Knowledge is Power!

Our Knowledge is Power page is up and running!
Check into see our interviews with inspiring people in our lives by clicking the top tab on our blog or by clicking here.

Room 5 Market Day Success!

Sugar-fuelled pre-teens aside, Room 5 had a great market day!
Click Here to see photos…

1 More Sleep Until Market Day!

Market Day Prep

Its getting serious in class, with the lead up to market day hitting full engagement yesterday…hope to see you on Friday!

Room 5 Finalists in Interface Awards!

Room 5's Utopia project has made it throughout o the finals of the Interface Magazine (ICT in schools) teaching with ICT awards! The students worked really hard on this so it's awesome to have been recognized for their brilliance...

If any parents, whānau or friends of Room 5 out there work in schools in NZ, please take a moment to vote for our entry here!
http://interfaceonline.co.nz/interface-awards-2014-vote/

Oompher!

As an intro into our Knowledge Inquiry coming up we have starting gaining knowledge about the future pathways to careers and goals.
These have been via an amazing NZ website called Oompher. This is a really cool website full of inspiring NZers giving interviews about their background and stories that have helped shaped them as the leaders they are today.

Here are the ones we watched this week (in case you missed them):

Jason Gunn:

Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker - Wise Words Await! from OOMPHER Enterprises on Vimeo.

60 Second Macbeth Part 2!

More retellings or scenes from 'The Scottish Play'

Room 5 Party Political Broadcasts

We have looked intensively at the language used in political campaigns in Room 5, leading up to the NZ election. The students have created their own parties to campaign and created advertisements one might find on TV. Enjoy the simple, effective, and sometimes slightly worrying ideas for change in our country…

60 Second Macbeth Part 2

Irish Debate (Last week)

The girls took out a very tight debate win in the Room 5 Irish debate last week.

The moot was "Guns should be made legal for all ages to carry and every 13 year old should get on on their 13th birthday".

Well done ladies on expressing their affirmative point of view.

Election 2014

Room 5 is staging their own election linking in with all the democratic action taking place in the community. We have created our own parties and platform to campaign on. Stay tuned for the political broadcasts. Some great language used!

60 Second Macbeth

We have been studying the 'Scottish play' this term. As part of the assessment tasks for this the students were asked to show their understanding of the key events of the play by performing a retelling or a scene from Macbeth in 60 seconds…not easy at all! Here are the first efforts. The rest are to come soon!

The Giver Audiobook

If you want to check back in with The Giver before we go see the movie then here is the audiobook from you tube:

Room 5's Speech Challenge 2014

The speech challenge is finished for the term in Room 5. Below are the links to click on for each student in the class.
The speech links below are listed in first initial order:

AF: http://youtu.be/jQDduLN9kcY

AH: http://youtu.be/UO5HoOpQnek

AR: http://youtu.be/QplaL2UxvB0

AW: http://youtu.be/DxPMyB4qjHY

CD: http://youtu.be/4wE2tTYd1cg

CMac: http://youtu.be/wEqjfu6yshY

CN: http://youtu.be/K40IPDih1tQ

CW: http://youtu.be/Gp2AswJZDls

DS: http://youtu.be/TlpDzUpFbAw

EJ: http://youtu.be/TlpDzUpFbAw

EL: http://youtu.be/nSw4xwyt_us

EM: http://youtu.be/qIh9x1vjxkc

GL: http://youtu.be/n1roQxUtquQ

HA: http://youtu.be/WbI6RU8vwjg

HE: http://youtu.be/kiKeViu4e78

HO: http://youtu.be/iW1ytAuoZfw

IR: http://youtu.be/Lrw8ouFpQ9g

JB: http://youtu.be/W64J8klw8CY

JL:  http://youtu.be/DkwEGmzrijo

JN: http://youtu.be/DkwEGmzrijo

MC: http://youtu.be/R7juSl4N80k

MM: http://youtu.be/fnfsYXwFa18

MMc: http://youtu.be/NWKozGkN3wE

MT: http://youtu.be/OZQcXcOuRYc

NA: http://youtu.be/g-uXAKA59xs

NP: http://youtu.be/g-uXAKA59xs

OM: http://youtu.be/9gryJvd5lBU 

OY: http://youtu.be/jveHLXsaFg0

SL: http://youtu.be/_oY3riSTNDo

TB: http://youtu.be/q-XRCKsktVo

TH: http://youtu.be/pqv9HpIoczo

Macbeth - The Play

If you missed any of the play or readings then you can watch this outstanding version of 'The Scottish Play' here:

Colonizing Space...

We've been investigating the 'mind-blowing' idea that is leaving Earth to live on Mars. If you wanted to look at the docos we watched again, here they are.

The 'American Version' The classier, BBC version Part 1 The classier, BBC version Part 2

Animal Farm - The Animated Version

For your viewing pleasure: With Spanish Subtitles to make it double the learning experience!

The Beep Test

If you want to practice with the beep test to build up stamina and endurance then you can download it here:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Also, you might like the chart to see where you are at level-wise

CLICK HERE

Rutherford's Den Returns!

Rutherford's Den Returns!

Yesterday at rutherfords den we were taught about the interesting life of Ernest Rutherford by role play, also we went round tables and explored some of the successful life of other famous people. Like Kate Shepard, Sir Edmund Hillary and others.

Emma

Constable Matt Reeves!

We were extremely fortunate to spend a morning learning about law and order courtesy of Alex's dad, Matt.
To say the students enjoyed the visit would be a massive understatement! Half of the classroom seem to have been recruited for police college when they are old enough!