Monday, September 19, 2011

Writing a Setting description

In Room 8 we are learning to write a setting,

Mr Weaver read a little example of a setting. Then we closed our eyes and visualised what our setting would look like. Straight away we went back to our desks and started drawing what we saw in our minds. Then we used our pictures to write about our setting. Then after we wrote our setting we checked our work, unlined and changed any errors, and finally we wrote it onto our art as our published piece of writing.

 This is my setting description:

"One morning I got up early and went down to look at the beautiful view. There was a red sky and the green grass blowing in the wind. The flowers blooming. The sun was the best. It was a beautiful shade of yellow with a little bit of orange. It was a lovely view."

By Emma


Friday, September 16, 2011

Guests in Room 8

Today in Room 8 we had a special guest...
Benjy the bunny came to explore room 8 and its inhabitants.

We were very excited by the visit and welcome other small pets to visit in future.



However, please check with Mr Weaver about the time and date to bring in our furry friends.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Suter Art Gallery

On Tuesday 13th September we went to the Suter Art Gallery to view the Rugby Portraits exhibition.

First we viewed the portraits and did some fun activities.

It was a great day.

Sharing News

In Room 8 we have been sharing news using EEKKing.

Ask the students of room 8 what EEKKing is and they will tell you.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Genius Cafe

When I went to genius cafe computer programe,my favorite part  was learning how to use  story bird  and  playing a farm game. It was really cool because we got to eat pebbles when we learnt somthing new.

By Heloise.

SPEED BALL

In Room 8 We have been practicing our small ball skills in class.

Our game is Speed Ball and in this game everyone must touch the ball (or dice in our case).

Our fastest time is 15 seconds!!! Here is a video of our class trying to beat our fastest time.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Plastic Pasific Vortex

In Room 8

We learnt about the Plastic Pasific Vortex. We were disgusted by the amount of rubbish that is in our oceans and we talked about what we could do to make it better.

Here is a video we created to help people become more aware of this issue.


Ask students in Room 8 what you can do to help our environment.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Garden Club

Here is a little video of our efforts in Garden Club.




Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle







This term our slogan in class has been REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.

We did posters for homework and presented them in class.






Garden Club

This term our Garden Club goers in Room 8 are:
Aston, Emma, Kaitlyn, Douglas, Sam and Raquel.
They have been working hard to help the school garden grow, look at all the beautiful veggies!!!





Friday, September 2, 2011

Rugby 7's






In room 8 we were very proud to contribute three students who went to rugby 7's in the recent tournament out of school. These talented rugby players were:

Jacob, Sam and Zane.

We asked them about the day and what they liked most they said:

"The best part about Rugby 7's was getting trys and tackling other players. I also liked wearing the cool jerseys." - Sam

"I really liked it because we had no school and we versed Nayland school and i got a try. It was fun." - Jacob

"My favourite part of playing rugby was playing against Central school." - Zane.

Great work boys. It was good to hear back from you about the Rugby 7's tournament.