Anti-bullying

What?

Last weeks value lesson was bullying.

So What?

One of the activities was making a poster to show you are a upstander.

Literacy week

What?
This week was literacy week.We did many things such as the golden ticket, drop everything and read and stop drop and write.

So What?
What I really liked was how they hid golden tickets like Mr Willy Wonka (Mr Rule). But the best thing in my opinion is how Soraya Nicholas came to visit and tell us what she does in her everyday life.

Athletics

What?
We had Athletics

So What?
I got third in high jump and second in sprints

Now What?
I want to get better

Maths (fractions in room 11)

What?
I have been doing fractions in room 11 for maths interchange.

So What?
There has been a lot of challenging worksheets /questions.

Now What?
I am improving my math/fraction skills.

Writing

 What?
We have been writing persuasive arguments and book reviews.

So What?
We got video feedback from Mr Forman.

Now What?
I know how to write an effective book review/persuasive argument.

asTTle reading test

What?
The year 5's did a asTTle reading test.

So What?
Some of the questions were challenging.

Now What?
The teachers know what level I am at for my reading.

Vocab Idioms

What?
We have been learning about idioms.

So What?
I have learnt about figurative language

Now What?
I have expanded my vocabulary

Swimming at Starfish

What?
We went to starfish swim school to improve our swimming skills.

So What?
I have learnt more about breath stroke and a little bit about butterfly.

Now What?
I have improved my swimming skills.

Word Study - Blog 1 term 3

What?

I am learning to understand how words are formed using roots, prefixes and suffixes.

So What?

I have learned that words that have the root hydra- and aqua- mean water. For example ……. for example hydrate and aquamarine aquamarine is a color and hydrate means to drink some water.

I have learned that words that have the root spect- mean look / see. For example … For example spectator spectator means someone who watches someone

Now what?

I feel that I have a(beginning, good, really good, spectacular, an excellent) understanding of the root words aqua-, hydra-, and spect-

Student led conference

What?
We had a student led conference to reflect on our learning for the two terms.

So what? 
I shared my reading, writing, maths, integrated learning and my things I am proud of and what I need to improve on my care chart.

Now what? 
My mum knows what I've been learning about for the past two terms.

By Sam Iffland

Term 1 highlights Sam I

What? My highlights for term 1 .

So what?
My highlights for term 1 is being in Mr Formans class because we have a lot in common like sports.
I also enjoy being sports monitor for room 24 with Max. I can get on with my learning because my classmates are working quietly. I think I have had a great start to the year.

Now what?
I am going to try have a good year.

2015 Reflection

Something I have enjoyed this year is meeting new friends.
Something I have enjoy

Reading goal

I set up a game .

I did a 

Life education

What?
What does our body need to stay healthy and happy.

So what ?
There are 7 different things to keep you happy and alive they are food, water, oxygen, sleep, exercise, love and washing.

There is a song about sugar salt fat that we sung a couple of times. I also learnt the sugar that they put in juice is called stevia .

Now what?
I am going to check how much sugar salt and fat are in the things that I am eating.

Swimming lessons

I learnt lots of different strokes during swimming lessons like...
1. Bulldozer
2. Worm
3. Catipiller
4. Kicking facing someone trying to push them back
5. Kicking on your back

Art with Mrs Boston

What?
We did sun art with Mrs Boston when Mr Forman was at the swimming zones.

So what?
We got a peace of black paper and drew the outline with chalk and the inside with pastel. We also did some draft copies.

Now what?
Next I would like to do some type of dye art.

Multi-cultural week

What?
last week oaklands school had a multi-cultural day.

So what?
we did a cool Korean game. 
we also got henna on our hands / arms.

I got to learn different languages.
I got to learn about NZ because me and Baxter made a poster.
2 facts that I learnt
That henna is made out of henna leaf.
 I found out about the meanings of the Korean flag

Now what?
We are going to be learning more about the different culturals in rm 24 and healthy snacks.