Room 10 Rocks!

Hi Room 10 - a quick message from Miss Dolamore...

I have loved reading your comments on our blog this weekend.
So thank you to everyone for your lovely comments.

I hope Room 10 has had a fantastic day, I have been at home, sick with the flu.
I will see you again very soon this week, when I am feeling a bit better.

Keep up the excellent learning.

Miss Dolamore.

Room 10 Maths Whizz!

Room 10 have been busy practising their basic facts to help them solve problems like a whizz

We are learning our basic facts to 20

Here are some great links to useful games and activities that will help your child to practise: (click on one of the 3 links below)

• Basic facts activity     
• Fruit explosion basic facts game    
• Free printable worksheets

Any practise helps

Please keep up the fantastic work you are doing at home and encourage and help your child to learn their basic facts.

Room 10 and Room 3's Awesome Antarctic Adventure!

This morning Room 3 and Room 10 got to go to The Antarctic Centre.

We drove there by bus and it was a long drive all the way out by the Airport!

First we went into a special classroom and learnt about Antarctica. We got to use the interactive whiteboard!

"We got to see the size of an Emperor Penguin and it's egg" Caleb.

"I got to dress an explorer in all of their layers of clothes - there's SO many!" Dayton.

"We all loved how the classroom was set up with cool blue lights and pictures of penguins" Room 10.

Next we were so excited and a bit nervous - we were off on the Hagglund Ride!!!

"I felt excited going on the bumpy ride" Braydon.

"I felt nervous going over the big bumps" Nico.

"It was noisy, I was in the middle and I saw the huge mud puddle, but we were OK because the vehicle can float in the water" Matai.

After that we had our morning tea and then it was time to see the penguins. The penguins that are there have been rescued from places around New Zealand where they were injured by humans and other animals. They can no longer live in the wild - so they have a special home at the Antarctic Centre. Each penguin eats 10-15 Sprats (small fish) per day.

 

Can you spot the two penguins?



"The penguins were very cute and good at swimming" Hailey.

"The penguins were smaller than I thought they would be" Telesha.

"We learnt about how to tell a girl and a boy penguin. It is really tricky to find out so they send one of the penguins feathers away for DNA testing" Suma.

Then we went to have a look around at the different displays and learning areas.

 "My favourite thing was the sun dial" Telesha.

"I liked watching the movie and pretending I was at Antarctica, I also loved dressing up in the snow gear" Brayden.

"I like sitting on the snow sledge and pretending to drive it!" Connor.

Lastly we went to the Snow Room. We experienced temperatures of -18degress - it was freezing. But that is the temperature in the summer in Antarctica - so it would be extremely icy in winter.

 

"I felt like I was going to freeze" Tayla.

"My hands were turning blue in the snow storm, I was freezing" Krystal.

"My fingers and toes were numb, but I had fun on the ice slide!" Caleb

"I loved being in the dark, cold storm" Connor.

"The storm blew snow into my eyes" Nico

Room 10 loved their trip to the Antarctic Centre! We had so much fun and learnt lots about a very cold place. After all the excitement and fun we are now back at school safely!

Keeping Ourself Safe: Cyber Safety

This morning Room 10 talked about how to keep safe when using a computer or the internet.

We asked Hector to help us and teach us about how to stay safe.

We learnt that:

• If you are being cyber bullied go and talk to someone you trust straight away
• You can use Anti-Virus Software to protect your computer from getting sick
   
• Don't click on pop-up's or anything that you are unsure of - it might make your computer sick

Go and visit Hector and his Friends at http://hectorsworld.com

 

  

Come down to the Waltham School Walk-a-thon Today!

Waltham School is having a Walk-a-thon
this afternoon at Waltham Park

We have been practising walking at school together and building our fitness. Today we needed to bring:

• A drink bottle
• Sunscreen
• Good Footwear
• A healthy lunch
• We could also bring some clothes in our house colours!

At 1.15 pm we are walking down with our buddy class and getting ready to start our big walk!

We will be walking around a circuit as many times as we can.

"I feel excited and proud to be part of the Walk-a-thon" Kohatu

"I think it will be fun to walk and jog around the cones" Suma

"I wonder if it will be hot this afternoon" Braydon

"I'm feeling a bit nervous about going to the Walk-a-thon because it is something new and different" Krystal

"I feel fit and ready to run around the track!" Brayden

Waltham School Values - Our 4R's

The 4R's help the children at Waltham School to make good choices and do the right thing.

Our 4R's are:

This is our school 4R's Poster

Respect Others

Respect Ourselves

Respect Our World

Ready to Learn

Rocking Recounts!!!

In writing this term we have been learning all about writing rocking recounts!

Have a look at all of our learning to find out more about what a recount actually is...