Here is the e-book that the students in Room 8 have made. It was made for our buddy class of 5 year olds to tell them about animals that we saw on out zoo trip.
You can view it as a video below.
If you would like a copy for your iPad or computer, click here and it is available for download.
You can read this format on a computer through the Chrome browser with the free Readium extension.
Room 8 are a class of Year 4 students in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sunday 23 November 2014
Camouflaged Chameleons
Can you find the camouflaged chameleons? Look closely at the art works to find the chameleons hidden against their backgrounds.
Camouflaged Chameleons on PhotoPeach
Camouflaged Chameleons on PhotoPeach
Saturday 15 November 2014
Sunday 26 October 2014
Sunday 19 October 2014
Saturday 11 October 2014
Monday 22 September 2014
Basic Facts
Awesome work Room 8. Your basic facts test scores on Friday gave you a class average of 91. That is the highest average this year! Keep it up.
Thursday 18 September 2014
Fractions
Today in Maths the class made eels from playdough. This helped us to visualise the fraction pieces.
Fractions on PhotoPeach
Monday 15 September 2014
Saturday 6 September 2014
Sunday 31 August 2014
Thursday 21 August 2014
Awards
Well done to Matthew, James and Teresa for gaining a Pass with Distinction in the ICAS Science Exam.
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Thursday 14 August 2014
Book Review
The Hat Sale
A boy went to a hat shop and he tried to find a hat and it was hard for him. He tried a gold fish hat, a cactus hat and he found a…
I like it because of all the different hats.
It would be good for 1 to 4 year olds.
Book Review
The Dumbest Crook Book
It’s a really funny book with crooks running into jail and smashing into trees. It would be suitable for 7-11 year olds.
Have you heard of crooks stealing a TV and then going back for the remote? Or calling a psychic hotline and then the bill going to the owner and having his full name, and a robber who fainted when the shop owner said he had no money.
If it can get me laughing it will crack you up.
By Matthew
Book Review
My 2014 book review
Title : Spy Dog Superbrain
I thought the book was cool because I like spying and dogs. A gang of villainous teachers are plotting to make their school the best by... creating a secret formula and the final ingredient is the brain of a child. Read it !
By Emelia
Book Review
Life as a Viking
I think this book is really good as you sail the seas raiding villages and stealing valuable treasures. People who are 9-12 years old would like this book. It is good to read because you get to choose your future in the story.
Book Review
Will Solvit and the Deadly Gladiators
By Zed Storm
When Will Solvit’s grandfather built a tiny machine called morph he converts morph into a time machine then gets stuck in ancient Rome. This book would be suitable for boys interested in ancient Rome. From ages 9-12 and 8-14 for the other books. When you read this book you find out the ending of the story.
You will find this book in Manukau Library and Takapuna Library on the shelf at STR.
By James
Book Review
Famous Five: Five On A Treasure Island
By Enid Blyton
The Famous Five Julian, Dick Anne,George and Tim the dog are on a Summer holiday. They are a team of cheerful teenagers, and they are also full of MYSTERY. They find a map of Kirrin Island. On the map they find the word “Ingots” and suddenly they fall into an adventure but they get stuck. Will the five survive? Suitable for 8 years or over.
Book Review
LAND UNDER THE SEA
There was once a girl who was named Rosalina and she loved to play on the rocks that blocked the sea. But then one day there was a big storm, but still Rosalina went on the rocks and then suddenly…
The rocks fell and Rosalina fell in with them! She was in the sea! Then Rosalina woke up she was still alive after fifteen minutes! Guess what she could breath underwater!
So her first thought was I want to get to the surface, so she was swimming her way up to the top when she thought but what if I can’t breath in the air , She thought that because she could now breathe underwater so now she might not be able to do what she could do when she was on the surface.
So off she went under the sea, then she saw a cave so she went in it to see what was inside. When she knocked on the cave to see if anyone was home, nobody came, so she went in herself.
