A day in room 11

It was the day that Miss Churches was taking the cross country team, I was put in room 11. So Mrs Deutschmann Did the roll after a little while we went out for basketball it pretty entertaining then it got boring we played lots of games and we did lots of things. After we did maths we had to do basic fact I left some because I didn't know them apparently it was time for marking time . So we all went to the mat we marked then it was morning tea. I played COPS AND ROPERS!!! in a few minutes the bell went. Here I go to class running to room 11 I had to do S.S.R meanwhile we put our books our Mrs Deutschmann showed a advertisement about burp cola after we all did it as a hole class. Mrs Deutschmann send us away to do our own one so we did it I finished it then it was time to share Mrs Deutschmann shared our and she said my one was the best one!!!!! Then Miss Churches was here from cross country after we finish sharing we went to the library for 5 minutes then the bell went for lunch I played and played the I went for skipping then the bell went. I went to Mrs Deutschmann class after Miss Churches came we played a game called boll rush then the bell went for home and I went home.😄 By Ritika

A few weeks back Mrs Vandamark and Mrs deuchman made a minecraft group only for the year sixes. Mrs deuchman and Mrs Vandamark came up with a Theme Park‎ competition. There will be a jugeand he\she will hopefully will choose 1, 2, 3 places. Mrs deuchman and Mrs Vandamark said to us to think about ideas and struchers to build in the Theme park‎. hopefully you will be in the competition and hopefully you come 1 2 or 3.From Nico

Room 8's Mysteries and Clues Skits

In term three week five, Macleans Primary school had a book week. Room 8 came up with some little two minute plays or skits. Miss Churches put us into seven tiny groups of fours and put tonnes of options for the plays on the board for us to choose what play or skit we want to do. My group which was Oliver, Maggie, Kemuel and our group picked the two men and girl rob a bank teller saves the day play. Our groups play started off with me, Maggie,and Kemuel in a car driving to a bank and me and Kemuel ran into a door and then Maggie opened it for us. Us robbers creeped inside and ran over to the teller and screamed "give us the money!!!" "Okay how do you want all of it?" the teller said back to us. Then Oliver got a call from his mother who was asking about dinner and Oliver told his mum that he was robbing a bank. After the call we ran out the door with millions of dollars but before we reached the door teller shot me and Kemuel in the back and Maggie got away with the money. By Oliver Dawson

Macleans Primary's Commonwealth Games Day

Commonwealth Games

On Wednesday 30^th July, the Commonwealth Games were held at school. There were a lot of activities and everyone participated. The activities were: noodle relay, sprints, soccer, hockey, hurdles, jump jam, parachute, three legged race, and baton race. The teachers gave out points for teamwork, and Miss Churches and Mrs Klokie also gave out extra points for supporting your country or good behaviour. On Friday, the scores were announced: Australia came 3^rd , Fiji and England came 2^nd equal, and Scotland came 1^st !

By Jenny

Self Directed Learning

WHAT IS SDL?

SDL stands for Self Directed Learning.

Students all have a task sheet with over fifteen activities and mostly about our topic. They also have a time table which is renewed every week. It gives the teacher to some time to test us and work with reading and writing groups. Students can do their work on their own and take more responsibility for their own learning. Some activities need computers so if there is no computers,we do another activity we can do on our own.
   

MYSTERIES AND CLUES

Our topic is mysteries and clues. Students have already written their three topic questions and have just started researching. All of our topics are about something that have not been solved, like Bigfoot, Lochness monster, stone henge, crop circles, Mary Celeste etc.

By Kemuel

Swimming at Lloyd Elsmore

Every Friday for the past 3 weeks, Room 8 has been attending swimming sessions at Lloyd Elsmore. So far, all of the students have thoroughly enjoyed their sessions, and have all improved in their swimming! Here are some photos from our most recent swimming lesson...

Marae Trip

Haere mai
Haere mai
Haere mai

Room 8 learnt lots of stuff at the marae (Te Tahawai Marae) like stories of tikis and gods.We also learnt that flax patterns tell lots of stores, that each carving is an ancestor, and that if a tiki is holding a god stick its a god.We also learnt that Maui is a demi god. If a tiki has paua eyes its a warrior and if it's eyes are closed its a magician.

When we arrived at the marae we needed to wait at the gate for the caller to come and call us in.When we were in front of the marae we took of our shoes and socks and we went inside.We sat on the right of the marae. On the left of the wharae was Whaea Jill and Whaea Lola.Whaea Lola said welcome.Later Khusrav and Tristan said there mihis and then we sang a song (na iwi e).
Whaea Jill and Whaea Lola said there thank you's and we continued:)

We washed our hands and we had a little bit to eat.When we finished our food we got split into 2 groups (Room 8 and Room 11).Room 8 (us) went with Whaea Jill to the gate to see the tikis in front.We learnt that they were gods because of the god sticks.We needed to go on a special path because of the god of war. We went in side to look at the tikis inside.We found out every tiki is an ancestor and one side of the marae.

