Kiwican Week 1 Term 3

To start our session we shared what we did In the holiday. There were some great birthday parties over the holidays - where was my invitation!!! 

Today we played a great game where you got to eat chocolate if you threw a six - but you had to move fast and put some of Matua Logan's clothes on.

Our next game was The Battle Royal. Every player had a balloon tied to their ankle and we had to pop them. Keira and Ngawai were the winners.

The Tower of Terror. Each person cut away a bit of flour. The person to knock the jelly bean off has to eat it with no hands. Well done Cleveland and Starlah-Rose.

Stem and leaf graphs in maths.

Today we looked at creating Stem & Leaf graphs in maths. We used dice to create these graphs. Students had to roll their die 50 times and record their data using a tally system (sets of five) . It was great watching our students working together and talking about maths. They were predicting each roll and thinking about what number would or wouldn't be the favourite.

Start of Statistics in maths

Today we started our statistic unit in maths. We have started by looking at simple ways of gathering data. We looked at using our measuring skills and finding out who is the tallest and shortest in our class. Students recorded their data and asked questions, predicted, about who could be the tallest and shortest. Through this we could place students in order and find the median (the number in the middle). 

http://www.mathsisfun.com/median.html

Week One HOMEWORK

Homework Assignment

Welcome back to school. Your homework has changed and now you will need to manage our time more. Six more months to you go to Intermediate and it is now time to make sure you are organised and ready. You will get a mini-project every Monday and it is due the following Monday. You can hand it in earlier if you wirsh. This is to be completred in your homework book and you can use a computer or publish by hand. This must be your best work and you need to plan it beofre publishing.

 

DUE – Monday 2^nd August  

Your investigation must include information about these questions. You can add extra facts.

1.    Where and when was Edmund Hillary born? Tell me about his up bringing.

2.    What were Edmund Hillary’s hobbies and jobs before his adventure to the top of Everest?

3.    Edmund Hillary had triumph and tragedy in the Himalayas. What was Hillary’s tragedy and how did it change his life?

4.    Hillary has shown courage and perseverance throughout his life? Why are these important qualities to have?

5.    What other adventures did Hillary undertake besides his Everest triumph?

6.    Hillary often felt that he gained a great deal ‘personal wealth’ from his adventure up Everest and the people from Tibet. What does he mean by ‘personal wealth’ and how did he repay the people of Tibet?

7.    Write one full paragraph on why Sir Edmund Hillary is a great role model for young New Zealanders.

Criteria: Use ONE page in your homework book or use your online Learning Journal. Tell me about the achievements and life of Sir Edmund Hillary. I would like you to tell me about him in your own words. Remember that he has done a lot of things and not just climb Mount Everest.

Presentation is important so have fun. Make the presentation of our work suitable to the subject.

Please do not copy, cut & paste or repeat things that other people have written about him. It makes marking your work very boring and it is cheating!!

By writing your homework in your own words I know that you have read and understood the work.

Have fun and think outside the square!!

http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/hillary.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/hillary_norgay01.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hillary/

http://www.answers.com/topic/sir-edmund-hillary

Spelling Words for Week One

Yellow		Red		Blue	Green
Regan Johnny Georgie Jacob Caitlyn	Keira Starlah-Rose	TruLee-Crystal Caleb Harshvir Shantalia	Pacey Taylor Cleveland Destiny Ngawai	Joshua	Psyris Reign
allied authentic canopy client contemporary desert elasticity exclamation fracture horticulture interdependent masculine multinational organism plague questionnaire scientific static thorax visual		agreeable assume bruise Christian constitution declaration distinguish excursion forehead heroes librarian monotony originally practical rattle seize specimen substance theory villain		ankle blossom classroom damage due fade gentleman horrible judging luggage motorbike organ policewoman recent scramble sniff subtraction tower value zebra	bee case cutting fairy goal hospital leader million mussel parade proud row silver swing undone you’ll

PJ and Breakfast Day

 

 

What a great way to end the term. Even our teachers came to school in their PJs. After having an awesome breakfast we had assembly and then we sat down with a buddy and read our new books. Thank you Mrs Wilson for organising, staff and parents for helping with breakfast and the wonderful students of Ebbett Park School for making this a great event. 

Last Kiwican Session for the Term.

Thank you Logan, Cass & Adele for a great term of learning and fun. We really enjoyed learning about developing positive relationships. It has made a difference! You have made us think about how we should treat each other, positive ways of communicating, co-operating, manners, friendship, sharing and fun games. See you next term!!!!!

Book Sale!

Just a reminder about our Book Sale. These are old books from the library which we have two of. 50 cents a book. Get in quick!

Get on Twitter!!

Let's try and be the first class to have every parent from Room 7 following us on twitter. You don't need a twitter account just text follow ebbettpark to 8987. This is great way to follow and share messages.

Week 10

Homework

·         No homework this week.

School App and Twitter.

·         In our newsletter there is information about our new school app for smart phones and our new twitter account. The Ebbett Park School app has been developed by an ex-parent Jayson O’Donnell. If you have a smart phone please support us and Jayson by downloading for free this app. Either us the QR code or use Googleplay and search for Ebbett Park School and follow the instructions.

·         To receive free Twitter txt messages simply send the following text: follow ebbettpark to 8987 (please note, no capitals, and one space between follow and ebbettpark. Please do this! It is FREE.

PJ’s and Breakfast

·         On Friday we are having a PJ’s and Breakfast celebration to end the term. If students wish to have breakfast at school they must be in their PJ’s. This is not mufti day. Students will need to also need to bring their uniform for Miss Glenny’s surprise.

Thank you

·         Lastly I would like to thank parents and my Room 7 legends for a great term. It has been extremely busy and I have appreciated all the extra help and support. We have achieved a lot this term. Last week Room 7 earned their 100 pipi points from Kiwican.

Room 7 maths.

We started looking at Measurement today. Today we looked at non-standard units of measuring and made sure we were consistent with our measuring. Joshua and Joe-Sam were very consistent and made sure they showed care with their measuring.

Kiwican Week 9

Our awesome KiwiCan whanau. Cas, Logan and Adele. You guys are awesome. Thanks for the great term. 

This week we are working on co-operation. We started by playing the Knot Game. In this game we linked our arms across a circle and had to untangle. It was hard when everyone talked but better when we worked together.

Co-operation is sharing and listening to other people ideas. Talking nicely to each other. Team work.

Our next activity we worked more on co-operation. We had to walk together. Caitlin and Caleb, Cleveland and Pacey were awesome but you couldn't rush or it got messy!

Harshvir was Mr Dufty's buddy and he was awesome!!!!!

Will we earn our 100 pipi points? YES WE CAN!!!!!!!

Check out your next TOPIC challenge!

Here is your next challenge. I want you to tell me what it means to be a New Zealander? What do you believe makes New Zealand different to other countries? What do you believe are the qualities that make New Zealanders special? What does it mean to be Maori? Yes, I haven't forgotten about you Georgie! Share with us what it mean to be British. Harshvir; you might share with us what it means to be New Zealand Indian. Spend time with your parents and write something together. 

Visit our Learning Journals.

Computers in Homes has started!!!!

Thank you to everyone who attended our first computers in homes training. A great start.