Yay! Athletics Whanau Day this Friday!

Click to see where different inquiry groups are planning to go. I look forward to seeing the presentations from groups this Friday.

Google Engine Maps - Today Rm 5 started teaching other students how to create their own custom made map.

We still need to teach how to create layers on the map to show distance and time between our activities. We also want to insert videos and embed our maps onto our blog. This is a great tool for planning our EOTC trip.

What's hot in Room 5?

Check out Anthony's blog. He has posted the recent class movie.
To see what we are doing in Art go to Gabrielle's blog.

Our delicious garden is on display in Shilaine's blog.

Look who was in the Northern Advocate last Friday! Go Peri!  I am so proud of all of the Room 5 students who represented us in the Northern Champions Primary School Festival last Thursday. 

Good luck to our Tautoro league team. They are competing in the finals at Kensington Park in Whangarei today.

All Stars Club Week 1-2 Entry Requirements Consistency in reading homework Focus on achieving learning goals Treating others with respect Completing task to a high standard

Recount Writing - WALT come up with language that enhances the mood/ideas of our writing.

In Room 5 has been focusing on building up their descriptive and figurative language around certain moods. Here are some of the best sentences

       

Mood	Tamaiti	Best Sentence
growing confidence	Gerry	My nervousness began to shrink. It was as if I was getting a new skin. I shrugged away my shyness.
getting ready to preform	Hohepa Shilaine	We were standing in line like soldiers, waiting for power to come on us. "Hopi, Kiraro!" Mana called like a chief above us. We were all in position, following his commands like trained warriors. We waited for the curtains to open again... 3, 2, 1 The curtains began to open! Right there in front of us was a massive, cheering crowd. It was like we were presenting on X Factor.
Shy	Gabrielle	I wanted to sink into my own world and disappear
Shy	Peri	There I stood, as timid as a mouse.
Proud of myself	Letisha	“Hopi! Kiraro! Hopi!” I could see tiny little tears coming out the side of my whanaus eyes
nervous	Letisha Hanita	I was so nervous, eels twisting and turning inside my stomach Walking onto the stage it felt like my tummy was a tuna net that eels were trying to slip out of. I was feeling nervous.
Excitement Nervous	Hanita Jordan	The excitement grew inside me like a dog knowing it is about to get a feed. All eyes were on me, if I made a mistake it would haunt me