A Lil Visitor in Rm 3

Micah came and visited Room 3 this week. The children had a hold and were reasonably quiet so not to scare Micah for the rest of his life. The boys seemed to be more excited than the girls, however some lacked the skills of holding a baby. Micah was only scared by Lachlan, Jonty and James.

Madison's Assignment

Hawaiian culture from Atherton81

William's Assignment

Roman Roads from Atherton81

Emma's Assignment

My Egypt Assignment from Atherton81

James' Powerpoint: Egypt

How to build a pyramid? from Atherton81

Inquiry Assignments

This week the children are completing their inquiry projects about an 'Ancient Civilisation' or 'Indigenous' group.

The children have been working hard in class and hopefully they are doing the same at home.

Here are photos of the completed projects:

Megan: Pyramid with some hidden treasures

Alice C: The Rosetta Stone

Emma: The Pyramids and Mummification

More to come...

Swimming: Video

Swimming: Photos

Some photos from Room 3 at King's Swim School.

The children have been enthusiastic at swimming and learning a lot.

The children listening to their swimming instructor.

Perfect technique.

Smile for the camera.

Great work!

 

Finding a friend at swimming.

Lachlan the Lifeguard.

Egyptian Inquiry: Hieroglyphs

Some children in Room 3 are doing their inquiry study on the Ancient Egyptian.

Here is a short video sharing some information about the hieroglyphs from YouTube.

 

Saints Study

The children have been working through finding information about a Saint. The children needed to find information about when they were beatified, canonised and what they are patron of.
Two questions the children found hard to answer was how did the person live their life and why do you think they were canonised a Saint?

Some of the Saints have a lot of information about their lives while others the children chose had little. Some Saints were canonised due to being made a martyr, while others lived a long life of good deeds for others.

The children will continue to work through these questions developing their answers. Some of their work is on display in the classroom.

Inquiry: Ancient Civilisations

Dear Parents,

The children created an Action Plan this week for their Inquiry Investigation and have taken this home for you to sign.
I have encouraged the children to present their work in a variety of ways to promote their learning. Some of the children are thinking about PowerPoint, booklets, posters and 3D models.
Inquiry is about the children discovering their learning. Some children think that their is only one answer however as they research their may be many answers and their questions may change.

Here are some examples of children's projects from the web:

Luke's Egyptian Project

This is Luke's work he completed while he was resting at home. He did a fantastic job so wanted to showcase his work.
I apologise for the scanning as it is out of order.
Great independent working.

Ka mau te wehi!

Mathematics: Fractions

In the Room 3 Maths class we have been looking at a few areas of understanding fractions.
The first is what fractions look like with objects for example what does a half look like, a third, a quarter etc.
This has led to looking at the difference denominators and numerators, and simplifying fractions.

This has been difficult for some children to understand, however we are going through activities thoroughly to ensure children are exposed to the concepts.

The second area we are exploring are fraction word problems. We are doing these activities as a class. We firstly read the problems, highlight keywords and then children try to solve. Those who have difficulties can choose to come down to the mat to work with me using materials.

Homework:
Mathletics-approximately 20mins 4days a week
Basic Facts - timetables
Children will have homework on Fractions this week.

Inquiry: Ancient Civilisations

Dear Parents,

In our Inquiry the students watched a documentary/drama about the Rosetta Stone. The children took notes about this stone that was found in 1799 in Egypt. This was the breakthrough to understanding the hieroglyphs. The stone that was recovered in Rosetta or Rashid has three scripts; Hieroglyphs, Demotic (everday Egyptian) and Greek.

Some of the keywords the children wrote were:

• 196BC Ptolemy
• 1799 Rosetta
• French found - lost to Britain after battle in 1802
• French get to make a print copy.
• Rosetta Stone in British Museum
• Thomas Young - British - 
• Jean Francois Champollion - French -  
• Race to read hieroglyphs France vs Britain
• Coptic language helps Champollion - Ray - Ra
• He reads the cartouche of Ptolemy, Cleopatra and Ramses. 
• 1822 Champollion deciphers hieroglyphs.

The notes the children have taken are now being constructed in to meaningful sentences in a small written report (paragraph) to show their understanding.

