Class Meeting

Apologies: 
'Mrs. Shush' (Emily) and 'Mr. Brainfright (Max)

This week we enjoyed: 
'Punctuation Paradise', dictation team names, The Pencil of Doom, Golden Time, PUNCTUATION PARADISE, the class poetry recital, dictation, learning about some multiplication strategies in maths, Airship and Robot Rampage writing, ukulele lessons, Wednesday's visit to the library, making butter for science with Mrs. Harrison and reading our novels.

An area we want to improve next week is: 
Sanitising our hands after coming in from morning tea and lunch

We talked about the following things at Class Meeting: 

1. The end of the Pencil of Doom
Mrs. Rainbow would like to continue being called our Pencil of Doom names. Mr. Ish said that this can happen for the Roll Race only. Henry would like to call Mr. Ish 'Mr. Narrator' seeming he is narrating the novel. The class voted in favour of this. 

2. Netball
Mrs. Rainbow talked about Henry's idea from last week about fitness. She wants the girls to be able to do netball. Mr. Ish said that this can happen on a weekly rotation. Newton talked about this too. Mr. Ish will make a roster and it will happen next week. 

3. Drawing Competitions
Henry asked if as a class we could have some drawing competitions. 

4. Bits and Pieces
Mr. Ish talked about art next week and how we're revising the Writing Workshops

5. Times Table Challenges
Fred talked about how he'd like more Times Table Challenges. Mr. Ish will co-ordinate this every Friday when he's doing the Maths Knowledge and Spelling Challenge tests. 

These people will be given a raffle ticket for being awesome at their spelling and times tables:

100% spellers: Maddie, Take, Abi, Daniel, Noah, Oscar and Edwin

100% tablers: Zion, Tina, George and Daniel 

AMAZING POETRY!

Josh T, Take and Josh CP have been doing some amazing writing with Mrs. Koster lately. Have a read of their FAB-TASTIC poems about the moon....

The Shadow 

by Josh T.

The moon is a sad face

shining light down to us

The moon is a yellow banana

It is a rugby ball

flying through the stadium

The moon spins really fast

The moon shining silver shadows

on  the world

Happy Moon

by Takeru Oki

Moon is a bouncy ball

floating in a dark sky

I think Moon is blue

Blue is cool

Moon helps 

to not see a scary thing

Moon is Okaasama

looking for us

*okaasama (means Mother in Japanese)

My Moon

by Josh Collins-Polata

My moon is a big round ball

in a dark sky.

My moon is the colour of metal.

My moon is always moving slowly.

My moon has craters 

like cheese with holes in it.

Class Meeting - Week 8

Apologies: 
'Mr Grunt' (Jay Poole)

This week we enjoyed: 
PE, making lemonade, 'Punctuation Paradise', The Pencil of Doom, writing, Running Dictation, Golden Time, being weird, playing chess with Mr. Ish, 

An area we want to improve next week is: 
LISTENING to the instructions Mr. Ish gives, c a r e f u l l y. We're still not too flash at this!

We talked about the following things at Class Meeting: 

1. Pencil of Doom
Newton Hootin' (Zion) asked if we can read a few more chapters of the Pencil of Doom each day. The class voted in favour of this.

2. Science
Gretel Armstrong (Xanthe) wants to do more science. The class are keen to do this. Mr. Ish said that next week science rotation will start up again. Room 6 will be going to Mrs. Harrison on Monday and Tuesday afternoons in Week 9, then Mr. B in Week 10.

3. Basketball
Henry McThrottle (Noah) is keen to play basketball as a class. It was voted that for fitness we'll work on ball skills. Henry McThrottle, Mr. Brainfright, Fred Durkin, Clive Durkin, David Worthy, Mrs. Rainbow, Newton Hootin' and Josh CP will be responsible to organising 'Dribble Groups'. The Dribble Groups will 'teach' a group of tamariki how to dribble a bball. Then, for fitness we can work on our large ball skills. 

4. Shoes and Es
Principal Greenbeard (Oscar) is worried about people just 'dumping' their shoes all over the cloakroom. He would like everyone to take more responsibility for this. It was voted that their will be some shoe monitors at the end of morning tea and lunch. If the spot people being silly, they'll let Mr. Ish know and those culprits will get Es. 

