Introducing our class leaders of cycle one!

Congratulations to our cycle one class leaders. Bonnie and Devon are Room 12's sports captains while Kimberly and Jacob are our class councillors. 

Swimming sports 2017

Swimming sports 2017 on PhotoPeach

Mandarin lessons have begun!

We had our first Mandarin lesson earlier this week- we discovered that it is quite tricky learning another language. I have posted this youtube clip which was used during our lesson so that we can get the practice in and stun our tutor with our awesomeness!

The Reading challenge is set!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

READING OUTSIDE THE BOX CHALLENGE

READ A CHUNKSTER (must be at least 450 pages!)	LOVED BY OTHERS (A book recommended by someone else)	RELIVE THE MAGIC (reread a book you loved)	ONE OF A SERIES
READ BY EAR (listen to an audio book)	TRY A CLASSIC	READ A LOCAL (read a book written by a New Zealander)	POETRY
SCIENCE FICTION	AWARD WINNERS	SECOND CHANCE	MYSTERY
PICTURE BOOK	LOST IN TRANSLATION ( a book originally written in another language)	ACCIDENTALLY WATCHED THE MOVIE FIRST	BIOGRAPHY OR NON FICTION

Students in Room 12 are off on a reading adventure. A visit to the school library today has sparked a beginning to reading through the "Outside a box" challenge. Students need to read 16 books over the course of the year. (unless a negotiation has occurred)..Can it be done? We talked about choices that could be made, conducted research and many students have formulated plans of attack! Each completed text requires a short review blog post so that others can gain ideas as to what to read next. Keep an eye out for those first reviews to appear!

Our class novel for Term 1

Our class novel for this term is a hit! Sunken forest, written by New Zealand author Des Hunt, is an action packed adventure novel set in the wilds of Lake Waikaremoana. It explores meaningful issues, such as friendships, peer pressure, bullying, environment, family and heritage- a great link to our inquiry focus this term- Turangawaewae, a place to stand. We are finding that there are many connections we can make to our own life experiences, leading to some robust discussion. Keep an eye out for student reviews later in the term.

'I am from' poetry

In class we have been writing our own "I am from" poetry using the original poem by George E Lloyd as a model. Thank you Isabella for sharing your thoughtful piece of writing on the class page... click on individual student links to view the wonderful efforts of Room 12

Isabella’s Where I’m From Poetry

I am from

bike rides in the forest

and skiing down mountains

from walking all the places that my feet would take me

I am from

camping in the campa trailer and gardening with mum

from reading on my bed, book after book

from a house that is a calm safe place

I am from

throwing netball's back and forth doing drills before the game

from diving into freezing cold water ready for my lesson

and from whacking tennis balls all over the court

I am from

uno and bluff

from the game of life

I am from beginning and end

Introducing the FABULOUS ROOM 12

And we're off! The team that makes up Room 12 for 2017. What a super talented enthusiastic group of students...I am so excited about the year ahead!