Welcome to The Livewires blog.
We are a Year 3 and 4 class at a rural school in New Zealand.
We hope you enjoy our blog pages.
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Article posted November 18, 2009 at 07:35 AM GMT0 •
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The Livewires have worked on a very big project - a challenge involving about 38 classes around the world. Each class built a monster using descriptions contributed by all of the classes. It needed a lot of cooperation, creativity, patience and problem solving to complete the monster that we named Einkinstein.
Click on the link at the left to see all of the monsters and to learn more about The Monster Project.
Article posted October 23, 2009 at 08:37 AM GMT0 •
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Ocelots reading group have been working on a joint project with Mrs Beal's class in South Africa and some other classes around the world. They have produced a VoiceThread to introduce our country to people in other countries. If you would like to see Voicethreads about other countries click on the link to Mrs Beal's class blog on the left.
Article posted October 23, 2009 at 08:37 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 13, 2009 at 02:44 AM GMT0 •
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Today was our school Agriculture Day. Many children brought their pets to school to be judged. They have been raising and training lambs, calves and kids and were judged on their leading, calling, rearing, obstacle course and dairy type. They receive coloured ribbons for their placings in each class. We had lots of visitors to our school as parents, grandparents and other family members and friends came to support the young farmers. It was great to see how well trained, groomed and cared for the animals are - congratulations on all your successes Livewires.
Photos below by Shanelle and Lilli
Article posted October 13, 2009 at 02:44 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 30, 2009 at 01:46 AM GMT0 •
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We use greetings in about 12 different languages in our class. Recently we have been learning to say hello (and goodbye) in Russian. Here are some of the Livewires practising their pronunciation. We also speak in Maori so you can also hear the greetings in a language that is unique to New Zealand. Perhaps our Russian friends could let us know if we are saying the words correctly!
Article posted September 30, 2009 at 01:46 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 16, 2009 at 09:39 PM GMT0 •
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It was exciting for us to meet our blog partners, the Brainwaves, today. It was amazing to see and talk to them even though they live thousands of kilometres away in Connecticut, USA.
Article posted September 16, 2009 at 09:39 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM GMT0 •
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Today the Livewires met Mr Greenberg (in Connecticut, USA) and Mr Smith (in Missouri, USA). We used Skype in class for the first time and were able to talk to them and see them live. It was great to meet them both. Even Cookie Monster and Hiwi the Kiwi were able to see each other. It did seem a bit strange that it was Monday morning here and Sunday evening in the USA. We wondered if they had eaten dinner yet while we were just about to have morning tea. We are learning about time zones and different seasons in different parts of the world. We look forward to more skyping later this week.
There are two more Livewires who are becoming super-bloggers. Eden and Caleb have been showing lots of enthusiasm and have been blogging from home - writing articles and comments. Eden has even got her brother commenting on our blog. Well done Eden and Caleb.
Article posted September 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM GMT0 •
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Our class toy, Monty, had a very exciting birthday this year because it was also Mooloo Day. Mrs Gibbes' husband coaches the Waikato rugby team and he bought three special visitors with him - two Waikato players and Mooloo! The Livewires organised a party for Monty with games, presents, decorations and treats to eat. Then we spent time with our visitors and we sang the Mooloo song with great enthusiasm.
Monty's Mooloo Birthday on PhotoPeach
Article posted September 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted August 25, 2009 at 09:11 AM GMT0 •
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Welcome back to school our friends in the Northern Hemisphere!
While you have been enjoying your summer holidays we have been busy at school. The Livewires have written reports to tell you about our part of the world. Read their blogs to learn about where we live.
Article posted August 25, 2009 at 09:11 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted August 8, 2009 at 08:05 AM GMT0 •
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The Livewires have been learning how to write information reports. We collected a lot of information about kiwis (the birds, not the fruit or people) and wrote a set of keywords. Then each person wrote an information report by putting the keywords into sentences using their own words. Kiwis are unique birds. If you would like to learn about how they are special read some of the student blog entries.
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Article posted July 28, 2009 at 09:29 PM GMT0 •
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The Livewires have been learning some important life skills in the Life Education classroom. We learned about 'personality' and how it's great that we are all different. Wouldn't it be boring if we all looked the same, spoke the same and acted the same. We also learned about 'conformity' and that there are good ways to conform and bad ways to conform.
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About the Blogger
I live in a rural town in the Waikato, a dairy farming district of New Zealand. I love cats, butterflies, playing squash, travelling, reading, gardening, teaching and learning.
