Book character day.

Well done Room 20 on your amazing costumes for the book character parade.  Check out the outfits below:

Bonus Homework!

Here is the bonus homework for week 10.  You do not have to do this, but if you have finished your Turangawaewae presentation and want to get a better understanding of Statistics, then you are welcome to have a go:

1.  Ask a statistical question that could be answered at home (some examples: types of birds I can see in the bush, my families favourite dinners, the colour of cars that pass my house etcetcetc)

2.  Collect data: as in class, you can use a tally chart or some other method of data collection.

3.  Display your results: here is where you get to draw an amazing graph!  Remember a graph needs a title and labels.

4.  Draw conclusions: here you can write down what you found out.

Have fun!

Justin Beiber...watch out!

Today for writing we wrote another verse for Justin Bieber's Sorry.  Here's a verse from Jonathan and Seth.  They even sung it in front of the class!!

You gotta go and get angry at all the explosions
But you know its not my fault it is in all of the programmes
I hope I dont run out of time can you call Steve with Diamonds?
Because I just need someone to take me out of this world....

Most Improved writer award....Annalise!

Have a look at the bush adventure photo's below, then check out Anna's rcount:

The bush adventure

"Watch out!" I exclaimed to Mr Cowie.  Yesterday we were going to the bush with the class and Mr Cowie almost walked into a branch.  We stopped, and we looked like dominoes about to hit each other.  I heard birds making noises around me like a pack of wolves howling.

Later, we were walking through the bush when suddenly...
"Arrrgghhhhh!" I tripped on the shiny slippery slope.  Luckily Mr Cowie helped me down.
"Thanks Mr Cowie, I exclaimed.  Had we finally stopped?  Then he answered with "you have 15v minutes to build a Bear Gryls survival hut!"

First, my group found a large stick.  We shaped it up and placed it inside the tree branches.  Then we got more sticks to keep it stable.  After that we grabbed massive ferns and layed them down on the sticks for shelter.

"2 minutes left!" Mr Clark shouted loudly.
"Step away from your work", he exclaimed.  "First, lets see the results. Lets go to group 6."
"Yay, thats me!" I shouted with joy.
"Hmmmm...this group gets the presentation award," explained Mr Clark.
" Yay!" our group shouted.

After the hut building I felt exhausted.  We then all went back to class and had lunch.

Room 20 goes bush!

Last week we talked about ways we could strengthen our connections with UHPS.  Some ideas included exploring the area and making things out of nature.  So today we hiked into Lady Pheonix Reserve to discover the area and build a survival shelter.  Check it out:

Turangawaewae Project poster

Hi Room 20.  Here are the details of your inquiry project that you defined at school today. Remember, this is not due until Monday of Week 11 so you have just over three weeks to complete it. As part of your Turangawaewae it is okay to get your family to help you with this project.  You can display it on a piece of cardboard like the example we saw in class.

Things you might like to include:
1.  Title: My Turangawaewae by _______
2.  Mihi (see your homework books)
3.  Introduction:  Define Turangawaewae? Why are you doing this project?
4.  Your ancestors Turangawaewae.  Where are they from?  Why did they live there? Why was it important to them? What work did they do?
5.  What is your family name and what does it mean?
6.  Why did your ancestors came to NZ?
7.  Where is your Turangawaewae in NZ?  Why is this a place you feel connected?
8.  How do you become more connected with a place?  What are we doing to become more connected with UHPS?
9.  Conclusion.  What did you learn? Why did you enjoy this project? What difference has it made to you?

Feel free to ask me any questions in class.  Good luck and have fun!

Most improved recount writer

The Wild Weedy Clean Up  by Seth

"Oh gosh, this is going to take forever!" I thought as I stared blankly into the thick green jungle.  I was with Room 20 about to clean up the nature trail.

First we trudged down the stairs and I heard as swoosh as the rustly wind blew through the leaves.

I started trimming the leaves, then I saw a stick.  I picked it up and shouted "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" before stamping it onto the gravel road.

We finally finished trimming and started to leave.  As we walked back we picked up everything on the track and threw it into the green jungle never to be seen again.

"That was a good dead" I thought to myself and I felt warm inside.