We had a lot of fun at the marae and I wish that day never ended

Tena coot
Tena koutou
Tena koutou ka toa.

by:Anton Kharuk

Cultural Festival Fun

On Thursday the 10th of April I went to a Cultural Festival at Sancta Maria College. There were Chinese groups, Filipino groups, Indian groups, Tongan groups, Samoan groups and Korean groups. I was in the Macleans Primary Filipino group. It was super-duper fun and I can't wait till next years Cultural Festival.

By Maggie

Applications and Websites for Learning

Hi Parents,

Below is a list of some Applications and Websites for both iPad and Android that you and your child may find useful in using for some extra work at home.

Applications and Websites are not limited to this list, there are many, many more out there so feel free to browse the store's for some more. If you find any other useful one's, feel free to let me know!

Thanks

Miss Churches

Reading Applications
	Free	Paid
Apple Store	School A to Z (reading, maths, spelling) Skoolbo Core Skills Bitsboard – Education, Games and Flashcards	The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore BRAINtastic Reading Success 4	$4.99 $29.99
Google Store	Reading Friendzy Literacy Planet (also for spelling)	Kids Reading Comprehension 2	$2.35
Reading Websites
http://pbskids.org/games/reading/ http://www.primarygames.com/reading.php http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames.html
Spelling Applications
Apple Store	School A to Z Doodle Hangman Free Word Builder for Oliver Free Ultimate Word Search Free	Word Avalanche Word Gems Professor Wordington’s Spellatorium	$2.59 $1.29 $6.49
Google Store	Spelling Bee Spelling Monster Free Spell Gems Kids English Spelling!	Squeebles Spelling Test Spelling Space – Ultimate Spelling – Can You Spell Pro	$3.99 $2.49 $1.92
Spelling Websites
http://www.kidsspell.com/ http://www.funbrain.com/spell/ http://pbskids.org/games/spelling/ http://www.spellingcity.com/General/game-games-more-games.html
Language Applications
Apple Store	Punctuation Grammar Up: Free Edition Grammar Express: Parts of Speech Grammar Express: Tenses Lite Mad Libs Grammar Express: Nouns Lite Bitsboard – Education, Games and Flashcards	Grammar Up Grammar Wonderland (Primary)	$6.49 $3.79
Google Store	Johnny Grammar Word Challenge Grammar Quiz	Grammar Express: Tenses Kids Grammar Punctuation	$5.99 $3.19
Language Websites
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/ http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames.html http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm
Maths Applications
Apple Store	School A to Z Doodle Maths Math Zombies (Good for Basic Facts) Math!!! Pizza Fractions 1 Mathmateer Maths Basic Facts Skoolbo Core Skills Number Pyramid Number Battle – Mental Math Bitsboard – Education, Games and Flashcards Math Slide Mathletics	MathBoard Math Evolve: A Fun Math Game Math Bubble MA MathBoard Fractions Times Tables Warp Time, Money & Fractions On-Track Fractions & Decimals	$6.49 $1.29 $2.59 $6.49 $2.59 $6.49 $10.99
Google Store	King of Math Math Workout Math Training Simply Fractions Equivalent Fractions	Math Bingo Math Mole Ninja Math Fractions	$1.22 $1.63 $2.55 $1.20
Maths Websites
www.ixl.com - this is a paid website http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html http://www.maths-games.org/ http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
Other Applications
Apple Store	Memory Master World Explorer Practice Listening to English 09 (Good in developing listening comprehension) Things to think about Charades Kids	Writing Prompts iDeas for Writing – Creative Prompts Silly Story Starters – Creative Writing for Kids	$2.59 $2.59 $2.59
Google Store	Memory for Kids Origami Instructions Free

Notices

• Please make sure you bring a treasure (taonga) to class on Monday
• Research different ways to reply in Maori to "Kei te peha koe". At the moment we all know "kei te pai", lets learn some different ways to answer the question!

Sailing

On Wednesday 19th February, Room 8 was lucky to have the opportunity to go sailing thanks to Bucklands Beach Sailing Club. Room 8 had an awesome time learning all about the Optimist boats and having a go at sailing them at Little Bucks. We all did so well, and many of us capsized out boats! We even had the chance to go for a bit of a swim after.

Overall it was an exciting morning and we all learnt so much about sailing.

Welcome

Welcome to Room 8's class blog!

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Happy reading!

Room 8