Poetry

Room 8 have launched straight into poetry this term. We started by looking at some of the language features usually found in poetry and have moved onto writing our own rhyming couplets. We worked with Mrs White today on these:

He went to the sea and caught a bee

The bee was a beautiful sight to see 

Emelia F

There was a man who had a cat

The cat tried to catch a rat

Aiden P

There was a young man who had a pet pig

And he was so big.

He was ever so pink

And loved to wink

Po'oi K

There was an old man who had a pet cat

The cat sat on the mat

The cat caught a mouse and brought it into the house

The man was cross and showed him who was boss

Remy K

Mrs Fala's cafe!

Mrs Fala's Cafe!

During Term 3, Room 8's math swap class have been learning about time and money with Mrs Fala. 

Mrs Fala opened up her special cafe in room 8 for the students to practise working with money. They were given a $10 allowance and a menu that they were able to purchase from. Each child put together their own plate and worked out how much they'd spent and what their change would be. 

Working together

Team work!

Room 8's engineers spent some time before school last week constructing Mount Everest out of blocks. If you look really closely you'll see Sir Edmund Hillary sitting right on top.

Maori language week!

Maori language week!

As part of our Maori language week celebrations in week 8, the whole school took a trip to the Marae.

At the Marae we:

- Shared our song (Te Aroha)

- Learned the sign language for Te Aroha

- Learned the Hoki Poki dance in Te Reo

- Performed our Haka 

- Learned about the Marae 

It was also very exciting to be traveling on two story buses!!

Procedural writing

How to blow a bubble!

Room 8 have been working hard to write some fantastic procedural texts. This week we were working on instructing others on how to blow a bubble. We each got a piece of Hubba Bubba, chewed it, and had a go at explaining the steps. 

Here are some of our instructions:

How to blow a bubble

What you need

Bubble gum.

Yourself.

1.Get a piece of any type of gum.

2.Unwrap the bubblegum.

3.Put the bubble gum in your mouth and start chewing and do not swallow it.

4.Make sure it is soft when chewing.

5.Stretch around your tongue.

6.Make sure there is a even coating around your tongue with no holes.

7.Blow gently and enjoy.

Aiden P

HOW TO BLOW A BUBBLE

1. First get a piece of bubble gum
2. Unwrap your bubble gum
3. Put your bubble gum in your mouth
4. Now  chew your  bubble  gum for one minute
5. Next  wrap your  bubble gum around  your  tongue
6. Then  blow  slowly

Yay you made a bubble.

Carissa M

Grandparents day - Inquiry

Wind power!

In room 8 we have been looking at how wind power can be converted into energy that we can use in our homes. On Grandparents day (last Friday) we had a turn at making our own windmills. 

Speeches

During the past two weeks we have been busy presenting our speeches to the class. 

So far we have had some fantastic topics, e.g:

- What I want to be when i'm older

- Pandas

- Cars

- A world without people

- Snakes 

And many, many more. 

It has been fantastic to hear everybody's speeches and see all the hard work that went into writing and memorizing these. 

Wish us luck for the semi-finals!

That's a wrap!

Room 8 had a fabulous end to book week!

Check out our fantastic costumes 

Book Week

Book week 

We have had a fantastic start to book week here in room 8. Our mystery book box arrived on the Monday morning with loads of really exciting books wrapped up for us to have a look at. Today we met up with room 6 for some buddy reading. 

We cannot wait for the book character parade on Friday!

Scooter safety

Scooter safety with Constable Jude

During week 6 we were lucky enough to have Constable Jude come in and help us learn about scooter safety. On Tuesday she came in to talk to room 8 about the theory, then on Wednesday we put it into practice. We had a scooter course set up to ride our scooters around. There were give way signs, pedestrian crossing and cones to go around. We all had to pay attention to make sure we got around the course safely.

Cross Country

In week 5 we had the school cross country. 

Room 8 had runners in the 7 year old, 8 year old and 9 year old races. We took some time out to support our runners!

Well done to everyone who gave it their all

Creation prayers

Creation prayers

In room 8 we have been exploring different types of prayer. We were lucky enough to have some students from room 6 come and help us. 

Here are some pictures of our creation prayers

Stardome

On Wednesday the 17th of May we had an 'out of this world' experience at the Stardome!

Road safety week

Week two = Road safety week

Slow down, save lives

This week, a very talented group of room 8 boys took out a prize for the best road safety poster. They focused on the 'slow down, save lives' theme and did a great job illustrating ways in which we can stay road safe. 

Well done to Xavier T, Aiden H, Peter, Po'oi, Vincent and Luka 

Descriptive writing

Room 8 have launched straight back into writing in Term 2. We are looking at descriptive writing at the moment and have been discussing characters that we are familiar with. We took some time to describe the characteristics of The Gruffalo. Here is a piece of writing by Skylar

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo is an enormous beast that is freakishly ugly and really scary. He has two orange, shifty eyes and one poisonous wart on the end of his nose. He stomps everywhere looking for a delicious snack with his big creepy eyes and gobbles up whatever he finds. After he has devoured his snack, he goes somewhere else to look for another yummy thing that he likes to eat. 

By Skylar Canovas 

Math adventures

In Miss O'Neill's math class we have been exploring measurement. To start out, we became pirates and tested different ways of measuring distance to find the pirate's buried treasure. 

We used things like...

- Domino's

- Feet

- People

- Counters

- Blocks

We found these all pretty inconsistent so decided to stick to our trusty rulers! 

Opera

We were lucky enough to have the opera come to visit us at Good Shepherd School. The whole school had a great afternoon watching the story of Don Pasquale unfold. Miss O'Neill even got debut as the celebrant!

Can you figure room 8 out?

Room 8 are puzzling!

Room 8 spent some time trying to work themselves out at the beginning of this year. We used different math problems to create posters about us.

Next time you are in room 8, see if you can figure us out!

Swimming

Room's 7, 8 and 9 have had THE BEST two weeks swimming at Dean Greenwood swimming school. We were split into three different groups to work with different instructors on our swimming techniques. The sessions were loads of fun and if we were lucky we got to jump into the deep end of the lap pool!

Picture perfect Picasso art

Check out room 8's art!

We sought inspiration from the famous Pablo Picasso to create our own works of art. We drafted our abstract portraits in pencil, then used crayon and dye to really make them stand out!

Don't they look fantastic?! 

Waiata

Room 8 is getting ready for this weekends powhiri