SECOND PLACE!!!

This week room9 entered the green screen awards competition and we came second for trying to save the estuary.  We won $700.  Mrs Webster said that we might buy a camera that goes fish eye and it makes the image bigger and it also videos.  What do you think we should do with the money?

The Gavin Bishop reading group went out and gathered flax                       
to make head bands for room9 and room8.
Some Room9 kids competed in the South Spell tournament and Edwards group came third.  Way to go team!
 
                           By Brayden & Brad

Check out this link to see some photos of the Room 9 Movie stars:

https://www.facebook.com/environmentsouthland/photos_stream

WHAT A WEEK!

This week we have had a variety of different subjects, and I’m going to talk about the social science fair. We have been working so hard that steam is pouring out of our ears! Our theme  is about the Maori culture and how they lived. Maori lived in houses that had sticks and straw roofs that touch the ground. The doors are cut out of the side of the house, the door was as big as a quarter of a  door like ours. We would also like to thank you for the school disco that some adults planned for us. All the kids at Otatara School loved it, we hoped you did too.  We hope you do it next term.  Composed by Rachel, Billea - Nova and Amelia

   KUTAI FRITTERS

This week the Lynley Dodd reading group which is Amelia, Brayden and Jacob baked Kutai fritters with Amelia’s mum Lana.  Kutai is the Maori word for Mussels.  Kutai fritters are mussel patties. We got to bake them in the staffroom.  Because we read about Kutai fritters we decided to cook them because they looked yummy! After we made them we shared them with all of room 9.  Most of the kids liked them but some didn’t.  Thank you Lana for sharing your expertise with us.  Here are some photos for you to enjoy.  By: Brayden, Jacob and Amelia.

Room 9 happenings...

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Hello parents and caregivers it’s Cam, Jake, and Edward telling you about recent events in Room 9, such as; cross-country, learning about the Marae, going to the Museum, writing myths and making a green screen project.  Room 9 went to the Museum two weeks ago to learn about Tikanga Maori, we learnt about Maori animals, instruments, art wakas and games some of which we still play today.  Can you guess what games?

Term 2 newsletter from Mrs Webster and Mrs Mac

It’s Term 2 already and we have “hit the ground running”! 

We have been busy planning to create a green screen movie to enter into the Environment South Awards.  Mrs Livingston has kindly given us money to buy a green screen for filming with.  The children have been divided into groups to plan and script a part of the movie.  As part of becoming self-directed learners I am expecting them to organise somebody to transport them and support them with their filming and contact any other experts that they may need.  All e-mails must go through me.  The response from parents so far has been great and I look forward to working with the children to pull it all together.  If our film is successful, it will be publicly broadcast, so please contact me if you do not wish for your child to appear in the film.

On Tuesday the 21^st of May, we are going to visit the museum for the day.  This will be the igniter for our Term 2 Inquiry into Early Maori in our community and how traditions, beliefs and values are maintained throughout time.  This topic arose earlier in the year when the children became interested in Early Maori while learning about the Treaty of Waitangi.  This Inquiry will involve the children learning through reading and writing, visiting a Marae, interviewing experts and hopefully conclude later in the year with helping to prepare a Hangi.  Please contact me if you are available to transport children and spend the day with us at the Museum on the 21^st.

Our focus for Numeracy this term is Multiplication and Division, so it would be great if you could please support your children to continue learning their basic facts. 

I have made a slight change to homework for this term.  I want to give children more time to practice their spelling to ensure they achieve mastery, so we are now spending 15 minutes after lunch on spelling every day.  Please support your child to ensure they bring their homework book to school every day so they are able to practice. 

Here are the important dates to note in your calendars:

Dates:

15/5                             Room 6 Museum visit

17/5                             School Assembly

20 & 21/5                    Visiting author

21/5                             Room 9 Museum visit

27/5                             Young Leaders Day (year 6)  - Dunedin

31/5                             School Assembly

3/6                               Queen’s Birthday weekend

5/6                               School Cross Country

                                                NZ Playhouse performance -The Big Sad Wolf

12&13/6                      Student Led Conferences

7/6                               Learning Journals sent home

14/6                             School Disco

18/6                             Zone Cross Country

28/6                             Southland Cross Country

3/6                               Museum visit Matariki Kites

TBA                            South Spell competition

Kind regards,

Kate Webster and Elaine MacPherson

 

This week we got a new member in our class called Edward, he likes to play sport and we welcome him into team 9.

We have all enjoyed are first week back in awesome Room 9. For math we have been doing measurement for the Census.  We have also started Cross Country training.  We even run when it’s cold!  We are looking forward to treating our Mother’s on Mother’s Day this Sunday.

From Sophie, Ella, Brad and Arielle

Happy Holidays

 

              Happy holidays

This week Cameron and Bradley enjoyed typing this letter for you!

Archimedes has enjoyed learning about integers.

Room 9 members have been using deci-pipes to learn more about decimals.  We have been busy also writing a script for the green screen awards. We expect this to be finished early next term.  Happy holidays from the amazing room 9 team.

Room 9 "Golden Rules" Demonstrated Through Dance. Check Us Out......

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This week we presented our year 5 and 6 movie trailers about Camp Columba and Outdoor Ed to our parents on Thursday night. We all felt proud to share our memories and work with our families.

 Last Monday Mrs Webster introduced us to our class Dojo.  We are looking forward to getting our students codes so we can customise our avatars. One more week until the school holidays!

From Room 9 Students

Small Selection of Year 6 Camp Photos

Week 9 Catch Up

We hope you all enjoyed a relaxing and enjoyable Easter break?  It was perfect timing for recovering from our busy camp week!

This term has just flown by and already we are into Week 9.  We have been busy writing about our camp adventures and creating artistic masterpieces to display on our camp sharing night.  Please mark in your calendars that our senior school Outdoor Education presentation is on Thursday April 11. Rooms 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 will be open from 5.00 to 5.45pm in order to share with you writing, photos and art work related to their experiences.  All students are required to be at school in order to share and discuss their work.

Over the next two weeks we will be further investigating the issue about parts of our local estuary dying, in preparation for creating a movie to enter into the Environment South Green Screen Awards.  If you are an expert in this area, or would like to slap on some gumboots and accompany us to the estuary in the last week of term to do some hands on investigating, we would love to hear from you!

We have had some sharing of home learning through our Pride Challenges, but it would be great to see more children completing tasks and bringing in evidence to share.

Nga mihi,

Kate and Elaine.