The children have started exploring topics for their independent inquiry.
Some areas of focus so far:
Vikings - Ships and expeditions
China - Great Wall and Celebrations
Maori - Technology
Egypt - Mummification, Pyramids, Culture
Romans - Roads

Ancient Civilization: Egypt

Construction of the Pyramids

Welcome Back!

Dear Parents and Students,

 Welcome back to Term 4 and already we are one week down.

 So what is on this term?

• We have Zone Athletics in Week 4 and the children will be having training most mornings and lunch time.
• Also this term, the children will have two weeks of swimming lessons.
• The children will be working through a mini Inquiry about Ancient Civilizations or Indigenous People. In class we will be looking at the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans as well as the Maori and Pacific Cultures.
• In R.E. we have started the Communion of Saints strand.
• Maths: We are beginning with Proportions and Ratio (Decimals, Fractions, Percentages and Ratios), moving on to Geometry.
• Reading: Some children are working through novels, while other reading groups are doing investigations about news articles.
• Writing: Last week we started exploring Persuasive Writing and at the end of the term we will be looking at Poetry.

If I can think of anything else, I will post it online.

Term 3 Photos: Part 1

Room 3 Footloose 2012

Some of our class dancing in Week 11.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Happy Holidays Room 3. Keep in touch. Would love to hear about all the things you are doing in the holidays.

Coming shortly: the 3 videos. (Hopefully by Monday) If not email me and give me a reminder.

Te Reo Maori

Kia Ora,

The children in class have been learning how to write simple sentences in Maori and we will post all of their stories in the near future. But here is a teaser of the children's work. Hopefully there are no spelling mistakes.

Mr A

Click to view and read.

Religious Education: The Sacraments and Grace

Sorry, I could not rotate the view. When looking at the children's work there is a button to do this.

Mr A

Kickball Champions

Room 3 defeated Room 5 in Kickball.

Fantastic Game 

Score: 14-9.

Thanks Mr Shea for letting Room 3 play.

Room 3 Player of the Day: Caleb - Awesome home run!

Te Reo Maori

Ko Rhys tēnei.

He ngeru ia.

He karaka ia.

He tipua ia.

Kei te tiro mākutu a Rhys.

Te Reo Maori: Creating a story

Learning Intention: 
I am learning to write a simple story by drawing a character, and using the sentence structures Ko _______tenei and He ___________ia.

Ko Rob tenei.

He poaka ia.

He kakariki ia.

Kei te mauiui a Rob.   

By Andrew G

ko joey tenei.

he kiore iti ia.

he kiwikiwi ia.

kei te noho a joey.

By Rhys B

Ko Bobby tenei.

He tohora ia.

He kiwikiwi ia.

Kei te noho a Bobby.

ByRhys B

Athletics Photos

Four Room 3 children in this final.

Mr A in charge.

Christian is too fast for Rhys. 

Room 3 winning again.

Molly running the 1200m.

Athletics Results 2012

Below is a file of the results for children 9 years and older. Hopefully there are no errors.

This is not a list of students going to Zone Athletics. 

Singing in Room 3

Athletics

Highlights from the OLA Athletics Day.

The teachers SMASHED the parents and house captains in the annual relay. (First time - Go staff)

Ellie, Emily and Piper made the finals of their sprints.

Molly made her first final in the sprints.

Charlotte won the 1000m for the 9 year olds.

Lachlan ran straight and did not cross the lanes.

More to be added...

Room 3 had many children in the running finals.

Long Distance - in 6 finals (9, 10 and 11 year olds), Room 3 won 4 of them.

4 Room 3 children won High Jump

4 Room 3 children won Long Jump

Week 10 Review

Dear Parents, 
Sorry I have not posted for a while, as I was swamped with Athletics planning and so forth. 

So what has happened since my last post? 
On Friday 14th September, the OLA children from Year 5 to 8 went to Hagley Park for the annual Catholic Winter Tournament. The day is about fun and participation, however teams do keep the score. The Year 5/6 Rugby team won its final and I have been told by the players many times of their glory. The Football teams played well and only had a couple of loses in their 6 rounds. The Hockey teams played well,although one team did not have a win, they said they enjoyed themselves. It was a FUN day for all. 

