Roof garden bird boxes made at Botanic gardens in Term 1

"Look! Here are our green-roof garden bird boxes" said Katriona and Sela

                   Caroline told us how important it is to plant trees to soak up the raindrops.

                                      
              She showed us how the rainwater soaks into the ground to help the grass to grow.

                                        
We went to see the awesome green roof garden above the toilets. "Cool !" said the students.

                                       
                      "Caroline was giving us instructions of how to make a bird box" said Darren.

"See how busy our group was while we were making the bottom and sides of the bird box" said Brandon's group.

We used some interesting tools to help us to make the bird boxes.

Maitland and Leoni are helping each other in our group to make our green roof garden.

Haniel and Francois are hammering the two pieces of wood in the vice.

                                       "Here is our completed roof garden" said Salote

                                       
                                                 
                                           Look! Here we are giving the Kiwi- lady a warm hug.

                                                    This is a warning sign to not step on me.

Pleeeease do not feed me!

Bonding activities "At the End of the Day" in Week 2

                        Bonding Activities  "At the End of the Day" on Fabulous Friday

This is the book that inspired us to do some bonding activities to form good relationships in our class. Seeing that we have lots of children in our class who come from different cultures and who speak different languages at home, we decided to do an activity to get to know them in  a fun way.                                      

                                      
                                                                               Weee!

                                                                            Geee!

First Sela from our class picked out a book  called "At the End of the Day" for our teacher to read to us. We liked how the kids were having heaps of fun even at the end of the day.

So Sela told our teacher "We would  like to do a massage circle like the kids at Albany School." And our teacher said "Sure thing". And so we got into a funny sort of circle that wasn't really round by wiggling closer to form a train. That was really funny.

As our teacher read the instructions to us we followed it. We had to  be in time to do each move. Some of us helped our buddies who were finding it hard to do the actions in the massage circle.

We did pitter-pat rain drops on our partner's backs. First we started off gently then we did it harder. We laughed out loud. My teacher said try to laugh quietly or mime it. Miming was not as much fun as lol. Then we drew fluffy clouds. That was a bit tigglesh so we giggled and wiggled.

When Francois's Mum came in to get him, we invited her and Sahil's Mum to watch us  do our famous massage circle activity. What a way to end the second week. 
I wonder what fun thing we might do next week?

Welcome to Room 22's first week

                                                Small change for me Big change for all
                                                                                           from room 22

Here are our personal profiles of who we are.

"I want to know why the Maori people celebrate Waitangi Day?" asked Keleni in week 1.

All the groups in our class presented their research on the Treaty of Waitangi.  

Avatars group made  a question on why the maori people celebrate Waitangi Day to  present to the class. 

We in Kingkong  asked questions about who were the groups of people that signed the Treaty of Waitangi and here are our responses to those questions.

Kids from Cobra's group asked questions about why the maori were unhappy with the terms of the Treaty.

We in Tapout wanted to know what role the Waitangi tribunal played in solving some issues between the 2 groups to bring about some peace among them.

We are still working through the article to come to some understanding of the main issues in the Waitangi Treaty.

Fitness Prototype models using Action Reaction forces

                                              Room 12's Fitness Prototype models for 2015

Tapout's prototype fitness model, the Multibars, was selected to be made into a real fitness equipment 4 the fitness course at SPS . 

To use the MULTIBARS you will have to hold onto the ropes that are attached to the two bars which is found on either side of the fitness structure. 

You will need to use your arms to pull your upper body as you do the pull-ups. 

And to do the sit-ups you will need to put your feet on the first step of the four-stepped ladder and lift your upper body up and down several times, until you feel a tightening pain in the tummy muscles.

Now to do the push-ups you will need to hold onto the bottom step and lift your upper body while  resting your toes on the ground. Do this several times until you feel a slight pain in your Abs muscles.

3D Handstand Bars is Kingkong's  prototype fitness model. 

To use this equipment you will need to sit on your haunches and hold onto the handlebars and lift  your body by bending your knees. To do the sit-ups you will need to lie on your back (on the cushy-mat) with bent knees. Now place both your hands behind your head and lift your upper body up and down several times until the muscles around your tummy feels sore.

                                                     Wonder Wall is Avatar's prototype fitness model.
 To use this equipment you will need to grab onto a rope that is attached to the Wonder Wall and climb up by pulling on the rope with both your hands. Use your feet to climb up the wall, step by step. To come down the wall, hold onto the rope and slowly walk  down backwards  until you get a painful feeling in your Abs muscles.

                                                       Super sit-ups is Cobra's prototype fitness model.
To use this equipment you will need to lie down on the ground, clasp your fingers together behind your head and  put your feet inside the Footbox. Then lift the upper body several times up and down, until your tummy muscles feel a bit sore. When your tummy muscles hurt you know that you are doing it right. Always remember to STOP when it hurts a lot.

Self- improvement can be seen as Action-Reaction Forces of positive and Negative aspects that affect our Learning.

Action-reaction forces can work together on a set of scales to replace negative aspects of our learning behaviour with positive aspects.

 Angele's Self-improvement scale showing that she wants to remove negative aspects and place them onto the positive side plate to make progress in her learning.

On the right hand side of the scale is a plate for all the Positive aspects we have developed in our lives, like our thoughts and good actions and great habits.

On the left hand side is a plate for all the Negative aspects we have allowed in our lives, like self-doubt, destructive habits, bad friends, bad/evil thoughts.

 Bella's self-improvement scale shows what her negative aspects and positive aspects in her learning are.

Our goal in Room 12 for term 4 is to get as many coins to weigh onto the positive side to tip the balances on that side. For example we need to do goal setting, hard work, develop positive work habits, be a team player, self-discipline to manage ourselves, train our brains to think positively to benefit everyone, share ideas, serve others, care and respect others and not waste learning time.

Haniel's self-improvement scale shows some of the negative things and some positive aspects in her learning.

We can see in  Haniel's scale that she might want to remove one negative thing  and place it on the positive side in her learning.

Look at all our self-improvement scales of learning in room 12.

Here is a model of how Isaac Newton's 3rd Law of Motion can be explained or seen as a set of scales.
This is where Newton’s 3^rd law is in our favour.
Every time we succeed in moving aspects of our learning to the positive side (action) one thing is removed from the negative side (equal and opposite reaction) to help us make progress.

As you develop more positive habits you will notice that your negative habits are disappearing and as you are making progress in your life you are also leaving behind negative things that would hinder or stop you from improving your progress in learning.

Flight Thursday at SPS

                                Check out our paper plane try-outs everybody!

                                     
Wiiii! My plane went far and high, cried Imran

Our first Try-outs were done inside our classroom in groups of 8's to see how far our paper planes would travel.

Then we went into the school hall to take part in our Te Manawa team competition.
When we came out in the bright sunshine we asked Mrs Naidoo if we could try it out outside. Have a go guys, you have earned it. I got to name my plane too, said a few boys.

Watch me, here goes my paper plane.

Technology Day - Making paper planes that can cut and fly smoothly through the air

We loved making paper planes to show how one of Isaac Newton's laws of Motion works. We are studying Newton's 3rd  Law of motion.

Its fun making paper planes said Vake. I like this activity.

Yes we get to choose if we want to follow a pattern or if we want to create our own design. "That's great for me, "says Haniel to her group.