Welcome to Room 3 2017

Kia Ora Families and Children,

We have started the year off well in Room 3 and we are working well together. Setting up classroom routines and expectations is what we are focusing on at the moment. We have been learning about The Treaty of Waitangi and as such have created our own Class Treaty, our own set of rules to ensure that we all have a safe, successful and happy year of learning and growth.
Well done Room 3 for all of your ideas, you have strong values.

Maths for Term 3

At the moment our maths focus is on multiplication and division.  We are practising in school and extra practise of times tables for homework will be very helpful.  If your child hasn't yet brought home a "table mountain" for times tables practise, they can pick one up in class... they look like this:

The idea is that you start on the bottom row, mastering these facts.  In order to "know" a fact, we would expect to be able to recall the fact within about 3-5 seconds.  Test them out in random order...!
Once you know a fact, colour it in on the table mountain.  Remember, once you know the fact, you actually know two facts because they work either way round.  (4 x 3 is 12 and so is 3 x 4).
Then work on the next row.  Notice there are less and less facts to learn as you go up the mountain!  There are many online games that you could use to practise your times tables and become quicker.  Here is one:

Carl's Cookies

Our Moment in Time Writing

Today we wrote about a moment in time, here are some of our fabulous stories.  Apologies in advance about all the references to vomiting!

The fairground ride

I heard people screaming with delight.
I saw a pretty little butterfly flying around.
I felt my heart pumping with delight.
I smelt people eating chips down there.
I wondered if I was going to fall off.

Chloe


The Senses of the Playstation

I heard a big explosion.
I saw red smoke coming from the sky.
I felt the vibrations of the controller shaking my hands.
I wondered if the controller would fly out of my hands.

Travis


The fairground ride

I heard screaming with delight and terror
I saw a bird, it was flying around and it crashed into the ride.
I felt happy and glad that I went on it.
I tasted bugs coming in my mouth, it was disgusting.
I wondered if i would fall off and break my leg.

Connor


The fairground ride

I heard people screaming with terror.
I saw people vomiting and looking very scared.
I felt terror running through my heart.
I smelt steaming smoke coming out of the motor.
I wondered if I should get off or stay on.

Jordyn



The fairground ride

I heard people screaming because they were scared.
I heard the people were terrified.
I heard the wind going round.
I saw people vomiting.
I saw people crying.
I felt the air going past.
I felt my body getting sick.
I wondered if the people didn't like it.

Eloise



My cousin

I heard a bird chirping in the morning.
I saw my cousin when I woke up.
I felt great and I felt way better.
I said to my cousin, "Wake up, let's watch tv".
I wondered if my mum was in bed.

Olivia


Dahla's horse

I heard her go "neigh, brrrrr".
I tasted a Moro bar at the show.
I saw her galloping and then into a trot.
I felt excited but scared at the same time.
I wondered would I fall off.

Maddy


At the big horse show

I heard a horse neighing to talk to another horse.
I saw Kelly running so fast in her paddock.
I tasted a Moro bar.
I felt one of her hooves.
I wondered if I was going to win Champion.

Dahla


The fairground ride

I heard screaming, yelling, birds.
I saw blurry people.
I felt worried, my heart was pumping fast.
I wondered if I should have eaten two blocks of chocolate.

Miles



The fairground ride

I heard lots of screaming in terror.
I heard wind blowing around and around
I saw lots of people with their mouths open, screaming.
I felt my body shaking very hard.
I wondered if it was going to drop me when I was looking down.

Izzy



Spider Bite

I heard my sister saying "Ouch!"
I saw a big lump.
I felt like it was going to happen to me.
I wondered if it was going to get worse.

Kyah



The fairground ride

I heard vomiting, screaming and yelling at the man, "Stop it!".
I saw a tsunami of vomit and water!
I felt fresh air and an earthquake.
I wondered if I should have eaten three whole tacos and pies before I got on.

Fergus



The fairground ride

I heard people screaming in terror and screeching.
I saw people vomiting and looking scared.
I felt terror running into my heart pumping so fast.
I felt wind blowing, it felt good.
I wondered if the world was spinning.

Kendra

Our flexible learning space

In Room 3 students have choice in where they choose to work.  Here we are this afternoon working on our rocky shore topic.

Cricket

It was a gorgeous day today for our cricket training session.  Let's hope the weather tomorrow is just as nice for our trip!

Crazy Hair pictures

Our portraits are finished - look how we finished them off... with crazy hair!  We tried to make our faces realistic by carefully spacing the features, and our hair - not so realistic.

Welcome To Room 3

Welcome to a new year and a new class. Today we started our self portraits. Check back to see the c-r-a-z-y thing we're going to do to them next!!

Speeches

We have been working on persuasive writing so far this term and have begun writing our speeches.  Most children have started typing their speeches up on their Google Drive so they can work on one document at home and at school.

Parents, could you please help your child with their speech at home?  The things that we are looking for are:

• a good knowledge of the topic
• a clear argument (you need to pick a side and argue it)
• clear reasons with examples
• an introduction to hook the listener in, 3 reasons (minimum) with examples, and a conclusion
• presenting is clear and confident, with expression

We will be performing our speeches in front of our class in Week 4 and then two or three will also perform in front of junior assembly.

Have fun practicing your speech!

Speeches

Hi Room 3,

Here is the list of speech topics that you suggested today.  You don't need to choose one from this list, but you must choose one that is interesting, with three or more reasons.

Please choose a topic by Wednesday so you can write your speech in time to present it next week.

• Why should we buy Lego?
• Why should we have motorbikes?
• Why should we have Halloween?
• Why should we have to pay for water?
• Why should we play sports?
• Why should we pay for power?
• Why should people do duck shooting?
• Why should we go fishing?
• Why is Christmas important?
• Why should we have pets?
• Why should we have a pony/horse?
• Why should people have healthy foods?
• Why should we have to go to school?
• Why should we have Christmas trees?
• Why should we have junk food?
• Why should we do cross country?
• Why should we travel?
• Why should we have towns and cities?
• Why should we not use swear words?
• Why should we have Easter?
• Why should we have technology?
• Why should we have cars?
• Why should we protect our native bush?
• Why should we protect our endangered birds?
• Why should we have scarecrows?

Netherton School News

Hi Room 3 students and families!

On Friday the children created a practice episode of 'Netherton School News'.  We had presenters, reporters, film crews, assistants and people to interview.  Our show was all about Netherton School, and we talked a bit about what has been happening in our school lately.  We really liked what we came up with and now we're hoping to make a regular Netherton School News show.

Could you please comment below with the things you would like to see on Netherton School News?  Perhaps some of your suggestions might be shown at assembly on Thursday.