Bethany The Master Chef

As a part of our Passion Project, self-directed inquiry, Bethany's goal was to inspire young people to cook. She certainly achieved her goal!

Sarah Johnson's book signing at Books for Kids

Room 10 were privileged to be asked to create artwork inspired by Sarah Johnson's book the Bold Ship Phenomenal to display in the Books for Kids store in Hamilton East. We would like to say a huge thank you to the lovely ladies at Books for Kids who were generous and gave us a free book if we visited the store. Happy Birthday Books For Kids.

             

Room 10 Entertains at The Bankwood School Production

Room 10 performed as the Young Farmer's Club in our school production of Wooden Arms by Sarah Johnson. We practised and practised and practised! It wasn't easy dancing swan lake in gumboots :)

Haka, written by Patricia Grace

You will have noticed we have been reading Haka as our shared book. We talked about why the haka is so important to New Zealanders and how it is an important part of our culture. We also realised the haka, and there a many, have been handed down from generation to generation. The purpose may have changed for some over time, but its importance remains. 




By Karika

Pokemon Enlargements

Room 10 has been busy learning about enlarging Pokemon images. We found it a challenge to get the squares exactly the same, but we persevered with great results!

Click on the image to view results

Minecraft Selfies

For maths we have been learning about area and perimeter. Once we created our selfies, we then calculated the area and perimeter of our images. We used a variety of  strategies, including addition and multiplication strategies. We also needed to find the fraction of each colour we used in our mini mes.

Thank you Mrs M (aka Miss Atkins) for the great idea. http://r9sminions.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/math

Brain Matters

Our artwork comes from the idea we can grow our brains. After a discussion about this, we were inspired to create a zentangle hiding symbols of how we learn and what motivates our learning. 

We Love to Create.

Room 10 loves to create and build. The first part of the video clip shows our spaghetti towers (inspired by the book Iggy Peck Architect), where we had to plan and build our designs. The second part shows us building machines that were run by constructing a simple electrical circuit.

An example of our planning.

                      


             

Reading Inspired by the Olympic Games

The Crunchies and Starbursts reading groups have been reading a novel from Epic Books, Olympic Miracle, by Peter Birle. As we read through the chapters we have completed learning activities to help us understand what we have been reading.

                     

Our Matariki Learning

Oops we forgot to add our learning after reading Matariki by Melanie Drewery. We used Thinglink to share our learning.

The Bald Eagle

We are super proud of our writing this week. It was a challenge, but worth the effort. Thank you to BBC UK for the use of their video clip. We wrote a script using vivid verbs, adjectives, similes and interesting language to narrate the video clip.

Click on the image above to read more of our narratives.

The Bald Eagle

We are super proud of our writing this week. It was a challenge, but worth the effort. Thank you to BBC UK for the use of their video clip. We wrote a script using vivid verbs, adjectives, similes and interesting language to narrate the video clip.

We Have Been Predicting Our Future

A wee while ago, Room 10 wondered about what our future may look like. We drew pictures and wrote a description. What do you think our future will look like? We would love you add a comment.


 

Using Poetry to Contrast the Seasons

The Day Dad Blew Up the Cowshed

Room 10 is enjoying reading this true story written by Jennifer Somervell. Some of us have chosen to use the Tagul app to describe the explosion.

Jayda

Blaine

Bethany

Seini

Getting Around New Zealand

This term, Room 10 has been learning to locate and plot New Zealand places on a Google Map. We have also been reading about New Zealand current events and plotting where the events took place. We have also been learning about some New Zealand authors and plotting places that our guided reading text took us. 

A tribute to author, Sarah Johnson

You may have heard that we were very lucky to have New Zealand author, Sarah Johnson come to visit and share some author's tips to help us improve our writing. Sarah was absolutely amazing and a true inspiration to us all. We also recommend you check out her books, Wooden Arms and The Bold Ship Phenomenal, they are both great reads. As a way of thanking Sarah for sharing her time with us, Room 10 has been writing up a storm. Most of us are still in the editing and publishing stages, but Brooklyn has worked hard to get his tribute to Sarah finished. More will follow, so keep watching this space.

A Peek into Our Guided Reading

Asma has been not only learning to read, she is also learning to improve her English. She has been using the Explain Everything App to help her understand what she is reading.

Room 10 Teaches Stan the Van Man How to Read.

After reading Stan the Van Man by Emma Vere-Jones, Room 10 set about putting together a Voki to teach Stan how to read. Click on the link below to see how Robert used Voki to show his learning.


http://bwsrobertt.blogspot.co.nz

Our Term 1 Newsletter

For those of you who missed our newsletter this term.

Room 10 Has Been Writing Up a Storm.

This term our focus has been learning to use our words to paint vivid pictures in our reader's minds. We are very proud of what we have achieved this term. We would love to hear what you think!

Just click on our book to view.

Room 10s Being the Best We Can be Tree

We created our BTBWCB bees using polystyrene eggs, a spot of paint, plastic spoons and pipe cleaners. We the thought of one word that best describes us. We are love how it all came together. 

On a Beam of Light

After reading the our shared book by Jennifer Berne, some of us decided to write a rap about what we learned about Einstein from the story. 



einstein1 from Tanya Taylor on Vimeo.

We have also received an email from the author and the illustrator after Rayne sent a picture of our favourite part in the story. 

We Leave Positive Digital Footprints!

Getting to Know Room 10

Room 10 is busy applying for our roles and responsibilities this term as a part of our financial literacy programme. We have been busy putting together a CV as a part of the application process. 

We used Tagul word cloud to express who we are, our interests, and our passions. For more click on the image below.

We Dare to Imagine

To kick off 2016, Room 10 watched the following Tedtalk by Nano Girl and have been inspired to use our imagination to dare to be who we want to be.



We are working to set goals for the year and discovering who we are and who we strive to be. Watch this space! Our new learning will be shared with you soon.

Welcome to the new Room 10

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