Diamante Poems

We have been learning how to write a diamante poem.  

A diamante poem is a poem that follows a pattern.  It has 7 lines.  This first line has one word (a noun), the second line has 2 words (adjectives to describe the noun), the third line has 3 words (verbs to describe what the verb is doing), the 4th line has a phrase and then it works back agin to 1 word.

We decided to write about daffodils because it is Spring time. 

Check out our daffodil poems.  

Some people used keynote, some used kidpix and others published on paper.

What do we know about Seals and Penguins?

Here is a couple of brainstorms we did today about what we know about Penguins and Seals.  We did this using Wallwisher.  It was heaps of fun!

I will be a hummingbird...

• What message do you get out of this video?
• How does it make you feel?
• Would you rather be a hummingbird or one of the animals standing watching?  Why?

Sing

Some words they can’t be spoken only sung          Singles
So hear a thousand voices shouting love

There’s a place, there’s a time  Year 3
In this life when you sing what you are feeling
Find your feet, stand your ground
Don’t you see
Right now the world is listening to what we say

Sing it louder, sing it clearer                  everyone
Knowing everyone will hear you
Make some noise, find your voice tonight
Sing it stronger, sing together
Make this moment last forever
Old and young
Shouting love tonight

To sing we’ve had a lifetime to wait Year 4   Year 3 W A I T
And see a thousand faces celebrate  Year 3 CELEBRATE

You brought hope, you brought light                    Everyone
Conquered fear, though it wasn’t always easy
Stood your ground, kept your faith
Don’t you see
Right now the world is listening to what we say
Sing it louder, sing it clearer
Knowing everyone will hear you
Make some noise, find your voice tonight
Sing it stronger, sing together
Make this moment last forever
Old and young
Shouting love tonight

Some words they can’t be spoken only sung      singles
To hear a thousand voices shouting love    Year 4
And light and hope

Just sing x4 2 classes come in each line
(Come all and sing Remove)
Sing it louder, sing it clearer
Knowing everyone will hear you
Make some noise, find your voice tonight
Sing it stronger, sing together
Make this moment last forever
Old and young
Shouting love tonight

Hear a thousand voices shouting love 

LEARNZ - Penguins and Seals

Next week we are starting a virtual learning inquiry about Penguins and Seals through LEARNZ as part of our reading rotation.  

What you will do

In preparation for this field trip you will learn about

• penguins in general
• New Zealand penguins
• little blue penguins in particular, including their life cycle
• seals in general
• New Zealand seals
• NZ fur seals in particular, including their life cycle
• the threats to penguins and seals and their conservation

During the field trip you will

• get up close to penguin chicks and adults and seal pups and their parents
• use technology like a burrow scope
• take part in daily and seasonal conservation work
• carry out a population count and apply estimation techniques
• catch a one-year-old seal pup
• get close to a fluffy blue penguin chick
• find out the life stories of pups and chicks so far
• assess the health of individual animals by taking measurements and samples, then process and interpret the data
• explore the rocky shore and discover what makes up the local food chains
• discover the reasons why penguins and seals are under attack from local and global threats, what steps are being taken to conserve them and what you can do to help
• relate our marine life to local and global issues like sustainability, climate change, food webs, water, interconnectedness, the land/sea interface and human activity

Where you will go

Charleston, near Westport is home to many little blue penguins/kororā - the smallest penguin in the world. The population and range of the little blue penguin has been declining in areas not protected from predators. Cape Foulwind, a half-hour's drive from Charleston, is at the north-western tip of the South Island where it is home to the New Zealand fur seal/kekeno.

Explore these links and learn as much as you can about penguins and seals so you are ready to contribute your learning in class:

http://www.ehow.com/facts_4926780_seals-kids.html

http://www.facts-about.org.uk/facts-about-seals.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts.htm

http://www.squidoo.com/penguin-facts-for-kids