Information Report Writing

At the moment we are writing information reports about the plight of polar bears. Most of the class have finished their first paragraph, the identifying statement. We were impressed with this one...

Imagine your home your place of birth melting away before your very eyes. It’s a tough thing to face but this is what’s happening to the polar bears habitat in the North Pole. Polar bears are down to about 20-25,000 in numbers now as of 2007 and what happens in 2050? They could be down to about 1500 or wiped out completely. This is the fact we have to face not only as an individual but united together to not only to save the polar bears but our planet earth as well.

Can you spot where the apostrophe and commas are needed?

Enjoyment at Technicraft :)

YUMMY. In technicraft lately our Year 7 group have been doing a project about rice. We are all learning new recipes and skills while having fun, and bringing new ideas to the recipes to show off our skills at home. During our time at Tech we made fried rice the first week, followed the next week by sushi. Then today we did a very yummy rice risotto and rice pudding. It's lots of fun being in the cooking class and making many yummy meals. Can't wait till next week to find out what new yummy experience we will be enjoying.

by Angus

Room 19 Maths Class

Today we tested our containers we had made for maths home learning over the past week. The containers had to be capable of holding 1 litre of liquid. The containers were made out of recycled material mainly old cereal or muesli boxes. Students had to come up with the nets and measurements themselves. Here is an example of a measurement: 20cm x 5cm x 10cm. Only 1 box was unsuccessful because they had read one of their measurements incorrectly :( but besides that one little mishap they were a success.

Forbes

 

i-Pad in the Classroom

Our school has so far purchased four iPads to try out in classrooms; we are lucky to be trialling one in Room 19. Today we used it in several ways...

We used it to create a mindmap to help us establish the main idea in an article about Kiribati...

Beth, Gabe and Grace used it to record their smoking ad for Home Learning at lunchtime...

and Rhys took some great pictures of our longball game this afternoon.

Parents and family members, what games did you love playing in the summer terms when you were at school? Let us know by leaving a comment.

Athletics Sports Day

Fabulous effort today everybody. Lots of stunning performances, including this very hard to call 100m final. All the best for the zones in two weeks.

Being Assertive

In Room 19 we have now finished the DARE programme. In the last session today we have practiced being assertive by standing up for what we believe. For example, if you were walking down the street and a dodgy person walked up to you and tried to sell you drugs, what would you do? Be assertive; look them in the eye and say, 'No, drugs are harmful', and walk away. We practiced looking and being assertive.

by Rhys.

Smoking, drinking or marijuana?



Smoking, drinking or marijuana? Which are you doing? For homework, that is. Sam has been working hard on his homework and his hard work has paid off! He has created an amazing video on smoking, and the legomen really get you thinking. He has his homework in early, but will yours be late?Remember homework is due in this Friday, so get cracking!!

By Anna and Anna