Welcome to Learning Hub 8's blog! We are a group of year 2 and 3 learners at Stonefields School in Auckland. We love sharing our learning and hope you enjoy our blog!
We had a whole week of break through learning! There was so much going on in our hub! We had art, magic, construction, dancing, singing, researching...and the list goes on! We loved sharing how we had used the learning process to help us with our break through projects.
I fly into the air. Zoom and boom I explode. I do a triple back flip 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Boom! I got to the biggest planet. When I got there I got to Jupiter and I could do lots of tricks AND then when I got back home there was aliens. Oh on aliens I wall get you.
Then I had a sword and then my sword and I knocked out the aliens. I am the fastest firework king in the world. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I will go back to the moon so I am going back to the moon. I will give you a ride Weeeeeeeeeee. I had fun on the ride. Thank you for the ride King.
One day there was people who were waiting for a bus. They were waiting and waiting until the bus came. They read the sign and it will come at 1 to 4. It came to 5 to 9 and they had left. The bus driver did not see them because he was late to pick up them. They went to a different bus. It came to 1 to 4 and they went on that bus. They took them anywhere. Then they went down the street and they saw a dog. The people and the dog barked at them. They left.
I wish I could be lit because last year I didn't get to be lit. My colour was purple and yellow.
When I was blowed I came out like lighting. I was really loud like it was a danger tornado turning to chase us around. The people was saying to me look at that really amazing pretty firework that is shooting out in the sky and I went boom snap and clash.
3 2 1 blast off. I am a firework exploding boom! Boom! I am as blue as the sky and as pink as a pig. The sky is dark. I was as hot as the sun and as dark as black. Then the other night I saw the moon. Bye bye that was fun. I wish we could Do that for every day. Bye see you soon next time. The end.
321 blast off! I'm going as fast as lightning and I make a glittery sparkle. I am the most colourful firework like a rainbow. Crash! I banged in to mars. I am as bright as the sun. Don't touch me I am as hot as a microwave. I am not stopping. I have so much energy like electricity. I don't get cold I am hotter than the oven. I am sparkling in to space like a firework. No more for me I'm turning as black as an black bird. Now it's time to make a colourful firework like a rainbow when I go boom boom! Wee I will not end this. This is so fun. Here I go again. Wee I will go back into space. Yay I am back in space now. I am in mars. I had the best day ever.
One day I was a firework. Last year I never got bought. I am at someones house. I am set wahoo. I'm gliding to the sky. Now I am slowly coming to earth. Next time I hope I go higher.
I open my launch order. Aargh bugs are in my lunch order. Eww that is disgusting. Now I don't have anymore lunch and I can see a duty teacher. I can ask if I can go up to the staff hub and she said yes. I have chosen a Sandwich.
I am in a shop and I got bought. I am at someone's home. Now I am in the grass. Now I am lit. Wow I am up in the sky. Off I go to Queenstown. I am having fun at Queenstown. It was fun. I was as pink as a pig. I was as blue as the sky. I was as green as the grass. I was as red as lava. I was as white as the a wall. I was as yellow as the sun. I am floating back to the ground. The end.
I was in the shop. I bought a firework and we went home. We opened the box and my dad lit it up. It went boom. That was cool and that was amazing and it was awesome and great and there was different colours.
I am at the shop. I hope I get sold because last year I was just on display. Oh good I've been bought. Now I'm in the car. Now I'm at someone's home. Oh goodies it's night time. Time to be lit. Bing Bang Bong boom and a big back flip. Now I'm at the moon. Look some aliens. Hey aliens I am a firework. I was as red as a heart and as silver as a sparkle. I am even as pink as a pig and as blue as the sky and as gold as a charm.
I was In the shop waiting for someone to collect me. Then finally someone collected me. After they bought me. I was so excited for them to collect me. Then I arrived to the persons house. Now I am lit on the ground outside. I fizzed to the sky. I was colourful. Then I was falling to the ground. Then I disappeared on the ground. Like magic. Or like a magician.
