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"

Monday 29 February 2016

The Lantern Festival

in tge  weceend i went to tge lantin festivl.

In the weekend I went to the lantern festival.

The Skateboard

 i went on mi skatdob bon the ramq.

I went on my skateboard down the ramp.

The Resturant

I  went to the resjtaromtr.

I went to the resturant.

Sunday 28 February 2016

The giant

the bg jit is looing

The big giant is looking at the people.

The Giant

the beg jit is plaing.

The big giant is playing.                              

My Bike

 i rode my bik no the rasing trak.

I rode my bike on the racing track.

Pukekos

the clrsrooms have pukekos. they are very fla

Quin

I m 6 and QUin is 5 and we both 5 6 are uo

Thursday 25 February 2016

Pig starts with the /p/ sound

We made some model pigs from play dough. They will help us learn the /p/ sound.


















Wednesday 24 February 2016

The careful crocodile sequence map

Great job collaborating on this

Tennis Fun

Pukeko came to school

Toroa 's Video on Thursday, 25 February 2016


Toroa Times's Video on Thursday, 25 February 2016


Caitlin sequenced her story at reading today

drumming with Keryn

today we added to our understanding of notation and developed cool drum beats

The swim

Levl   and  mum         and          dad    anb    mum     went to scl. i went in the pool.

My story

six seemetoinmyistexlmffrflclchslaehjxfctohfe

I did lots of words.

Batman

dadthomasm

Batman shot someone.
Dear Rapaki Marae,
thakyou for lting us uous the torlit we lave you lave and  Rapaki  beach is amazing

my bike

I like bikeing because I now how to do a wheels and a jump on my bike and it is fun at school on the bike track and at home on the graas.

Tuesday 23 February 2016

The pekoe

I'm riding the pukeko it's haveing a ras it is very hape it got to the finish line.

Candyfloss clouds

the grl flon to the candeflos clads.

The girl flew to the candyfloss clouds.

The girl flew over the moon

the grl went on the plan with the dog they soo the clabs.

The girl went on the plane with the dog, they saw the clouds.

Big snake

i soadsnacitsolodmehl then fesodandisdw ot .

I saw a big snake and it swallowed me whole then i found a sword and sliced my way out.

babysitter

In the weekend we got baby-sat. We went to the supermarket.

Akaroa Holiday House

iwtothehldhl

I went to the holiday house at Akaroa. I swung on the swing seat.  

Monday 22 February 2016

The mouse hat

otbaimaamat

I made a mouse hat today.

Sunday 21 February 2016

Dear Trudy

  Dear Trudy,
Thank you  for put sunscreen a n d   for   eht  .     

hlping    m e. 

From Phoebe

Rapaki

I climbed trees with George at Rapaki bech. it woz a tusday. the bus to rapaki woz so boring that I could have gone to z land.

My bike

I like my bike becs it has dinosaurs on it.

My Tractor

I ride my tracter in the gardin.  i pretend to plough the fields up and down.

The cow and the moon

The kw jampd ovr the moon and nokd the moon  with its hoof.  The moon rolled down and squashed the dish and the spoon.  Poor dish and spoon.
Mr Science came and shared some experiments with us today.  It was great fun.


Dear mum

Dear mum thank you for coming to rapaki beach.I injoyed suiming.I woulded injoyed it otherwise.
From Caitlin 

Dear Rapaki Marae

Dear Rapaki Marae,
Thank you for lzetting us use the toilets. I liked going in the water at Rapaki Beach.
From Jaden



Rapaki Beach

on Tuesday I went to Rapaki Beach you kod doo.
Swming Rokl klming Haning for sta and kimin.







Wednesday 17 February 2016

Baby Bird

it rsn  fast. it was eting eg and bsct. 

It ran fast. It was eating egg and biscuit.

Love

my    mum and     dad     and        Levi   cuddled.

Baby bird

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Underground Caves

In the weekend we are going to a underground cave. My Mum is freaked out about caves.  

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Lila's Day

Today I went swimming and I jumped in. At writing I wrote about Rapaki beach and what we did there. 
At maths we learned a new app. 

The Beach


I went to the bech. I went for a swim in the see. it ws vre hot day.


Creative!

Levi and Lucas made these creature with their ideas. Well done team - very creative!

The Beach Mystery

yesderday I went to Rapaki  bech it  was fun collecting seashels and crabs. the soltey woter made my scin eletrcutid!           

Train set


After writing, we play. We learn to share and collaborate (which means work together).

