Nude Food Winners!

Room 11 won Mrs O'Donnell's Green Team challenge of having the most lunchboxes without plastic wrappers! Congratulations to the students and parents who made this happen.

We are the proud recipients of a Certificate declaring us Nude Food winners for Week 5 in Term 2.

Way to go Room 11!

Digital Open Morning

We welcomed whanau and parents into the classroom this morning for our Digital Open Morning.  The children shared their digital learning including the publishing of their writing into Google Slides, screenshotting their maths scores from online maths interactives. 

Mathematicians, ecologists and sportspeople

The mathematicians in Room 11 were solving problems in pairs today.  Here are some photos of the students doing 'Finger Trail' in class.  

Manvir and James

Holly & Kellan

Stephanie & Kieren

Odin and Diljot

As part of our exploration into Balance of the Ecosystem at the Rocky Shore (tide pools) we have been making origami creatures like pāpaka (crab), ika (fish) and kākihi (limpets). Over several art sessions the students did a directed drawing of a kiore moana (seahorse), painted it one flat colour, and then used bubble-wrap to print a rainbow of colours as texture.  Photos of the Classroom Wall to follow.

Even weeks Room 11 takes part in Youthtown sports. The the students learn, have fun, and listen while exploring independence, belonging, mastery and generosity within team sports.

Morse Code Assembly

Room 11 were delighted to be the first class to share their learning at the Whole School Assembly later today.  Stephanie and Kellan were asked to compere for Room 11 to share our learning on Morse Code.  Two students in particular took Morse Code to the next level by sharing their learning with me in class last term - Johnella blinked her message to me in Morse Code - and Odin memorised his name in Morse Code.  Each student in class encrypted their name or a word (Fortnite!) into Morse Code. Using snips of straw and beads, the students then made a bracelet in Morse Code.

Here is the slideshow that Kellan and Stephanie have prepared for Assembly to show our learning.

Communication in Term 1 and NZ Sign Language Week in Term 2

As a class we have been learning how to greet the teacher during roll and greet the next person.  The students are so quiet during roll as they concentrate on spelling out their friend's name.

Mr Ward, for NZ Sign Language week, asked the students to use their Chromebooks to video themselves introducing themselves to a friend in Sign. I am sure you will agree, they are pretty awesome. Way to go Room 11!

Welcome Back

After a refreshing break, it's good to be back, settling into our routines.

Term 2's topic is Balance.  Room 11 has started to explore the balance of our beaches' ecosystem: rocky shore, sandy shore and mudflats, especially as our school is so close to Pahurehure Inlet mudflat.

The Year 3 students made their first infographics on their Chromebooks about what happens if we let rubbish gather on our beaches.  The students learned how to insert a table in google slides, select and insert photographs and resize them and move them.  For some students this was an easy learn and for other students, using the trackpad is a frustrating experience as they get used to using their fingers in a different way to holding a pen/pencil.

The Year 4s made their own infographics and will be blogging them soon!