Allanah's Appleby Showcase

Made as a podcast in Garageband '11

A few weeks ago we went to Te Awhina Marae. We all got together to record what we did at the marae.

This week we decided who are school councillors for the next couple of terms. Summer made a great job of making a speech to encourage her classmates to vote for her. She took the Easi-speak home and after a few practice goes managed to record her speech. Well done, Summer.

My Dream Last night I had a funny dream, I blew up my balloon, Then held on tight, jumped into space, And landed on the moon. The people there looked very strange, Three eyes and one green nose. They had six legs and walked like crabs, With corks instead of toes. They showed me all around the place, Then gave me things to eat, A nasty drink that looked like ink, And funny tasting meat. They said,"Now come and see our king, He's grand- his nose is red." I said, "No thanks," and shut my eyes, And woke up home in bed. Jeanette Lingard.

When Mum says, "I'll be there in a minute." She really means, I'll be at least another half-hour." But when Mum says "I want this room tidied NOW, or there'll be trouble." She really, really means it! A poem by Margaret Schroder New Zealand School Journal

Here we are on another school year at Appleby School. We are concentrating on making our voices the best that we can. To do that we record ourselves, play it back and discuss how we might improve and then re-record. Here is our first attempt for 2010. It is based on a poem, My Other Jandal' by Don Franks. My Other Jandal by Don Fanks Have you seen my other jandal? I had it just before. It shouldn’t be too hard to find- It’s somewhere on the shore. It disappeared all by itself When I was in the waves, And that’s the way my other jandal Usually behaves. The jandal photo was taken by Michael Fawcett

Mr Cook is Keeley's grandfather and he used to go to Appleby School 58 years ago. We interviewed him about his school days at Appleby School. 2.8MB 5 minutes 11 seconds

We are learning how to interview people to find out more about them and to follow up with open ended questions. We are also learning about how schools were in days gone by. Appleby School is soon to celebrate 150 years. That is quite an achievement. 5MB 7 minutes

This week's podcast was made to describe how we made chalk. The instructions are in New Zealand School Journal Pt 2 No 4 2000. School Journals are a wonderful resource for reading for NZ children. It was a bit of a competition between two groups to see who could manage their group better to produce a clear well constructed audio file. 2.4 MB 1 minute

River Bugs by Jan Trafford. Based on a NZ School Journal Story Part One, Number One, 2001. For reading this week Kakapo group made this radio play of Jan's article about a water adventure on the Buller River, near Nelson. Kakapo group were focussed on reading with fluency, expression and clarity. They would love some feedback on how they might improve their oral skills the next time they read aloud for a audience. 3 minutes 18 seconds 5MB

We have been thinking about all of the wonderful ways that our mothers help us. Mothers are such a treasure. 3MB 3 minutes 20 seconds

We had a really busy day as we Skyped into Bangkok International School and learnt a lot about life and living in Thailand. 3 minutes 26 seconds 7.9MB

Today we had fun with our first Skype call with students in other parts of the world. We talked and learned with students from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. We had brainstormed some questions to ask the children and they had done the same for us. It was lots of fun and we learnt from each other. We learnt that it was snowing in Canada and it was yesterday there and they have seen wild bears!!!! 4 minutes 9.3 MB

This week at school we have been learning about water safety in, on or around water. Because rivers are the most dangerous places for drownings in New Zealand we have been learning a whole heap of water safety rules for around rivers and lakes. Listen carefully because one of these rules may save your life one day. 4.1Mb 2 minutes 7 seconds

After a year with myself on leave we are back podcasting. Just to remind myself of the process using iLfe09 I thought I would make a quick podcast. This week is swim week and we started off the classroom component by telling stories we have had in, on and near the water. Grace told this entertaining story of an encounter with some eels. 1.2 MB One minute 15 seconds

At the end of last term Discover IT Tasman teachers and principals went on tour of a few Nelson Schools. Brightwater School was the first on our list and we learnt much about the the journey taken by Brightwater School to cater for their 21st century learners from Janice Gulbranson. Well worth sharing. 8.8MB 8 minutes 55 seconds

After spending time learning about pre-European settlement in the Appleby are Moutere classroom have built their own Maori legend by combining their knowledge of legends and creating one that fits well with the local area which was well known for kumara growing. Kumara are like a sweet potato. Very yummy. 5MB 3 minutes 48 seconds

Miriam has gained the confidence now to sing for the whole school. It is great to see how Miriam's voice is developing. 7.3MB 35 seconds

As part of Spanish Language Learning at Upper Moutere we called Chrissy H who is in Argentina with a Language Immersion Award. We used Skype and Apple’s Call Recorder to record our conversation and edited it in iMovie... It is a great part of my new job to facilitate engaging learning experiences like these. 7.4MB 5 minutes 6 seconds

Today I got a quick Skype call from Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach who was talking to teachers in Buffalo about the sorts of things you can do with Web 2.0 technologies and I thought I would share the call with you as I haven't made a podcast in a while. Here is a link to the wiki we were talking about. Comparing Hemispheres Wiki