The Beach

we  platy   at  the   betr     lik      wen  i   saw in     the  wafs i  lik   the     rok        but  i  lik   the   shel  best.

The sea

The beach had very good see shells and the water was  wire. 

The eel skull

i went to the bek and i fand a el bat i dedt tach it.

I went to the beach and found an eel but I didn`t touch it.

I am a knight

i wos en the bcasl . iso the cen. iwan wfa sod.

I was in the castle. I saw the king. I ran with a sword.

Monday 15 February 2016

Playing with Charlie


The school playground was empty
I remember going to the forest
The run around in the forest was tiring
I remember feeling puffed out
The break was for fruit and a drink
I remember feeling really thirsty and so was Charlie
The game of tag made us thirstier
I remember thinking this was the best day ever

George A

Sunday 14 February 2016

Bike Ride


The wheels sun super fast
I remember feeling happy
The leaves blew in the wind
I remember riding my bike
The brakes were squeaky
I remember being annoyed
The pedal backward method worked
I remember knowing how to do it
The footpath was very smooth
I remember getting home before Daddy
Frankie

My holiday


I remember the rocky beach
The waves splashed
I remember the rocks filled with crabs
The salt splashed into my eyes
I remember swimming in the water
The caravan was so warm and cozy, I loved it
I remember having a walk
The beach was splashing
I remember my sister was there too
The crabs nipped but luckily not me
Bonnie

My Holiday


The waves were high splashing up
I remember the waves
The sand squashed under my feet
I remember the hot sand
The sun was beaming down
I remember it on the waves
The shells were beautiful
I remember the high rocks
Tamera

Wainui


The beach, Wainui was at Golden Bay
I remember feeling excited
The sand burnt my feet
I remember sprinting to a blanket
The sun couldn’t make up it’s mind
I remember wondering what it was doing
The waves were up to my face
I remember rubbing my eyes from salt water
The holiday was awesome
I remember feeling sad as said goodbye to the sea
I remember going home
The trip was fun
I remember getting an icecream on the way
Ruby

My Party


The Party was for my birthday
I remember it was awesome
The cake was a skull and cross bones
I remember it was a dangerous cake
The treasure was in the garden
I remember digging it up
The presents were so great
I remember opening the lego boxes
The coins were chocolate coins
I remember the chocolate melting in my mouth
Dan

Bradley Park


Bradley park
The trees were shady and cool
I remember feeling relaxed
The grass was soft and green
I remember dipping my feet in the warm water
The playground was huge and fun
I remember my cousins throwing stones in the lake
The eel was waiting to bite our toes off
I remember being scared going in to the water
The rocks were slippery and sharp
I remember eating lunch with Molly in the sun
Lila

My Holiday


The ride was huge
I remember feeling panicked
The tears welling up in my eyes
I remember holding them back
The sun was shining at me so brightly I was feeling hot and sweaty
I remember the scary rides in Sydney
The Luna park entrance was huge
I remember being scared
Mac

My Holiday


The waves splashed over the biscuit
I remember holding on tight
The rubber bounced and slid side to side
I remember feeling frightened
The jet ski raced under me and dad
I remember weaving in and out
The tent was fall with bugs I freaked out
I remember sliding down the waves as I slipped to the sirfis
The Island stood there in front of me when I was zooming across the water
 I remember the blood splashing on my pants as we picked up the dead rabbit
The hike took us some were were were we have never been before

My Holiday


The pirate party it felt like A beach
I remember being excited
The treasure was buried under the X
I remember gorging on lollies
The piñata was being destroyed
I remember getting lollies
The cake was a skeleton it was delicious
I remember eating a lot
The party was amazing and fun
I  remember  staying for tea

My Holiday


The drive to kaikoura was slow and hot
I remember being bored
The hot beach was hot
I remember getting sweaty
The waves were splashing on the shore
I remember swimming in them
The crayfish where sniping and snapping
I remember one got caught on a wave
The holiday  was awesome
I'll never forget it
Ollie

My Holiday


The holiday was exciting
I remember seeing the car all packed
The holiday house was great
I remember the cool bedroom
The car was as hot as the sun
I remember the air as stale as bred
The beach was hot and sunny
I remember dancing on my toes
The shells were beautiful
I remember felling the curls under my skin
Amber

My Holiday


The walk was long
I remember being tired
The cicadas were singing like a famous singer
I remember the dad touching a cicada and it went quiet
The kiwi was allusive and turned into a weka
I remember feeling excited
The trees were prolific
I remember being so happy

Lewis

My Holiday


The  salmon farm is where I went fishing
I remember my rod Springing out with line
The fish was hooked winding it in and land on the shore
I remember taking it in to fillet
The smoked salmon was delicious
l remember cream cheese and salmon on toast

My Holiday


The Getty was in the middle of the sea,
I remember jumping off ,
The warm water splashed over the hot jetty ,
I remembered swimming back to the beach
The sand was so warm it burnt my feet
I remember making sand castles
The Akaroa beach was hot
I remember feeling so good and happy to be there
Freddie

The park

I went to the park in the holidays.

