Hi all, welcome to room 13's learning log. This site has been established to provide a log of the learning experiences that occur in the classroom and as another communication tool between home and school.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Would you buy this product?

Today the students of Room 13 (and some from Room 12) worked together in small groups with the aim to create a clever advertisement. To get inspiration we first watched these 2 clever ads and then discussed the ways in which they advertised their product.

The students then planned, filmed and edited their ads...all before lunchtime. The final results are below:
       

Friday, November 15, 2013

Whats your spark?

This is a question that was posed to the students of room 13. What is your spark? What drives you? Gets you up in the morning? Inspires you?

From there the students explored who their spark champions are; the people who help, support and nurture those passions. Here's what they had to say!

                      

Monday, November 4, 2013

Ready, set, go.

With another beautiful day in Wellington it was time to practice for the upcoming school athletics. The chosen disciplines: high jump, long jump, discus and vortex. The students overcame fears, improved techniques and aimed for personal bests.

Following instructions

This week we're looking at following and giving clear, easy to follow instructions. To kick start this off we followed some seemingly easy instructions to create origami creations. What we found out however was that not all the instructions were clear or easy to follow and that it pays to follow the right instructions...