We had a great time performing at school recently. Thanks to all our parents who found the clothes we needed and to those parents who helped us to gert ready on the day. Thank you also to Mrs Radford and Mrs McRoberts who taught us our dance and helped us to sing so well. We practised really hard, but we were still nervous on the day. Our teacher said we were fantastic!

Some children were involved in the Claymation elective. They made plasticine models over wire frames, which were then filmed one digital still shot at a time. The movie was edited in Windows Movie Maker. Mrs McRoberts and Mr Barthow showed us how to make Claymation movies. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot about stop-motion animation.

We have been learning to write different forms of poetry. Have you ever heard of a Bio Poem, a Triolet, 5Ws Poem, Haiku or Diamante? We have now and are really enjoying publishing and sharing them. Here are a few examples of a Seasonal Haiku. It is a 3 lined, unrhymed Japanese poem with lines of five, seven and five syllables, respectively. Poems of this nature are usually light and delicate in feeling and are often written about nature.

Eden writes…
beautiful blossoms
blooming quickly in springtime
so glamourously

Jack writes….
snow and rain dancing
winter rains rain heavily
snow caps rolling loud

Stella writes…
spring time is pretty
covered with coloured flowers
pretty pretty spring

Nicola writes…
winter snow falling
down from above bit by bit
covering the trees

Room 10 is having a great term. Mrs Pahl is loving being the teacher while Mrs McRoberts is away. We have studied about the Anzacs. Did you know that Mrs Pahl’s grandfather fought at Gallopoli? He was very badly gased but he survived and lived til he was 101 years old!!!! We have been learning about Road Safety and being a responsible passenger when travelling in cars and on buses. We loved making Choc Chip cookies for our mums for Mothers Day. This week we are practising for Choir and looking forward to using the new laptops in the Computer Suite.

On Wednesday 3rd March we went to Mount Maunganui Surf Club. The lifesavers there taught us about the ten Surf Safety rules and also how to be “Sun Smart”.
Have a look at what we learned!
6 sunsmart rules
The 10 Surf Safety Rules

Welcome all new visitors to the Room 10 blog….Have a look below at some of the work we did last year, who knows what exciting things we might do this year!
Room 10 2010 are already working hard and looking forward to their upcoming camp at Waihi Beach from March 10-12th.

Well done to all the amazing performers in the Room 10 Zoo. Kylie spoke very confidently,the drummers drummed magnificently, the lions were incredibly bold,the kangaroos bounced their hearts out and the keepers did a wonderful job sweeping up after them. You are all fantastic!

We have been learning about Matariki. We imagined a silhouette scene on a Matariki morning. We hope you enjoy our work!

We visited the marae to learn about the customs and kawa or marae protocol. We learned about how people are welcomed to the marae and how important the wharenui or meeting house is. We also learned what the parts and patterns of the wharenui mean. We sang some waita, learned a haka and wove some putiputi harakeke or flax flowers.

Here are the pictures of the kites we made to celebrate Matariki. Well done everyone!