Room 6 Class Blog

Friday, 8 April 2016

Life Vest Inside - Kindness Boomerang - "One Day"

This video is a great example of 'thinking of others' and 'paying it forward' where you not only appreciate the good that is done for you but you also pay it forward by showing kindness to others'.

Your challenge is to take note of the kind things others do for you then make sure you 'pay it forward' and do kind things for others...

Thursday, 7 April 2016

FYI

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

Manaakitanga (hospitality/empathy) is our focus this term...

We discussed how we show care and concern to others and here are some of our ideas.

We also watched a short video about caring. Take a look!

Monday, 4 April 2016

Holes - Louis Sachar

This term we have been reading Louis Sachar's book - Holes.

We had a sneak peak at the movie trailer too to see if how we had imagined the characters were how they looked in the movie - definitely some differences.

Here is a link to a site with some behind-the-scene photo's and the movie trailer.

http://www.louissachar.com/holes-the-movie.html

How have you liked the book so far Room 22? Would you recommend it to our blog visitors?

Any suggestions for books to read as a class next term? Post your ideas in the comment section.

Mrs O's top tip: Always read the book first before seeing the movie! When reading you naturally build up mental imagery of how the characters/scenery look, sound and act. Once you see the movie you will only be able to see the actors in that role - you cheat your mind of the chance to build your own imagery. And anyway the book is ALWAYS better!

Batter up!

This term we have been doing Softball in P.E. Big thanks to Whaea Puhi and Elijah for being our experts with this and sharing their wealth of knowledge on the sport.
It has been lots of fun and we have seen some real development in everybody's catching, throwing, batting and fielding skills. Some great sportsmanship and teamwork shown too.