Chocolate Crackle

On Tuesday we made chocolate crackles as part of our learning about procedural writing.

Maka has used Prezi to share his recipe.

Dev and Samuel used the recipe mixed with images they took on Tuesday to share their recipe:

Procedures Using Screencastify

We have been writing procedures outlining how to complete a chosen task on a chromebook. We used screencastify to record our procedures. 

Tuakana Kapahaka Assembly

On Friday the Tuakana Kapahaka Group entertained us with an assembly item all about Ranginui and Papatuanuku. Check out the highlights.

3D Printing

The Y4 Makerspace Group have been working extremely hard to get the 3D printers up and running for people to use.

Siddhu, Amatan and Salah couldn't wait to get started. They created a minion using Tinkercad and today they printed it!

The Y4 Uke Group Won K Factor 2016!

They did it! The MRPS Y4 Ukulele Group won Kmart's K Factor competition.

Here is a youtube version of their winning performance.

Paper Sculptures

Room 5 had an awesome day with Mrs Bateman creating paper sculptures! 

Y3/4 Athletics Day

On Wednesday R5 competed in the Y3/4 Athletics Day. They did really well. Here is a video with a few highlights.

Electrical Circuits

As part of our Electricity unit we are learning all about simple electrical circuits. We have been creating simple circuits with wires, batteries, lightbulbs and switches and discovering how electrons flow. 

 

Aniva and Taufeeq created diagrams to explain what they had learnt. 

Y4 Ukulele Band

The Y4 Ukulele Band have recorded one of their songs. Check it out! Thank you Mrs Dawson for sharing this video with us.

Dog Safety

Last week MRPS had a special assembly all about dog safety and we learnt lots of helpful tips! 

Bike Giveaway

At the beginning of this term, we were told that Miss Bishop had 20 free bikes to giveaway! She asked everyone from Y2-5 to write a letter explaining why they wanted, needed, deserved a new bike! 

Looking On

We have been writing poems based on a poem called The Looker-On, by Frank Kendon. Using the same structure, we wrote our own poems based on our surroundings at MRPS. We spent some time just sitting and watching the things that were happening around us.

Money Raps

We have been using our knowledge about financial literacy to write raps. We created our own soundtracks to go with our raps using soundation.

Money Raps from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Here is Ben and Maka's Rap.

Jerome Ropati Visited MRPS @DuffyBooks

Jerome Ropati came to our @DuffyBooks Hero Assembly today. He also brought Ben Henry along with him. We learnt so much from his visit. He showed us the jersey and medal he won during the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.


Some of R5 based their costumes on The Day the Crayons Quit, by Oliver Jeffers. We made signs to hold during the parade after the assembly.

Duffy hero assembly from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Jerome Ropati is Coming to MRPS @duffybooks

We are having a special @duffybooks assembly on Thursday of this week. The special guest will be none other than Jerome Ropati. We did some research yesterday to find out more about him.

By Maka

EFDS0962 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

By Edwin

 By Vaka and Salah

 By Amatan and Siddhu

Describing SpongeBob Squarepants

This week we have been writing descriptions about SpongeBob Squarepants. Yesterday we used these descriptions to create shape poems.

Check out our super sentences about SpongeBob.

Collaborative Posters

We are learning all about Financial Literacy. As part of this, we have been creating collaborative posters. With a buddy we had to complete this task without talking to each other face-to-face. We had a go at using many of the communication tools available on Google Drive to collaborate.

Here are our posters:

Arataki Visitor Centre

On Monday we visited the Arataki Visitor Centre to learn all about staying safe in the bush. We had an awesome day. The weather was great and we got to explore the Waitakere Ranges. 

Y4 Arataki Trip 2016 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Year 4 Cross Country

Check out the highlights from the Y4 Cross Country Race.

Y4 Cross Country 2016 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Illustrating Adjectives

Our poem of the week was The Googies by Shel Silverstein. 

We used this poem to identify adjectives. Then we had a go at creating fonts for each word that show their meaning. Here are some of the results.