Congratulations to last week's Dojo point winners:
Isabelle, Jerry, Joseph and Rebekah!
Welcome to Room 8s blog for 2016. We are a class of energetic Year 3 and 4 learners and our teacher is Mr Tucker
Monday 31 October 2016
Friday 21 October 2016
Basic Facts
This week our Basic Facts class average for the Friday test equalled our previous high of 86.
Celebration
This morning, Room 8 won the Assembly Award for great manners and listening during the syndicate assembly. Nice job!
Celebration
Today, Max and Isabelle received certificates at our syndicate assembly today. Well done!
Measured It
This week we have been measuring. Indoors and outdoors. Not as easy as we thought it would be.
Measure That on PhotoPeach
Measure That on PhotoPeach
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Breakout
We solved some tricky puzzles on Tuesday.
Room 8 participated in a Breakout - solving puzzles and using clues to find the combinations to open a series of locks and try and find out what was in the Breakout box.
We had to use many skills including collaboration, creativity, communication, problem-solving, close observation, thinking and perseverance.
Saturday 15 October 2016
Animal Adaptations
We had a great trip to the Auckland Zoo.
We are learning about animal adaptations - the way animals are suited to their environments.
Frazier, the zoo teacher told us about alligators and crocodiles, Galapagos Tortoises, lemurs, and how they are suited to the places where they live.
We got to touch a real snake-skin that was nearly three meters long.
Zoo Trip on PhotoPeach
We are learning about animal adaptations - the way animals are suited to their environments.
Frazier, the zoo teacher told us about alligators and crocodiles, Galapagos Tortoises, lemurs, and how they are suited to the places where they live.
We got to touch a real snake-skin that was nearly three meters long.
Zoo Trip on PhotoPeach
Badminton
We had the first of two introductory badminton lessons this week.
Kevin, from Auckland Badminton, came to school to coach our Middle School classes in the basics of this fun sport.
We even learned some trick shots, like hitting the shuttle from between our legs and behind our backs.
Kevin, from Auckland Badminton, came to school to coach our Middle School classes in the basics of this fun sport.
We even learned some trick shots, like hitting the shuttle from between our legs and behind our backs.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Battleships
Today in maths we played live battleships in our class.
A grid was made on the carpet and we had to name a coordinate to take a shot at the ships.
Each student stood at the coordinates where they shot. They sat down if the shot missed and stood if their shot hit. We ended up sinking all the ships.
A grid was made on the carpet and we had to name a coordinate to take a shot at the ships.
Each student stood at the coordinates where they shot. They sat down if the shot missed and stood if their shot hit. We ended up sinking all the ships.
Monday 10 October 2016
Our Enviro Day
Next we learnt te Reo Maori words for common garden insects and wrote garden poetry. Did you know kihikihi is te Reo for cicada?
Lastly, we even got to explore the brand new orchard and taste the sugar snap peas we've been growing in the edible garden. They tasted so sweet, fresh and crunchy. Jasmine said she could eat a bucketful!
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