Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Pohutukawa Tree

Crystal and Keshika read an article in a Junior Journal about the Pohutukawa tree. They then decided to find out more information after spotting what looked like a Pohutukawa tree opposite the school library. But from the information they had they knew it was flowering at the wrong time of the year. They tried to discover the answer to this problem. During their research they used books, the computer and experts Mrs Traill and Ms Mulrennan. 

They then decided to present their work by putting together a movie using Windows Live Movie Maker. They planned the steps they needed to take and here is their end result. 

           
                               Pohutukawa from cee one on Vimeo.

Monday, August 27, 2012

More Budding Authors

We have been thinking about what it would be like to have a flying carpet. Here are some of our ideas.

My Flying Carpet from cee one on Vimeo.

The Flying Carpet from cee one on Vimeo.

The Flying Magic Carpet from cee one on Vimeo.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

New Stories by Budding Authors

We chose our favourite story to read on our blog. We have tried to use expression and fluency. We hope you enjoy them.

My Imagination from cee one on Vimeo.

The Evil Queen from cee one on Vimeo.

The Magic Star from cee one on Vimeo.

The Volcano from cee one on Vimeo.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

A group of children were trying to teach Miss Lamb some Mandarin. Even though she tried her best they still laughed. They made a video to help her! Shirong, who only speaks Mandarin, is learning English much faster!

Animals in Mandarin from cee one on Vimeo.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Olympic Math Problems

We have been writing number stories based on the Olympics.  Can you work out the answers - don't forget to tell us how you worked out your answer!

7 people were in the Olympics for rowing.  3 won. 
How many got left behind?
Saaliha

There were 8 rowers.  6 fell off into the water. 
How many are left?
Crystal


17 people were chosen to cycle but 9 failed. 
How many didn't fail?
Saaliha

If China have 12 gold medals and New Zealand have 3 gold medals.  What is the difference in the number of gold medals between the two countries?
A7

More stories coming soon...........