Diamante Poems

In Room 4 we have been writing Diamante poems about different Nursery Rhyme characters. We have enjoyed using different types of words to create these. 

Can you name the different words we had to use to write our poems? 

We hope you enjoy reading some of our poems. 

Seesaw

This term Room 4 are starting to use Seesaw which is a student driven digital portfolio and simple parent communication.

We're excited to share our classroom learning with you! Please have a look in your child's Home Learning book on Monday for you personalised parent invite.

Using adjectives to describe...

In writing we are learning how to write a description. 

We have just learnt that adjectives describe a noun (the person, place or thing). 

What adjectives can you use to describe the monster below? 

Compound Sentences

We have been learning how to write compound sentences in Room 4. We discovered using compound sentences makes our writing much more exciting to read. Comment below with different 'hooks' (conjunctions) you could use to join your ideas together. 

Te Puna Quarry Park

What a great day we had at the Te Puna Quarry Park. 

Have a read of some of our Quarry Park Recounts. Tell me something we need to remember to include in a recount? 

Te Puna Quarry Park

Last Tuesday Room 4 went to the Quarry Park on a trip.

First we went to the butterfly garden. We saw a butterfly.

Then we went to the dragon slide. At the dragon slide we saw Abbigale. She was playing. Next we saw Rebecca playing with Abbigale.

Finally we had lunch.

When we came back to school we were tired but happy because we had fun.

By Ella-Rose

Te Puna Quarry Park

Last Tuesday Room 4 went to the Quarry Park on a trip.

First Sammie and I saw the water wheel. 

Then we saw the musical instruments and we made a lot of noise

Finally we got to have lunch and we also go to play it was fun. 

We went back to school. I was very happy but I was hungry. 

By Cleo 

Te Puna Quarry Park

Last Tuesday Room 4 went to the Quarry Park on a trip.

First we played on the dragon slide.

Next we saw the water wheel on our bush walk. 

Finally we ate lunch and played on the dragon slide. 

When we came back to school we were tired but happy because we had fun.

By Ryan 

Te Puna Quarry Park

Last Tuesday Room 4 went to the Quarry Park on a trip.

First we went to the butterfly garden and we had a look at the beautiful butterflies. 

Next we went to the dragon slide. 

Finally we had lunch. 

When we got back to school I felt happy but hungry. 

By Rebecca

Te Puna Quarry Park

Last Tuesday Room 4 went to the Quarry Park on a trip.

First I said to Dad can I see a butterfly house with lots and lots of butterflies. 

Next I saw the water wheel on the bush walk. 

Finally we went to see the butterflies they were on the flowers. 

When we came back to school I felt happy but hungry. 

By Sammie

Slime

We are learning to...use adjectives to describe a noun

Yesterday we made slime in Room 4. We came up with lots of adjectives to describe our slime. 

Comment below with an adjective about our slime. 

What have we been up to at school?

We have been very busy in the past couple of weeks with lots of things happening each day. 

Leave a comment below telling me what you have enjoyed doing at school so far this term.