Introduction

We are based at Ladbrooks School.
Our school is a full primary in a rural area just outside Christchurch.
We are an enthusiastic learning community of Year 3-5 children and two teachers, Ali and Jo.
We love to learn and enjoy having fun.
Thanks for following us on our learning adventures...

Look down to the right at the labels. Find your child's name or...
Reading ideas - "Great Reads"
General photos - "Sport" or "Toroa"

Sunday 30 March 2014

pig utac

won  day    a    pig   got   in   a  mes .  he   had    all redy  went   to  batl.

a   bg   sa  glef  is   v0re  bg   it  iscrid   tip  ov  vesis  it  is  a   tip  ov  liz  and it is  blac  and  it.

a big jellyfish is made of black and white stipes.     

the zoo

one  day     me  and    my   akool    went   to     the   zoo   we  soor   a  cheta   it   was    chring     to   get    owt     but   it   koodint`    then   we    went   to   see   the   doky   namd    sothe   she   ut   los  and   los      then  we  went   to  see  the   bers  one  kood    sa    hi  .

one day me and my uncle went to the zoo. we saw a cheetah, it was trying to get out but it couldn't. Then we went to see the donkey named Sophie, she ate lots and lots. We went to see the birds and one said 'hi' to me.
i went to  the    big shp and i so a sbmr.

I went to the big and i saw a submarine.
i tyson ut fshin with mum. i went to the huge fishing hole. mum caught a snapper. We all had snapper for dinner. it tasted salty.
the gorik yusen ap and jomap on her mams bed, mam wou a and seg riksenfotitwozamota.

The girl woke up and jumped on her Mums bed. Mum woke up and she thought it was a ghost.

Wednesday 26 March 2014

What's that? Hockey or soccer?

Trapping and striking

Ability agility group B with Katrina

The children are learning skills that are transferable across many sporting diciplines. 
I       saw a       rainbow.  it hd lots of kls. it wos atsit in my house.


I saw a rainbow.  It had lots of colours.   It was outside my house.
I hav a wgle  tooth .it  is the top one .I hoq it fil iti. I thik  the tooth  fire. will gvme fif baks.

I have a wiggle tooth.  It is the top one.   I hope it falls out.  I  think the tooth ferry will give me five bucks.

Tuesday 25 March 2014

  some little kis wos biu the lak skiming flat sion and

  Some little kids were by the lake skimming flat stones.
The   stone    is  skiming   across    the  wter  and cming    bak    to   there fet.   dveks   a   jalefth    foi        

The stone is skimming across the water and came back to there feet.  A jellyfish throw it back to them.

Butterfly

i  s a btrhig  

I saw a butterfly

The magic flower

i fowd a mash flowor. it was a godin yalo sprcld flowor. 

i found a magic flower. it was a golden yellow sparkled flower.

The Nightwalker


An ode to a NIGHTWALKER
A quiet friendly talker

Eyes that are volcano red
Makes me want to hide in my bed

His fur is down, curly and brown
Golden silky, is rarely found

He’s as tall as a mall
But he doesn’t like to fall

A voice thundering and deep
It makes me frightened, want to leap

Arms, loose floppy and long
Looks ridiculous, completely wrong

Floppy and sloppy, lanky joints
Slanky and manky, mouldy old points


A body so muscular and strong
Yet smells so stinky, a really bad pong

Sharp, long extending claws
With a frog sitting on his paws

Sensitively he thinks no one likes him
Lonely in the dim forest his only friend is Tim

Monday 24 March 2014

the chekn did

tthe            chekn          did in   the            flases
i thenk     .    harea            got      hem    bcos

he      wos        the      csot        brd. 


   The chicken died in the flaxes.  I  think a  harrier got him because he was the closest bird.
i sor a beautiful rainbow the colours were purple and green and yellow and blue and grey and pink and  white and red  and  orange .


the tooth

i   have    a   wigle   tooth,  it   is   just   about  to  fule  out.   i   think    it    will  fule    out   today,    then  i    will  put    it    anda   my   pilo.   and  if   it   dasint     fule   out,    then    it  will fule  out  tomoroe .       




Going to Nelson

We     went    to  Neson                    Dad     went   on    his    moter     bike .    me  Dad    and    Cris             and     Hale     and  Tazmin     went  to  the   Rarcar.                              

my berth qrt da yqrt

lrst  wek i had a berthda  qrty  thay  had a qin yrt then  we  had   berth day  kak  .and   then  we  sor  
sam sheq  then .  we  sor  sam  chik .

