School Holiday Sports

Please let us know how you get on with your sports over the holidays. Eilish B, Alex and Mickey are off to Australia for netball, Paddy and Kyle are on their way to Wellington as I type this for league, Michael D is off to Kaiapoi for league, Benjamin is going to be a mascot for West Coast Girls B hockey team in Ashburton, Mattison is going to Auckland for hockey and Chelsea is going to Invercargill for hockey. Grace M is going to be taking equestrian lessons in Nelson. Alex is performing ballet and barefoot dancing at the Regent Theatre. Check out the newspaper to see when the dancing is on and go along and support Alex if you can.

Good luck to everyone that is competing over the holidays. Please keep us informed.

Food Technology

Please tell us about these photos. Write about what you made and how you made it. I'm very interested in how you made the sushi.

Maru the Stunt Cat

Just because we all need a laugh :)

The Earthquake

Hey guys get those writers notebooks out and write down the feelings and thoughts you had when you felt the earthquake or after you heard about it.

Finally our ski trip photos!

Photos from our ski trip. Sorry for taking so long to get them up guys :(

Free Verse Poetry

Vocabulary work Week 5, Term 3

Find an interesting word from another language. Write the word here and tell us what it means. Don't forget to put it in your writer's journal as well just in case you want to use it in your writing in the future :) Have fun :)

Map Work for Week 5, Term 3

Ok choose a country that of your ancestors came from. Write and interesting fact about it. You might want to list all the countries your ancestors have come from.

Find three towns or cities in New Zealand that start with the letter 'E'. List them all here and write an interesting fact about one of them.

Map Work for Week 4, Term 3

Think of a place in the world that you would be nervous to visit. In the comment box below write that country down and why you would be uncomfortable visiting it. Give us an interesting fact about it. Don't forget to add your New Zealand towns also along with the interesting information about one of them. Missed you all today :(

Week 4 Map Work

Share with us a place in the world that you would like to visit and tell something interesting about it! Three places in NZ that start with the letter 'C' and teach us something about one of those places. :)

Weekend Sport and Activities Report 31 July and 1 August

Let us know what has been happening over the weekend with your sport OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES! Room 5JP think about our workshop on blogging comments we did on Thursday when you comment. :) Enjoy your weekend! Thanks for a lovely and productive week.

Map Work for Week 2, Term 3

Please post your map work information here! Don't forget that I need to know the time difference between NZ and your chosen country as well as the time there and here! Last week some of you didn't work out the difference :)

Map Work

Sorry I didn't have this ready for you sooner. Please put your map work here!

What have you done over the holidays so far?

Tell us what you have been doing! Share with us how your writing journal is going. Keep in touch!

Vincent Van Gogh

Please place a comment below that says:
- how you feel when you watch the slide show and listen to Don McLean sing Starry, Starry Night
OR
- something interesting you have learned about Vincent Van Gogh

MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR FIRST NAME UNDER YOUR COMMENT (AND YOUR LAST INITIAL IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE SAME FIRST NAME AS YOU)

Getting started

Hello Room 5CO and Room 5JP!

Welcome to our blog site!

To get us started I would like you to simply open up our blog site sometime during the week and say hello and put your name. Remember to only use your first name and your last initial (if there is someone else in these two classes with the same first name).

Remember some important internet safety rules when using this site (and others):

• never give your full name
• never give your phone number, address or email details
• don't mention where you will be at a particular time
• don't put any of that information on the net about anyone else
• think carefully if you respond to anyone else's comments because they can't hear your tone of voice to determine if you are joking or serious
• it is ok to have a debate with someone if you don't agree with their ideas but do it in a friendly manner
• do not call people names or put them down