I'm at the shop. I'm a firework. iIm at a house now. Now i'm in the garden. Now i'm zooming up in the sky weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm as gold as treasure and as blue as the sky and as colourful as a rainbow and as colorful as a rainbow lollipop. Now i'm at the sun. Now i'm turning around. Now I'm back in the shop so someone will buy me next year.
I am in a shop when I get bought. I go to someone's house. Hey I am ready to go. Here I am going to space. I am going. Ii am going in circles. I am going fast. Hey it's fun wewewe. I am going fast like a shooting star. I am as yellow as a star. And I am bright. Then sometimes I disappear in the blue sky. I am as like a rainbow shining like a yellow star. I am bright when I get up some times I disappear back down into the place and I pop all the way down. I just go boom and my friends come with me. It was fun together. It was fun. I like it.
I am a firework. I can fly outside. I am in someones house. At night someone lit me yay! I can twinkle like a star and split in each group like someone divide something. I am as colourful as a rainbow!! I`m going down now and I feel like I`m on a slide. Then I disappear like magic!
12345 zoom I am firework. I am the most highest firework. I can see birds. I can fly higher than the birds. I can fly in space. There was a firework hotel. In space and I stayed at the space hotel. Then I shrivelled down into a million pieces of ash.
I'm on the road. I'm lit. Now I am going bang boom bang pop crash fizzle. I am different colours. I am beautiful and I am cool and I am as green as a lizard and I look like a rainbow. Now I am at the moon weeeee. I Am like rocket. Boom. I am shooting. I am so loud. I am so fast. Zoom. Weee. It is fun yay. I am so fast. Everyone can see me. I am going to blast now yay. Now I am done blasting. That was really fun. Now I am coming down. Now I am gone like magic.
Yaa I have finally been brought. Now I am on the grass getting ready to blow up into the sky. I can see the moon from here. It looks amazing. Whoom now I am getting ready to get fired up. Now I am shooting and burning up into the sky. I am doing a somersault into the sky swirling around. It is so so FUN. Whoom now I'm going to disappear into the sky in a rainbow of colours. I have had a good time in the sky. It is time for me to go. It's been fun. It was so cool. Bye.
This is Hub 2's 2014 entry for the Manaiakalani Film Festival.
This film is about a magician who keeps changing the sport his friends are playing. The sports players start playing netball. Netball then turns into basketball. Basketball then turns into soccer and soccer turns into rugby. Finally rugby turns into handball. The magician then puts a spell on the players, making them go to sleep. They wake up very confused as they all remember playing a different sport.
The sneaky magician almost gets away with his plan until he is spotted running away.
On Tuesday I woke up. It was the day for the trip. When I got to school the teacher called the roll and we got into groups. We got on the bus. When we got there we got out of the bus we had morning tea. After we played some games. Next we had lunch and we played on the playground. After we had our last change over and we played on the beach. It was the best day!
On beach day we went on the bus. When we arrived we played games in groups. Next we had lunch and my mum came over to sit with me at 12 O'clock. Next we went to the beach. Then we got on the bus. When we got back to school we put the chairs up. It was the best day ever!
On Athletics day we had games to play. It was fun. We played the games. We did it at Stonefields School. There were 22 games to play. We played the games for the whole day. We did it after lunch and after morning tea. We were doing it on the field and we did it on the courts. There was 20 on the field and there was 2 on the courts. We had fun playing the games on Wednesday.
We played 5 games at Okahu bay and Orakei Reserve. We went on a bus and back on a bus. We went in the morning. We went on the playground. When we got there we had morning tea. We played games after morning tea. Then we had lunch and then we played 2 games. Then we went on the bus back to school. It was a fun day.
Today we went to Okahu Bay. It was so much fun! We went there so that we could have some time with the community and so we could play P.E games with LH1. Some of our families joined us for a picnic lunch. We also played on the playground and the beach.
I had some chips with tomato sauce and I had lollies. I won a money box. It was a elephant. I bought a flower. It was orange. I had a fun time at the school fair. I had two cupcakes. I loved the cupcakes. It was fun. Oliver and me we got 2 elephant money boxes. When I got home Dad gave us money.
