FREAKY FRIDAY MATHS!

Today we had our first session of Freaky Friday Maths! Students had to complete an obstacle course and work in teams to complete mathematical equations.  This week we revised addition/subtraction and multiplication/division using BEDMAS.

more BEAUTIFUL portraits!

The Rm26 students are really proud of the work they have produced and wanted me to take photos of ALL the portraits that are around our room (unfortunately there are a few missing because we didn't have a ladder today) but in saying that... 

Do you recognise which students are missing?
If you know the answer, leave a comment with their names below and you will receive a nice little bonus! :)

Toku Whanau

We have been doing some Art and Te Reo Maori in the classroom.  Students practiced saying some basic words and writing basic sentences.  Last week we worked on introducing some of the members of our whanau and ourselves.  We then created some koru art to dispaly with our sentences.

Rm26 HOMEWORK wk4

Part of your mahi kainga is to post some comments on our class blog.  This will soon lead into leaving comments on other class blogs we visit.

Homework tasks:

1. Post a comment under Day1 at Otumoetai Intermediate about one of the most memorable things about your first day as a Yr8, or what you are looking forward to as a Yr8 this year.
2. Post a comment under Rm26 ART! and STARS! about one of the things you found challenging about these tasks, or something you are proud of.

Our BEAUTIFUL portraits!

Here are some of our finished products.  I am extremely proud of the art work that the students in Rm26 have produced, and they now line our classroom walls :)

Rm26 ART! and STARS!

We have been learning how to blend pastel to find a match for the colour of our skin, lips, eyes and hair.  We have been practicing and practicing and are working on our published versions at the moment... keep an eye out for our finished products!

We have also been making 3D stars in the classroom for our STARS wall display.  In Room26, STARS are students who understand and display Otumoetai Intermediate's 5 core values: Respect, Integrity, Excellence, Diversity, and Creativity.

  

Day 1 @ Otumoetai Int.

WOW what a day! Excited students (and some nervous teachers) filled the basketball court this morning waiting to meet the people they were going to be spending the rest of 2012 with...

Room 26 is an awesome class and I look forward to getting photos and videos of all the amazing work they are doing up on the blog very shortly.  Until then feel free to check the panui/notices and mahi kainga/homework pages to keep up to date on some of the things that are happening in Room 26  :)