Week 4

 This week Room 9 has been working on The Arts. 

The kids chose which art classes they wanted to attend: Pottery, music, animation, and dance. 

The Dance Group is working on an end of term performance which they will perform in the Pohutukawa Centre at the last assembly of Term 3.

The Music Group have been working on making a piece of music by putting together different beats and sounds and seeing how they work together.

The Pottery Class are currently planning to make a clay piece like a mug or sculpture and then mold it and bake them.

Animation is using Khan Academy lessons to learn how to animate and Code.

By Eliya and Joanna

Cross Country

This term, Room 9, along with rooms 11 and 10, have been training for cross-country. Our practice track goes all the way up Donnelly Street, down the hill to get to the steps that lead to Upper Wairau Road, then down Wairau Road, back up the main road,and finally back to school. We always try to run under our last time. Everyone has been trying their best and pushing themselves to the limit.

By Libby and Keziah.

Mediation

For the past few months, the Year 7's have been learning about mediation. Mediation is about helping younger children sort disputes in innovative ways. We have learnt about the different types of behaviour in an argument, including the teddy bear, the angry ape, the turtle, the fox and the owl. We try to be owls. Owls are cooperative and want both sides of the argument to win, they also want to solve the problem.

By Kenzie and Evelyn

Statistics

This week in room 9 we have been learning about statistics. We had to think of a real life problem that could be solved by a statistical investigation. Then we had to plan and carry out our own investigation in order to collect useful data. We are presenting our finding on posters.

By Bella and Molly

Hayao Miyazaki

Lately we have been learning about the famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. In art class we did a timeline of his life in art. We also have learnt about the word Manga and have been drawing pics of Manga drawings. Kids love to draw images from his movies. Some of the movies he made are  Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and  Spirited Away.

W8 Update

Statistics:

Since the start of the term at school, we have started a new branch of mathematics: Statistics. Statistics is the study of graphs and we have been learning how to use them. Our goal is to find out what stories graphs tell. The children of Room 9 have been revising stem and leaf charts, bar graphs and pie charts. 100% of the children in Room 9 we interviewed have really enjoyed Statistics and are keen to find out more.

Novel studies: 

Due to the fact that a new term has begun, we have started new subjects such as Novel Studies. The books being read in Room 9 are A Monster Calls, Boom, The Recruit and Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, there were multiple other books that children read but the four books that we mentioned were the ones read in Room 9. Most children say that they have enjoyed novel studies so far.

By Lincoln and Felix

An Adventure with Words

Writing; a story, but also an adventure. An adventure with words, yes, but an adventure nonetheless. This week in Room 9, we have been writing narratives. We began with using a story arc plan. In this plan there is a conflict, three rising actions, a  falling action, and finally the resolution, which ties everything together.

After we had planned out how our narrative would go, we wrote our draft in our Literacy book. This was probably the longest stage of narrative writing, and many are still working on finishing their draft.

Then, we went through the editing stage, where we had to read through our story, sentence by sentence, correcting any mistakes and making improvements to our writing. It was a long stage, but well worth it.

Finally, we published our stories on computers, or by hand, this took quite a while, but produced a result that everyone was proud of.

By Emma E. and Aster

Lockdown Poetry

LOCKDOWN 1

Lockdown is as annoying as Barbie

Lockdown is as boring as watching paint dry

Lockdown is as boring as staring at a wall

Lockdown is as relaxed as 100 sloths

Lockdown is boring like doing 100 maths tests

Lockdown is so annoying, it’s just like my sister

Lockdown 2

Lockdown is an emotional rollercoaster

Lockdown is a Ferris wheel

Lockdown is as annoying as my brother

Lockdown is like snake poison, killing slowly but surely

Lockdown is worse than Donald Trump and a dead baby

Lockdown is a real big

pig

Lockdown is the government keeping everyone hostage

Lockdown is as hard as a brick

Lockdown 3

Lockdown is a shipwreck in a coral reef

Lockdown is the death of socialising.

Lockdown is a spiky thorn on a rose

Lockdown is a place where we are jammed inside almost like a jail

Lockdown is a person being tortured

Lockdown is like being a little goldfish stuck in an aquarium

Lockdown is the place where we feel like we are being trapped

Lockdown is a spider in an arachnophobic’s home

Lockdown is a nightmare you can't wake up from

Mole Patrol

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Check out these fantastic videos that Ryan was involved in making. Wonderful animation and an important message.

Mole Patrol One

Mole Patrol Two

Mole Patrol Two

Arty Types

In Room 9 we have been creating portraits. We started with taking a selfie of ourselves in any sort of way and then sending it to Mr Smith. After we started a 'Hobby Head' (side portrait, full of all the things we love doing inside the head) and next we are drawing a self-portrait or portrait of a friend.

By Milla and Pearl

Swimming

On Wednesday the 11th of March, years 4-8 went to Okato Pool to compete in  our school's swimming sports. At the end of the event, we had a relay between the school houses, Koru came 4th, Matekai came 3rd, Wairau came 2nd and Patuha came first. Each house were awarded points for the relay, as well as points for each competitor during the entire event. The final placings were…

4th overall: Koru

3rd overall: Patuha

2nd overall: Matekai

1st overall: Wairau

By Felix and Adi

Maths Homework

Basic Facts Stage work:

http://roomninebasicfacts.blogspot.com/

Maths worksheets:

https://www.math-drills.com/

Maths tutorials (video):

https://www.virtualnerd.com/middle-math/all/

Maths quizzes:

https://www.thatquiz.org/

Maths problems:

https://nrich.maths.org/11993

Virtual manipulatives:

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Fun Times

Last week, we ran our school assembly. It was loads of fun.

On Monday our class took part in the Oakura School Beach Clean-Up. We are trying to keep our beach clean by picking up all the rubbish left along it. We walked all the way to Ahu Ahu Road collecting rubbish.We were surprised by how much rubbish got picked up. We collected many beer bottles, also a lot of them were smashed which is a safety hazard. Our message is to keep our beaches clean.

Jokes

What did the ocean say to the shore ?

Nothing, it just waved!

By Raehina and Keziah

I'd Be Lost Without My Map

In Room 9 we have been learning about measurement and  mapping for Maths. In week one we did our first try at mapping the school. Now, we are learning how to more accurately draw a map of the school and keep it to scale. Later, we will compare our final effort against our first attempt.

By Joanna and Eliya.

Beach Ed.

Room 9 has had a great start to the year. We were really lucky that we had the privilege to go down to the Oakura Surf Club and participate in beach education. We had the encouragement of Ella, McKenzie, Sasha, Fletcher and Natalie (the lifeguards). They gave us a tour of the surf club, taught us how to stay safe in and out of the water and planned some fun beach activities for us. Overall we had an awesome time and hope it stays a tradition for the upcoming students so they can learn everything we did.

By Stella H and Stella J

Stumped

First cricket session of the year. Some Debbie Hockleys and Lance Cairns in the making!

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