We are now a Google Docs Class

This week we have started using Google Docs for our writing programme. You can now work on your writing wherever you have an Internet connection. Visit the 'links' tab for instruction on how to get to your Google Docs Account.

Week 2 is NZ Sign Language Week. Earlier this year Room 19 learnt how to sign the alphabet... can they still remember how to do this? On Monday we have a person who is deaf coming to our class to run a NZ Sign Language Taster Class.

Awesome time on camp.

We had a wonderful time on camp in the last week on term 1. Visit the Year 7 & 8 team blog photo gallery to see what we got up to. What was your highlight?

Fabulous Book Covers

I've just marked same fabulous book dust-jackets that reflect learning about the '7 Habits of Highly Effective People.' Loved the creativity, well done. The two below had particularly well thought out and clever titles.

A fabulous day!

After all our planning and hard work the day of the triathlon finally arrived. Room 19 rose to the challenge and the event ran very smoothly in their capable hands. We got wonderful feedback from parents and teachers, but the biggest buzz came from seeing how excited the Year 3 and 4s were, how hard they tried and their huge smiles.

Master Chef South Style

Today at technology the Year 8s each rolled a dice to choose which recipe they would create. Within each group every child followed a different recipe. Their focus and work ethic was superb; talk about Master-chefs in the making! I got to taste quite a few of the results and was rather impressed. Tu meke Year 8.

What fun we had at the fair!

A big thanks to all those who helped out at our Twilight Fair. A huge 'thank you very much' to the Fair Organising Team, it was a fabulous success. What was your highlight?

More art with letters.

Our final art project with letters has been to create letters out of salt dough. We are going to create; 'If you focus your attention you will achieve results!' on our classrom wall. Hopefully it will be up for you to see at Learning Conferences next week.