I have been learning how to do a tuck jump off the mini trampoline.
I take off from the bench , bounce off the tramp , tuck my knees up and land safely on the mat.
by grace
by grace
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Rugby World Countries
The population of Tonga is 104,967 but in New Zealand there are 4.4 million and 138 thousand people play rugby in New Zealand and only 7 thousand people of Tonga play rugby. The capital city of Tonga is Nuku'alofa but it is on a island called TongaTapu island. But in America the capital is on the mainland. The neighbours in Tonga are both islands Samoa and Fiji,but in Ireland there is England Wales and Scotland as their neighbours, three big countries.
USA time zone is 20 hours behind New Zealand, so if it was the 20th in New Zealand it would be the 19th in USA. In USA the capital is Washington D.C and 601,000 people live in Washington D.C. In New Zealand the capital city is Wellington and 195,000 live in Wellington. New Zealand's other major cities are Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch but in USA the other major cities are New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. My neigbours are Canada and Mexico. New Zealand's neigbours are Australia. 88 thousand people play rugby in USA and in New Zealand 138 thousand people play rugby.
The population in South Africa is 50 000 000. In New Zealand
there is only 4.4 million. In South Africa 632,000 people play rugby, in New Zealand 138,000 play rugby. The time zone in South Africa is 27 hours behind New Zealand time, so if it is 10am on Wednesday in NZ it will be 7am Tuesday morning in South Africa.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Mini ball Class Competition
On Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes a year 5/6 mini ball class competition is happening. Room 15 have won both their games so far, 10 -2 against Room 14 and 12 - 4 against Room 13. We won our pool so our next game is against Room 10 who came second in their pool. We will have to win that game to make the final.
Our team members are: Jack W, Andrew, Riley, Sam, Regan, Tom, Katie, TK, Grace, Laura, Jasmine, Kiana and Kaea.
Room 15 Representatives
This term Room 15 has had several people represent our school at different events.
Lachlan, Jack and Andrew at Mathex and Andrew at a Chess tournament at Kimbolton.
Sam and Riley as members of the Aces netball team playing in the McDonalds springtime netball tournament in Levin.
We are very proud of the extra effort that goes towards these events.
Room 15s Jump Jam Extraordinaire
Congratulations to Riley and her Jump Jam team for making the 2011 Nationals to be held in Auckland On November 12th.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Dare Special Things
Earlier this term we started DARE.This is a video of our special things that we brought along to school.
Dare - Room 15 unfolding stories
We have spent the past four weeks doing Dare with Constable Hayden. Our homework project was to complete an 'Unfolding Story' about ourselves. Here are some examples of our work.
UNFOLDING STORIES on PhotoPeach
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mrs Logan an author
On the 17 August 2011 Mrs Logan come along and read us her wonderful stories about history in the Manawatu region. One of Mrs Logan's stories is going to be published and is very suitable for kids. Miss Inskeep who used to be a DP at our school brought Mrs Logan along. We all enjoyed her stories and hope she is able to come in again. We know she is looking for children to illustrate some of her stories.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
FIS Wearable Arts Drama
On Thursday 8th June a class from Feilding Intermediate School (FIS) came to Lytton street school. They presented some mini p
lays to the year 5/6 classes. The costumes they wore were from their Wearable Arts.
We found that the plays were hilarious and there costumes were very creative. 
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Response to the Marae Visit
On Thursday the 23rd of June Room 15 and Room 14 went to the Aorangi marae. At the marae we learnt a lot of new things. We took turns at looking at parts of the marae. Room 15 started inside the meeting house 
known as the wharenui. In the wharenui we looked at parts of the rafters and backbone. On the rafters there were kowhaiwhai patterns. Also on the backbone there were kowhaiwhai patterns that repeated its self. We had to do a sketch of the backbone and rafters.
After we finished we went out to the front gate/wahanui. Out at the front gate we had to draw and write all the names on the front gate into our topic book. The names were Te Rama, Meihana, Kapene and Aperahama. Tahuriwakanui Hapu was the tribe name tribe.
After we looked at the front gate we went to the dining hall known as the wharekai and said our karakia. Room 15 said theirs first then Room 14.
After we had our kai we went into the wharenui and said our mihi. A mihi is when you introduce yourself in Maori. We took turns at saying our mihi. Room 15 then Room 14.
After we finished we went back to Lytton Street School.
I learnt that there was another name for the meeting house/wharenui/whare tupuna - Andrew.
I learnt that the marae was like a person because the front gate was like the mouth and the meeting house was the body - Kiana
I learnt how to draw kowhaiwhai patterns - Grace
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Learners of the week
Student of the week
Katie a willing helper/learner always.
