Thursday, March 26, 2015

Spellosaur by Alexander

Alexander explains how to use the Spellosaur app to help him learn his spelling words.  We love this app and find it so handy.


Spelling from Room 9 on Vimeo.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Spelling Apps - Spelling City and Spellosaur

Here's some info on a couple of spelling apps that we have found helpful in the classroom.




Monday, March 23, 2015

Home Learning Challenge - Before and After by Anika

Another chef in the making!  This time Anika has been busy in the kitchen whipping up a gourmet meal for her family.


Sunday, March 22, 2015

Nikau Caves - more photos

A few more during the boat building and race activity:








Nikau Caves

We were discouraged from taking photos in the actual caves, but we do have a few photos of us throughout the day involved in the creating and making activities.  Mrs Gilbert put my camera to good use and snapped some lovely pics.  More can be found on our school website - class page - media.  The children will also be uploading any photos they feature in, to their individual portfolios under media.




















Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Home Learning Challenge - Master Chef Alexander

Yum wish we were there for dinner!  Alex has used Pic Collage to whip up some photos and info on his cooking challenge.  



Monday, March 9, 2015

Nikau Caves - upcoming EOTC trip

The Fab 4 have been there, done that, and had a totally unreal experience.  
We can't wait to take you all next week!  
All I can say is that glow worms and stalagmites totally rock! 


Saturday, March 7, 2015

That Whiteboard Table...

Loving our whiteboard table for collaborative work.  Here the Newtons maths group is revising how to "jump the numberline and use tidy numbers" to solve an addition problem.  Each child completed a step then passed the pen on to the next person.  With confident use of the strategy, they moved onto much more difficult problems after this!

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Home Learning Challenge - Mandolin

Mandolin shared her research about the Amazon Rain Forest which contains half of the remaining tropical forests on our planet!  It's strange to think that people want to chop down the very trees which our planet relies on to survive!