We wrote some stories about Santa getting stuck in the chimney

Leilani and Palmy wrote and read their stories.

Run, Run Farhaan

Farhaan wrote and starred in his own version of the Gingerbread Man.
Filmed by Shivaansh and Leilani.

The Big Lion and the Three Zebras by Krisha

Krisha wrote this play. Can you guess which story it is based on?

The Lost Hunter - a play written by Kevin

Kevin wrote and narrated this play about a hunter.

Leilani the Playwright

Last week Leilani chose to write a play for independent writing.
This was the first time she had ever written a play.
She got together with a group and Ms Gilbert recorded it.

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

Aryan wrote a great story about Captain Flinn. Enjoy his hair raising adventure!

RWC Competition

There was a competition in the library to design some shirts for the All Blacks and a new New Zealand flag. Some members of C1 won prizes. Here are our winning designs.

Board Games

Last week we designed and made some board games. Here are some pictures of the games we made. We also enjoyed playing them.

Ok.  So here goes with my next problem.


I have 14 packets of lollies.  
Each packet has 9 lollies in.
How many lollies have I got altogether?


Don't forget to say how you worked it out!

Putting on the Ritz

On Friday 28th October Year 6 children celebrated their time at Papatoetoe East with a Dinner and Dance with the theme 'Putting on the Ritz'. As you can see, they took the theme to heart, and had a wonderful evening!

Run, run as fast as you can!

After a few weeks holiday Mathemagician is back!  Here is my latest problem.

There are 134 penguins living together.  86 have gone to sea to catch some fish.  How many are left looking after the nests?

Don't forget to say how you worked out the answer!

Rugby World Cup Day

On Thursday we had our Rugby World Cup Day.  It was organised by D1, D2, and D3.  We had great fun with lots of different activities.  Thank you to all that helped!  Have a look at our pictures below.

The Three Little Penguins

Nikhil wrote a story about penguins and their enemy the orca!

The Three Little Rabbits

Leilani has written about The Three Little Rabbits and the Big Bad Stoat.

The Three Little Fishes

Nancy also went underwater for her version of The Three Little Pigs.

The Three Little Dolphins

The version of the Three Little pigs by Palmy has an underwater flavour!

The Three Little Kittens

We have been writing stories based on the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Here is Krisha's version.

A Climbing Toy

On Thursday some children from C6 came to show us how to make a climbing toy.  We had great fun making a toy that could climb up and down.  Thank you C6.

Nasoni and Kevin wrote these accounts of the opening match

The rugby world cup started on the 9th of September 2011 at Eden park in New Zealand.  the first match was Tonga vs NZ. The All Blacks played for New Zealand.  It was fun.
by Nasoni


On the 9th of September I saw the Rugby world cup 2011.  the All Blacks won by a lot.  The All Blacks scored 41, and Tonga had 10.  WOW!!!, New Zealand definitely won.  I never knew that could happen!!!!  I liked how they scored their points.
by Kevin

Leilani also wrote her thoughts before the World Cup started

There is a rugby world cup every four years.  This year it is 2011.  There are 20 countries in the world cup this year - Argentina, France, Namibia, Scotland, Australia, Georgia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Romania, Tonga, England, Italy, Russia, USA, Fiji, Japan, Samoa and Wales.
My Dad has lots of flags.  He says that he is going to put them at the front of the house.  There are HUGE games in small parts of New Zealand. 
My Dad and brother really want to see some games. 

I don't!!!

The Rugby World Cup - this account of the World Cup was written before the opening last week by Shivaansh

On Friday the whole world will be watching the opening ceremony of the rugby world cup.  The main partners are Emirates, ANZ, Mastercard and Toshiba.  There are going to be 20 teams, 48 games, 4 pools and one winning team. 

