I'm silly, sneaky and stubborn. I have a medium voice and I love saying "the rat is handsome." Last but not least I smell like slop.

Charlottes Web

2009-05-05T14:46:00.011+12:00

Hi my name is Wilbur, I am a pink, jumpy, playful, piglet runt. I live in a big red barn with my friends.
I was rescued by Fern, a nice caring loveble young girl who always visits me when she can and reads me stories. My favourite sayings are "Great name" because everyone likes to be complemented and "anyone want to play" because I love to play by myself, but it's even more fun playing with somebody else.
One of my best friends is Charlotte, she's a spider and guess what? She can make amazing things called webs.
I want to grow up to see the snow but I probably wont because there is a little brick house across the barn called "The Smoke House." I thought humans loved pigs but it turns out humans love pork!
Charlotte made a promise that I wouldn't get killed but how could she stop them she's so small and humans are so huge!
So if you want to find out more about what happens to me and my friends you can buy the movie Charlottes Web or even rent it. Bye for now!!!

Off the beaten track

2009-05-05T14:43:00.013+12:00

I have a batch there.
It has a marae.
It's about 45min-1hr 15min from Nelson.
It's near Havlock

Charlottes' Web

2009-05-05T14:43:00.012+12:00

Hi I'm Wilbur

I'm small and pink.

I'm really caring and playful.

I enjoy playing in mud and having fun.

I have a really good friend called Charlotte

she lives in the corner of the barn door.

I have another friend called Fern she saved me

when I was young because I was the runt and her father was

going to kill me and Fern saved me now she's like my mother.

My favourite sayings are, "I dont want to die", "goodnight" and "great

name". I'm different to other pigs because I have a black dot

above one of my eyes.

Off the beaten track term 2

2009-04-28T14:45:00.005+12:00

It's a movie.

It has lots of action

It's about balls with stars on them.

Off The Beaten Track Term 2

2009-04-28T14:42:00.004+12:00

1.About 40 minutes away from Invercargill .

2.You can see wild penguins and sea lions there.

3.The place has lots of fossils.

Charlotte's web

2009-04-28T14:41:00.007+12:00

Hi my name is Wilbur and I'm a runt, well that's what people call me.

I live with a lot of animals, but out of them all, my favourite would be Charlotte, she's a spider.

My food is brought to me by Homer, he works for Fern's uncle.

I'm a very playful pig and I'm very talented. I like doing back flips and I like trotting trot trot trot.

My hobbies are jumping in mud and being a little famous.
I like saying "hello"," goodnight"," great name", "don't go" and "wanna be friends?"
So I've got to go because it's raining and you know what you get with rain MUD!!!!!!!

Chalotte's web

2009-04-28T14:37:00.004+12:00

My name is Templeton, and I enjoy eating. I also enjoy making smart remarks about Wilbur the pig. He's new to the barn, and he likes to play in mud(I think he likes the squelching noise and the feel of it). I reakon it's a waste of time, but pig=slop and I like slop, so it's okay despite his annoying questions. I often take Gussie the gooses' rotten eggs , but they roll everywhere and crack, which makes the whole barn stink!!! Wilbur and Charlotte ask for jobs and in return I get slop. Usually the jobs are finding exciting words.
Templeton is a arrogant, fat rat who likes slop.

Charlotte's Web

2009-04-28T14:27:00.004+12:00

Templeton stinks like a rubbish bin, and steals lots of things
so he can be rich. He tries to be sweet, and he can try to be fair.
He also is mean to Wilbur the pig.

And he is the best rat in the world.

Charlotte's Web

2009-04-28T14:19:00.012+12:00

Hello my name is Wilbur,

I am a small pink pig, I enjoy rolling and jumping in the mud. I am a small runt, I have a black dot above my right eye, my friends are called Charlotte and another friend called Fern. When I was a small runt Fern's dad was going to kill me but Fern saved me and she's looked after me ever since. My sayings are: "great name", "good night" and "I don't want to die". I am: adventurous, smiley, friendly, always HAPPY, and afraid to die. I like to get grubby and most of all I'm a good friend. Goodbye.

Charlottes Web

2009-04-28T14:19:00.009+12:00

If you could meet Wilbur the pig, he would say [in pig langauge] "Whats your name" or "Who are you" and if you said your name [in pig langauge] he would say ".*.............! Great name!". Wilburs apparince is: Markings: black spot around one eye. Hair: all over body like other pigs. Smell: wet hay, mud. Likes: sliding in mud, making friends, chating. Dislikes: the look of the smokehouse.

