Mauao

Georgia, this is my latest blackboard drawing for our class. Perhaps you could draw it at home while you get better and recall the Mauao myth in your own words.

We hope that you are getting better fast!

Week 7

This coming week will be my first one with you for a while as Miss Lee has been your guest teacher. EXCEPT that Tuesday the 7s tournaments are on with 95% of our class out at different locations. Then the rest of the week is taken up with ski camp for most of you.
Because I am so gloriously kind your only homework will be to complete and practise your speech for our senior competition in week 8.
Good luck tournamenters, skiers and speech crafters. Have a blast.

Mrs Mmmmmmmmmmmm

Slime Time

What a cool farewell to Miss Lee! Slime Time was the best.

Declan's Dad is the maths whizz in his house tonight. Congratulations on winning the maths game that Declan taught you. Perhaps you could have a street competition!

Remember to use capital letters when you make a comment on our class blog. The whole world can see it any time they like.
Did you notice how capitals were left out of a few of the titles on the right hand side of our blog? Weird. It bugs me. What do you think?

Georgia where are you?????

georgia
Lost
One student.
Female.
Answers to the name of Georgia.
Anyone knowing of her whereabouts please let her know that we miss her and hope that she comes back soon!
If she happens to see this we congratulate her on using her 'missing' time by doing her homework and posting comments on our class blog. What a star!!!!!

Go Rebecca!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What an interesting answer. I went to a Teachers Training College called Loreto Hall named after those sisters. Cool huh.

Parents Quiz

The winner of the parents quiz is ---

Ben’s Mum!!!!

Congratulations – hope you enjoy the prize!!!

Miss Lee

Homework Week 6

Righty tighty!!! Are you ready kids!!!
The final of Miss Lee’s homework sheets!!!

Word Study - Define and THRASS the following ‘Olympic’ words…
Athletics, champion, ceremony, amateur, exhilaration, competitive, experience and equestrian.

Maths – Compete in a ‘Shot Gun’ maths competition with your parents and siblings!!! Write down who won and why!

Working as a TEAM – Every day write down one way you have contributed to protecting the Earth. E.g. Monday – I turned off the lights when we didn’t need to use them. Tuesday – I made sure that I put recycling material in the recycle bin.

Olympics – With a minimum of 2 sentences, explain in detail (in your own words) what it must be like to compete in a final of an Olympic event.

Blogsite - Check Room One’s blogsite, answer your question using a search engine of your choice. Place your answer with your ‘real’ name in the comment box.

Miss Lee

Savvy Googling

Using your favourite search engine, find the correct answer to your question. Write your answer in the comments box with your name, the question, the answer and how long it took you to find the correct answer.
(Time yourself)

Lily
Name 5 different search engines.

Jay
Who won the bronze medal for the 400m women’s race at the Sydney Olympics?

Nicola
What do ‘aka’ and ‘ps’ stand for?

Bart
Why does the earth spin?

Estelle
What is the major cause of global warming?

Natasha
Why are there volcanoes on the Earth?

Asia
What does the word Tsunami mean in English?

Declan
Who won the latest Nobel Peace prize and why?

Adam
What are the New Zealand dollar notes made out of?

Ashalyn
What is the population of Tonga and Fiji?

Hamish
How many tourists a year visit Hawaii?

Georgia
Who is the most powerful man in Russia?

Rebecca
Why did Mother Teresa decide to be a nun?

Astyn
What has killed more people - plane crashes, donkeys, antelopes or building demolitions?

Quillian
What is the Maori word for working?

Shannon
When was Google Earth invented?

Amy
How wide is the Great Wall of China?

Evianah
Why do cats sleep so much?

Chris
How fast is the speed of light and sound?

Ben
Name the fastest animal on earth? How fast can they go?

Luke
How much milk can a Jersey cow produce a day?

Douglas
Which airline has the cheapest airfare, travelling from Auckland to Brisbane?
How much is this airfare?

Brittany
What is the Queen’s estimated wealth?

Scott
What is Trinidad and Tobago’s currency?

Lucy
Who invented New Zealand’s national flag?

Sally
What part of your brain causes you to think mathematically?

Remember to use correct punctuation when you leave a comment!!!!
The rest of the world can read your work!!!!

TEAM GAMES!!!!

Post your ideas for class games here!!!

Finally its here!!!

Parents / Whanau Quiz
How well do you know Room 1???

Rules:
- First parent/family to correctly complete the quiz wins!!!
- Judges decision is final!!!
- The only way your child can help you is by acting out ‘CHARADES’ (they have had practice at this) they must not hum,sing, speak or write down the answers for you!!!!
- There will be an honesty check!
- The prize will be handed out 24 hours after judges have made their decision

(you will like the prize)!!!

On your marks…Get set…

GO!!!

