Friends and Cars

Today we compared friends to our dream car. We looked at each individual part of the car and and wrote down similes for how friends were the same. Here are some of the ideas that Room 5 students came up with. I was very impressed with their creativity.
Friends are like...
- GPS systems, helping us find our way.
- Exhaust pipes, getting rid of the negative energy.
- Tyres, carrying a heavy load.
- Air conditioner, cooling us down when we are mad.
- A windscreen, protecting us from everything.
What similes can you make?

Making Inferences

Last week we were looking at making inferences for reading. We know that when we make inferences we need to look for clues in the text and use our prior knowledge to help us.
On Friday our class was challenged to write a paragraph that made the reader infer where they were. Here are a couple of examples that were written. Can you figure out where they are?

LJ's Trick Shot

Our class was given the challenge to practice and film a trick shot of some kind while in lock down. It was no easy feat and very few took up the challenge and shared it with us. But, check out LJ's effort. I am most impressed! We will keep this challenge going for a little longer and see if anyone can beat that. We would love to your isolation trick shots if you have done one.

Pass the Toilet Paper Challenge - Room 5 Meet

Today Room 5 had a go at passing a toilet paper roll through the class in our daily Meet. It was a fun challenge that is actually much harder than we thought it would be. Loukwon-Dre had to tap out because he kept freezing on us but we will try again tomorrow. What challenges have you been doing in your hangouts?

Meeting Houses Around the World

One of our subjects last term focused on Marae and the importance of them to our Maori community. We then looked at different meeting houses around the world and how they compared.
We did a T-Shaped learning grid to gather our information then we wrote an information report to show what we learnt. This was a big job during lock down!
Here is Kaia's information report that she wrote. Please click on the picture to view it more clearly.

Tempting Tangrams

This term we have been doing some geometry on Fridays and have been enjoying the hands on challenges. Our first task was to create tangram pieces. We didn't really understand what this was at the beginning, but we followed instructions to create the pieces. Then Whaea Dana told us to make a square again. We were perplexed! It took us quite some time to figure this out, but when we did we were ecstatic! We then had to have a go at making other shapes. It is not as easy as it looks, but is a very engaging task.

This is Just to Say... Parody poems to William Carlos'

Last week we started our Get NZ Writing project from School Kit where we create poems, explore language and eventually end up creating a class poem as well as individual ones to send to another class in NZ. Our first task was to create some parody poems based on William Carlos' poem, 'This is Just to Say'. We had to talk about a time that we did something naughty. We then published them mostly on Canva.com, but some used Google Slides or Drawings too. Here are some of Room 5's examples. Check out our individual blogs to see some more :)

                                 

Navy Helicopter Visit

Last week the Navy helicopter came to visit us at school. It was an awesome experience watching (and feeling) it  land and take off again. We got to learn about how the helicopter works and about their jobs. One of them was a pilot, one signals when the helicopter is landing and another stays in the back and organises the weapons and gear.  We all got to strap into the seats to see what it is like inside. Thank you to the Navy for sharing your helicopter and staff with us for the afternoon!

Marsden Bay Camp 2020

Last week a group of 33 super students and 8 awesome adults attended a 3 day camp at Marsden Bay Christian Camp. We showed our 3R’s and were given high praise from the staff there. We were able to test our skills in archery and on a confidence course, push our fears to ride the flying fox, and challenge each other playing basketball, beach volleyball, bumper balls, soccer and chess. But because it was so hot, we mostly enjoyed kayaking, swimming, water sliding, doing bombs at the beach and playing in the waves at Ruakaka Beach. It was a great way to start the year and we all had a blast. Thank you to all the parents for coming with us, without your support these camps are not possible.

2019 Graduates... Good Luck

This year we have had to watch, as an amazing bunch of our students from last year, leave the nest and head away to college. We all miss them like crazy but wish them all the very best for their new adventures at their new schools. Here are some pictures of our beautiful/handsome graduates at their Year 8 Graduation last year. They sure do scrub up well!