Rodin's writing, Fun Day Friday story writing prompts....'pffft, as if!' , had to be included in the story.

"Then, after two hours of swimming in ice cold water, I swam to the shore, and didn't even shiver!" boasts Mark, my older brother. " Pfft, as if! I laugh. I then sigh in disbelief as I go to my room.  I understand in the middle of winter the water would be cold, but it's impossible to stay in freezing water for that long!

I then get out my iPad and start playing flappy bird. But you know how annoying that game is, right? I rage quit after about twenty tries, and I'm about to turn it off when Mark comes in and says this: "NZ camps: icy water challenge record! I'm  confused at first, but then I get the message. I open up Google and type NZ camps: icy water challenge record! It then comes up with a two hour long YouTube clip about a boy who's swimming in a beach. And the temperature is 1 degrees Celsius.

Afterwards, I then tell my brother he's amazing, and he says this: "Pfft, of course I am!"                         

We are learning to give good feedback to each other to help improve our work.

Today Krysten and Sarah work together to help improve their work. They are reviewing our first book report on  "The short and incredibly happy life of Riley". 

This week we have been working on improving our summary sentences. 

 

Ryusuke shares some origami with the boys

On the 12th of March (2014) we had special visitors from Japan.

Here are some shots of our Japanese student teaching the boys origami.

Ka pioioi e today.

Thank you to Ivy who is teaching us to sing beautifully in Maori!

IntenSati ...a combination of Yoga, karate and meditation!

Today Room 4 commenced their fitness/ mindfulness and relaxation programme. Lots of puffing and sweating going on here today!

IntenSati teaches the students to notice and choose how they act and feel through positive affirmations. 

Yes I can
I am meant to succeed
I am never giving up
I take responsibility
My excuses are gone
With discipline I'm free
I am here to live
I've got lots to give
When? Now
Power
Confidence
Courage
Peace
Is now unleashed
From within me
One day at a time
The choice is mine
I am love
Personified!

Something to think about, we'll be discussing this!

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"

"I'd tell them the same thing I'd tell one person. That if you understand failure, you won't be afraid of it anymore. Failure isn't diving on your face, or hitting rock bottom. That's just being human. You only fail when you decide to not try again. So it's entirely in your control. Once you understand failure, it's impossible to fail."

Off a website (H.O.N.Y.)

Oh the places bloopers!

Today 10 of our girls spent some time using the ipad to film parts of the Book of the term, "Oh the places you'll go".

They had lots of fun trying out angles, voice projection and managing themselves outside.

Year 8 boys electronic project

Thanks to Mr Nixon for showing the Room 4 boys how to create some electronic motors! Lots of great thinking by the boys.

Rotocopters, lift and drag!

Today we have been thinking like scientists, looking at how to predict, test and have some fun!

Room 4 getting all Digital on it today.

At the moment we are 'thinking like scientists' and researching our ideas around a more sustainable planet. 

We have been looking at introductions, good linking paragraphs, including fact and justifying ideas, and using diagrams, lists and flow charts to add depth to our work! Watch this space for examples of the work soon.