Habit of mind
Flynn used working with others.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Young Leaders Day 2011
On the 24 of May 8 pupils (House Leaders) from Lytton Street School drove to Young Leaders day in Palmerston North at the Regent Theatre
Jack: My favourite speaker was Alison Mooney because it gave me more information about who I was eg. my personality type. She explained the story about a lion, otter, beaver and a golden Retriever. Then Alison gave us phrases, we chose the phrase that represented us the most. My animal was a bit of them all. Sometimes I want to be the lion and get everything done and sometimes I feel like studying so I am a beaver. I like to have fun with everything I do so that makes me a otter and I am a great listener like the golden retriever. I loved listening to all the speakers they had to offer. I really enjoyed going to Young Leaders. It was great
Kaea: My favorite speaker was Nick Tuitasi because he said a lot of good rules to help you in life. I think all of the other speakers were very helpful and gave a lot of advice of being a leader. I was a bit sad because 3 people were not able to come and they were John Key, Brook Fraser, and Jason Gunn. When we were playing games I got chosen to go on the stage and do a fitness contest that was called a beep test and I came third. It was lots of fun.
Riley: My favourite thing was when all the speakers said something about what they have been through in their life, for example Pat Buckley because he had so much disappointment in his young life, it was quite hard just listening to him. Also my favourite speaker was Dave Atkinson because he still taught us all of the stuff he was meant to but in a funny way and that drew me in.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Room 15's Visit to the Waiouru Army Museum
GoAnimate.com: Visit to the Waiouru Army Museum by kaeataylor
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
Visualising in Reading
This term our reading focus is Visualising. Visualising is when you paint a picture in your mind of what you are reading to help with understanding the story.
We have been doing fun reading activities like the picture quilts from The BFG and the chapter - The Big Plan
We have been doing fun reading activities like the picture quilts from The BFG and the chapter - The Big Plan
After listening to the The Fly-away Umbrella we drew a picture of something that created a picture in our heads.
As a whole class we drew a story map from The Fly-away Umbrella using pictures and words. In our groups we then drew story maps of the current book we have been reading.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Graphs
Last term in room 10 at maths time we were learning about graphs and surveys.
To make this graph about room 10's favourite meat we used Keynote. We had a great time learning how to use it.
Book Fair 2011
This year in 2011 Lytton Street School had a Book Fair. At the Book Fair we sold almost $1,200 worth of books. Also at the Book Fair we had a competition on how many snakes were in the bowl and all up there were 427 snakes that were split between 2 boys.. Tw0 boys guessed the right number so they had to split the prize between them. To enter the competition you had to purchase a book.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Welcome to Term Two
This Term we have been focusing again how we can CONTRIBUTE. We have taken this into our little businesses in a program called PrEP which stands for PRIMARY ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. Leading on from CONTRIBUTE is RISK TAKING which I am sure is going to happen in our businesses.
With this program we are making our own little businesses. For example some are 'Happy Sacks', Frost Bites, "King of Rock' and 'Movie World.'
We are learning how a business works and we have taken on roles to provide our products or services.
We are all trying to contribute to making a successful business.
We will finish off with a Market Day which will take place on the 9th of June 2011.
Our parents will be able to buy at the Market Day. They will exchange real money for LSS dollars.
Our second half of Term 2 will be based around the Marae. We will be going to visit Aorangi Marae and our focus will be Art.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Haere ra Mrs McCord
by Riley, Sam and Jasmine
PS Congratulations on your new job. We will miss you alot and you will miss us.
Farewell to Mrs Waterland
By Katie and Kiana
Hate to say good-bye. We will miss you. Hope you come back for a visit. You are an awesome teacher. GOODBYE.
Farewell to Mrs McCord
We will miss you Mrs McCord And we hope you enjoy your new school.
Made By Ethan & Jack for the wonderful Room 15.
Farewell to Mrs Waterland
Written by Andrew and Kaea
Have a good time at Whakarongo, we will miss you.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Pentathlon at Massey Athletics Track April 2011
Pentathlon 6 April 2011 on PhotoPeach
Ten children aged 7 years to 10 years were selected to attend Round 3 of a pentathlon held at the Massey Track and represent Lytton Street School. These children were picked from our LSS Standards and Championship days. They competed in five events: 60m, 400m, Long Jump, Shot Put and Discus.
We were fortunate enough to have 8 of the athletes receive a certificate for coming 1st, 2nd or 3rd overall in their age group. A real credit to the competitiveness in which they competed on the day.
The hardest event was the 400m as it was the last event and also it is not an event we do at our own athletics. It was a privlege to see none of our athletes give up when running the 400m. They definitely deserved their lunch after this.
A great day, lots of success and ten happy but tired athletes.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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