Room 11 at the start of Term 3

Today I asked Room 11 to send a "good luck" message to my daughter - competing in the Crossfit Games in Los Angeles. What a great looking group they are!!

Room 11 the machine!

Movers and Shakers

YEAH!! We finally finished our Term 2 mural ... on the last day of the term. It is amazing what you find when you have a clean up :)

Can you write a legend?

The challenge for Room 11 this week was to write a legend that described an imaginary constellation. It was a bit like a dot to dot!! What pictures can you see in the stars?

Watching the MIS sport exchange.

On Friday 6 students from Room 11 were involved in playing, or helping, with the Masterton Intermediate School sport exchange. Several others had hosted billets overnight.
Those of us not actively involved had the opportunity to watch some of the games - Rugby, Netball or Football. I took a group of students to Guthrie Park to watch the Girls and Boys football matches.

A new Maths Site

"Fun Friday" saw us exploring a new Maths Site. When asked "How is this Maths?" we went to our Maths wall and worked out that we were:

• Solving problems
• Accepting challenges (some games were hard/some easy!)
• Having think time
• Using technology
• Asking for help
• Asking Questions
• Communicating
• Sharing ideas 
• Making connections  and so on!!

Powhiri with Room 4

Room 4 welcomed us to our Treemendous area, for our shared Powhiri learning experience today. They then shared some wonderful work they have done in their first two terms at HNI. Here is their "recount" of today ...

Ki o Rahi - How to Play

Today as a reading task, Room 11 had to watch the following video and sort out the rules! Hopefully we will be able to play Ki o Rahi soon! A big thank you to Ms Ellmore for this!

Treemendous Photos

Hi - a bit late getting these up and going! Here are some photos from last Saturday of Room 11 in action. It was so great to see so many of you - especially the family members who came to support the event!

Sheppard House Orienteering

Today, Jane Herries, from Kiwi Orienteering, took Sheppard House for a session on orienteering around HNHS.
She was helped out by some High School students and it was great to see some fast times and students wanting to have second goes!!

And our Winners are.....

So we had our "bridge"off today. Mavi, Dylan and Sam's bridge took an extra 100g in weight and Chloe and Cameron's bridge supported an extra 200 g.
However "way" ahead was the bridge made by Yana, Daisy and Jade. We added an extra 800g and it was still solid - so well done girls!

Movers and Shakers Challenge

One of the tasks I left for Room 11 to do whilst I was away was a "Four in a Row" Thinkers Keys activity.
Today, as a class, we found time to do the CONSTRUCTION KEY task. We had to create a bridge from Tape, Straws and cardboard.

 Then we had the test - would they take the weight of one and then two books ....

We are down now to three finalists! Mavi/ Sam W/ Dylan vs Cameron and Chloe vs Yana / Daisy / Jade.
Let's see what happens tomorrow!!!

Maths game

Friday Afternoon Assembly

This afternoon Sheppard House Leaders were "leading" our Friday afternoon school Assembly. They had put in a lot of effort to showcase Sheppard House "highlights" to the rest of the school but unfortunately time ran away ....
HBHS brought three different cultural groups over to perform for the school. Their Kapa Haka, Barber Shop quartet and Pasifika groups put on wonderful performances and had the whole school entertained.

Tracking Pests for Homework

This week I have asked Room 11 to see what pests they can "track" in their gardens!
I thought that I would also give this task a go ... and No Pests in my garden!! The tracking device wasn't all that successful so I have made a few modifications! Hopefully I will find something out there!
I am looking forward to seeing if the students have more luck than me and what improvements and innovations they can come up with!

Making the INKPAD

My Innovation on a paper tunnel!!