Lucky me!  My family and I are going to Fiji vs Samoa at Eden Park.  I am going to support New Zealand and Fiji because my family comes from Fiji, and Indo-Fiji is my background, but I’m a Kiwi so go All Blacks!
At school I have been given team ‘Ireland’.  When I told my Dad he said, “Ireland is ranked 19^th best team.”

Lots of people are travelling to New Zealand for the games.  There is a cool website for buying tickets and learning about the teams.  I love the new way of ending the International Olympics.  I mostly loved the Commonwealth Games Ending Ceremony in New Delhi, India.
I hope we win.  Here is a secret between you and me, the next rugby world cup games will be held in England and then Japan.  

More Maths

Great work on the last question. 
Now for the next one!!
Yesterday there were 146 caterpillars on the swan plant.  
Today there are only 89.  
How many turned into cocoons overnight?

Junior Maths Evening

Aiesha and Leilani designed a poster for the Junior Maths Evening which is next Wednesday at 6pm.

More mathematical problems

Now for something a little tricky! There are 126 cookies in the jar. 
The cookie monster comes along
and eats 49. 
How many are left?
Remember to include how you work out the answer.

Symmetry - we used classroom equipment to create some symmetrical pictures.

Symmetry from cee one on Vimeo.

Congratulations on all the correct answers to last week's problem!

Now for a new problem.  Again, the way you work out the answer is of great importance!

I have $67.  I buy a box of chocolates for $9.

How much money will I have left?

Mathemagician strikes again!

Can you work out the answer to Mathemagician's problem?   You must say how you got your answer!           
There are 64 elephants on the school field.  Along came another 23 elephants.  How many are there now?

Here are some more accounts of the trip to Howick Historical Village.

Howick Historical Village - here are several accounts of our trip to Howick Historical Village.

Palmy the Princess written and read by Krisha

Palmy wrote an acrostic poem about a Blue Whale

 Blue Whale

Blue Whales are mammals that live in the sea

Lovely mammals swimming in the sea

Under water looking at the fish

Eating krill for lunch

Wonderful whales singing in the sea

Having fun playing with some fish

Always eating krill for lunch

Living underwater to survive

Eating krill for lunch and tea

By Palmy

Cinquain Poems

We have been looking at different ways of writing poems.  This poem was written using a cinquain plan found on Kathryn Apel's website.  First we had to think of an animal to write about.  Then we had to think of some other words for this animal.  Next we had to think of some adjectives to describe the animal, and some verbs ending with 'ing' connected with the animal.  Finally we had to write a short phrase (a group of words) to do with the animal.  This formed our plan - here is Kevin's plan.

We then had to make a rough draft using the best words from our plan. It had to include two of the adjectives, three of the verbs, the phrase and finally one the other words for our animal.

The end poem was then typed out. Here is the final version of Kevin's first attempt at a cinquain poem. We will add some more soon.

Zebra maths group built a zoo and then drew some plans

The Lions Maths Group Made a Zoo

Have a look at the zoo we made!

Watch Out! Watch Out! Monsters About!!

Read my description and see if you can work out the animal I am describing

What am I?

More descriptions!

Can you guess which animals we are describing?

What Am I?

Auckland Zoo

I took pictures of the animals at Auckland Zoo. Today Leilani and I made a video of the pictures I took at Auckland Zoo. I hope you enjoy it!

Auckland

We went to the zoo on Tuesday the 24th of May.  Krisha took some pictures and we turned them into a movie.  by Krisha and Nancy

Our trip to Auckland Zoo

This is the first video of C1's trip to the Zoo.  The pictures in this video were taken by Shivaansh, and then cropped and edited by Shivaansh and Aiesha.  They then turned it into a movie with no help until the music had to be added.  We hope you enjoy it!

Can you guess what animal I am?

What am I?

I am fancy looking bird with a little blue head. I have a dark blue chest. I have spotty, colourful feathers on my green back. I also have straight long legs.

What am I?

By Shivaansh

What am I?

