Announcing Room 15 leaders

Congratulations to Ella and Flynn who have been awarded the TK House captain roles for 2015.

Mark and Amber have been given the role of 2015 sports captains for Room 15. Well done to all four of you as all positions were very hotly contested!

Room 15-out in the community

Room 15 headed off this morning on a trip to the Havelock North library.

We now feel super confident about visiting the library and finding the resources we need- thanks to the library staff who shared their tips. Many students took advantage of the great book selection to set up their next step in the 'outside the box' challenge.

What is means to be a New Zealander

As part of our inquiry this term-'Turangawaewae, a place to stand' students created a visual presentation after discussing the characteristics of a New Zealander. 

We read newspaper and magazine articles and watched a TV news article before conducting our own investigation. 

Thanks Niamh for sharing your wonderful effort. Check out more fantastic creations by clicking on the blog links.

Technology has started!

Technology rotations have begun, with half of Room 15 in science and the other in Electronics. In Science, rockets are the name of the game...Josh's covered a mighty 31 meters! Thanks Mrs Hawtin for the blog entry.

Room 15 and Te Kanawa house at the Swimming sports

HNI swimming sports- GO TK! on PhotoPeach

Turangawaewae: where to next?

Created with Padlet

Today we decided to explore what else there was about our Turangawaewae we still were curious about. As you can see...we have a lot of questions! Keep you eyes on our blogs to see how we go about answering them.

Micrographic Art

Check out our amazing self portraits- they are beginning to appear on the wall of Room 15, and will make it to blogs as they are completed. The stunning examples below are from Oscar and Willow.

Where I am from poetry

As part of our 'get to know one another' week, we have composed original poems entitled 'I am from..'. We used the poem of the same title written by George Ella Lyons as a model. As we finish, poems are being posted onto individual blogs- check them out, they are amazing!

Amber has kindly allowed me to share her efforts on the class blog.

I am from:

I am from the sun shining through the window,

I am from looking out the window to Te Mata Peak,

I am from the smell of BBQs and the sizzling sausages,

I am from the world of pictures and selfies,

I am from Site 44,

I am from long family car trips to the beach,

I am from the boiling hot sand in between my toes,

I am from my continues giggles,

I am from my blankie and Baby Alive,

I am from our nicknames Squirt and Minnie Mouse,

I am from my trampoline and twisting, turning and flipping in the air,

I am from making video stars and seeing the world upside down in a handstand ,

I am from capturing every moment,

I am from ….

And the challenge is set!

READING OUTSIDE THE BOX CHALLENGE

READ A CHUNKSTER (must be at least 450 pages)	LOVED BY OTHERS	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

The goal of this challenge is to broaden reading habits by exploring a range of genres, including types of literature that students may not normally choose to read. The challenge comes in two parts...students can opt into the '8 box challenge' or the penultimate '16 box challenge'.

As each box of the challenge is completed students are tasked with completing a review to place on their individual blogs. Keep an eye on blogs for ideas on what you may want to read next!

Welcome to Room 15, 2015

The start of school nerves are over...classes are announced! 

Introducing the fabulous  Room 15!

Literacy websites

Maths Websites

Here is a handy link to some of the maths sites we use in class. A great resource to use if practice or clarification is what you are after.