Last week I had a birthday party. They had a piñata then we had birthday cake and then we saw some sheep. Then we saw some chickens. 
there    was a  man a    sio   ov      a   thum  .  
he    ha  to t sav    to    sv       he     bals

There was a man the size of a thumb. He had to save his brother. 
kiey  and the fni   hos  .  

the  fia hos  sqlashed     kerin    and    kerins  how           bode woz    on   fia   and  karin  got  kid . 

Keryn and the fire hose.
The fire hose splashed Keryn and Keryn's whole body was on fire and Keryn got killed.

Fish Story

tysn5xmj  ioocsystyuiopaqqthetyhthis

i saw a fish. t ws in the wotr.  i swum t

Can you work it out?

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Fullstops were working out the difference between the short 'i' sound and the short 'e' sound. We concentrated on the shape of our mouth when each sound was made.
Short 'e' is smiley. Short 'i' is a boring face. Can you see each one in the photos?

Teddyland

In Teddyland, we learn about fractions. During this lesson, 5 teddies lived in each of the four districts. We worked out what fraction of the population lived near water, what fraction lived in the mountains, in the swamps and rivers. We worked out if half of them were named Smith and half were named Edward how many bears that would be.
We like Teddyland and will do some more learning with the teddies in the future.






Alex, what are you researching?

Making arrays

We were showing how times tables work using arrays, and groups.

Putting the punctuation in the correct place

Painting the wing

The girls paint the beak.
Another layer of paint is applied, it's nearly ready to fly!

Writing time

Some children are finishing work, some are writing funny reports and some are free writing.  There's a great creative and productive atmosphere, you guys are amazing.

Semi colons handwriting

We work on practicing perfect handwriting twice a week.
We are learning to..
Develop and maintain consistent size, shape and slope
Add ligatures
Link letters

Sunday 23 March 2014

Great Reads to check out

Milly Molly Mandy
Black Beauty
Anne of Green Gables
Famous Five
Kaspar, Prince of Cats - Michael Murpurgo
The Tale of Despereaux  Kate DiCamillo
Roald Dahl - Danny, Matilda, George's Marv. Medicine
Lost Ark Series
Magic Treehouse Series, Mary Pope Osborne
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
My Story Series
Alex Rider
JV Jones
Des Hunt (more advanced or read to)
Jack Lasenby (more advanced to read to)
Jack Russel Dog Detective Series
Zac Power
Aussie Nibbles or Bites
Faraway Tree Series

Cool List Ideas for Home Writing

Things that are brown
Strange things that have happened to me
What I want to do when I grow up
Favourite sports
Favourite foods
Favourite Drinks
Favourite songs
Favourite TV programmes
Times when nagging is ok
Times when doing a happy dance is ok
Things my Dad does
Things my Mum says
Things that make me laugh
Things that make me smile
Things that make me mad
Things that make me sad
Things I like about my friends
Things I love about my family
Things I love about my room
Things that move
Stuff I want
Stuff I want when I'm older
Stuff I want to do to change the world
What would make the world a better place
What makes my mum happy
I wish my brother would...
I wish my Dad would...
I want to learn about...
I don't want to learn about...
What if I could fly?
What if I lived under the sea?
What if I were invisible?
What if I had unlimited money?
What if we had no money?
Things that grow in the ground
Things that grown on the ground
What would a tree say if it could talk?
What would a cow say if it could talk?
Things that are round
Things that are cone shaped

Back in my Day - Jonty interviews his Dad

When my dad was little he had a wooden hobby horse.  He would ride it around with a cowboy hat and gun and pretend to be a cowboy. 
One day he tied his hobby horse to my Nan's car and Nan drove off down the road with the hobby horse running behind the car.


A fun report from Louis and Joe


A Report on Pens

A pen is a writing tool. They can be any colours. They’re good for driving your teacher mad with annoying clicking sound.

Habitat

Pens live in a classroom, ear, pocket, house or on the street.

Population

There are roughly about 900000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 pens in the world.

Lifespan

It depends how much you use it and if you use it lots and lots, it will live only for about two weeks.

Mechanical explanation

A pen works using ink. It is very simple, there is a tube down the middle filled with ink.  At the end of the tube there is a ball that stops the ink pouring out. When you scrape the end of the pen on your page, the ball will role and the ink will role with the ball and onto the page.

I love pens.

By Louis and Joe
i went on the big ship.ahb

 I went on the big ship and I went on the big seas.
i lik my makebras  wen i han igoqusiedan. Fao     waenigo    igobananfoz.