By Nic.

Charlottes web

2009-04-28T14:15:00.006+12:00

Hi I'm Templeton. I am a little grey fluffy rat. I really enjoy spying and eating. My favourite food is slops (kitchen left overs). My favourite sayings are "The Rat is hansome; and Oh boy am I a hansome devil or what!" I am a very greedy little rat - my arch enemies are the black crows who sit on the roof stearing at The Scarecrow all day. I am very grubby and I live in a hole in Homers' barn.

All I think about is me and my belovered slops. The rat will do anything for slops. I am a kinda-hero, and love to steal horrible smelly rotten eggs. Often I steal all my food and I have a pretty sweet life. My home is a hole thats looks a little like a junk yard, with my food all stored down there and it stinks - it's lovely!

by Sam

Charlotte's web

2009-04-28T14:14:00.014+12:00

Hi, I am Wilbur ( in the movie Charlotte's web ). I look like a small pig.

I am scared of Christmas. I am very determined. I am kind as anything. I like being told good night. I like playing in mud and am very playful. I am young. I have seen winter (and not many spring pigs have.) I live in a barn with other friends, but not the rat.

So I am very determined, playful, small for a pig and I have seen snow.

Charlotte's Web

2009-04-28T14:05:00.008+12:00

Hi my name is Wilbur what's yours? Great name! I'm a pig. Fern says I'm a cute round chubby pink pig with short white hair. She also says I have a great personality as well. I live in a big red barn with Gussy and Gander, Templeton the rat, he lives in a hole under my trough. No one likes him though. I also live with 2 cows and 5 sheep. The leader's name is Samuel, his followers always copy him and every one else. Ike the horse lives in the barn as well but Charlotte is my favourite, she's ever so smart and makes the most amazing webs. Fern and Avery live with their mum and dad across the road. Their Uncle Homer owns the barn were I live and Lurvy brings me my slops every day. Fern used to feed me with a bottle when I was a baby. Fern says I'm very pretty, she read me a story she wrote where she goes on the big yellow thing on wheels. I went there once it was fun!!! but Fern got in trouble. She said in her story that I was pink with white hair and a black dot above my left eye. She says I smell like mud and food and I'm very friendly. She talked about how all the sheep grow lots of hair and that it always smells like fresh hay and clover when Lurvy and Uncle Homer lug it up to the loft. She wrote about the cows getting milked and how her mum made yummy whipped cream. So that's me - Wilbur the chubby, round, roly poly, friendly little PIG. My best friends are Fern and Charlotte. I love slops and I live in a big red barn. But now I need to go play in the mud. Bye. THE END.

Term 1

2009-04-03T12:20:00.002+13:00

Hi, and welcome to Room 1's Blog. Our year long theme is 'Citizenship is Everyone's Business'. During Term 1 we have been exploring this through setting up a positive classroom culture, and understanding how everyone contributes to our class, and our school. We have been working on class peer mediation skills, co-operation, rights, respect and responsibilities.
This unit was then followed by an amazing unit on 'It's our Voice'. The children have been exploring our Senior Council - and are presently writing guidelines as to how we could change our present system - so that all children at Nelson Central School are represented in some form. These guidelines will be presented at a school expo and voted on during the last week of term.

Other exciting happenings in Room 1 have been a character study on Charlotte's Web, this can be viewed on our wikispace, and also explanation writing.
Math has included lots of fractions, and time.
We have had some wonderful events including the Triathlon, Swimming Carnival, and trips to The Suter and Totara Trading. Enjoy reading and feel free to comment.

Charlotte's Web

2009-03-31T14:34:00.013+13:00

Hi my name is Templeton. I don't really like pigs but if there's a pig in the barn that means... slops! For me the rat is happy.

My favorite things to do are gnaw, steal, hide, spy, sleep, eat slops, steal eggs from the geese(and try not to break them) and eat candy-floss .

My typical sayings are "The rat is happy, tonight I dream of slops, I am thee rat, The rat rules, The yocks on me, For so many resons no!, and The rat is handsome" That's all you need to know now go away!.

Charlotte's web

2009-03-31T14:28:00.008+13:00

Gee hi, I'm 'the rat'. Hey, don't you dare call me 'the rat'. My name is Templeton.

I am a plump, brown rat with a pointy face. I live in a dark, damp hole in the barn. In my hole I have a collection of lovely, stolen, garbage.

