Rerm 2 Week 3:
Back into Room 3 news.
We continue to be busy with Science Fair, maths, procedural writing etc.
This week Rachel Blois from Dunedin Teachers' College has joined us for a 2 week posting. She has been working with Reading and Maths groups and is going to be doing several photography sessions with the class.
Science Fair:
It continues to be busy but I am quietly impressed with some of the ideas that Room 3 are developing. Now we need to continue researching for background information and look at how we can write the information into our own words. By the end of this week I would like to see evidence of background research, an aim and a hypothesis ( what do you think is going to happen and why)
By the end of next week the method for the experiment should be completed and the actual experiment should be underway.
We are busy with our mega maths month. Remember we need to become faster and more accurate with our times tables. Our class average is 64%. I would love to see it increase to at least 80%. So practise, practise, PRACTISE!
Next week we begin learning and using our multiplication and division strategies.
Today we did the Floating Tea Bag experiment. It was very cool! On Friday we will do another science experiment. Look for some photos of our work.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Welcome back to Term 2. The big term focus is the Science Fair.
We will be working on our big questions for Science Fair over the next 2 weeks.
Other things happening this week:
- Nigel Brown art - art that tells a story about us.
- Maths - finishing Measurement, starting Number Knowledge, assessing our Addititon and Subtraction strategies.
- English - looking at Procedural writing and reviewing our recounts from last term.
- P.E. - finishing our small ball unit and getting ready for large ball skills next week.
- Reading
- Spelling
Phew!
I am looking forward to seeing homework this week and reading your opinion on ANZAC day. How are the ANZAC biscuits going?
Great to see so many students buying poppies ready for Friday's assembly.
Also we have a photography lesson to look forward to on Friday.
We will be working on our big questions for Science Fair over the next 2 weeks.
Other things happening this week:
- Nigel Brown art - art that tells a story about us.
- Maths - finishing Measurement, starting Number Knowledge, assessing our Addititon and Subtraction strategies.
- English - looking at Procedural writing and reviewing our recounts from last term.
- P.E. - finishing our small ball unit and getting ready for large ball skills next week.
- Reading
- Spelling
Phew!
I am looking forward to seeing homework this week and reading your opinion on ANZAC day. How are the ANZAC biscuits going?
Great to see so many students buying poppies ready for Friday's assembly.
Also we have a photography lesson to look forward to on Friday.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
WEEK 9!
The last week of Term 1. A very fast and furious term but also very successful! A huge thanks to all my students for giving everything a go this term and for just being an awesome class. I am really looking forward to Term 2 with my class. Also a huge thanks to parents: helping on camp and class trips but also for your support for your child and support for the school.
Here are some samples of Room 3 Powhiri recounts:
To this day I still hear the Haka, feel the movement of the ground and also hear the Karanga. (Zade)
All I felt on the day of the Powhiri was 100 butterflies bursting out of my chest. While we were walking I had millions of questions in my head, like what is going to happen? (Cody)
I finally felt a part of Balmacewen and being welcomed into a huge school is amazing. (Ariana)
I could already feel the goose bumps coming and the Powhiri hadn't even started. (Catherine)
The silence was sudden and unexpected. The boys stood around protecting the girls in the middle. There was the call, "Haere mai, Haere mai." The Powhiri had begun. (Jeremy)
As we slowly crept down the driveway and flowed into the hall, tension started to build up inside me. We were greeted into the hall by a powerful Haka. I was nervous, BUT wow, what a performance! (Eddy)
Scorching! We stood there being cooked by the hot afternoon sun. The sound of the Karanga wafted around our ears like smells to our noses. It had started! (Jason)
The year 7's had a formation of the boys in a horseshoe protecting the girls in the middle and the Year 7 teachers with us. You could smell the burning rubber on the soles of people's shoes. The sound of the shoes on the concrete sounded like a rush of people going to a gigantic shoe sale. (Shaniia)
The sun was blazing outside and I really don't want to go outside in the open. It was perfectly shady in here. Anyway I had no choice, I had to go. So I slung myself out of my chair (very miserably). (Mikayla)
We walked into the hall to the Haka. The Haka sounded like rolling thunder. (Chance)
As soon as we entered there was a tsunami of noise. (Grant)
As I strolled into the hall, my jaw dropped. I was stunned at the sheer volume by the proud haka. It was a scene of red jerseys everywhere I looked. (Gene)
My ears tingled. The time has come, we're doing a school powhiri! My heart was pounding. Room 3 anxiously walked to the hall. (Fabian)
We were like sheep, being herded, what were we about to do? What were the teachers going to say? Why were we doing this? We were about to find out.... (Jess)
The last week of Term 1. A very fast and furious term but also very successful! A huge thanks to all my students for giving everything a go this term and for just being an awesome class. I am really looking forward to Term 2 with my class. Also a huge thanks to parents: helping on camp and class trips but also for your support for your child and support for the school.
Here are some samples of Room 3 Powhiri recounts:
To this day I still hear the Haka, feel the movement of the ground and also hear the Karanga. (Zade)
All I felt on the day of the Powhiri was 100 butterflies bursting out of my chest. While we were walking I had millions of questions in my head, like what is going to happen? (Cody)
I finally felt a part of Balmacewen and being welcomed into a huge school is amazing. (Ariana)
I could already feel the goose bumps coming and the Powhiri hadn't even started. (Catherine)
The silence was sudden and unexpected. The boys stood around protecting the girls in the middle. There was the call, "Haere mai, Haere mai." The Powhiri had begun. (Jeremy)
As we slowly crept down the driveway and flowed into the hall, tension started to build up inside me. We were greeted into the hall by a powerful Haka. I was nervous, BUT wow, what a performance! (Eddy)
Scorching! We stood there being cooked by the hot afternoon sun. The sound of the Karanga wafted around our ears like smells to our noses. It had started! (Jason)
The year 7's had a formation of the boys in a horseshoe protecting the girls in the middle and the Year 7 teachers with us. You could smell the burning rubber on the soles of people's shoes. The sound of the shoes on the concrete sounded like a rush of people going to a gigantic shoe sale. (Shaniia)
The sun was blazing outside and I really don't want to go outside in the open. It was perfectly shady in here. Anyway I had no choice, I had to go. So I slung myself out of my chair (very miserably). (Mikayla)
We walked into the hall to the Haka. The Haka sounded like rolling thunder. (Chance)
As soon as we entered there was a tsunami of noise. (Grant)
As I strolled into the hall, my jaw dropped. I was stunned at the sheer volume by the proud haka. It was a scene of red jerseys everywhere I looked. (Gene)
My ears tingled. The time has come, we're doing a school powhiri! My heart was pounding. Room 3 anxiously walked to the hall. (Fabian)
We were like sheep, being herded, what were we about to do? What were the teachers going to say? Why were we doing this? We were about to find out.... (Jess)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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