I like my monkey bars when I hang upside down. Fun when I go back and forwards.

mackalas berthday

yone  day   i went  to  mackalas   berthday  perty.  it  was  at   klepandklim . i  klimd  to   the  top   ov  a  skyer  yan.  it  was  white  and  rid   and  bloo.  i  had  fan . then  it  was  time  for  cake.   it  had  a  uoonkoun  on  it.  we ut   the  cake.  then  it  was    time  for  presins .


My mum

I  like  plaing  and   I  like biking  with my mum. 

Crocodiles

     is i s a croaa 

It is a crocodile.                                                                               ...
oans  on  a     cold      day.   there  was   a   crokadil                                         he  a  fond  a   frog.  he  side  i  do not  won to  et      thet.

Thursday 20 March 2014

A report by Hanna


                        Minions

Minions are movie stars


Habitat
The habitat of the minion is any paradise beach or in labs as slaves.


Diet
A minion’s diet is bananas, ice cream, sugar, apples and chicken.



Predators
Their predators are any big cat or evil spy.


Looks like
Minions are small yellow creatures. That usually where overalls.


I think minions are cute.

By Hanna

Wednesday 19 March 2014

it ros bloo in sote tn .  the food  it had all tornd  bloo . i dont like it.

It was blue in Sooty town.  The food it had all turned blue.  I don't like it.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

St Patricks Day


Hairy MacClarys

The reading group 'Hairy MacClarys' read a story today called 'Sandy Gets A Lead'. As part of their group activity Sophie from Kereru brought in Kereru's class rabbit Oreo. She showed them how to put on Oreo's lead and how to walk with her. Oreo set off running around the room!



Hanna and Paddy

Hanna shared toys from her parents childhood today, thanks for a well prepared and expertly delivered presentation.
Today we were writing captions for a cartoon narrative.  Then we created our own series of six scenes that had a problem and a resolution.

A visit from Brandy and Thaw

Thanks to Ian and Jenny for bringing in two of their seven Alaskan Malamute
for us to pat.

A visit from a fantail

During our dance practice a fantail came to visit. We were very quiet so he might come back again!

Joe discusses his interview with his mother

Thanks Joe for sharing an anecdote from your mother's childhood.

Back in my day

Lesley shares the most amazing Mary Poppins game with some of the class, thanks Lesley.

Sculptures

Logans person  and jakes person

the bon driller

the bon driller was diging up bons.  Then he  digd up a zombe the zombe was hoding a dimind he sed no then they had a batl the bon driller wan.

                                                                                                                                                                                      

the fish went siing.
the dog wet to the  deb and it  wet to t1he.

The dog went to the bed and it went to the

Sam M
im terning 6 tomoro. my berftas it clipinclim .my berfts cacs got a  yernacorn. it has a rabo tal and a rabo man to

I am turning 6 tomorrow.  My birthday is at clip n climb.  My birthday cakes got a unicorn on it.  It has a rainbow tail and a rainbow mane too.
my  favet fodt   is    makeron  and         apis    and   wotmalt      and   samejis.


My favourite food is macaroni and apples and watermelon and vege soup.

Monday 17 March 2014

biing kat

on  sunday we  went  to   the   saoo  yrs    and  .                                                                                                         
bror  sam thep  we  bror   10  thep  for   Sot   . 




On Sunday we went to the sales yards and bought some sheep. Webought 10 sheep for Scott. 

i hat ales

Alex    stayd  with  me lrt t   nit .   He was noht  sas       me         em,be







Alex stayed with me for the night. He was naughty he scratched me.

i am small

when  i   was   small   i     wont     to       get   some     food.     i  thoqt      thing,. it  is  fun.i  qlub   i  like                         being   small  it    is    fun  .

When I was small I went to get some food. I chopped things,  it was fun.  I played  tag with some other tiny people .  I like being small it was fun.
the cat went  too the  haws and it  qlad wiz the toy.   a big bit ov  gren string.

The cat went to the house and it played with the toy.  A big bit of green string.

Sunday 16 March 2014

the clone wars

   wana a  pone a  time   there  was  a  batil  agenst   god  and  evl   .   same off  the  bads  did  .  the  bades   cing  cam  he  was   not  hAppy .
i ma on  ym bi ek. i ma y g to the prk. i am playing on my swing.  it woz fun bing sso hi.  i flt like a buttrfly srg hi in the sky.
tysn 

i ws being sl on the bd. i  dsdd.

I was being silly on the bed. I danced.

Wednesday 12 March 2014

I wet to theswemam pol afta wet  to the zato.  themwegotpet.

I went to the swimming pool after we had been to the zoo.  Then we got to go to the park.
on Satrday we all went to ribon day.  I rod a horse called Manifred.