The fair was on the weekend. My Dad and my Mum and my Aunty Courtney and Cormac came. Then we drove to the school fair. Then we played the plate throwing. Then we went to get some hot chips. Then my Mum was working on the hot chips stand.
The fair was on Saturday 18th October. I went because me and my brother did Kapa Haka. My Dad and my Mum and my brother came. It was at Stonefields School. I walked from home. First I got a soda. Then I got a cupcake. Me and my cousin spied on my brother doing magic tricks on people. Me and my cousin got jelly after that. We watched performances. We thought the funniest one was the magician because he kissed the girl. It was funny.
On 17/10/14 Mina and Aurelia went to the Auckland City Mission to give the money from their singing concert to Alexis.First we got to the reception desk and we said”hello we are looking for Alexis”.We were a little bit early so we had to wait 3 minutes and then Alexis came.Then we gave the money box to Alexis.Then we had a photo.
Alexis showed us around the inside.She introduced some people to us.We saw all the clothes and food we even saw the first aid room and the sculptures they made.Then we went to Alexis's building and she showed us the shop that had all the clothes and shoes so that the people in poverty can have those clothes and shoes.Alexis also showed us the toys.Every Christmas they have a party and they give lunch and presents to everyone that comes.
Last Friday on the 19.9.14 we held a singing concert to raise money for the Auckland City Mission.
Mina and Aurelia did really really well! Don’t you think they did? There was also some awesome baking; there were cookies, cupcakes and brownie. Everybody loved the concert and the baking. We raised $104.60 dollars, that is a lot of money! The money will go to the auckland city mission to help out people in poverty. We hope it makes someone happy!
This term, hub 2 learners will be choosing what learner quality they think they most need to work on each week. On Friday we thought about which learner qualities we are really good at and which learner qualities we could try and use a bit more.
Jake is working on questioning this week.
Kyle is working on thinking this week.
I wonder which learner quality you are working on this week?
Today we worked out how much we will each need to pay to go to the beach. This is the problem we were given to solve.
We were really stretched in this learning. Eventually we worked out that we will need to pay $5 each. If $62 learners each pay $5 the bus will cost us $310.
Today's lesson was all about balance. We did lots of different activities and it was funny to watch other learners trying to balance on tiny lily pads by only using their fingers and toes!
Wow! Today in science we made a fantastic foamy fountain. It was pretty amazing. Here is a video if you would like to see what it looked like.
What happened???
When the liquids were mixed together they turned into a foam.
The foam went up the cylinder like an elevator.
Bubbly stated to form in the foamy mixture.
The foam slowly spilled over the cylinder and travelled down the sides.
Why do we think this happened???
There was a reaction between the yeast and the hydrogen peroxide.
The yeast made the foamy mixture rise.
Why did it actually happen???
Each tiny foam bubble is filled with oxygen. The yeast acted as a helper and removed the oxygen from the hydrogen peroxide. Since it did this very fast, it created lots of bubbles!
The foam it created was warm and bubbly because of all the mixtures that were mixed together.
If you would like to do this experiment you will need:
2 measuring cylinders (1 large and 1 small)
1 tablespoon of dishwashing liquid
1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide
3 tablespoons of warm water
1 tablespoon of dried yeast
Gloves for each person doing the experiment to wear
This week we have been out and about taking photos of people being kind in our school. There are lots of ways we can be kind to each other, both in the hub and in the playground. We have made this video to show others what kindness looks like.
This is the song we learnt, which you can hear in this movie. It's a favourite song for LH2 at the moment!
It was great to see so many learners for LH2 participating in the triathlon today. After biking, swimming and running the long course it is not surprising our learners were very tired by the end of the day!
On beach day we went on the bus. When we arrived we played games in groups. Next we had lunch and my mum came over to sit with me at 12 O'clock. Next we went to the beach. Then we got on the bus. When we got back to school we put the chairs up. It was the best day ever!
We played 5 games at Okahu bay and Orakei Reserve. We went on a bus and back on a bus. We went in the morning. We went on the playground. When we got there we had morning tea. We played games after morning tea. Then we had lunch and then we played 2 games. Then we went on the bus back to school. It was a fun day.
