Changes in Room 8

When we came back to school some things had changed around in our classroom so we had more room to work together. We can now all fit easily around the computers and there is more room to move in our library corner. We also have a new reward system in Room 8. We are collecting points for our whole group working together on things like, being respectful, getting on with our tasks, following instructions and being good friends. We also have a cool new classmate Xavier. Xavier has come to NEVN from Port Chalmers School. He has already made friends with Lochy and they have been having a great time together playing with a basketball and rugby ball in the playground. We also have a great new College Teacher, Miss Pretorius. She is going to be in Room 8 for the rest of the year! We can't wait to get to know her and to have her teach us some new things.

Toys and Games

We have been learning about toys and games. We learnt that lots of the toys we like today have been around a very long time. We went Toitu to learn about toys and games with Danny. We played a gmae of marbles and learnt how to flick them. Danny took us to an olden days hut where a long time ago four children lived, on rainy days they could only stay inside, they played marbles and with a yoyo. At the end we had some free time to play with dominoes, jack straws, puppets, skipping ropes, yoyo's, dolls house, washing line, ironing board, tiddlywinks and bingo. Ben's favourite part of the whole trip was the hut, Ryan and Jack liked the marbles, Lola liked dressing up, Harriet liked playing puppets, Nanaia liked bingo, and Troy like the dominoes!

Harold the Giraffe

We went to visit Harold in the mobile classroom. We learnt about being safe. We met Mr Possum he was funny because when Richard stroked his back he made funny faces and wiggled his arms. He cleaned himself by licking his paws and rubbing his face. We learnt possums are nocturnal. He was teaching us about safety, putting on our helmets when we ride our bikes and being careful in the playground. We got to put on our own puppets there were frogs, cows, penguin, albatross, kiwi, whale, owl, kea and a ladybug. Poor ladybug broke her eye. She had to go to the hospital.

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Room 8's Space Discoveries

We have been learning about space. We made a rocket ship to read books in at reading time. We have made some cool sun artwork and we have been learning how the earth and moon rotate around the sun. The moon goes around the earth. The sun is a star. We learnt that mecury goes fastest around the sun and has an iron core. We learnt that mars has a red spot that is twice the size of earth, it has sandstorms and giant volcanoes. We learnt that venus is the only planet that turns clockwise. We learnt that pluto is a dwarf planet. Earth is the only planet that you could live on. We learnt that saturn is the second largest planet.

Firewise

We were lucky enough to have a visit from our local firemen as part of our firewise work. Here is Max's writing about the visit. Yesterday a fire engine came to school. Brad put on a breathing apparatus he sounded like an alien from planet Zeutron. the water shot out of the hose. The further you tilted the house the further the water went. It went so far it hit the road! The truck had lots of levers and gadgets on it. When the air ran out on the fire suit Brad pressed a button and more air came into the can. Brad knew when the air ran out because he had a special dial. I liked to squirt the hose because not many kids get to do it. By Max

Welcome!

Kia ora everyone and welcome to 2013 in Room 8! We had a great first week back at school last week, even though the weather was very hot! The children are settling in nicely and making our new students Lochy and Dennis feel very welcome. Don't forget you can follow our blog so you can keep up with all our news :)