Kaitao Room 17

2009-11-27T02:08:00.000-08:00

Hi Eveyone im down south now enjoying it but i still miss yous i will text you as much as i can i miss you very much but im gona b safe down here 2 and im not gona enjoy this new school better than Kaitao middle school
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BYE MRS SMALLBONE AND WHAEA JEMMA:]

Today!!

2009-10-21T23:12:00.000-07:00

Today as Mrs Smallbone arrived at our classroom there was two HUGE amazing Tui sitting either side of the steps! They stayed there as she walked through! One flew away but the other one sang and sang and then had it's photo taken!! What an amazing start to the day!!

Fizz and Pop! Science Thursday

2009-10-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

A carbonate plus an acid equals....Carbon dioxide gas! and we got plenty of this during our experiments this afternoon!!

We learnt what happens when you mix tartaric acid, baking soda and water together...in a sealed plastic bag! Exciting!!

Waimarino photostory

2009-10-14T16:49:00.000-07:00

Term 4 Waimarino Canoe Centre

2009-10-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

Term 4 is off to a great start!! We have heaps to learn!

This week was a treat, we went to Waimarino Canoe Centre. It was fantastic!!

Luckie says that "the best thing was being there!" Ivory thought that the huge water slide was the best! Shevez thought that being the first and ONLY person brave enough to go down the water slide in a kayak was the best!!

Today we learnt how to use photostory...check out our photos.

Term3

2009-08-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

Well! It has been a while since we updated this blog...so busy! no time to blog! I want to include a link to our class wiki as this has been a focus since we got back from the holidays. On here we are learning to publish our literacy work. We are now using Literacy Circles as part of our reading program...this and really understanding what we still need to learn to be good readers should help us "get sorted"!
www.room17kaitao.wikispaces.com

Student Led Conferences

2009-06-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

Today we have our Student led conferences. We have all put a lot of work into preparing our Learning Journals and our classroom...just check out those CLEAN and TIDY desks!

We are learning to take responsiblity for our learning and to explain this to our parents. After the holidays we will set more goals for our learning. We try to be really detailed that way we know what it is we need to focus on. No time to waste in Room 17...there is HEAPS of learning to be done!!

2009-06-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

Week 10 in Room 17 is very exciting and there is A LOT of thinking in the air.

They are learning about......... the fabulous brains. Some things that the students have done are making marvelous model brains.

Students are having a lot of fun :]

Facts about the cerebum.....

*85% of your brain weight is the cerebum.

This part of your brain lets you dance/ solve problems/ remember/ draw/ imagine/ play games.

More Science fair

2009-06-27T22:46:00.000-07:00

Wow! we have done sooooo well! There are 13 entries from our class to the school science fair. Mrs Smallbone is REALLY pleased with our independent learning and the way we have shown Persistance (One of the Habits of the Mind)

Science Fair...

2009-06-17T18:53:00.000-07:00

In Term 2, Room 17 has been working very hard on our Science Fair projects. The two types of projects we are focusing on are Technology and Science, this includes Fair Testing. Our class has come up with a wide range of topics such as, Dissolving Chemicals, Fair Testing which type of bread goes moldy the fastest and an interesting one which involves standing on eggs. One of the students is also building a cat toy. We are making steady progress to complete our Science Fair projects so our teacher Mrs Smallbone has been nice enough to allow us more time to work on our projects so that we can complete them in time for the the School Science Fair on Wednesday 24 June :) Mrs Smallbone hopes to see 2 or 3 students attend Bay of Plenty Science Fair. The Science Fair projects are all going to be fabulous!

Fair Trade Poster Competition

2009-04-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

Today Room 17 won first place for the Fair Trade poster competition. The winner Nicole Watson. The poster was selected from seven finalists from all over New Zealand. The school won a cheque for $3,000!! Nicole will now have her poster in the Wild Bean Cafe.