Firstly Mr. Chadwick called the roll. After we then had a garden discussion about how we are going to make our path, then we walked over the road to the school hall where we did production practice on our school production ‘The Lorax’. Then it was interval.
After interval we did speech prep for our three week inquiry: ‘The Power Of One’. Soon after we went to the ICT lab. Then it was lunch and our first day with the new P.E. equipment. Straight after lunch we did silent reading and I wrote this. After we did inquiry for the last activity of the day. Finally it was home time.
By Tim McCafferty
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday 18th August
Today in Room 21...
We started off by doing our class garden project. Next we went to maths, in Room 23s maths class we learnt about adding fractions and we all learnt a lot. Next we went off to a sunny but cold morning tea.
After morning tea we had spelling testing. Next we had literacy which was interesting. We were looking at how to setting the scene for our writing. Next we had ICT and we published our 50 word story peer comments there. Then we had a fun filled lunch.
After that we worked and shared our peer pressure stories. Our story was about friendship groups and being peer pressured into certain ones. Finally we tidied up the class and left for home.
By Austin S
We started off by doing our class garden project. Next we went to maths, in Room 23s maths class we learnt about adding fractions and we all learnt a lot. Next we went off to a sunny but cold morning tea.
After morning tea we had spelling testing. Next we had literacy which was interesting. We were looking at how to setting the scene for our writing. Next we had ICT and we published our 50 word story peer comments there. Then we had a fun filled lunch.
After that we worked and shared our peer pressure stories. Our story was about friendship groups and being peer pressured into certain ones. Finally we tidied up the class and left for home.
By Austin S
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday 14th August
Today our Kapa Haka group welcomed the teachers of Cowley Street school with a powhiri.
Lulu and Olivia who performed the karanga (call) sounded great! They had lots of fun and were very glad they did it. We then sang "He Honore". After that Mr Bird gave a welcoming speech. We supported Mr Birds speech with the Kapa Haka group singing "Kua Rongo Mai Koe" and "Toia Mai" with their awesome voices and actions. Cowley Street school were so impressed with us for the amazing performance! Finally a man from Cowley Street School spoke back to us. The girls in the front row were lucky enough to hongi with the Cowley Street school team!
Lulu and Olivia who performed the karanga (call) sounded great! They had lots of fun and were very glad they did it. We then sang "He Honore". After that Mr Bird gave a welcoming speech. We supported Mr Birds speech with the Kapa Haka group singing "Kua Rongo Mai Koe" and "Toia Mai" with their awesome voices and actions. Cowley Street school were so impressed with us for the amazing performance! Finally a man from Cowley Street School spoke back to us. The girls in the front row were lucky enough to hongi with the Cowley Street school team!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday 12th August
Today we had the roll then we went straight on to our narratives. When we had written 50 words we wrote down our spelling words for this week, then we had maths. After morning tea we wrote comments about each others 50 word stories and discussed the writers next steps. We then went to our school library. After lunch we did silent reading and then Inquiry, where we worked on our support kits.
By James
By James
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday 11th August
Today Room 21 worked on the garden. We shifted rocks and raked weeds and the class discussed what will be happening next. Lulu's dad has kindly donated a boat, which will be a seating area, for the garden.
After morning tea we did Literacy. We wrote another, 50 word story. It had to be about the Olympics. Our aim is to get rid of all the waffle we write in our writing. We then went to the I.C.T Lab. We had to do Seb's survey for his Inquiry. Then we published our best 50 word story. If we had enough time, we could do some of our inquiry. After Lunch we discussed the video we had watched on Friday and then made a play about peer pressure.
After morning tea we did Literacy. We wrote another, 50 word story. It had to be about the Olympics. Our aim is to get rid of all the waffle we write in our writing. We then went to the I.C.T Lab. We had to do Seb's survey for his Inquiry. Then we published our best 50 word story. If we had enough time, we could do some of our inquiry. After Lunch we discussed the video we had watched on Friday and then made a play about peer pressure.By Kirsten
Friday, August 8, 2008
Thursday 7th August
Today room 21 started the day off with naratives. Next the syndicate swapped around for maths, our topics for maths is fractions, decimals and percentages.
After morning tea we had literacy, we are doing short stories and we had to write a fifty word shortv story. Soon after, our class went outside to play dodgeball with some room 22 members.
Right after lunch we had production. All the dancers went into the hall with Ms Berry and Mr Chadwick to work on the industry dance. Then we came back and showed the dance to the entire syndicate.
After morning tea we had literacy, we are doing short stories and we had to write a fifty word shortv story. Soon after, our class went outside to play dodgeball with some room 22 members.
Right after lunch we had production. All the dancers went into the hall with Ms Berry and Mr Chadwick to work on the industry dance. Then we came back and showed the dance to the entire syndicate.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday 5th August
We started off the day with the roll. Then we did our inquiry surveys. Some people went to other classes to ask people from different classes. Then we did maths. In room 23's maths class we played loopy. After morning tea in literacy we discussed the success criteria for the conflict and resolution in short stories. After, we went to the Eastbourne library and got out some new books. After lunch we did silent reading then we agreed or dis-agreed with some things about bullying where we arranged ourselves along a continuum. Then we played build up ball tag with room 24. Then we left for home.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Monday 4th August
Today in room 21 we started the day off with accuracy. We each got a sheet, we had to underline the waffle in the sentences. Next we all went to maths, at the moment we're doing fractions, decimals and percentages. After that all the year 8s had a meeting in Room 23 about Abel Tasman.After the bell rang we went inside, soon after it began to pitter patter with a light drizzle. We did literacy writing it was quite fun because they gave us the start of a story and we had to finish it. Then we checked out some blogs and a few quick games.
After lunch people carried on with their surveys and asking people questions with a variety of different topics such as bullying, drugs and peer pressure. We did the surveys for our help/support kit for the three week inquiry homework. Then we left for home.
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