School Cross Country

What a great time we had yesterday during our cross country.

All classes had been out training over the past two weeks and it was fantastic to have this event to look forward to on our calendar.

In Room 14 we had been collecting our training data and have been thinking about ways we could graph it to present visually and notice what it tells us.




A special thanks to Ms Baker and Mr Bates for organising the event and to all of the parents who came along to watch!

A small number of our children will soon be representing our school at the South-East Zones. We can't wait to see how they go.

Check out some of the pics from yesterday...

Solar Ovens And Moon Landings

This term our 'My Place, Our World' theme is taking an Earth systems direction. In Room 14 we have been learning all about both the Sun and the Moon through some projects we have been engaged in.

Following on from Kelli's IP presentation last term about Neil Armstrong, there was some debate in the Room 14 audience about whether the Moon landings have really happened. There were a large number of children who wanted to investigate this further. So, both the Avengers and Flashes groups have been researching this issue, using many sources of information and looking to find proof for claims that have been made by people.

























Both groups have been moving their names along a 'Yes' or 'No' continuum as they find more information. This is the 'Tug of War' routine. Some names have moved back and forth several times!

Jade and Kelli surveyed our teachers. What did they think?























With so many conspiracy theories around about the Moon landings, it has been a big challenge for us to figure out whether these sources are reliable. For example, some videos online claim to be made by scientists, but are they really? It has been a great learning opportunity understanding how anyone can put information on the internet and claim that it is true. The groups are currently deciding which side they will take when writing a persuasive piece to share in an interesting way.

The Daredevils and Iron Men have been reading about solar ovens and trying to design and build their own. They have been through a process of finding out how they work, coming up with several of their own designs to choose from, locating materials, and building.

KiwiCan Party

Yesterday Room 14 had a special pizza and quiz event put on by Nicky and Sophie from KiwiCan. This was reward for our class earning to most points during the Wednesday and Thursday sessions they ran this term. The points were very close, so we were excited to come out on top.

Thanks to Nicky and Sophie. The quiz was so much fun! We can't wait until you come back next term.

Sharing our IPs by Reuben and Cooper

Today the whole syndicate gathered together in P1 to share some of the student's Interest Projects. Korban started off with a magnificent project about Mohammad Ali. He used Book Creator to present his project. He had a lot of information and some really good quotes.
The other presenters were:
Riley - Martin Crowe
Cooper - Jim Henson
Reuben - Michael Jackson
Amber - Hannah (her sister)
Emily - Sir Edmond Hillary
Kaizen - Mr K!
Kaylee - Miss Harris
Willow - Mr Willis
Eti - Martin Luther King Jr
Bryson and Connor - Sir Edmund Hillary

It was great to see that people chose lots of different ways to present (both digital and non-digital). Some of the different apps that were used for the digital presentations were iMovie, Book Creator, Explain Everything, Green Screen and Pic Collage.  For the non-digital presentations we had some colourful posters and big books.




We think that the sharing stage is really important because we all got to see what others had been researching and we learnt lots of new stuff!  It also gave us ideas about what we need to focus on for our next project.

"I enjoyed doing my Interest Project because it was about Jim Henson and I like puppets. My favourite part of doing it was presenting my iMovie to everyone. I like speaking to the audience! The most difficult part for me was probably researching the stuff because I couldn't find the answers to some of my questions"       

Cooper

"My IP was about Michael Jackson and the reason I chose him was because I like his music and got into him last year and thought it would be a good IP to do - to find out about his music, charity work and family. Finding the information and writing the information into Docs was probably the easiest part of the process but took the longest time. I really liked putting the presentation together because I used some special effects and a green screen"

Reuben

Badge Winners

After the presentations the teachers awarded 'Creative' 'Connected' 'Curious' 'Courageous' and 'Caring' badges to some of the students!  Congratulations everyone!

By Reuben and Cooper!

We've Just Finished Wonder!

In Room 14 we have just finished reading Wonder. It is a story about a boy who was born with a deformed face named August. He was always home-schooled until he turned 10 years old and enrolled at a public school. The story is about the many challenges he faces. 

We thought it was fantastic. In fact, we each completed a survey yesterday and as a class our average rating for Wonder was 9.8/10. 

We were also surveyed on our favourite character.

We know that some other classes are currently reading this book, so we won't give away the ending, but we do recommend it!

Ukulele

Every Wednesday we have a student from the ChCH School of Music here teaching us the Ukulele. 

Having A Say About Our Community

Vimbayi Chitaka, the Community Development Adviser at the Christchurch City Council, came to school today. We had to offer our ideas on how to improve our Bromley and Linwood community.

Here are some of our ideas.