She gazed at the walls that was filled with gems and wonderful paintings as well. But then she heard something and it was coming from further down the cave, she tried to see what or who it was but a whole bunch of black, inky type of stuff was in her way.
So she got a painting off the wall and swished it away, and then she could see what it was...it was an OCTOPUS! As fast as she could she swam away but the octopus quickly grabbed her by the top of her collar and pulled her in!
Then finally the octopus said something, she said in a sweet and kind voice ‘Hi my name is Carly what’s yours?” Then Rosalena replied ‘o-o-o-o-h m-my n-name i-is R-Rosalena.’
So after they had gotten to know each other they started playing tag with each other. But then Rosalina was way too high up the top of the water and her mouth by accident and took a breath!
Sunday 10 August 2014
Saturday 2 August 2014
Saturday 26 July 2014
A Fairy Tale
Once upon a time there was a prince who lived in a big grey castle near a rotten haunted kingdom where graveyards were around every corner.
One day in 1975 the king of the haunted kingdom wanted war at MIDNIGHT.
The prince told the king the knights should get ready. Two seconds later the prince heard a beautiful voice. It had sounded like it was coming from the haunted kingdom.
The prince looked out the window. The bad king was lowering a princess into lava . The prince got the scientist and they both hopped on a horse and went to the haunted king. They killed the bad king and stopped the princess from falling into the lava and lived happily ever after.
By Max G
Emelia's Writing
The Alien UFO
On the 30th of April 1927 I was coming home from gymnastics with my friend. But suddenly I saw an Alien UFO on a grassy patch. I was now thinking hard about all the questions I would ask the Aliens if they came back. Will they come back? I do not know!
Alien UFO Quiz :
- Where was the UFO ?
Answer :
2. What year was it ?
Answer :
3. What month was it in ?
Answer :
4. What date was it on ?
Answer :
5. Where was I ?
Answer :
By Emelia
Thursday 24 July 2014
Dojo Points
Well done to this week's Dojo point winners:
Prithika, Hayley, Andrew, Georgia & Jessica.
Congratulations to the seventh student to reach 100 Dojo points.
Prithika, Hayley, Andrew, Georgia & Jessica.
Congratulations to the seventh student to reach 100 Dojo points.
Tuesday 1 July 2014
Sunday 29 June 2014
Friday 27 June 2014
The Prince and the Huge Tree House
Once upon a time a prince had a little puppy but he lost his puppy. He went searching for his puppy and he heard barks from a deep, dense forest near a castle. So he searched and then he found a huge tree house. He heard barks from the tree house. He climbed up and he found his puppy. But suddenly, a big roar came from the distance.
The prince peered out to see what it was. It was a gigantic ugly ogre. The prince locked the door straight away but the ogre didn’t go away and he guarded the tree house. The prince was very hungry so and was his puppy. He saw a huge apple tree so he ran towards it. He saw lots of juicy apples so he tried to grab an apple but the key fell out of his pocket. The ogre saw the key and put it on a rock.
Back in the castle a smart scientist heard the news that the prince was missing. So the scientist went into the forest. He made a potion that made him look like a bee and made him fly. He flew everywhere searching for the prince. Then he came across a huge tree house and he saw an ogre guarding it. He flew through the window. He saw the prince and his puppy. The scientist turned back into himself but now they were all trapped inside.
Happily, the smart scientist had one more potion which he drank. He turned back into a bee and he could fly again as well. He went and got the key but he couldn’t open the door. He had to wait until the ogre was asleep. Then they all escaped. They built a brick wall at the side of the castle and they all lived happily ever after.
The End
By Prithika
Prithika's Dream
My Dream
As I slept, everything turned huge and I turned tiny so I understood that it was my dream. I started to explore and then I knew it was Room 8. Huge shoes moved around but I wasn’t going to get squashed because I was only 1 mm long. I saw what my friends were doing and I saw what other people were doing as well. I enjoyed being tiny because it was so much easier travelling around because I could hold onto people’s shoes.
