TOPIC unit on RESPECT

Room 10 is now preparing for the finale of our topic unit on Respect.
We have Respect raps on the go (really cool) and will share these with you when we
finish them. Keep looking!

Single line Perspective Name Art

Check out a few pieces of Room 10's amazing art work. We learnt about the horizon line, what perspective is and how to use pastel colours effectively. Don't they look great!!!

BLOGGING GUIDELINES

Guidelines

Our classroom blog is a place for us to share our hard work and to continue discussions that we have started in class. Writing comments is an important part of that process. Students should be mindful of what they post to the Internet.  With that in mind, there are a few guidelines I would like for you to follow.

1. When you write on the blog, use your first name only.  You may use your last initial but should never use your full name.
2. Do not post your address, phone number, or email address on the blog.
3. Never post comments that may hurt someone’s feelings or offend someone.
4. Remember that blogging is about reading, thinking, and responding.

Posting reminders

• Always use capital letters in the title.
• It is important that our writing makes sense.
• Try to make your writing interesting for the reader.
• One space after each word.
• Use capital letters, full stops and good punctuation.
• Use Capitals letters for names, places, countries and cities.
• Punctuation goes directly after the last letter followed by a space.
• Use paragraphs in your writing.
• Correct any spelling mistakes which have red lines under them.
• When you have finished edit and read your work back.
• Remember you have a worldwide audience – keep it positive and do your best.
• Always add a picture to support your writing.
• Make sure pictures are a good size to go with your work, check the preview to see how it will look.
• Get the teacher to check your work before publishing it.

How to Write an Amazing Comment:

1. READ the blog post very carefully.
2. If you enjoyed the post, WRITE BACK!
3. Open or begin your comment with a GREETING.
4. Begin with a COMPLIMENT … something you enjoyed … be SPECIFIC!
5. SHARE other interesting facts or information, if you have any, as long as no one else said it in another comment!
6. Make a CONNECTION … by asking a question to try to get a CONVERSATION going!
7. Proofread for C.O.P.S. (Capitals, Organization, Punctuation and Spelling).
8. Sign your FIRST name, or if you are a parent sign as “Jimmy’s mom” or “Megan’s Grandpa”.
9. Hit POST … and check BACK for a RESPONSE!

Reminder...

       Goal Setting Interviews are to be held on Thursday 20 March, not this week.

Room 10 Newsletter Number 1 2014

Dear Parents / Caregivers

Welcome to the start of the 2014 school year. I trust you have had a great holiday with your children. Term 1 has now begun, and for the Year 6 children, their last year of primary schooling.

Term One events are as follows…

Week 1 •              Assembly (Friday)

Week 2 •              Meet the Teacher (Tuesday)

                              Aquatics (Thursday)

Week 3 •       Aquatics (Thursday)    

                              BOT BBQ 5.30-7.30pm (Friday)

Week 4 •              Year 3–6 Progress and Achievement Testing begins

                             Aquatics  (Thursday)

                             Swimming Sports (Friday)

Week 6 •            Interschool Swimming Sports (Tuesday 11 March)

Week 10 •         Principal’s Challenge (Friday)

Week 11 •         Tabloids (Thursday)

• Homework will start in Week 3.

• Rebekah Shepard will be working in Room 10 on Thursdays to cover my senior release days.

• Swimming will be on wet or fine unless the weather is really miserable.

• The Birchwood School generative topic for 2014 will be focused around the theme ‘RESPECT – The Birchwood Way’.

(Respect - Give it to Get it/Accept and Respect – we are all different)

I am looking forward to teaching your child this year, and to meeting you all at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ evening. If you are unable to make this meeting, I will be sending home a follow-up newsletter with this information on it.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries or concerns at any time.

Many thanks

Sue Baillie

                                                                        

   

NZ RED CROSS - PEOPLE SAVERS

Term Four, Week Two

We had such a great time learning how to be a People Savers.

It would be great if Room 10 could share with their family what DRSABC stands for.

The group are learning the order of response to a casualty who is choking.

Caleb and Mia are learning how to dislodge an obstruction in the airway.

Braden is making sure the airway is clear.

Jayden is seeing if the casualty is responding.

Brooklyn is checking to see if the casualty is still breathing

Jaymee-Niamh is putting Charlotte in the recovery position.

Bree and Sophy are practising putting a casualty in the recovery position.

Brayden is making sure his casualty is warm.

Holidays

HAPPY HOLIDAYS ROOM 10.  

I hope you have a great break.  Remember to take care and get some rest before Term 4.

Swimming lessons at ASB. GREAT FUN!

What is Niko up too?!

Brayden and Jet-Li, listening carefully to their instructor.  What wonderful swimmers you are.

Treading water for 5 mins - most of the year 5/6 students managed this easily!

The students favourite after lesson activity.  Great fun!

How many students can we fit on the inflatable toy?

Waiting for the students to get changed is fun too!

Energiser!!

Each day we do an energiser activity.  Energisers are interactive and co-operative activities that light up a group and bring people together.  They help get a group acquainted, spark a discussion, change the pace, or bring closure to a group activity.  Everyone can play, rules are simple, and the emphasis is on spontaneity, community-building, and most of all, FUN.

Here are some photos of today's energiser - a great activity for encouraging co-operation.

Jump Jam Marathon - WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! Please remember to bring your money in...