...looking forward to a new potato party in 65 days...

Janaya and Thomas arrive to see the vine...

On Monday morning Janaya and Thomas arrived at school and found a vine growing up and out of our class. What surprises little faces!!!

News from Zara

18-10-10

Last night we flew to Fuzhou.
Then we drove to the Lakeside hotel.
We Got room service last night of Pizza and french fries.
Then we had a bath
After that BED
Now i am writting this

This exact time here in China is - 6:41
Today we are going to Gutian 2 and ahalf hour trip!
MIss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zara...

It's a book

Pop into class if you want to read the real book "It's a book"!

Zara's news...

Zara can't access her blog in China so she is posting on her wiki page. I have copied it here for you to see what she is up to.

Holiday Page
13-010-10
And Thats When I Am In
China

We went to China today it was a long trip on the plane.
14-10-10
We got to our hotel and checked in
We had a walk around and went to the silk street market, it was really busy and loads of people.
15-10-10
Today we went to the Great Wall of China. It is very long. It was fun, awesome, a life changing experience. It was very steep and had lots and lots of steps, they were very uneven. It is very old and amazing.
16-10-10
Today we went to the Forbidden City. Has anyone seen the Karate Kid movie, it was in that movie.
We went to the Temple of Heaven too. We went to Tianemenen square. They were very interesting.
We had a swim in the hotel pool, and we had iced chocolate from Starbucks - that was delicious and the pool was cold but fun.
17-10-10
Today we are going to leave Beijing and fly to Fuzhou. Before that we are going to visit the Olympic park where they had the Beijing olympics in 2008.

That's all for now.
The blog does not work in China.

I miss all my friends.
Bye from Zara

A new wall of learning begins

Today I went out for lunch with my lovely teacher friend Mrs Bee. She came for a look around our school on the way back and I told her all about our learning for this term. She had the brilliant idea of sowing vines and letting them grow towards the light and escape!!!! Thanks Mrs Bee. You are an inspiration. Thanks to my lovely son for helping the vines grow! I can't wait to see the look on your faces on Monday morning. Remember our INQUIRY stages. We Start tuning in by thinking about-
• What do I know?
• What do I want to know?
• What questions could I ask?
• Where and how can I find information?

"V" day

We had very excitng homework presentations for the letter V. Alex showed us a real variety of darts and taught us about VELOCITY and Georgia taught us about VOLCANOES and made the lava flow for us.

Different study styles...

My daughter is studying for her University exams. I watched in amazement as she reviewed her notes. She read through her notes and identified the key points. She has made posters using shape and colour to help her make connections to the key ideas. How do you study? How do you work to remember key ideas? Could you use colours and shapes to help you achieve your goals? What if you used a different colour for each time table and put them up around your room? Let's discuss these ideas on Monday!

Zara and Ziwi

Maths fun... multiplication is a lot of fun...

My clever son

My very clever son had to make a model of a structure for his course. I think this is amazing! What do you think?

My Spring garden delights...

Zara left today on her adventure

Today Zara flies to Beijing. It is a very long flight and she is flying through the night. I hope she is able to sleep. Today the class presented Zara with Ziwi - a kiwi to keep her safe on her travels and go adventuring with her... I hope we see updates on her blog soon....

...where have I been????

Sorry for the long gap between posts. We have been extremely busy preparing for the school musical... Photos and movie clips soon....

Gold for New Zealand

I have been playing with a new programme called xtranormal and I created a message to congratulate Alison Shanks on her tremendous ride tonight...