By Prithika
Thursday 26 June 2014
Sunday 22 June 2014
AUT Millennium Institute
When we got to the millennium Institute we got changed into our togs and listened to our instructor. She said that my group would do snorkeling. So we went with Julie and put on our masks and snorkeled up and down the lanes. We had lots of fun. When we got better at it we got to go through a hoop at the bottom of the pool. When we got to the top of the water we blew all the water out of our snorkel like a whale. Then we went back to Julie. Soon she said the time was up so we had to come back to her and take off our snorkels and get changed for team building.
When we got to team building we went to a place with lots and lots of sports equipment. It had a rock climbing wall and a pull up bar. Next Kiri took us to a place with lots of building things. We first did marshmallows. You have these little circles and you have to get to the concrete circle without touching the ground. We had to share circles! Then we made the ball go down the pipe. Next we played a game where the hoop has to go through the circle of people.
After that we had lunch. I sat with Georgia. After lunch I did water safety. I learnt that if you are in panic you need to cross your arms to settle down. We also fell off a boat on purpose. We needed to sit on the boat with our hands in the safe position. Then drop out of the boat. It was sort of fun. Next we did kayaking. We had to capsize out of the kayak. Lastly, we hopped on the kayak and did kayaking until they told us to get out and get changed.
I thought the millennium centre was the best trip ever!
By Ella
Thursday 19 June 2014
Dojo Points
Well done to this week's Dojo point winners:
Georgia, Ella & Prithika.
Congratulations to the 6th person in the class to reach 100 points and get a code to customize their Dojo avatar.
Georgia, Ella & Prithika.
Congratulations to the 6th person in the class to reach 100 points and get a code to customize their Dojo avatar.
Wednesday 18 June 2014
A Fairytale by Abbie
The Treehouse
Once upon a time there was a smart scientist, a not so smart scientist, a girl and a king.
The king loved his daughter and he played with her all the time. But one day, while the king’s daughter was studying, the king had the most marvelous idea to build a treehouse for his daughter and so he did.
He got the best wood in the castle and he got the smart scientist to make the door and the nails and he got the not so smart scientist to make the lock and to make the treehouse. But of course there had to be a problem. The not so smart scientist built the treehouse around the king and the king forgot to make the handle. He was STUCK!!
It had been twenty minutes now and the king was getting hungry. He looked out the window and saw the reddest apple in reach. He put his hand out the window and grabbed it but then he dropped it. It made a huge bang and split Into lots of pieces.
A girl nearby with the most golden hair heard the bang and ran over to see what it was. She saw the treehouse and then she saw the panicking king and rushed away.
A few minutes went by and the girl was back again with three bears . She told the king not to panic and the three bears used their sharp claws to make a hole in the treehouse so the king could climb out.
The next day the king made a rule that there wouldn’t be anymore treehouses in the castle.
BY ABBIE
Friday 13 June 2014
Thursday 12 June 2014
Wednesday 11 June 2014
Fairy Tale by Abbie
The Lost Fairy Tale
Once upon a time there was a girl who lived on the streets but dreamed of being a princess and to live in a beautiful castle.
Her nana always read her stories about a princess. One day when she was walking down to the shop she found a book. She thought to pick it up and so she did.
She read the first page, ‘Once upon a time the was a house with all the food you could dream of’,’ but then a house appeared in front of her with lollies and chocolate and more delicious things.
So she read the second page, ‘‘There was a girl who had the most silky gowns’ and then she suddenly had the most shiny blue gown. She said to herself, ‘ THIS BOOK IS MAGIC,’ and she ran home in excitement.
She found her nana sitting in a chair and the girl said, “Nana, the b b b book is m m m magic!” She gave the book to her nana and her nana read. ”There was a pond in front of her.” The girl waited with a smile but nothing happened. Her nana read it again and again but still nothing happened.
