That was Summer - Poems by Room 5.

Room 5 has beenlooking at Marci Ridlons poems. Marci Ridlon is an amazing poet. Room 5 liked her poem That Was Summer so much that they decided to use her format to write similar poems.
Here is the  first 2 verses of her poem.

Have you ever smelled summer?
Sure you have.
Rmember that time
When you were tired of running
Or doing nothing much
And you were hot
And you flopped right down on the ground
Remember how the warm soil smelled
And the grass
That was summer.

Remember that time
When you were trying to climb in the tree
And you didnt know how
And your foot was hurting in the fork
But you were holding tight
To the branch
And remember how the bark smelt then
All dusty and dry but nice?
That was summer

We looked at her poem and decided the criteria for our poem was
- one idea per line
- capital letter at the beginning of each line
- no full stops
- each verse is about one idea
- it had to make sense
- the use of you is to hook in the reader.

Here are a few of our poems.

That Was Summer

Have you ever smelled summer?

Sure you have!

Remember the time

When your dad ripped open the packet full of sausages

And you were lying on the sand your mouth watering

And you could hear the crackling and sizzling of the barbeque

And you can smell the smoky flavour in the air

Remember how you finally bit into your steamy sausage

And the hot sausage burned the top of your mouth

That was summer

Remember the time

When you saw the sparkling water in the lake

And you were getting dragged out into the dark blue icey water by the boat

And you built up speed on the water skis

Remember how you jumped the waves the boat made

And the handle got slippery and you had to let go

That was summer

By Pippi

Have you ever smelled summer?

Sure you have!

Remember that time

When you hear the sound of watermelon crunching in your mouth.

And you were eating its cold ruby flesh.

And you feel the delicious fruit dissolve.

Remember how sweet and sugary the juice was going down your throat.

And the time you sat on the hot crispy sand and it quenched your thirst.

Remember the time

When you went to the scorching beach

And you were swimming in the refreshing water

And you felt the salt fizzing on you

Remember how you lay down on the sizzling sand

And the sun was shining in eyes

That was summer.

By Kody           

The School Council 2016

The school council election is when the classes all vote for one or two people to be on the council representing them.
If they want to be on the council you fill in the application form and write a speech. They must tell the class why they should be in the school council.
After that the class has a secret vote. That's when they get a piece of paper and write down the name of the person they think will do the best job on the council.

A councilor helps the school fundraise for lots of different things like swings, playgrounds and ipads.
They also organize fun days and the events. They meet every Tuesday and have a Captain (Kate Taylor) Secretary (Isla Adams) and Vice Captain (Hayden Smith). The rest are class representatives.
Kody, Nick and Charlie all applied and worked hard on their speech. It was very close as they all had some good points an information.
Phillipa (Pippi) was voted in as Room 5's class councilor. She felt wonderful and excited,

At the moment we are collecting ideas from all the kids in the school and deciding what our project will be for this year.

Here is the 2016 Maungatapere School Council.

ByJoshua, Pippi, Andrew and Emily

Room 5 Rights and Responsibilities

We have been learning about rights and responsibilities in our room.
A 'right' means something that everyone should have and deserves.
For example every child has the right to learn.


Ms Hodgson told us all about some people who have fought for their rights.
Nelson Mandela is a great example.
He lived in  South Africa and was born in July 1918. He went to school in a school just for people with dark skin. They couldnt go to the same school as white people. They couldnt use the same buses and they couldnt do the same jobs. Which meant that they were paid less and were poorer.

He spoke up and organised meetings. At the meetings he told the black people that how they were being treated was wrong. Everyone has the same rights.
The government put him in jail for 20 years.

He continued his fight while he was in jail. When he got out  he was voted in as the president.
and made law changes so the blacks had the same rights as whites.

We talked about our rights at school and made posters of our rights and responsiblities.
This is so we can all get along and learn as much as possible.

Here are a few photos of Nelson Mandela.

In Jail

When he was elected as a leader.

Here are some of our posters.

By Kody, Elly, Danyelle and Cole.

Blowing Bubbles is Fun.

During the first week at school we read an article that told us how to blow bubbles. It told us how to  make bubble mix and use wire, straws and our hands to blow bubbles. We made bubble mixture with detergent, oil and a little bit of water. We bent the wire to make a loop, we cut the ends of straws and folded them back. We also used our thumbs and fingers to make circles.

We raced out side and gave it a go. We dipped everything in the mix and blew gently. Before you knew it we had bubbles floating all around us.
One even popped on Grace's nose. Carter decided that he would run after them and pop them.
Che made a huge bubble with his wire, Liam had more luck with the straws.

When we got back to class we wrote poems and put them on our wall.

 

 

By Che, Liam, Jessica, Grace and Carter

Goal setting.

We have been discussing what a 'Goal' is and why we have them.
We  decided that a goal is something you want to achieve.
In our school Whakautoki we have a line that says
Ka whai i te taumata  which means  Chase the pinnacle.
A goal is something that you try to do with all your might and strength.
If you work hard and climb the mountain you will achieve your goals.

You need to think about what a good goal is and decide what it will be.
Then you need to plan how you will achieve it.

We have been discussing our goals for handwriting, reading and writing.
Ms Hodgson says 'You need to know what you are aiming for or you wont do it.'

By Nick, Rubie,y. Eden and Tob

Professor Snickerty's Amazing Plants - School production.

Hi there,
Sorrry we havent posted many posts lately but........
......we have been super busy!

For the last four weeks it has been operation 'Production" 'Production' for all of us hard working very talented kids at Maungatapere School.

The production was Professor Snickerty's Amazing Plants. Basically it is a story about a insane professor that wanted to invent a super plant that can walk, talk, dance and help him take over the world. The plants decided they didnt want to help him but they were sick of being chopped, sliced , peeled and boiled.
In the end they made friends with the humans and lived happily in a world where no one ate them.
Instead of having steak and salad they just had steak.


Our class worked with Room 1 and did a dance about the vegetables revolting against the humans. There were tomatoes, corn, carrots and avocadoes. There were also rainbow girls, ukulele players and four evil, nasty chefs. We danced and sang to Somewhere over the rainbow by Ike.

 We did a matinee and then an evening show. It was incredible to be on stage with the lighting and a huge audience watching us. All of our parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles came to watch. They gave us a big clap and cheered at the end. Ms Hodgson says that we were amazing. We really enjoyed it and wish we could do it again. 

Science is fun! Water Cycle experiments.

On Monday we did an experiment to find out if liquids can turn into solids.
We poured water (liquid) into iceblock containers and put them in the freezer. We timed how long it would take to freeze the water. We looked at the containers every hour to see what was happening.

After the first hour  it was frozen on the top but still liquid in the middle. There was also bubble of air inside the ice.

After 4 1/2 hours they were finally frozen.  We  noticed that they were hard and solid. The liquid had all turned solid.              

Then came the fun part! The delicious part! The part we had waited for all day!

As we ate our iceblocks a crazy  thing happened. The solid water turned back into liquid and melted all over us! What fun! Science is cool!