Week 6. How creative can you be with photography?

This week our creativity challenge is to do with taking amazing photographs. Have a look at these links for ideas:
Top 10 Tips For Great Pictures or Pinterest or search on Google

Remember that the cross country will be coming up straight after the holidays. Now that swimming is winding down, it is a good time to build up your fitness on dry land. Your challenge this week is to run non-stop for at least 5 minutes. See how long it takes for you to run a kilometre (3 times round the playground).

Are your basic facts improving? Do you have evidence? Keep using those "150 sheets"

Word Wall words to study this week:

• acquire
• desirable
• governor
• mischievously
• prejudice 
• shepherd
• advertisement
• description
• grammar

Have a great week.

Week 5's Challenges

We have seen some amazing work over the past few weeks, with boundless creativity and great personal organisation. Have a look at these creations from Week 4:

This week, make sure you do plenty of extra fitness training...build up to running non-stop for 15-20 minutes by the end of the term. Some of you are even training for the WeetBix Triathlon.

The Construction Challenge this week is to make something with wheels. Have a look at this video clip for inspiration...it doesn't have to be exactly like this, but the video shows a clever way of making wheels and axles...

How are your Tables Challenges going? Are you seeing progress from the beginning of the year? Make sure you use flash cards and the "150" sheets every day to get you over the line.

Cardboard Challenge...

This week as part of our Home Learning challenges, we had a go at making something out of cardboard. We were inspired by a video about a 9 year old boy who made his own amusement arcade out of old boxes. (You can see it here.)

Look at what Mira, Lilly and Zoe made! What a creative group! They showed such a lot of thought, initiative, and time management to complete their projects...we are so impressed with their INDEPENDENT, THINKER, and CAN-DO qualities. Well done.

2016...a new year of opportunities

In Room 5 we have been doing lots of neat investigations and home learning challenges...

We have been impressed by the number of children in Room 5 who have already shown a desire to learn, the ability to self-manage and meet deadlines, and the commitment to caring for our school. (We called this "kaitiakitanga", or guardianship.) Other home learning challenges include personal fitness, spelling and Maths basic facts.

Last week we looked at Waitangi Day, its history and some interesting facts.

This week we have been thinking about our flag, how it is made up, and what it might look like in the future. Happy learning!

Home challenges, Week 5

Here are some home challenges for this week (9-12 November)...

• Play ukulele chords C, F & G, plus A7 and Dm in songs like "Dad I Want to be a Camel", and "She'll be Right"
• Maths sheet - Rotation; see also transformation game here
• Tables challenge...get 20/20 in under a minute for 4x, 8x & 9x
• Gardening…sow seeds, transplant seedlings, weed, water… keep record/ photos/diagrams in Science book  
• Fitness...run 1km as fast as you can; How long can you do a plank or "invisible chair" for?
• Spelling challenge…Word Wall list:
  achievement, definition, government, miniature, practically, severely  
   
• Camp follow-up…finish planning your digital presentation. What key messages, information and feelings do you want to share? Can you find powerful images to match?

Home challenges, Week 4

Here are some home challenges for this week (2-6 November)...

• Play ukulele chords C, F & G, plus A7 and Dm in songs like "Dad I Want to be a Camel", and "She'll be Right"
• Maths sheet - Symmetry & reflection
• Tables challenge...get 20/20 in under a minute for 6x, 7x & 8x
• Gardening…sow seeds, transplant seedlings, weed, water… keep record/ photos/diagrams in Science book  
• Fitness...run 1-1.5km as fast as you can...record your time from Sports Day.
• Athletics sports: Give it your best shot! 

        Remember this inspiring effort which we saw at assembly...

        Record your best results; comment on how you feel about them

• Learn the 5 "tricky" spelling words  

( definitely; genius; millionaire; possibility; sergeant )

• Camp follow-up activities... making a valuable memento of a great camp!

Athletics Day on Wednesday

2 more days till Ouruhia School's Athletics Day. Keep practising your running and fitness, Room 5.