This term Room 4 learned about Road Safety. We then made this video to show what we have learned. We hope you enjoy and stay safe on and next to the road!
Room 4 and the rest of Panmure Bridge School walked to Point England Reserve today to learn about the local history of the area and the Tamaki River.
We enjoyed walking from Panmure Bridge School to Point England Reserve. We used what we learned from Constable Richard to “stop, look and listen” to keep ourselves safe on the walk. It was amazing seeing the Tamaki River up close and we looked to see if there were any Taniwha’s around. On the way we saw boats, bushes, trees, birds and someone fishing in the river.
Halfway to the reserve, Room 4 students got very tired and asked their teacher “Are we there yet?”. It was a longer walk, just about 2.6 kms. Although it felt far, we enjoyed doing it together as a class.
When we got there, we sat next to the river and had our morning tea. We were so hungry from all the walking. We had conversations about the walk with our friends and with some of our parents that joined us.
After that we played in the park on the playground. We especially enjoyed going on the Flying Fox and the swings. We also enjoyed the slides and we had to go one at a time. We were very happy to see that the playground also had a rock climbing wall. It was so much fun!
Finally we got onto the bus that took us back to school.
We had so much fun walking to Point England Reserve and we loved the park the most!
This term, Room 4 learned about the Tamaki River. Before creating the map above, Room 4 learned where the Tamaki River is, the tributary arms of the river, the history of the river, and where the name Tamaki River comes from.
Then, we divided the class into groups to complete a life-sized map/artwork of the river. Each group had a special task to complete, and everyone ended up helping to finish each task.
One group used a Google Earth map to help them draw the river as accurately as possible. They also painted the river and the roads and added sand next to the river. Khontoi and Yaya then created Maungarei using bits of green and dark green paper to give the mountain some volume.
Another group created the labels for the places on the map. They used Explain Everything to type the names of the places, making sure to use capital letters, as they are proper nouns. They decided on a font and different coloured shapes for the background.
The third group made the words Tamaki River for the map. They first drew them with pencil, then coloured them with a special design to match the river. They laminated and cut out each letter.
The fourth group made the tops of the buildings. The group had to look at making different-sized shapes and colours to make the map ‘pop.’ This turned out to be a big job, and the whole class helped in the end to finish all the buildings. They also drew the two bridges on the map.
The fifth group made the trees, boats, and fish in the river. They used YouTube to look up ways to fold a paper boat and enjoyed this part the most.
The last group had to write facts they had learned about the Tamaki River. The teacher helped them type their sentences, ready to print. They then decided to give them some color and laminated them.
Overall, Room 4 learned how a big idea can become achievable if they all work together. They are so proud of what they have made and have enjoyed receiving compliments from other teachers, Mr. Johnston, and visiting students.
Well done, Room 4!
On Tuesday Panmure Bridge School had our school Athletics day.
First the junior school lined up under the canopy for the welcome. Coach Sarah gave us a lovely welcome and we all went with our coaches.
Our first game of the day was Frog Jumps. We had so much fun hopping and playing rock paper scissors.
Then we played hopping tag. It was so much fun tagging each other.
After that we played catch. Sometimes it was hard to catch the ball after we threw it, but when we did catch it, it felt amazing!
Then we moved on to a game called Bin it. We were divided into our house colours and stood in a line behind a black bin. We took turns trying to get the ball in the bin. Then we had a competition between the teams and the red House team won! It was so exciting and we loved playing this game.
Next we had our sprints. We learned how to get on our marks and get set and then go. We ran as fast as we could, faster than the speed of light!
Finally, after lunchtime, the seniors had their sprints and we got to watch and cheer them on. The seniors are so fast, we had to watch carefully or we would have missed them running past us. A little while later it was the House Team Relays. The Junior teams went first. The green team won! Mr Johnston then announced the overall House team winners. The winner was the blue team!
We had so much fun on Athletics day and we cannot wait for the next one!
Room 4 created a movie called Robot Teacher? No Thank You!
It all started with a discussion about how amazing AI (Artificial Intelligence) is. We thought about how awesome it would be if we had a teacher that was like an AI robot and that maybe one day, this could be the case around the world. Then, we talked about why that would be a bad idea and how robots cannot be like a real teacher.
Our teacher decided to use AI to help make the movie. We used ChatGPT to write the script (we, of course, had to change some things), and then we used a free site called VEED to create the animation of our robot teacher. We decided to call her Miss Applewood 3000 because Apple is a big technology company and 3000 sounds like a robot’s name. We called the real teacher Miss Honey, like in the movie Matilda. She had to be a kind, warm character that saved the day.
The message of the movie was that robots and technology are really helpful tools, but they can never replace real people.
We also tried to make the movie as funny and entertaining as possible.
Full disclosure: we do not normally jump on chairs or run in the classroom, and we do not condone this behavior. It was all part of the fun of acting.
We really enjoyed making this movie, and we hope you enjoy it too!
Room 4
This week Room 4 learned what respect means.
We discussed:
What does it look like?
What does it sound like?
What does it feel like?
We then made a lovely poster that we are sharing at assembly today. Stay tuned to see what it looks like.
Today for our cybersmart lesson, we shared what we have been learning about Road Safety in our EE projects. Here is Ahu’s project about Road Safety. He is also sharing his poster he created in class.
Over the last few weeks, we have been learning all about road safety in our class. To help us understand how to stay safe, we had a special visit from Constable Richard, who taught us some very important lessons.
If the car is on, we must STOP!
After learning these important road safety tips from Constable Richard, we decided to create our own road safety posters. Each of us chose a safety tip to highlight and made a colorful poster to help remind others about staying safe on the road.
You’ll be able to see our posters in the classroom and soon on the blog! We’re excited to share what we’ve learned with everyone.
Remember to stay safe, follow the rules, and always be careful when you’re near roads!
On Wednesday Panmure Bridge School celebrated Duffy’s 30th birthday. Duffy books in homes are an organisation that gives free books to students at various schools, so that everyone can have a book to read at home.
First we made some beautiful birthday hats for the celebration. We wrote “Happy Birthday Duffy” on the hats and decorated them. They were very special!
Next we all got a blank box to decorate. The boxes are to take home and keep our Duffy books safe. We really enjoyed making them!
After that, Duffy’s birthday came. The whole school was in the hall to celebrate Duffy. We saw our boxes on stage, a sign that says “Happy Birthday Duffy” and 2 massive birthday cakes! There was also some balloons on the stage as well as a life size Duffy, made out of cardboard.
Then we sang the Duffy song, it is called “Read about it” and we did the actions. We had some guest speakers from Duffy and Mainfreight too.
We cannot wait for Duffy’s 40th birthday!
In Cybersmart we picked our favourite blog post. This is a post we are proud to share on our blog. Te Whetū chose her post about Ngā Whetū o Matariki. She took a screenshot of her post and recorded why this is her favourite post.
Before you listen can you guess why this is Whetū’s favourite post? Let us know in the comments.