Sunday, June 13, 2010

Home Writing

Instructional Writing

How to make Beach Baby Jellies
(This Recipie makes twelve Baby Jellies)
What you need:
170 Grams of Green jelly Crystals
2 tablespoons of cookie crumbs
12 Gummie bears
12 life saver sweets (sweets in shape if a life preserver)
12 paper umbrellas
500 ml Boiling water
A refirgerater
12 Small cups
A bowl

The Instructions:
1. Combine the Jelly crystals and 500 ml boiling water in a bowl.
2. Stir until all the crystals have become liquid.
3. Set the bowl aside until it is cool.
4. Pour the jelly into small moulds filling only three Quaters of the mould.
5. Put it in the refirgerater over night.
6. Sprinkle the jelly over all the jelly moulds.
7. Lay 1 gummy bear on each mould.
8. Put a life preserver sweet on the crumbs and a paper umbrella through the middle.
9. Enjoy your jelly.

By Zanobia

Friday, June 11, 2010

How to Live on Earth

We are learning how to write instructions for an audience. In class we have looked at all the things we need in our instructions to make them great. When we write instructions we look for things like...

* A title telling us what the instructions are for
* A list of all the things our audience will need
* Bullet points or numbered steps
* Instructions that are in order
* Short, sharp sentences
* Imperatives or Bossy words to start each instruction

Our friend Zog is coming to Earth but was scared because he doesn't know how to live on our planet. So we wrote him instructions explaining to him how to live. Click on the picture below to check out our book for Zog!

How to Live on Earth

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Jackie the piano player


On monday 12th of April, 2010 I went to a piano competition at St George's Church Community Center at 2 The Terrace, Takapuna. I played 'Toccatina' By Kabalevski. The type of my certificate is merit highly commended.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Blogs of the Week

This week we have 2 blogs - one from Summerland and one from Hokowhitu School.
Click on the pictures to head to that blog!

Network Nine
Network Nine has a huge range of different things happening in their classroom. You can click on the video on the right to see what it's like in their classroom. It looks like a great place to learn! Head over there to tell them about the things you like or are interested with on their blog.



SPS Superstars
This is the blog of our very own Room 6 at Summerland Primary. It looks like they really do have a lot of superstars in their class - check it out to see what they have been up to and to leave them a comment or two.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

the queens new chef




Current Events 01/06 - Guatemalan Sinkhole


Check out this photo - yes it is a photo, not a painting or a trick on the eye!
This is a sinkhole that was created after a huge storm in Guatemala.
The sinkhole is 100 metres deep.

Check out this National Geographic news article for more information!

Photo used under Creative Commons