Ballet

I went to ballee in   the weekend.  Dad took me.

the aasp

when L hat kaoot  my  cat  to the  katre  then  when we   got  there .poo when we tooc the cat wer itsita abowtt staueing  at the kater  then 10 mins lat we ieft the cats at the kater then    we got home I hat a res then Iwot up.




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ibimeb the brige.

The sun shinning hoy
i remember   amy  sgering me at   litil   kitere          wen i saw  amy it   was   ten degres.
The tent was fun
I remember gorgaie gave us the tent for our holiday.

The boat trip

The waves splash around me 
I remember going out on a boat at Acaroa .
The hills were butetafil 
I remember seeing Dolfins.
The water was buterfil 
I remember filling sike and i went green.
The trip was really fun.b

Wednesday 10 February 2016

Holiday Poems


The air swished my hair as I jumped in the water
I remember feeling  excited
The boat was huge,the biggest down the lane
I remember feeling lucky
The beach was kaiteriteri
I remember the water sparkling
The mussels were delicious
I remember thinking, yum yum
The sand was golden
I remember it looked like shimmering diamonds
The holiday was great
I'll remember it forever
Jake

The rabbits and possums zoomed around the paddock
I remember feeling excited
The ute chased after them
I remembered being as still as a rock
The gun was a 223
I remember aiming and bang!!!
The rabbit was killed so we started to go back home
I remember seeing a possum high in a tree
The gun banged again
I remember the dog was bitten
The tea was sausages
I remember thinking it was the best hunt ever

Sam

Mitldas party

I am ver haqe that Mitldas party is comeing up I well injoy it.

Butterfly


I  swd a  bttrfly.   It    wc  a   monrk.

Meg

my dog was being note because she walked on the road. My mum said no meg she  was happy after Meg got back off the road.

Today and the weekend are very exciting for me.today I might get the tecknick lego receiver and then in the week end me and my parents we'll go to whyneyey! And other stuff mabey don't know about yet.
I went on the boat because it is fun. and I went water skiing. 
Mum and Levi cdld jst toda in my bdrm.
I plad wf bkts and  sbs  at the bech. 

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Estimating area

How many non standard units will cover these shapes?






Little Hedgehog

Once upon a time there lived a little spike hegchog and he lived in a pot with one blanket to sleep on.One night he went for a long worke and when he was not there a nother anamil came in. The hegchog was furies he did not want the other anamil stealing his home so...he kicked it the end.

my cat

my   cat  is  a   cittien    and  it   likes    to  play       wif me   my cat  bla ck   and     white    mitins          she is   pashint.   
I  hirt mI rme from exma it sane i wiet to the dodis i got sam crim.  ined to chst on or i wil git dot in it.

The coal boat

the col sheq wos in quenstn. i remember getjng srm col.

The coal ship was in Queenstown. I remember getting some coal.

The shells

the bech wos col. i remember fiding lo of shls.

The beach was cool. I remember finding lots of shells.

Holiday house

the     holeda house had upstrs. i remember climinj the sterrs.

The holiday house had upstairs. I remember climbing the stairs.

Monday 8 February 2016

Baby Pukeko

 the babe pkok wedd across the rod with their mum.

Lucus goes to Kaiteri

I went to Kitre with grandad and i fll out of the bot.

New Babies

Ali sxdsd the babe pukekeos.


Ali saved the baby pukekos.

Dad

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Dad is watching tv.     

Wednesday 3 February 2016

Lovely!

l evi    and   mum        cisd.

Levi and mum kissed.

The story


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There was a story of a queen with a blue crown and a blue tutu.

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Treehouse

maddison is dling a tre.

Maddison is building a treehouse.                                                                              

Campfire

 i dlt q pretnd camqfa.

I built a pretend campfire.

Dragon

 i so a jagn it wet totha caso it itlotoasd the cnsojzs.

I saw a dragon it went to the castle and toasted the kings sausages.

mums umbrella

mum has a umdlh it is qrql.           

Mum has an umbrella, it is purple.