“How come it is not working?” said the girl. Her nana said, "It was too good to be true.” But the girl did not believe her because she had done it before. So every night she read the book in her head because she knew that if she read it aloud it would come true.
But one night she came to a chapter about a princess she read it out loud and then suddenly she was a princess in a castle but the days went on and she was getting sick of being a princess, doing all the chores, having to look nice and having to do everything perfectly.
She wanted to be at home again and be herself again but then she heard banging and crashing and then, ‘Boom!’ she was back home with her nana. She threw the book away and loved being herself again.
by Abbie
Fairy Tale by Louis
The Young Prince
Once upon a time there lived a young prince. He ran off in the deep, dark forest. Then he froze into position. He was lost so he started to cry.
Then a shadow appeared. It was a forest witch. She was surprisingly nice. She offered him to have her rusty and very old house because she said that she would be going to heaven. She also gave him her powerful and magical powers. He tried the powers. He blasted the house and fixed it. Then the witch disappeared.
Afterwards, the prince turned the gigantic and very dark forest into a bright garden. A princess saw the garden and went in. She walked into the middle of the garden and saw the rusty house so she walked back to the garden. Next the prince went out of the house and made the house clean and it made a “ping” sound.
The princess turned back and saw the handsome prince so she married him. Then they lived happily ever after.
The End
By Louis
Fairy Tale by Ryan
The Wicked Treehouse
Once upon a time a young sovereign was roaming all over the country. He wandered into an enchanted sylvan. The sovereign saw a man trapped in a 50 foot tall tree. The man looked perturbed.
Everyday when the sovereign roamed into the sylvan he saw the impoverished man stuck in the petrifying tree. Finally, one day, the sovereign felt sorry for him and climbed up the fearsome tree. After what seemed like forever, he arrived.
The tree didn't seem so eerie inside. He saw the terrorized man and touched him… Instantaneously the hombre disappeared and a sinister laugh filled the room. It was Garbagesmell, the evil scientist!
Garbagesmell cast a powerful spell. There were doors everywhere! The young sovereign opened every single door he could find. But everytime he opened another door he found himself in the room he had left.
After a few hours a knight saw him and got a chainsaw and started chopping the tree down, but no matter how much he tried the knight just shrunk. After a while the most powerful king, Author, came! Author smashed down the tree with his undefeatable Excalibur. The sovereign shrieked while he fell. He was grateful he was out of the nasty tree.
He was sent to hospital and after he recovered he lived happily ever after.
The End
By Ryan
Fairy Tale by Timothy
A Dangerous Fort
Once upon a time, a rich King was riding around a spooky Black Forest on his trusty horse. He was 100 long kilometers from his colossal castle, so he made sure his handsome son, The Prince, was guarding the castle with his awesome knights. He came across a rusty, dusty old lookout tower and wondered if and anyone was using it.
Just then, a hairy ogre shoved him in violently in the old fort and locked him in and threw the key far, far away. The King thought he was stuck there forever and ever. But then, he remembered his useful walkie-talkie in his tight belt.
He looked in his belt and there was his walkie-talkie, but no sword. So he radioed the prince and told him to get his brave knights and come to the Black Forest.
But when they got here they didn’t realise that the spooky fort was guarded by 16 rude ogres. They fought with shiny swords and the ogres fought with dangerous clubs.
After a while, they killed the hairy ogres and the knights bashed down the door. they freed the kind King and they all lived happily ever after, for all time!
THE END!
By Timothy
Fairy Tale by Ella
The Lost Key
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a King. The King wanted to pick some fruit from a tree. So he sent for the royal builder to build a royal ladder and he decided he would climb the royal peach tree.
He grabbed the ladder. The King climbed up as high as he dared and got lots of royal peaches. He became so tired! So the King found a tree house from hundreds of years ago. The King went in the treehouse for a rest. He flopped on the floor and closed the door. The door locked on him! He didn’t realize at first but when he tried to open the treehouse door it was locked!
