Cricket

Room 8 are enjoying cricket this term. We look forward to our sessions with Coach Lily each week. We have been learning techniques to improve out batting, bowling and fielding skills. 

Check us out in action!

Kia Orana! Cook Island Language Week 2017

Earlier on this term was Cook Island language week. One of the challenges was to make 'Ei from recycled materials.  The material we used were...old magazine papers that we folded then threaded with a needle a  and string.   

we thought they looked cool when we had finished.

We also learnt about the island of Penrhyn and designed a poster.

We enjoyed the fun Cook Island assemblies we had and the mufti day on Friday when we got to wear our culture clothes. 

By Tarita

High Five For Awesome Attendance!

Congratulations to Ardyn, Savannah, Waina, Aphrodite, Nevaeh and Ellen-Gracie who all received certificates for 100% attendance in term 2.

😁  😎  😇  😊  😍  👏  👍

Matariki Buddy Time!

Navigate Your Journey.

Term 3 was an exciting term of learning for Room 8. Our learning pathways topic was 'Navigate Your Journey'. We explored the history of  Polynesian wayfinders and learnt about the navigation and settlement of the Pacific.

We worked with a buddy to present our learning in the form on an information report and a diorama.
Some of the skills we learnt along the way were:
-  Forming open ended questions
-  Selecting infomation - from books, the internet, videos
-  Skimming and scanning when reading information
-  Summarising main points
-  Indentifying key words
-  Note taking
-  Report writing
-  Teamwork - participating and contributing

Here is a peek at what we have been up to....

Learning in Room 8...

Excuse the mess....we're LEARNING!

In Room 8 we have been busy! 
Researching, planning, discussing, drawing, creating, taping, gluing, painting......

We look forward to sharing our masterpieces with you when we are finished. Watch this space 😊

Nexo Knights!

What a fantastic surprise the Senior and Middle School kids at BMPS had last week! Each student go their very own Nexo Knight lego set! 

These were gifted to us from Eat My Lunch. Eat My Lunch is an AMAZING company who provide our school and schools all over NZ, with lunches for those who don't have any. 

It is their 2nd birthday, but we were the lucky ones that got the presents. How awesome is that?!

In Room 8 we got to test our literacy skills by carefully reading and following the instructions. We worked cooperatively when we got a bit stuck on the tricky bits and had a whole lot of fun sharing and playing with our creations.

Thank you Eat My Lunch for helping to keep kid's tummies full so they can focus on their learning. We appreciate you!