Making Musical Instruments with Mr Body

Mr Body combined some Music lessons and some Technology lessons to make some fun learning in Room 10.  Children got to make instruments from 'junk' and were then able to play musical notes on them.

PET DAY!!

Pet Day on Friday 1st November was a great hit.  In Room 10 we had 2 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs, quite a few snails, and 3 visiting chickens. 

Athletics Day

Athletics Day was Monday 23rd September - the last week of Term 3.  Children were put into groups according to the age they would be on October 1st.  Then, children tried a variety of events such as Discus; Shotput; High Jump; Long Jump; Hurdles; Sprints; Relays.

The Room 10 Relay team raced extremely well against the Teachers, gaining 4th place.  Luckily the Teachers had a bullet like Miss Pereira to bring their team home in first place!

Our College Teacher - Mr Body

This Term, our College Teacher, Mr Body, has been coming into Room 10 every Monday and Tuesday.  For the last three weeks of Term, Mr Body will be doing a lot of the teaching. 

The GSNS Fair - what a fantastic day!

Everyone in Room 10 had a lot of fun making juggling balls for the school Fair.  Lots of children wanted to buy the ones they had made, so we ended up making more!  Then one afternoon we made Sherbet to sell too.  It would be fun to make it again some day, just to eat!

Those children who chose the 'Crafty Fun' Elective spent an hour each Friday making things to sell at the Fair.  On Friday, we transformed Room 10 into the 'Crafts' room.  Senior Team, Models Team, Junior Team as well as the Middle Team, sold all the crafts they had made.

Thank you to all the people who bought the things we had made!

Isabel's Learning Commitment

Isabel spent weeks and weeks creating this amazing WOW (World of Wearable Arts) dress as her learning commitment.  She bought it to school on Friday, and Ella modelled in on stage at assembly.

FINALLY!!! The Room 10 Blog is up and working!

Mrs Jones starting teaching in Room 10 at the start of Term 3!  I have been having a lot of trouble connecting to the blog off my computer - my most humble apologies. (Mrs Spencer)

Madi's Learning Commitment

Today we enjoyed learning some Karate moves from Madi.  She is impressive!!!

Origami

What fun we have had with our instructional writing unit.  Today we made some origami creations by following picture instructions.  The website that contains easy step by step instructions is: www.origami-fun.com

Miss Paterson

We have had a wonderful college teacher for Term 2 called Miss Paterson.  She finishes on Friday so we wish her all the best.

Octacan

Look at all the cans we have collected for Octacan!  What a great way to show our value of the term 'Kindness'.

Thank you Room 7 for delivering our cans to the Octagon. What a great contribution George Street!!!

Kaupapa Maori Day

What a great day we had today! Lots of waiata, a poi demonstration, koru art, rakau and sharing our mihi with our buddy class.  Well done to Jozef who shared his mihi on the stage - Ka Pai!  Lots of the class enjoyed having the juniors join us on the senior side for morning tea and lunch.  Here are a couple of photos of us having a go at rakau.

Buddy Reading

Even the cold rain and hail didn't stop us from visiting our buddies in Room 4 today to do some reading.  Have a look at these great photos:

Pyjama Day!!

What an interesting day at school today!  It looked like we had forgotten to get dressed!  Have a look:

Milk in Schools

We are really enjoying the new 'Milk in Schools' initiative.  Room 10 are very quick to remind their teacher if we haven't had our milk for the day!  It was interesting to hear that the packages get recycled into Thai roofing tiles.  There is a special way that the cartons need to be folded when they are finished and in the photo you will see our expert folders - Ziggy and Scott.

The Big Crunch

Today was The Big Crunch! Look at us biting into our delicious Jazz apples.  Jazz apples were trying to set a new world record for the most people to eat an apple at the same time.  Thank you to the children who brought along a donation for 'KidsCan' - the children's cancer charity.