He screeched his unpleasant screeching and shouted his unpleasant shouts. As he was doing all this, 10 little pigs came strolling past. They heard the unpleasant screeching and woke the Ogre. The Ogre was unhappy because he was in the middle of a lovely dream about eating pigs. So he quickly did what they demanded.
He found the key in no time and told the pigs he would get the king out if the pigs gave him $1 from all of them. They agreed. So he climbed up the royal peach tree. Banged on the door so hard that it broke! The Ogre held the king and jumped out of the treehouse. He set the king free and looked for the pigs.
The king was so relieved he never ever went outside again just to be sure. And lived happily ever after. But the pigs didn’t! They ran away at the first chance when the ogre wasn’t looking.
The Ogre never got the money so he ate the 10 pigs in one huge gulp and he lived happily ever after. FOREVER!
By Ella
Peanut the Elephant
Peanut The Elephant
Once upon a time there lived a Elephant called Peanut. He was called Peanut because he liked to eat peanuts.
One day he went to a peanut falling forest. All the peanuts fell from trees. Some peanuts fell on top of Peanut. Luckily he could stand in water. The nearest river, was a lava river. So he went that way but …
Oh no. The burning hot lava is rising, thought Peanut. It was a good thing he had a friend called Pegasus. He made a special call and Pegasus picked him up and took Peanut back to his yummy Peanut cave.
They lived happily ever after!
By Emelia
Cats by Prithika
Cats
Some cats are friendly, curious and shy and some cats are not. Many years ago cats were worshiped. Some people say that cats have nine lives because they are very good at escaping. Most cats don’t like the water.
Cats Bodies
Some cats are fat and some are thin. Cats can make their claws extend and retract from their paws. Some cats don’t have tails but most cats have tails. Cats whiskers sense things. Cats fur keeps them warm. If cats have wet noses that means they are healthy.
What Cats do or Play
If cats roll over it means they want to play. Cats rub their fur on things to tell other cats that it is their territory. Wild cats hunt by themselves and cats who have owners don’t need to hunt all the time because their owners feed them. Some cats can climb trees and
some can climb other things. Cats drink water even though they don’t like to be in it. You may give cats a little bit of milk. Cats clean their body by licking.
Types of Cats
There are more than hundred types of cats. There are cats called tabby or turtleshell and most of the cats are domestic and some are wild and some cats are stray. Do you know that cheetahs, lions, tigers and jaguars are the only wild cats that could purr. I think that cats are the best animals to keep as a pet
By Prithika
Cats by Charlize
Cats
Body
Cats have a tail and four legs. Cats have a warm coat. Cats have spots on their body but not all cats have spots. Cats have very sharp claws. Cats have a wet nose so they can smell.
What cats eat
Cats eat cat food and they drink water. Some cats hunt birds and rats. Some cats eat meat.
What cats do
Cats play a lot and some cats play with balls of yarn. They clean themselves by licking themselves.
Things about cats
Cats are cute and cuddly and fun to play with and also they sleep in the sun a lot. At night they wake up and it is easy to hunt for food and some cats don’t do that kind of stuff. There are more than 100 types of cats. Sometimes cats creep into peoples houses and frighten other pets and people. Some cats are frightened of dogs.
By Charlize
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Monday 9 June 2014
Fairy Tale by Ranash
Once upon a time there lived a king, his children and a witch. The colourful castle was next to the witch’s dirty house.
One day the king said to his children, “I am going for a walk so be safe inside”. The king went for a walk and he saw the witch’s creepy house. He decided to peer in the window and he saw the witch. The witch turned him into a frog. AHHH!
The king’s children were waiting for the king but he didn’t return. But then they saw the frog. “Is that the frog? It must be,”they agreed. So they went to the witch’s house.
The children took their knives and chopped the witch in half. It was the end of the witch’s life. The king turned back to himself. Then they all lived happily ever.
By Ranash
Here are some pictures of the king and the witch. I hope you enjoyed this fairy tale.
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