Room 6

Friday, February 10, 2012

Certificates - Week 2

Well done to Finn, Jorja, Lauren and Ben who earned a Habits of Mind Certificate at Syndicate Assembly yesterday.

Also, congratulations to Roisin who was awarded the Heart of Achievement!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The St. Albans School Council will be made up of Senior Students. These students will attend weekly meetings to assist in the running of the school. All classes, including the seniors, are asked to run weekly or at least fortnightly meetings to discuss any issues that your children feel need to be addressed. Middle and Junior classes are asked to have a class representative whose responsibility is to liaise with the School Council on matters of concern. Junior and Middle children will not attend the School Council meetings.

Mr. McKenzie's School Council reps will come to each class at a time that suits each teacher and report the Council Minutes and liaise with children on matters of concern negative and POSITIVE!

Room 27 students who wish to be members must present a speech to the class on Thursday the 16th of February. The speech needs to include information such as why they would be an excellent School Council representative, what initiatives they have that would benefit the school, and anything else that they see as appropriate.

If you have any questions, please just ask!

Mr. Isherwood

Head Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl

St Albans School is calling for nominations for the above positions. The head positions are very important and respected roles with our school. You need to be:

A confident speaker
Self motivated
Organised
Respected by your peers
A great role model
Responsible, reliable and helpful
Well mannered.

If you fit all of the above categories, then we would like you to put your name forward for head/deputy positions. If you are interested, please fill in a form (Mr. Isherwood has them) and hand it to Mr. McKenzie by Friday the 10th of February.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Welcome to 2012!

Welcome to Term 1 and to Room 27. I hope you have all had a fantastic holiday and that everyone is refreshed, relaxed and ready to get stuck into learning. As you'll be aware, this is my second year teaching at St. Albans School. Prior to coming here I taught Year 5 and 6 students at Paparoa Street School for six years.

I've had a great holiday break with my cute baby boy, Flynn and Mrs. Ish (check out the VERY cool picture of Flynn....he's 7 months old now!). We spent last weekend up in Mount Maunganui.

A huge passion of mine is surf life saving. I coach and sweep the North Beach Open Men's Crew. We're off to Waihi Beach this weekend to compete in the North Island Surf Boat Championships, then the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships in March. If you'd like to have a look at some surf boat racing, click on the link below.

See you all on Wednesday!

Mr. Isherwood

Monday, October 31, 2011

Carrot Contraptions...

This Friday, Room 27 will be constructing their 'Carrot Contraptions'

In pairs, students are having to design and make a wheeled vehicle from the following materials:

- scissors - carrot or parsnip

- knife - tooth picks

- straws

- pliers - wire, 1mm wide

The vehicles can have 3 or more wheels and must be able to ‘run’ down a slope and cross a line 30cm from the end. A good design should travel fast and straight and the wheels should not fall off at any stage.

Pictures and video will be posted here on Friday!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Year 6 Technology Challenge: Newspaper Wearable Arts

As part of our 'Big Day Out', the Year 6 students in Rooms 25, 26 and 27 were asked to design and make an outfit made of newspaper to be worn on Thursday afternoon!

The designed garments had to be a complete outfit that were cello-taped, or glued together. The 'model' had to walk down the catwalk while wearing the finished garment.

Almost all of the Habits of Mind were used by the children. Have a look at the photos and video below and use the WOW Habit of Mind yourself!