Character Descriptions

Read these descriptions and imagine what these interesting characters look like:

  This alien is called Sparta. He has green, wild, slimy hair. Sparta has silver skin with black spots. He has four arms and two legs. Sparta's dinner is never gobbled up - the cat with three heads always gets it! In his room you would never believe what goes on in there every night - a giant party! Everyone goes even the king of planet Nachos. Anyway enough with the party. Sparta also likes undies. His favourite colour is claramink - it's orange and pink. The only thing he eats is poplate, it's popping chocolate. Sparta isn't greedy though. By Ruairi

  This is Ben the cowboy. He wears a light brown checkered top and dark blue jeans. His leather hat is too big for him. A great mustache slithers across his face like an angry snake in a ferocious forest. He is super crazy which he got from his mum. His body is tall and skinny like a fireman's pole. He has a low and deep voice like his overweight dad. His cow-skin boots are taller than a skyscraper! He has had plastic surgery on his face after his latest lethal gunfight. Even though he has been hurt in some, he still likes them. By Bill

  Mr Sun loves long holidays in the sun. When he gets a holiday he wears his green shorts, blue sandals and a red t-shirt with white flowers. Strung around his neck there are colourful blossoms. His enormous blue glasses are almost hidden underneath his yellow straw hat that is pulled over his smooth, black hair. Mr Sun always packs his favourite bright red suitcase to the brim - food, clothes, everything! His voice is so high pitched it could shatter glass. When he smiles he has deep dimples in his cheeks. He is a very nice and happy man but is most happy when he is on holiday! By Amalya

Learning Commitment Display

Come into the classroom and have a look at our Learning Commitment Display. This will help us to keep on track with our goals.

Creative Newspapers

Have a look at the amazing newspapers the 'Tiger' reading group created as a follow up activity to their reading book. Aren't they clever!

International Day

Today was International Day. Some of the students in Room 10 dressed up in clothes special to their culture. Have a look at some of the fabulous outfits. Can you guess which country each student is representing?

Memories of Swimming

How to Dive

Stand on the edge of the pool with your arms out straight, one arm on top of the other. Look at the water, your arms are touching your ears.  Bend your legs. Push out with your legs.

By Caitlin, Madi Sinead, Greta, Ashley

Splish, Splash, Swimming

Splish splash the legs keep kicking.

Splish splash divers dive down.

Splish splash the arms roll.

Splish splash the waves go up.

Splish splash noises loud.

Splish splash!

By Ava, Ruairi, Paige, Ziggy

Swimming Rap

I love swimming you do too.

It’s the best thing you ever do

Once I did not know what to do.

A belly flop I had to do.

By Amani, Connor, Jaafar, Henri, Ashwin

Swimming Information

When you swim, use straight legs, do four strokes, then breathe.  When you’re breathing, blow bubbles out into the pool.

By Jack, Scott, Harry

Artists Alive!

What an amazing trip to the Art Gallery we had last week. John started by taking us on an interesting tour around the paintings and pointing out interesting facts. Up in the classroom the students were creative and worked really hard to produce some wonderful portraits. Thank you to all the amazing helpers who came with us - you made the trip so enjoyable! Enjoy the show. Artists Alive! on PhotoPeach

Who Am I?

It's a mystery!  Who are all these people?  All of the children in Room 10 completed a WHO AM I? giving clues, but not saying their names.  Come in and read through the cards to see if you can find your child (don't turn them over until you are sure!) Or just read and find out all about the wonderful children in Room 10.

Bike Safety

This morning we had a visit from Mr Summerfield.  He talked about bike safety as well as keeping safe on the road, footpath, and in the car.  Everyone received a handout with some information on bikes and helmets.  We are looking forward to another visit on Friday.

Our Classroom Treaty

We designed a classroom treaty to keep everyone safe and happy.  We thought up some positive and negative consequences.  We each designed ourselves to go on the wall around our treaty to show that we are all in agreement.

Welcome to 2013

Kia ora!  Welcome to the Room 10 classroom blog.  We look forward to sharing photos, examples of our work, and telling you what has been happening in our classroom.  Thanks for visiting!