Maths and Minecraft!

For the last couple of weeks, Room 22 have been excited with this new learning. We were learning to apply our knowledge of how to calculate the area and perimeter of a shape. I thought it would be a great opportunity to link in our theme for the production.... MINDCRAFT!
(yes it I did spell it correctly..MinDcraft - keep a look out on our blog for more information about our production)

I asked my class to create a minecraft character using google sheets. We started off with a simple design and then once we got the hang of it, we were allowed to experiment further.

Here is some of the awesome learning that happened with this task:

 

 

 

 
 
Room 22 absolutely loved this activity! They ask me everyday if they can keep working on their characters.

Have a go and see what you think!

Editors Reading Group Learning

This week the Editors group have been learning about the effect of plastic bags. 

(Ayaan - Room 21)

We learned that:

Plastic bags are a problem because they break down into small pieces. The small pieces pollute soil and water. It gets into the food chain and poisons birds, fish and animals.

Plastic bags are not fantastic because:

• 100,000 marine animals die every year - Farman
• they take 100 years to break down - Farman
• they are difficult to recycle into other products - Ayaan
• the petroleum used to make 1 plastic bag is enough to drive a car 115 metres.

We should banned plastic bags because:

• people use them and then throw them in the bin. They are hard to break down and it is hurting our environment. They should keep it and use it more. (Ayaan)
• they get into the food chain and poison animals, and they are hard to recycle. (Farman)

We think that people should use cloth bags or use their plastic bags more than once. This will reduce the number of bags that end up hurting our environment.

How do you use your plastic bags?

Do you think you should use reusable bags and stop hurting our environment?

Cybersmart: WALT write good quality blog posts

Today we are learning about how to write a good quality blog post. We want to make sure that we ENGAGE and HOOK our readers when writing our blog post.

As a class we will be looking at how to write better blog posts and make it more apart of our weekly timetable. This will be where we reflect on our learning.

New focus for Term 3: BE ORGANISED!

To be organised we need to make sure that we are prepared for learning and doing the right thing at the right time. 

Be ready for Term 3 and have all of your learning tools ready and good to go!

Visit by an Olympian

Today was a special day for Owairaka.
We had a visit from Siona Fernandes, an olympic boxer.

 

She shared her journey with us. Her overall message was to NEVER GIVE UP and KEEP TRYING. If you keep PRACTISING you get better, learn from your mistakes and achieve success.

ROOM 22 says... DO YOUR BEST to BE THE BEST!!

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

Matariki 2017

Wow what a week room 22 have had learning about Matariki.
We learned about what Matariki is, why and how it is celebrated, and we also celebrated it ourselves.

Have a look at our fantastic learning we did this week. You can also visit students blogs from room 22. They will be putting up some things next week to show what they learned.

Manners Matter

Manners are most important and go a long way. It is a way we can be respectful to everyone!

Room 22 are focusing on using our manners everywhere we go.