I have two pointy, big ears and two brown and black eyes. I have very big, long tail. I have two small legs on the front and two strong legs so I can jump. I have brown fur.

What am I?

By Aiesha

Kiwiana

Kiwiana

Kiwiana things are all over New Zealand.  Do you know what Kiwiana things are?  They are animals, objects and food.  Can you guess what my favourite Kiwiana thing is?  It is a kiwi.  There are lots of Kiwiana things like gumboots, jandals, L&P and pavlova.  A pohutukawa tree is the New Zealand Christmas tree.  My favourite ice cream is hokey pokey.  I love living in New Zealand.                                                    Written by Leilani

Kiwiana can be anything like jandals.  Let’s talk about a bird called a kiwi first.  You can only find a kiwi in New Zealand that is why a kiwi is called Kiwiana.  Now we are going to talk about a kiwifruit – it is found in New Zealand. 

Third we are going to teach you about a drink called L&P.  L&P is absolutely Kiwiana because L&P is made in New Zealand and found in New Zealand only. 

Fourth we are going to teach you guys about something called a hokey pokey ice cream.  I know heaps of people like to eat hokey pokey ice cream.  It is a New Zealand ice cream, that is why hokey pokey ice cream is Kiwiana. 

Buzzy bees are the thing we are going to talk about now.  Buzzy bees are a New Zealand kind of toy.  That’s why it’s Kiwiana. 

The last thing we are going to talk about are jandals.  Jandals are Kiwiana because in England people call them flip flops.

                          Written by Nancy

Have you had Pavlova and L&P?  If you haven’t, then find it in the shops because it is so yummy. 

Do you have jandals and gumboots at home?  You should get a pair because jandals and gumboots are Kiwiana.

Do you know the All Blacks.  Have you gone to the stadium, or were you at home watching it?                                    
                               Written by Krisha

Kiwiana is the name for New Zealand objects like Lemon and Paeroa, the buzzy bee and the yummy hokey pokey ice-cream. 

The buzzy bee was invented in the 1940’s, even Prince William has one. 

L&P is a famous drink around NZ, it has lemon.  It was made in a place by Tauranga called Paeroa.

Pavlova is like a foamy, creamy cake with strawberries and sometimes kiwifruit.

Jandals are special summer footwear with two rubber things that are curved around.

Jet boats are water rides.  Then the last, the pohutukawa tree is NZ’s red Christmas tree.

                                        Written by Shivaansh

Possums

We read a story about possums today and we thought that we should write our own report.



We designed our own Kiwiana flags

Numbers in the languages of C1

C1 Names

 Can you work out the total number of syllables of all the children in our class?

Post your answer on our blog!

If you add all the letters of all the names in C1, what is the total?

Post your answer on our blog and explain how you worked out the answer.

Marvellous Mathemagicians are back!

There are 8 bananas and 7 apples. 

How many pieces of fruit are there altogether?

Please post your answer here but you must say how you worked it out!

We read some of our favourite stories. This was our very first time and we were a bit nervous. Palmy was behind the camera filming us.

A few weeks ago we hadn't even heard Thanh Truc speak as she tried to learn some English.  Now she is reading her own story on camera!



Farhaan is really proud of the story he wrote.  We are proud of the way he read it!

Stanley chose his best story to read for you!

This is Nikhil's favourite story.

Palmy reads her Underwater Adventure. She is such a pro looking at the camera as she reads. Well done Palmy!

We have been developing our writing skills to make sure we include a beginning, a middle and an end. Here are some of the Underwater Adventures we have written.



Aiesha and Alfonso read their Taniwha stories



The Taniwha

This is the first time most of the children have read their stories on a video.

The multicoloured Mrs Compston

Mrs Compston wanted a new look.  C1 designed her new multicoloured look.

Multicolored C1

We put our photos into Word and then changed the colours.  Now we are multicoloured!

C1 at Work

Welcome to C1