Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Knightly's Recount of Room 2's Ski Trip


      It all happened on Friday 30th of August                                                    


A bus came speeding back down for us.  Mrs Milne’s commanded, “ If you are in Mr Dunn’s car, get on the bus.” Another car group got on the bus.

“We are here,” remarked Kai.  We got out of the bus and put our gear in a hut. Kea, Kai and I made some snow balls and sent them flying at people.

Now we put on our lift pass. We were at the wrong hut so we went to the right hut. Then a man in a blue snowsuit came, told us about the boundaries, where to go and where not to go.


We went from the cold snow in to a warm room, where we got our boots. We were instructed to put one on.  After getting our skis we went outside. Our instructor smiled at us. “ My name is Scott.” Then we put our skis on. Oakley was the master at sliding back when he was not moving.  He would flap his arms around and fall over. We had lots of excitement.

After I had done my first go racing down the learners slope, Mrs Milne’s suggested we go and have lunch. Oh yeah, I had not had lunch yet.  I quickly wolfed my lunch down. I put my goggles on, everything looked yellow, until it settled down again.

I was already heading up the slope. Up at the top I meat Oakley. We saw Mr Dun lying on the slope waiting for Oakley to fall over halfway down the slope. But he was out of luck, as Oakley made it to the bottom without falling over. I went down too.

When I reached the bottom, I shot over a small mound of well-compacted snow, doing a small jump. I landed on the other side. I let myself slide back into the small ditch, made out of a lot of snow.

I looked around me. Seth was building a snowman on the side. Everyone was giving it their best shot and having a lot of fun. Even other people, from very young people to old people.

By knightly Clarke. 

Monday, 16 September 2013

News Presentation Term 4


News Presentation Term 4 2013
A ~ How Bizarre!
Research something strange or oddball that you’d like to share with the class. Try to have at least 5 facts, your opinion and an illustration/picture to go with it. You could treat it like a Did You Know?
B ~ Guess My Animal?
         Find out as much as possible about an animal, (it could be extinct). Give us clues so we can try to guess what it is, (over 5 please!). Have a picture of it and neatly presented clues/information please.
C ~ Poetry Please
         Copy out and practice reading a poem until you can read it fluently. Read it to the class and show your presentation. (It will be put in the class poetry book) $5 extra perk$ will be awarded if you can recite it.
D ~ Local, School or Community News
Have written out, news that has happened or will be happening in the Nelson/Marlborough Region, Motueka, at school or in the Ngatimoti community. The school newsletter and the local newsletters and newspapers will be good sources. Share your opinion and justify it.
E ~ Read Aloud
Read a favourite piece of your own writing to the class. It could be from this year, or from the past. It doesn’t have to have been published, but it must have been re-worked and edited to make sense.
F ~ National News
Tell the class about something that has happened in the rest of New Zealand.  Have it written out and attractively presented on piece of paper that can be put on the class newsboard. Remember to tell us where, why, how, when, what and who. Share your opinion and justify it.
G ~ Futurama      
         Tell us about your plans for your future e.g. what junior high, high school, polytech, university, jobs, family, travelling etc. you aim to do and what you want to achieve in your life.
H ~ International News
The same as for National News but this news has happened somewhere in the rest of the world not in New Zealand. Share your opinion and justify it.
I ~ Language Class
       Find out some everyday phrases in a language other than English. Write them out neatly, (and their meanings) and teach them to the class.
J ~ Free Choice
       You choose what type of news you would like to present.

Goal for Term 4: Use eye contact and expression in your voice to improve oral delivery skills.

Monday
                        1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10
Jade H             B          C          D          E          F#       G          H         I          J          A
Kaydn               C          D          E          F          G          H*       I          J          A          B
Kai                   D*        E          F          G          H         I#        J*        A          B          C
Rowena             E#       F*        G          H         I          J          A#       B*        C          D
Tiah                 F          G#       H*       I          J          A          B          C#       D*        E
Pagan                G          H         I#        J*        A          B          C          D          E#       F*
Seth                 A          B          C          D#       E*        F          G          H         I          J#                  

Tuesday
                        1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10
Joelle               C          D          E          F          G#       H*       I          J          A          B
Oakley              D*        E          F          G          H         I#        J*        A          B          C
Peri                  E#       F*        G          H         I          J          A#       B*        C          D
Kahu                 F          G#       H*       I          J          A          B          C#       D*        E
Tenesha            G          H         I#        J*        A          B          C          D          E#       F*
Arnold              H         I          J          A#       B*        C          D          E          F          G#

Wednesday
1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10
Tui                   D*        E          F          G          H         I          J#       A*        B          C
Hannah             E#       F*        G          H         I          J          A          B#       C*        D
Fraser              F          G#       H*       J          I          A          B          C          D#       E*
Knightly            G          H         I#        J*        A          B          C          D          E          F#
Kyle                  H         I          J          A#       B*        C          D          E          F          G
Kea                   I          J          A          B         C#        D*       E          F          G          H        
Jade M.            J          A          B          C          D          E#       F*        G          A          B
A          B          C          D          E          F          G          H         I          J
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Thursday
1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10
Phoenix                        E*        F          G          H         I          J*        A          B          C          D
Leigh                F#       G*        H         J          I          A#       B*        C          D          E
Amy                 G          H#       I*        J          A          B          C#       D*        E          F
Bryn                 H         I          J#       A*        B          C          D          E#       F*        G
Isabel               I          J          A          B#       C*        D          E          F          G#       H*
Jasmine           J          A          B          C          D#       E          F          G          H         I#

Key:      * Leader
            # Questions               

*Group Leader
It is your job in the morning to check that everyone in the group has their news organised and ready to present, if they don’t you will need to help them.  When it is time for news you will present each group member and their type of news.  You will be running the class news for that day.  Everyone in the class will have turn at being Group Leader. Check the list to see when it is your turn. It is a responsible job and I expect everyone to go a good job.



Thursday, 5 September 2013

Jade's ski trip recount


HELLO SNOW!!!!!

Broom, broom! Off we go leaving the Ngatimoti School car park. I’m in Hannah and Peri’s car.
We arrived at the Rainbow car park, Brooklyn School was going skiing as well as us. At the car park, everybody got into their gear. After, the wind picked up and you could lean back, the wind would hold you.

 Finally, the shuttle came. We hopped on and enjoyed the ride. When we got up to the ski fields, room 2 walked over to the ski and snowboard rentals and got our skis.  Zoom, we skied over to our lesson.

Our instructor’s name was Scott and he taught us how to stop and go, yay free time! I was quite scared that I was going to fall over. Then it’s lunchtime, I had a hot chocolate and a wrap. Mmm my hot chocolate was so warm. Later I was a bit more confident with skiing, so I tried going on the intermediate slope.

 At first I fell off, but then I got the hang of it and I was on it for the rest of the day. At about 4:30pm I got off my skis and walked over to play in the snow. After a while, I got bored of the snow, so I jumped back on with skiing.

Time went by, and it was time to go back home. We stopped at the 4 Square in Tapawera and I bought a packet of lollies and a chocolate Freddo. Hannah’s Mum bought two packets of chips and Hannah and Peri bought a sour lolly and it’s right they are sour. So then we drove back to school and that was the end of room2’s awesome day skiing, I was thrilled that we were going skiing, because I had never been skiing in my life.

Monday, 19 August 2013

The Winning Entry! Raised Strawberry Garden

This entry, built by Year 6's in Rm 2, won the Builder's Best section at the TDC pallet upcycling competition over the weekend! Well done team! Another team also built a go-cart, however it had over 20% extra parts added to it, (competition criteria) so could not be entered.