Quiz Questions:
1. Name the student who is overseas at the moment…
2. What was Room 1’s very first TEAM game they played with Miss Lee?
3. Name two members of Pahoia United…
4. How many pineapples live under the sea???
5. What is Miss Lee’s favourite sport?
6. Explain what a web quest is???
7. If room 1 was to compete in the next Olympics, which team event would they be most successful at and why?
8. Who in Room 1 is a member of ‘Charlie’s Angles’?
9. Name the top three causes of the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest…

Good Luck - Miss Lee

Homework: Week Five

Kia Ora, welcome to Miss Lee’s second to last homework session.

Thanks to Minime who was the first to place a team game on the blog site –

we WILL be playing Ripper Rugby!!!

Word Study
Define and THRASS the following words…
Exotic, oxygen, environmentalist, campaigners, flattery, examine, whispered, obliteration.

Maths - This week’s focus is the 13 times table.

Working as a TEAM
Everyday, write down how you have encouraged someone at school (no flattery allowed) e.g.
Monday – Told Erika that she has done a fantastic job with her oil painting.
Tuesday – Expressed to John how much I appreciated him for not ‘ganging up’ on people while playing four square even when he easily could have.

Olympics

Where and when will be the next Olympic and Commonwealth games be held???

If you have any team games you would like to play, continue to place your

suggestions on the class blog site!!

Parents, on Room 1’s blog site, there will be a competition for you to compete in!

The first parent to correctly complete the quiz wins a prize

(you will enjoy the prize)!!!

Miss Lee

Luke, you are the winner of the Star Wars gadget. You correctly named your favourite author, the title of the book and shared an extract (this did need quotation marks, perhaps next time). J.K. Rowling is a stunning author. Her books can be read again and again and again and again.

Thanks to the two people who have left their opinion about their favourite author. The prize will be given for including an extract from a book by that author too. Remember that titles and the author's name begin with capitals!!!! 'ARGH!' you will hear Mr Wadsworth screaming if they are missing. An extract must have quotation marks around them " " also.
Miss Lee is keenly awaiting your suggestions about games to play. These MUST be made on the blog only!

"It's not how we handle success in life, it's how we react to life's failures that determines the measure of a person." Dean Lonergan (rugby league)

Homework Week Four

Kia ora, welcome to Miss Lee's first homework session.

Word Study
Define and THRASS the following words: editorial, righteous, exhausted, dehydrated, bewilderment, canopy, destruction and definition.

Maths
This week's focus is the 12 times table.

Working as a TEAM
Every day write down a list of jobs/chores that you have done to be helpful around your house.
eg. Monday - washed the dishes, brought the washing in...
Tuesday - tidied the house after school...


Olympics
Keep a tally of which countries have won medals this week.

If you have any team games you would like to play, place your suggestions on the class blog site!!

Miss Lee


Mr Wadsworth has left a comment on our blogsite.
However, no one else has met the challenge from last week. A fascinating 'Star Wars' prize is up for grabs guys and gals.

Web questers hard at work.

Congratulations to those of you who remembered to bring your homework folders in today as tomorrow is a holiday for you and a learning day for the teachers.

There are still 13 homework folders due to come in.

Katherine Mansfield's 'The Dolls House' was the answer to the blog challenge.

Natasha has enjoyed her prize for posting the answer on the blog first.

The next person from our class to post a comment will also be the recipient of a prize. Your comment must include your favourite author's name, the title of at least one of their books and an extract.

Go guys!

Have a groovy weekend.

Miss Lee is seen here assisting Evianah with her grid activty selection. Her Amazon web quest has got us all fascinated and is teaching us many new skills.

Thanks Miss Lee!!!!!

Miss Lee is a Guest Teacher in our class for six weeks.
This is her last teaching practicum before she has her own class next year.
We are loving having her enthusiastic approach to teaching in our class. Miss Lee will have at least three weeks full control teaching in our class. Lucky us!

Wow, Natasha that was fast. It also means that you are able to post comments now. Could you please be a class expert on how to do this? Thanks.

Homework Week Three

Congratulations to those of you who checked out our class blog and found the answer to the challenge. Shannon and Lucy were the first to answer the question. Natasha even went so far as to find the original story and bring it to school. The author was Katherine Mansfield, a very famous New Zealand writer. The story was ‘At the Bay’. There is another exert challenge on the blog. Check it out and feel free to leave a comment. Room 6 have left one, interesting!

Thank you to those people who described your dream home. WOW! You do have fabulous imaginations. Share them with your family, a friend or a neighbour. You are focusing on using detail beautifully.

If you could design a school day, how would it begin? What would be the first subject and how long would it go for? What would you have for play lunch? What next? ... Write up a timetable for your ideal day.

Times Table focus is 9x. Try to mix them up, go up to 20, and divide by 9…

Collect ‘Earth’ big questions this week.

Word Study
Define and THRASS these words.
Earthquake, erosion, country, countries, instability, destruction, war-torn, political.

Blog challenge. Which Katherine Mansfield story is this taken from? ' she was a tiny wishbone of a child, with cropped hair and enormous solemn eyes - a little white owl.'
and 'Presently, looking along the road, she saw two little dots. They grew bigger, they were coming towards her. now she could see that one was in front and one close behind. Now she could see that they were the Kelveys.'
Answer by using the comment button only.