Hello Class of 2013

What a lovely first day we had! Yes we will be changing the class photo at the top of our blog very soon so watch that space!

Farewell Class of 2012

Happy holidays everyone! Have fun, stay active, relax a little, be kind to your brothers and sisters and help your parents out :) Thankyou awesome Room 9 parents for your support. It has been fantastic getting to know you and I have appreciated your input and our chats.

Waiata

There were a few uncomfortable grins, downcast eyes and faces hidden behind long hair for our first video of Room 9 singing a waiata.  But after watching ourselves on film we decided it would look better appearing confident even if we didn't feel it inside!  So we did another take (or 2 or 3?).

We've sung this waiata in the mornings to help us learn the days of the week and improve our pronunciation of te reo.  What do you think?  Ka pai?

Ko te aha tēnei rā? from JB on Vimeo.

Here is the maori/english translation:

Ko te Mane, rā tahi, mahi au e

Ko te Tūrei, rā rua, kia kaha e

Ko te Wenerei, rā toru, pupuritia

Ko te Tāite, rā whā, ka heke e

Paraire, ka mutu ngā mahi e

Hatarei, Rāhoroi, tākaro e

Rātapu, ka tau, ka inoie

Ka mutu ngā rangi o te wiki e

It's Monday, day one, and I'm working

It's Tuesday, day two, and staying strong

It's Wednesday, day three, and persevering

It's Thursday, day four, and getting tired

It's Friday, day five, and work is over

It's Saturday and time to play

It's Sunday, time for rest and prayer*

These are the days of the week.

*Note:  if you are religious of course!

Solar Eclipse

A family member, in her own words "risked permanent damage to her eyeballs" to take these fabulous shots of the solar eclipse viewed from H-town.  A truely fascinating ocurrance to observe.  This will be the most complete eclipse that we in New Zealand will see until.... July 22, 2028!  My keen mathematicians - so how many years is our wait?

Science Expo Poems still coming in strong...

Science Expo Poems from Educ8JB

Pascal's Triangle by Carlos, Dhusar & Danny

Pascal’s Triangle by Carlos, Dhusar and Danny from Educ8JB

"Sticky Noting" what we hope to learn for Bike Week

Wallwisher now called Padlet is a bulletin board type programme that operates in real time i.e you see the changes as they happen. Children can add sticky notes with questions or sticky notes with information and website links for others to read. Very useful when brainstorming as I am able to put the bulletin board up on our class smartboard while the children are adding their notes and links. Did we get silly notes on the board for all to see? Yes definitely - the beauty of exploring and having fun with a new programme!