What an amazing Market Day the students experienced. There were so many innovative items for sale that the Year 7 & 8 students had made. Well done to everyone.
Anzac Soldier by Luis The roaring sound of bullets occupied my mind, I was paralyzed with fear. Suddenly without warning the Officer called out “Fire your guns!” We all fired like we had never fired before. Then I heard intensely loud screaming, I stopped firing and and stared at what was making the noise. When I turned around I saw a soldier holding his chest, It was bleeding intensely. Then there was more screaming, Frightened I went back to shooting. All I could think of was my family, Oh what I would give to see them again… It was now midnight, the firing had not yet stopped. The next day had finally arrived and so we had breakfast. Breakfast was made out of a microscopic piece of stale bread and some green water. Although it didn't seem like much to us, it was food fit for a king. I have been called out to the front lines and over sixty of my fellow comrades have already died in less than two minutes and three seconds. I personally don't think I will ...
CLICK ON LINK BELOW to view Darion, Luis and Nica's descriptive writing. The students were learning to recognise that visual language features can be used for effect. https://youtu.be/YUwZuttdNjw Illustrations were taken from a graphic novel, THE ARRIVAL by Shaun Tan, The students had to see, think & wonder about their respective illustrations.
STAND UP, HAND UP, PAIR UP Room 17 learnt about a new way to help consolidate their learning. Each child has a question related to something we've learnt during the week or last term. When music plays, they have to kanikani around the room & when it stops, they have to put their hand up & pair up with the person closest to them. You give your new buddy a 'high five', say Kia Ora, then each person has a turn at asking a question. Once that's done, they swap cards, the music starts & they move on. STUDENT VOICE: - "This helps us remember what we've learnt during the week" - " If I come across the same question again & I didn't know the answer the first time, I do now" - " I learnt about when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed because I'd forgotten" - " My friend helped me to answer what number was one less than 635,000 - 634,999 - " There was only one part of the Statistical Inquiry ...
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