 Week 10: The children had Life Education, learning about how their body works - one child instead of saying the digestive system, said the diagram system. It was great learning for all.

 In Maths, the Room 3 class has been learning different strategies to solve division problems. Remember to try to get on Mathletics and Mathletics Live as it helps with reinforcing strategies and basic facts. 

Reading: The children are coming to the end of their novels. They had been working extremely hard in reading and understanding the text. The children have been responsible and focused in class, however it is near the end of the term and the children (also the teacher) need the break.

Room 3 Art

Narrative Writing: By Luke and Kieran

Escape to London

I was scared, very scared. I was frozen standing still like my life depended on it. I knew I had no choice, but hide...
“You can run but you can’t hide,’’ my dad said mercilessly. “This isn’t good,’’ I thought to myself. So I ran away.
Suddenly I thought to myself “I can go to another country.” So I got into an almost empty suitcase to the airport. I wonder where I am going?
“Welcome to London,’’ the flight attendant said.
After I snuck out by first exiting the suitcase I ran the quickest way out of Heathrow Airport.
After a week I found a case full of money, life looked pretty good.
It was the best week of my life I’ve been to several theme parks, the London Eye, Wembley Stadium, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. Then I started really missing my parents.
On the news I saw the top story was about a boy missing from Christchurch gone without a trace then I heard a knock on my door.
My parents were at the door.

THE END

By Kieran Charlton & Luke Brennan

Narrative Writing: By Andrew G

Deserted Town

It’s quiet... too quiet, that can mean one thing I’m the only one in this deserted town. As goose bumps ran down my spine there was no one. No people, no animals, nothing except me.
After that bomb exploded; I know someone is out there and I know that for sure. Someone had to detonate that bomb. I thought to myself, “No one would suspect that anyone could have survived that.”  I’m sure I’m the only one alive.
No computers, no defence, no attack, no phone access.

To be continued...

The Town by Kieran C

THE TOWN

It was quiet...too quiet that could only mean...that I was the only one left in town. I think to myself ‘’It can’t be.’’ Then I hear something in the biggest, very biggest house on the corner of the town. I was scared, very scared not wanting to go near the house. I then go to take one step but my feet wouldn’t move, they felt like lead. So I try my hardest to go and check out the house. I hear that strange noise again “It’s coming from the top stairs” I mumble to myself, just as I open the door...

Someone pulls me in, I try to escape but this ‘someone’ was too strong for me to handle. Suddenly, smash! My head banged against this pillar that was hanging from this dusty and rotten roof.  A few minutes later I find myself in this cage dangling from the ceiling, now I was very scared.  Then I feel something warm against my neck then I whisper to myself “this doesn’t feel good.” Then I slowly look back and then something leapt onto my body. This something said “nice to meet you, what’s your name?” I replied back “I ’m not telling you.”

BANG! I hear something coming from the distance then the something that leapt onto me vanished behind a box.

I think to myself “This is some strange house”, so I go to hide behind something but there is nothing so I stand still like my life depended on it. Now I can see the thing that made a big bang sound.  They are like the biggest creature I have ever seen.  I try to think quickly then at the top of my head, I think of a brilliant idea. I look at the top of the cage.  I’ve got this wire that can probably get me out of here, then I put it in the key hole, it fits. As I prepared to leave I asked the ‘something’ that went behind the box if it wanted to come with me. It did.

When we got out of the cage there was the creature 5m away so we got on top of the roof to escape this haunted house.

After we got out of the house, well haunted house. I said to the ‘something’ that came with me, “My name is Michael Craig and you are?”  “I am a monkey, a strange monkey”.

The only thing we have to do is get out of here so we make a plan.

An hour later here I am in the City of Cambridge with my little friend that helped me out of the house, well haunted house.

THE END

By Kieran C 

Art Attack week was great most people liked it we did weaving, puppets, stain glass windows, print making and painting personally my favourite was puppet making and with the puppets we used hot glue guns and alot of people burnt themself with the hot glue guns.

Mini Olympics: Some Action Shots