Rainbows

Milk and food colouring

See what happens next...

It is mixing the colours all by itself!

Term 2

Welcome back to Room 9

This term we have been looking at other ways to learn in Room 9. 

Please try out some of the cool links under Spelling...Maths...Kidblog...

These have been linked to support what we are doing in class and we think that they are a FUN way to practice.

When you have had a 'play' please leave a comment on this page to tell us what you have learnt.

Kidblog allows us to write stories or facts that interest the author (children). The children in Room 9 would love your feedback on their writing.

Kidblog Home Page  Try this link or ask your child to sign in and comment via their page. Remember the children have to sign in to publish.

Term 2 Main Star Activities

THINKING

• Share a news item during News and Views (Teacher will allocate time). Give 4 facts and share your opinion. You could use a Current Event Web

• Sharing News and Views  As part of the Main Star Award this term, we would like the children to share a news item.  They will need to practice it at home and then present it with expression and fluency on their day.  

  Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
  ANZAC Day	28 April Larissa	29 April Allie	30 April Hannah	1 May Charlotte
  4 May Riley G	5 May Nova H	6 May Zyah	7 May Abbie	8 May Maya
  11 May Reuben	12 May Lavinia	13 May Ruby	14 May Gage	15 May Levi
  18 May Niah	19 May Briea	20 May Dominique	21 May Nova W	22 May Lincoln
  25 May Aimee	26 May Lachlan	27 May Seamus	28 May Taylor	29 May Kaiah
  Queens Birthday	2 June Amelia	3 June Riley W	4 June Millah	5 June

*    ANZAC Day is in the news a lot at the moment. Use the Thinking hats to gives us 2 ideas for each hat. Yellow hat - The positives or good things about ANZAC day or wars Black hat  – The negatives or bad things  about ANZAC day or wars White hat  - Facts  about ANZAC day or wars Red hat    – How you feel  about ANZAC day or wars Green hat – How could we solve disagreements so we don’t have wars? PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING     Help make a lunch for school or a simple meal for the  family at home.  Join or continue with a sport/club/church and attend regularly. Keep a diary or short note about what you enjoyed or learned each week. USING LANGUAGE, SYMBOLS AND TEXT * Make a maths game for the class. This could also be an oral 5 minute maths game etc. * Use Kid- Blog to tell us how you spent ANZAC day and make a comment on someone else’s blog or the class blog. Access this via the class blog, sign in and write a post, publish and Mrs Thomas will get an email. RELATING TO OTHERS * Play a game with family members and win or lose graciously.     * Share a piece of your work with someone from a different class. E.g. visit the library at lunchtime and take your writing or reading book. MANAGING SELF  * Later this term we will be doing the Keeping Ourselves  Safe Programme. Complete 'On my Own' * Make a telephone Help directory for your child or family to include cell/phone numbers they may need in an emergency e.g. immediate family, work places, police, doctor, neighbour

Hokitika Camp

A Turtle created on the beach at Hokitika

Waiting in line for tea. Tents and beds all set up in the background

 Walking down the track at GoldsbroughLincoln and Nova W panning for gold

Posing for a ride on the boat, before life-jackets.

Kayaking was awesome!

Friday morning. Syndicate 2 all together.

A little visitor...

Ruby found this on the way to school today. Miss Gibson lent us the microscope...

We think it was a baby bush spider

The eyes looked black and glassy and the legs were very hairy.

Main Star Activities for Term 1

Parents and caregivers please act as “quality control”.  Only sign off activities that you believe have been completed to a good standard. (Don’t forget that evidence is the key to getting platinum at the end of the year i.e. photos, tick charts, a written response from someone who was there, etc.)
All  activities and evidence need to be handed in by Friday 27th March.

THINKING

o   Share a story with the class during Read  and feed (Teacher will allocate time) Reading Roster o   Plan a camp dinner or a camp lunchbox.  (To be handed in at the end of Week 3.)

MANAGING SELF

o   Complete all homework as independently as possible and return completely filled in each Friday. o   Borrow at least 7 books from the school  or  town library during the term. Include a list of books or library list as evidence.  o Take and return your reading book to school each day. If there is no reading book, take one from your browsing box.

RELATING TO OTHERS

o   Nominate someone for Take the Cake by email, letter, card or complete an act of kindness for someone in the school family or community.  o Interact with someone new while on camp. E.g. Play a game, share  a meal and then write about it (This could be a  student or an adult.)

PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING

o   Take on a new task or chore at home and complete until the end of the term.  Make a tick chart or include photos as evidence. o   Share a game we could play on camp.  It could be an indoor or outdoor game.  Remember to list rules and equipment. (To be handed in by the end of Week 3)

USING LANGUAGE, SYMBOLS AND TEXT

o   Read a book and write a review to put in the library. Include title, author, short blurb and a part you enjoyed.

Students must complete 6 Key Com Activities:

Gold Award = 10 activities completed;   Silver Award = 8 activities completed;   

Bronze Award = 6 activities completed

Week 1

Welcome to Room 9
When you enter this classroom you are....

We have been discussing what makes an AWESOME Grey Main student...
we have decided that all Room 9 students are AWESOME Grey Mainers!