On Saturday we all went to ribbon day.  I rode a horse called Manifred.


I ym   going  to   Diyiy  howse  . it  is   going  to be  fan  . I hoq  he givfs     me yike . food.


I am going to Daniel house.  It is going to be fun.  I hope he gives me yucky food.











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ihav a dog and it es  dogbsgis and it did and we bid a nuviu and it is kild flood .          

taring sear bear home

no  friday   finn     took sear  bear home   then  we  got  sear  bear  ries  then  we  had rdnoon     tey  then we plad  no the  biks  then we  went  to bed .   

On Friday Finn took Sarah Bear home.then we got Sarah Bear dressed.  Then we had afternoon tea .  We played on the bikes then we went to bed.

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Music in Sooty

We are learning to play tuned percussion. These are the resonator bars (or bells) with the Amsterdam colony.

Monday 10 March 2014

I went to the beach

i wet too the besh and i got bitttn biu a crab andiwenthum. iplabwizthetoys

I went to the beach and I got bitten by a crab and I went home. I played with the toys.

Boating

i  went,  to  lake lindin  on Sunday,  i     went    on    the  bloae   qu        shrk .   it was   fan        

I went to Lake Lyndon on Sunday. I went on the blow up shark. It was fun.

A lake day

lastnit  me  my   mum   and   my  dad  and  my  letel  brada   blake  all  went   owt to  the  pub. there   was  a  toy  meshen  i  got  a   ragool   it   had  a  shak   on  it   and   blake  got  a  tspekboolme.  

Last night, my mum and my dad and my little brother Blake all went out to the pub. There was a toy machine. I got a ...

Sunday 9 March 2014

bieing a ram

in   the   weknt    we   went  to a frmrs  plas  and bort  a  ram. the   ram  was   a   white  fus  ram   then  we took  the  ram   home  then we had   dina then dad pled  the   tiow   .gam    then we  went to bed.


In the weekend we went to a farmers place and brought a ram. The ram was a white face ram.  Then we took the ram home, then we had dinner.  Then dad played the 
jake is at the skt pk    

Wednesday 5 March 2014

we are going to riding skool. we wk the hors in the sand ra and we run in the ra too.

We are going to riding school. We walk the horses in the sand arena and we run in the arena too.

Report writing

Today the Quizzical Questionmarks began writing an information report on cows. This is our first two paragraphs. Thank you to all the children for sharing their ideas, especially to Evie who knew a lot of information.

Sea World

we    went  to        Australea      me      Dad    mum     and    Emily.  went  to    Sea   wold.     We    wock     the   getskez     they  did a  fliped     in  the  iae.  We   went   in   a  glas   butim      boat there were    hepes    ov   sharks.                
                                        
at the farm we so a sheb. at we so sam rabbat a t i so a rabat at i so a mas at i so a snk at i sazebaatisoa  rateaatisoabaedea.

At the farm we saw a sheep and we saw some rabbits and i saw a rabbit and i saw a mouse and i saw a snake.

i went to the bech

i went to the bech it was fun. i went in the wortu it was cld.

Shark

i    ret   a   god  sret   and   it   is   a  dat  the  saqrk                     fom  josh.  

I wrote a good story and it is about the shark
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Tuesday 4 March 2014

Wet lunchtimes!

Where's Wally?
i w to the b a i wa ds u crab a bit me bi u crab abin ulv win uliv cam a . i woz in the grd in ahowadigtbtbiucrabugn abigouwy                                               

the aventhae ove sam

 sam     is a humin  boy.   he  a qet  qenwn. it  is  soft  .  ist  name is  skrfe  is  nise  he is orsim.

Sam is a human boy. He has a pet penguin. It is soft. Its name is Scruffy. Scruffy is nice. He is awesome.

Monday 3 March 2014

Bees in the secret garden

We are going to have a hive of bumble bees visit our school and stay in the secret garden. There are 60 bees in the hive. They are coming because they are going to look after the plants there and visit the flowers. They will look after their babies and queen. We are not to touch the hive. Bees like to be left alone.

Sunday 2 March 2014

the moon stuore

me  and   my  dog   went to   the  moon we    sour    a  aiein  it  was  green    then    i  fid  sumdek  the  moon  was   braking  me  and  my  dog  gumpd   into   the  root  and  flid  bak  hom  the  end  

shark atak

a   shark  hit  a  ship   and  the   sip    was    recd   and   wan   of   the  soga   was   ded   he   had   blad                              

My name

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tyson

Monkey bars

emma is klk ikasdi the mk bz.


Emma likes doing the monkey bars.

Magnetic creation