STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION

Today we elected Room 10's student council representative by means of a silent vote.  Congratulations to Ella K!  We know that you will use your initiative and be our student voice.

THE READING LOUNGE

During the holidays Mrs Wood and Mrs Godfrey made a few changes to the set up of the classroom.  They also added a very cosy reading lounge and as a class we had to come up with ideas how to use it so that there is no conflict.  We have divided ourselves up into groups and each group has a day when they may use it for reading, etc.  We are also responsible for tidying it up before the end of each day.  As you can see from the photos above it is a really cool place to hang out!

WEEK 1

This week we welcomed Cameron Dick (Year 6) from Wellington to Room 10.


ANZAC DAY


We watched three interesting short films about New Zealand soldiers in the war and finished the week off by writing poems about ANZAC in our co-operative groups.  We were able to share two verses from each group at assembly.  Here are some of them.


Hungry birds flying through abandoned buildings hoping to find food and not to be shot 
Laura


Clips clicking, rifles loading, tense, bullets flying, enemies firing, scared!
Cameron D

Machine gun shells flying, while friends are dying.
James


People dying, planes flying, bullets shooting, guards patrolling.
Liam P


Suspicious snipers stalking; All the cigarette smoke.
Ella K


Poppies blooming on soldiers graves which sends a feeling of gratefullness that it wasn't you who had died.
Lauren


Hungry, impatient soldiers crawling through the trenches are waiting for the Anzac biscuits from home.
Sophie H


Poppies blooming and soldiers getting frightened as their buddies slowly die.


Poppies growing in foot high mud on soldiers graves.
Breanna


Poppies blooming in the battlefields of the dead.
Jordan

TERM TWO

We trust that you all had a super holiday with your children and that you enjoyed the fantastic weather we have been experiencing of late.
Term two is going to be a busy one.  Please ensure that you regularly read the school weekly newsletter and our Room 10 newsletter.
We have an open door policy, so please feel free to see Mrs.Wood/Mrs Godfrey to ask questions if you are unsure about anything or to discuss issues concerning your child.
No homework this week, however I would appreciate a brief discussion about 'ANZAC DAY', this would be helpful for our classroom activities this week.  

It is ANZAC Day on Wednesday.  It is a public holiday and a day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand.  Every year on the 25th of April we remember those who fought and died at war. 

We watched the following two short films online today:
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/poppy-2009
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/tama-tu-2004








  

TERM ONE - This and That

Room 10 bloggers Katie and Jordan
'You girls are doing a great job! Keep it up.'

James - Birchwood Cup
'Well done James!'

Lauren - Principals Challenge for Effective Communicator
'Congratulations Lauren!'

Tractor rides at the BBQ

Kieron preparing for running a game at the Tabloid Sports on Thursday
(weather permitting of course!)

Sophie's self portrait

Katie's self portrait

Baydn's self portrait

Maths 'We love our online maths programme'

Jordan G hard at work on his maths online programme.  We get medals, win prizes and it's a lot of fun.

Mahinarangi enjoys the opportunity to work on an online maths programme.  So far Room 10 have completed 50 hours of online maths and answered over 10, 000 questions!

  

Asperger's Syndrome by Matthew Edmonds

This is my Term One topic on Aspergers. It took me the whole term to finish it. I learnt a lot from this topic and in perfect timing for the mufti day on Thursday to raise funds for Autism.

 I had a list of questions to research.  I chose two to share with you.

What is Asperger’s Syndrome?

Aspergers syndrome is a developmental disorder that is part of autism and the autistic spectrum. It is sometimes referred to high functioning autism. It is characterized by limited interests or unusual perception with a particular subject to the exclusions of other activities.

History of Aspergers

A German named Hans Aspergers noticed that some children were a little different. Him and Lorna Wing who discovered this disorder had this disorder themselves. They tested them and named the disorder after his surname. This was discovered in 1994.

For more information, go and see the display in the office foyer.

By MATTHEW EDMONDS 

Topic Research - Unicorns of the sea

For our narwhal research today we had to draw some narwhals to use in a factual report.  We had to practise drawing a narwhal and then draw the same narwhal but in different positions.  In the end we have to present an illustrated story of the life-cycle of the narwhal including all the things that influence or is a necessity in the life of a narwhal. This includes the narwhals' appearance, habitat, feeding, enemies, reproduction and its behaviour.  We have some very talented illustrators in Room 10, above are some of our drawings.