Welcome back everyone!!! Hope you had a GREAT holiday and are well rested for 2010! We have a great year planned and it has been a great start to our new school year.
We have just finished our Inquiry on different careers, where the students in Room 1 had to find out about how to get a job in different industries. They found out information like the skills involved, subjects in High School to take and courses in University that they would need to take. We had directions about how to get jobs as farmers, nurses, meteorologists, photographers and all sorts!!!
Now that we have finished our projects, we need to evaluate how well we did. Follow this link and answer these questions as best you can… Careers Self Assessment
Hi everyone!! These poems HAVE to have a mention! We are doing poetry in class at the moment and we had to choose a colour and then create a poem that describes some unusual objects of that colour. I think these turned out great! Well done everyone with your bizarre objects you included in your poems!
We have just had a very busy camp for the Year 7 & 8’s in Wellington. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time in the following weekend sleeping. Here are some comments we have made about camp. Thanks to the huge help of the parents who came and I hope it was all worth it!!!!
Here is the link to have a look at our favourite things on camp.
We have had recently had a spelling test that included the word appreciation. This sparked some conversation which ended in a homework assignment for Room 1 students to say to their parents and caregivers
This is our new maths activity website that you can log in under your math groups. Make sure to complete the activities I have chosen for your FIRST before you tackle other activities.
Wow, where does the time go? Already we are in week 4 of term 4, almost nearing the end of the year and so much more to do!!!
So far this term we have been writing poetry, beginning with limericks (which are short, sharp pieces of poetry designed for humour) Here are a couple of examples that the students have come up with so far…
There was a rabbit named Hare
Who never did nothing but glare
Then cried his mum
“I’m cross with you son,
because it’s always rude to stare!”
There was a chocolate called Crunch
Who had a friend called Sponge
But then one day
They were taken away
And both were eaten for lunch!
Your task Room 1 is to finish this limerick…(don’t forget the rhyme and rhythm patterns)
We were really lucky to have Dawn McMillan visit our school on Friday. Dawn has written some picture book treasures like Why do Dogs Sniff Bottoms, Where do flies go in winter? Pancake Attack! A Fishing Story, and my favourite Glasseye Creek, amongst many others.
Dawn spoke to us about where she came up with her ideas and gave us some great insights on what it takes to become a great writer.
Thanks Dawn for a great afternoon and we are looking forward to your next book!
As part of our school program we are looking at the Habits of the Mind. We are examining what it takes to be a good listener at the moment and this is what we have come up with so far.
Look through our student blogs soon to see how they rate!
Ever wondered what our year sevens and year eights get up to every Friday at Technology? Here is one of the products the year sevens have created in Workshop, as well as one of our students enjoying something he created at Food Technology.
We have been researching constellations that are related to our star signs in Room 1 and here are some of the great work that we have created. Check out our student blogs for more! I thought Logan’s and Jade’s was particularly good because they have used their own words really well when re-writing their information into their power point. Kate and Ella have done a great job having a go at putting their information onto videos.
Also Room 1, I have a question for you. Can you explain what a Sidereal year and a Tropical year is, and describe the difference? I will give out 2000 HPS for the BEST answer (This will take more than just a couple of sentences!) CLUE: You need to discuss the equinox and solstice in youranswers for a tropical year.
For our options every week we are doing some sort of art activity. In Room 1 we are looking at making some music and this is what Kakariki House created. Not bad for 20 minutes!!!! You other houses have a great standard to uphold!
