Oral Lanugage

Miss Smerdon had the fabulous idea of running an oral language programme each day in Learning Hub 3, and we love it!

Our learners take turns at filling each roll and every morning a few people present their on their area of expertise or findings (I'll let our students fill you in on the specifics of each role a little later on.)

For now, enjoy these videos showing off three of our talented presenters.

Damien shares his recent science experiment...

Damien Oral Language Science from Sarah Holland on Vimeo.

Our other Damien fills us in on roller hockey, his favourite sport...

Damien H Oral Lang from Sarah Holland on Vimeo.

and finally, Finn investigates a recent news story and shares it with us (you can find one of the original articles on the NZ Herald here)

Oral Language Finn from Sarah Holland on Vimeo.

A Wet Day at Stonefields by Damien P.

Damien has been working on using similes in his writing and did a great job of including some descriptive word choices.

We went outside to get some new ideas and then Damien had a go at writing about a wet day here at school.

Check it out!

Damiens day outside in the rain from Sarah Holland on Vimeo.

"At outside of the school it was a yucky weather and everything is wet. A yucky weather is rainy day and it is a very cold day that it is just cold as a fridge. It is a windy day just like a tornado and it is very strong too but it is too strong that the umbrella will blow off and gone. All the rain made a puddle and then all the puddle went into the drain and all the drain water will go to the ocean. The entire raindrop is making dripping sounds and some sounds are loud and some is light. The rain clouds are blocking the blue sky and the white clouds. The wind is blowing the branches and it is just like a moving tree."

 By Damien P.