I like to say things like 'the rat is handsome' or 'the rat is happy'. I also like to speak with a 'cool' tone in my voice.

I am also a rude, selfish, greedy, bossy, disrespectful, childish, demanding and so on rat. But don't forget I'm not nice!

Oh, and just to add to that list I enjoy spending time: eating whatever I can find, diving into slop, sneaking around the barn and lying around in my hole. Oh, I almost forgot , I do anything for food.

So that's me, I'm plump, brown, have a pointy face, call myself "the rat" live in a dark, damp hole of stolen garbage. I like to say "the rat is handsome" or "the rat is happy". Speak with a cool tone in my voice, I am selfish and bossy, do anything for food and I am lazy! Bye now I don't have time to chat.

Charlottes Web

2009-03-31T14:26:00.006+13:00

Hi! My name is Gusy, and I'm going to tell you a bit about myself. I look very pretty because of my great glossy white feathers. I have a wonderful orange beak. I use it to talk in conversations, arguments, etc, etc, etc.But in arguments I ALWAYS win because I have such good reasons. Also I love making up names. For example I have a friend pig, and once I called him: "little eeny beeny pig". Boy do I love that name!

Quite a long time ago now, I just sat on eggs all day long. Honestly! Boring. But when they hatched I was very, very, very happy. We, my husband and I, had seven adorable little goslings. Well, we did have eight but one was rotten and that wiped out my happiness. I am telling the truth because I nearly cried! Anyway, more about me is I'm polite. You know that's good don't you? Double that because I'm confident, kind, and like I said, pretty. But if you want to know more you are just going to have to read the book or watch the movie. Bye for now!

charlottes web

2009-03-31T14:24:00.010+13:00

Hi I'm Wilbur - I'm a small slim runt with a light pink coat.

Well I like rolling in the wet cold perfumed mud.My fav food is kitchen scaps brought to me in a bucket.

I talk to everyone and keep them awake.I can run around all day long with my new fresh legs. I have a short swirly tail and live in a barn with other animals such as sheep, horses and cows.

You wouldn't believe it but my best friend is a spider named 'Charlotte'. She makes amazing webs. I've tried making webs but I'm not Spider Pig.

So there you have it I'm a small, slim, active, runt that lives in a barn with other animals.

charlottes web character study:Templeton.

2009-03-31T14:13:00.006+13:00

Hi I'm the rat: but only I say that so you can call me Templeton. I am a rat (of course)! I am a plump little fellow and I enjoy lots and lots of SLOP! which is filled with delicous leftovers in it. I live in a barn with some other animals, other people think I smell bad but I think I smell excellent. Some of my hobbies are lazing in my hole, diving into slops and taking rotten eggs from Gussy to add to my collection. I have nice soft black fur (but some of its sticky because a rotten egg splattred on me) a long nose, long whiskers and small pink ears. Some of my favourite sayings are the rat is happy, the rat is handsome, the rat, guess the yolks on me and SLOPS!

I am sneaky and sly, greedy and lazy, skilful and I dont care abou that silly pig.

Well thats me I like SLOP, I have long whiskers, I live in a barn and I'm sly and greedy - oh and dont forget the 'Rat is Handsome.'

Samuel the Sheep Character Study

2009-03-31T14:11:00.007+13:00

Samuel, who is a character in the movie/book 'Charlotte's Web' is a hairy sheep. He's very articulate and discriminating, always talking and is quite negative.

With his British accent and his copy-cat party he will have audiences edging to hear his opinion,

I know I do!

Samuel often gives opinions that are ignored, as they are ignorant. He's also one of the many animals in the barn that is scared of spiders.

Samuel ~Loves~ getting shaved and his 'party' will bags second too!

He's not nocturnal as you have probably guessed. He gets up late and dislikes the early riser Wilbur.

Samuel has a long nose, and most of the time in the story he has a big coat. He also has a large vocabulary and uses a lot of it.

He's slightly rude, he always thinks he works hard but of course, he doesn't.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-17T14:41:00.003+13:00

Clues
1.Its about 15 min walk north from Totoranui.
2.Every 2 months it has really good rockpools and its small rocks instead of sand.
3.The bay is close to Totoranui.
4.The place starts with A.