These people will be given a raffle ticket for being awesome at their spelling and times tables:

100% spellers: Ava, Maddie, Ruby, Xanthe, Take, Niamh, Zion, Tina, Cole, Abi, George, Daniel, Gina, Noah, Max, Xavier, Aliyah, Riley & Brianna

100% tablers: Ruby, Niamh, Olivia, Emily, Tina, Abi, George, Riley and Brianna

See me for a raffle ticket please, kids. 

Fizzy Lemonade!

Class Meeting - Week 7

Apologies: 
Tina, Jack Japes, 

This week we enjoyed: 
Golden Time, making name tags (some of us did), Pencil of Doom, STRICT, spelling sentences, finishing our procedural texts, Awards Assembly and the morning riddles

Areas we want to improve next week is: 
LISTENING to the instructions Mr. Ish gives, c a r e f u l l y

We talked about the following things at Class Meeting: 
1. The Glue Game 
Zion asked to change the rules. The class voted to keep the rules the same.

2. Rubbish Trick Shot Competition
This will take place on Tuesdays at lunchtimes for those who are keen. Noah will organise this

3. Free Day
Olivia wants to have a 'free day' where we do nothing but Pencil of Doom and OCW.
Mr. Ish said we wouldn't be allowed to do this...

4. Jokes
Ava asked that only four jokes be put up at the start of each day. Maddie and Xavier will supervise this

5. Riddles
Oscar would like everyone to have a go at doing the riddles before reading. Those who are keen will see David Worthy (Xavier) and Jenny Friendly (Maddie) and they will slot people's name onto the daily roster.

6. E Credits
Olivia would like more E Credits to be given out. Mr. Ish will try and do this.  

These people will be given a raffle ticket for being awesome at their spelling and times tables:

100% spellers: Maddie, Ruby, Niamh, Xanthe, Take, Olivia, Emil, Cole, Abi, Daniel, Gina, Max, Edwin and Josh CP

100% tablers: Daniel, Cole, Olivia and Xavier 

See me for a raffle ticket please, kids. 


TABLES MASTERS...
Congratulations to Room 6's latest Tables Masters, Xavier!

Week 5

Apologies: Brianna

This week we enjoyed: Making ice cream, drafting our new procedural texts, playing Scrabble at lunch, making masks at lunch, Golden Time, Science with Mr. B in Room 5, Mr. Dent teaching, learning about eruptions and gysers with Mr. Dent and Adolphus Tips

Areas we want to improve next week is: Not talking when Mr. Ish is speaking - controlling our impulsivity!

We talked about the following things at Class Meeting: 'Es', pen sucking/slobbering, novel questions/people, pushing chairs in, tote tray labels for those people with tote trays,  

These people will be given a raffle ticket for being awesome at their spelling and times tables:

100% spellers: Josh T, Max, Oscar, Gina, George, Cole, Tina, Zion, Emily, Jay, Take, Xanthe, Madeline and Ava. 

100% tablers: Ruby, Jay, Cole, George, Max, and Josh C-P

See me for a raffle ticket please, kids. 


TABLES MASTERS...
Congratulations to Room 6's latest Tables Masters, Xanthe, Edwin, Take, Noah, Gina and Ava!

They have each been awarded a funky IMATTE Certificate  (I'm A Times Tables Expert). Please ask any of them a table at random :) 

Plastic Bag Ice Cream!

AIM: To make ice cream

REQUIREMENTS:

·      1/2 cup milk

·      1/2 teaspoon vanilla

·      1 tablespoon sugar

·      4 cups crushed ice

·      4 tablespoons salt

·      2 medium size Zip-loc bags

·      1 BIG size Zip-loc bag

·      a hand towel or gloves to keep fingers from freezing as well!

METHOD:

1.  First, mix the milk, vanilla and sugar together in one of the medium size bags.

2.  Next, seal the bag tightly, allowing as little air to remain in the bag as possible. Too much air left inside may force the bag open during shaking.

3.  Now, place this bag inside the other medium size bag, again leaving as little air inside as possible and sealing well. By ‘double-bagging’, the risk of salt and ice leaking into the ice cream is minimised.

4.  Then, put the two bags inside the BIG size bag and fill the bag with ice, then sprinkle salt on top. Again, let all the air escape and seal the bag. Wrap the bag in the towel or put your gloves on, and shake and massage the bag, making sure the ice surrounds the cream mixture.

5.  Do this for five to eight minutes. It will turn the mixture into ice cream.

6.  Finally, EAT your delicious ‘plastic bag’ ice cream!