Top Twenty Ones are a class of year 3 and 4 children who are beginning their e-learning journey this year. We're starting this exciting journey with blogging, but we know there's a lot more in store for us this year!
Article posted August 12, 2010 at 05:52 AM GMT •
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Yesterday Room 21 performed a play for the school in assembly. We had a range of characters on the 'Amazing Moa Hunt'. There were hunters, kauri trees, kokako birds and bumblebees to name just a few. What a fantastic effort by everyone in Room 21, the show went well and the humour was really enjoyed by the audience.
The photos will be posted soon... just some issues at the moment with the way slide.com is displaying them.
Article posted August 12, 2010 at 05:52 AM GMT •
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Article posted August 8, 2010 at 09:24 AM GMT •
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We're now into week 4 of what is another busy term. This week Room 21 lead the school assembly and will be performing a show called 'The Amazing Moa Hunt'. As well as that we are learning our dance moves to 'Candy Man' the song we perform for Skoolstar in Week 7. We're studying Energy this term and will be learning about the different sources of energy, what is available locally and what exactly sustainable energy is. Please come back and check this page regularly, it will be updated throughout the term.
Article posted August 8, 2010 at 09:24 AM GMT •
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Article posted June 30, 2010 at 11:18 PM GMT •
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We have been very, very lucky in Room 21 to have Jessica Armour working with us for the last 8 weeks. Jessica is in her third year of study to be a teacher and will qualify at the end of this year.
Room 21 loved having her in our class. What an awesome teacher she is. So we were very sad to farewell her last Friday. She is missed by all.
Good luck in your teaching career Jessica, any school would be lucky to get you!!!
Article posted June 30, 2010 at 11:18 PM GMT •
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Article posted June 30, 2010 at 11:09 PM GMT •
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This term we've learnt all about change over the decades, particularly the 70's decade. We've learnt about all sorts of aspects of the 70's decade, the toys, fashion, games, sports, rules, school, punishment, transport and more... We were really lucky to visit the Toy Castle in Tirau last week. There is a huge variety of toys that demonstrate the changes through the ages. Because we were learning about the 70's, we decided to go dressed in theme, check out our wonderful 70's hippies, disco divas and more.
A huge, huge thanks to our wonderful parents who joined us on this trip, we could not have done it without you!
Article posted June 30, 2010 at 11:09 PM GMT •
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Article posted June 21, 2010 at 05:03 AM GMT •
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How to create your own bookmarking site where you can bookmark websites that you have already checked for suitabiltiy and appropriateness. Great for teachers and parents.
Article posted June 15, 2010 at 01:24 AM GMT •
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We had an amazing Hawaiian experience this morning when a group of graduate teachers from Hawaii came for a visit. They sang to us, and we sang waiata to them. After that, we moved around 'stations' where groups of teachers taught us some Hawaiian combat games. In the Hawaiian version of Tug of War (boys versus girls), our class was so strong that we snapped the rope in two! We really enjoyed the visit and now we have some great games to play at morning tea and lunchtimes.
Article posted June 15, 2010 at 01:24 AM GMT •
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Article posted May 25, 2010 at 03:52 AM GMT •
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We were really lucky today at Otonga, we had some special visitors with their wonderful old cars. This was a great opportunity to see how cars have changed in the last 50 years or so. There were even cars that were older than that. Check out our photos...
Article posted May 25, 2010 at 03:52 AM GMT •
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Article posted May 20, 2010 at 10:30 PM GMT •
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Today is Wacky Hair Day at Otonga. We're raising money for Westpac Rescue Helicopter. We've got all sort of interesting looking people in our class today, check them out...
Article posted May 20, 2010 at 10:30 PM GMT •
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Article posted May 6, 2010 at 02:37 AM GMT •
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Procedural Writing is our year long focus at Otonga School, so in Room 21 we have been learning how to write in a procedural format. We took a baking video from Youtube and wrote a recipe to match it, making sure that our instructions were precise enough for anyone to follow.
We are now designing and making wet weather games (using a limited list of materials) and when they are finished, we are going to write a set of instructions that tell others how to play our games.
Once the instuctions are finished we are going to share our games with others and get them to evaluate how good our instructions were.
We are really enjoying having the time to just design and create. Check out our photos...
Article posted May 6, 2010 at 02:37 AM GMT •
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About the Blogger
Teaching is a passion of mine, I love it! I'm really lucky to have an amazing class of Year 3 and 4 children at Otonga School. I'm a self-confessed greenie, so part of our journey this year will involve learning about our environment and sharing our knowledge with you all!