Off the beaten track Ruby

2009-03-17T14:09:00.003+13:00

1] About one hour from Nelson.
2]Named after the man that runs the campsite.
3]Usually very buzy in the summer hoildays.
4]Has a rope swing, 2 water slides and a giant flying fox.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-17T14:04:00.004+13:00

clues

1) It's about 1 hour drive from Nelson.

2) It's a good place to go with family.

3) It's got a swimming hole .

4) Rope swing and a good playground and

it starts with Q.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:57:00.013+13:00

Clues

1 You are still in Nelson and it's by the hydroslide

2. You need a ball and stick

3. You are two and a half hours away and you pass Rai valley, Pelorus,

and Havelock.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:56:00.003+13:00

It's between Motueka and Riwaka.

There's a beach.

There are no sandflys.

and there is a camp.

Off the Beaten Track

2009-03-10T14:54:00.010+13:00

1. On the East coast of the South island.

2. South- East of Nelson.

3. Lots of Whales.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:54:00.009+13:00

1. East of Nelson

2 .North of Blenheim

3. Has lots of islands

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:51:00.008+13:00

1. It's near the capit of new zealand

2. It's on the north island and north east of nelson

3. It is also near kapiti island

4. The englsh word for it is drity drity oven

5. It starts with p

Off the beaten track.

2009-03-10T14:42:00.010+13:00

1. In the tasman bay

2. At the end of the marine resevre

3. Lots of beachs

4. There is a lodge there

5. Two hour walk from totaranui

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:42:00.006+13:00

It is about 20 minutes from Nelson

It has lots of fish

It is near a wharf

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:37:00.004+13:00

1]East coast in the Coromandel

2]Small town

3]Has a big beach

4]Known for its waves

5]Starts with W

Off the Beaten Track

2009-03-10T14:35:00.002+13:00

Clues

1. you are still in Nelson it by the hydro slide

you need a ball and stick.

2. you are two hours and a half.

Off the beaten track.

2009-03-10T14:32:00.006+13:00

1.In a city with the Beehive.

2.The place starts with the name of a New Zealand bug.

3.They make models for Lord of the rings and other movies.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:27:00.004+13:00

South island
Sand
Starts with 'T'

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:26:00.010+13:00

It has heaps of food

It's in New Plymouth

You get as much as you want

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:18:00.010+13:00

1.In the country south of Nelson

2.It's a camping ground

3.Starts with Q

4. Lots of staff to do there

Off the beaten track.

2009-03-10T14:17:00.011+13:00

1] 1 hour away from Nelson,

2] Always hot, but if it rains it is only for 1,2 or 3 hours,

3] Awesome beach's!

4] Name represents New Zeland people,

5] Name starts with 'O'.

Off the Beaten Track

2009-03-10T14:17:00.010+13:00

1. It is near Mapua

2. It's got a same name as a person

3. It is a small place

4. It has one shop there and it's a fish and chips place

Off The Beaten Trck

2009-03-10T14:15:00.003+13:00

1. Its near Richmond

2. You can buy and taste wine

3. It has a cafe acttached to it

4. And its near Rabbit Island

Off the Beaten Track

2009-03-10T14:14:00.023+13:00

1. Centre of the North Island.

2. Cold water.

3. Big lake.

4. Starts with T.

5. Ends with O.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:14:00.021+13:00

1.North of Hamilton

2. It's a fun park

3. Has a tower

4.Has an arcade

5.Lots of kids rides

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:14:00.020+13:00

1. In the south island.

2. Near Nelson.

3. It's a big slide.

4. There's lots of water.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:13:00.004+13:00

It's near Bleheim

One of my ancestors did whaling there

It has a beach(one that is full of sticks)

It starts with "W"

It has a colour in it's name

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:11:00.009+13:00

Clues:

1). South Island,

2). Is a bay,

3). Bottom of the west coast,

4). Hardly anything there,

5). Starts with 'J'.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:10:00.006+13:00

1.Top west side of the south island.

2. Large sand dunes.

3. White sand.

4. Unsafe for swimming.

5.near farewell spit.

Off the Beaten Track

2009-03-10T14:09:00.010+13:00

Off the beaten track

Its in Christchurch

In the south island

It is also in a suburb

The name starts with Q

You can swim there

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:09:00.008+13:00

1.In a city with the Beehive.

2.The place starts with the name of a New Zealand bug.

3.They make models for Lord of the rings and other movies.

Off the beaten track

2009-03-10T14:08:00.007+13:00

1. Can get there by boat.
2. Starts with a A
3. All the year 6s have been there.
4. It is a beach.