Take One - News report writing and presenting!!

In Room 8 we have been learning about how to write reports for different purposes. Two of the reports we have learnt about so far are information and news reports. Below are some news reports we wrote and presented to one another. We were told the news story was to be about John Key's decision to stop education for disabled children. The students of Room 8 had to think about the implications of this from a variety of sources. Then they wrote a report where they had to put their own facts in and interview people that would be affected by this decision to see what they had to say. Hope you enjoy!

Gabriel - Room 8 News reporter

                                                          Emma - Room 8 News reporter

                                            Tristan and Michael  - Room 8 News reporters

                                                         Jared - Room 8 News reporter

                                                       Taine - Room 8 News reporter

                                                        Calix - Room 8 News reporter

                                    Mackenzie, Makayla and Tyler - Room 8 News reporters

                                                         Amelia - Room 8 News reporter

                                                          

Volcano dances - Take One...

This term Room 8 has learnt all about the five stages of a volcano - the stages are:  dormant, building pressure, erupting, flowing and settling. Below are some videos of my students completing these dances. They have done a fantastic job with these... Enjoy

Natalie, Ella, Jared B & Istvan

 Charlotte, Benjamin and Chloe

Michael, Antonio, Kaitlyn and Amelia

Katie, Taine and Mackenzie

Brooke, Makayla, Jack and Gabriel

Ryan, Luke, Tristan and Tyler

Victoria, Marianne, Jared R and Zion

Persuasive Writing

Room 8 all had to write to persuade an audience of why they should be given pocket money... they had to focus on using rhetorical questions, being able to back up their ideas with evidence. Below are some examples of some of them... Enjoy

‘Why I should get pocket money‘           By Calix

To get pocket money I could do jobs. Jobs like doing dishes, or mowing my lawns and other jobs. 

Another reason is to help other people at their jobs. Their job might be a cleaning job (not so easy) or concreting (even harder!). 

A further reason is to help a family member move house. I could unpack some things or move boxes to earn money.

So I hope I have persuaded you why you should give me lots of pocket money!

‘Why I should get pocket money‘           By Katie

“Listen up parents, do you have too much money stuffed in YOUR pockets”? Well I’ve got the cure for you. If you give me pocket money, it will keep your pockets empty and mine full. 

It all adds up in life. Pocket money is all about being paid for the work you complete, which will help me learn to save money so when I’m older I am more responsible with my money.

It doesn’t matter how much money I’m given. Maybe just $5 a week for different jobs or a variety of amounts depending on the type of job. (Example - vacuuming $2, depending on the area) etc. While I’m doing the chores you will be able to chill out, relax and enjoy some peace and quiet. 

If I have my own money I won’t be pestering you for toys, electronics, food, trips to places, or books. You will be left alone (for a little while at least!)

I’ll donate money to local charity. I’ll also do jobs for free, it will make such a difference in the world.

Education is probably the most important reason why I need pocket money. I would buy text books or maybe even an ipad if I need to.

In conclusion I hope I have persuaded you to give me all your money!!!

‘Why I should get pocket money‘             By Brooke

“Do you see my empty pockets, with no bling bling in them?”. Well I’m going to persuade you why I should have pocket money.

Firstly I need to learn how to save so I can plan ahead for my future. I will look after each and everyone of my friends and to learn how to be a responsible person. 

Secondly I will learn to be more generous with my money by helping friends and family to buy presents, food or clothes.

Finally I’m going to work really hard for my pocket money by doing chores like doing dishes, helping family and friends and washing the car.

Thank you for listening to me. I hope I persuaded you of why I should have pocket money!

Soccer Drills

We have been learning to kick a soccer ball around without losing control of it, so we put some cones out and had to zig zag through them with a ball. It was hard trying to not hit the cones and try and kick quickly without losing the ball by kicking too hard. Good job guys for being resilient and pushing through even when the ball had a mind of its own...

'Eggsperiment' time...

Here we have a simple egg... or so it seems....

Charlotte chose this science experiment to prove that you can't crush an egg when you squeeze it. So we all gave it a shot... The faces that were pulled during this experiment were priceless! Afterwards we found out the reason why you can't crush the egg: - 'If you apply even pressure throughout the egg while squeezing it the egg will withstand the force. However if it is overloaded on one side with pressure it will break. That is eggsellent... get it?! Okay that was pretty silly. It was cool to watch everyone try and break the egg though.

Science Ignition Day

In Week 2, Room 8 started a science experiment that was called "The Mouldy Bread Experiment". We learnt first of all how to write a scientific piece of writing. First we had to think of our title, then we had to come up with a question and then we made a hypothesis.
Our title - The Mouldy Bread Experiment
Our question - Which liquid makes white bread go moldy first?
Hypothesis - We had to pick which liquid we thought would make the bread go moldy first. Our choices were from the list below:
Our Resources/Materials:
White bread
Coke zero, orange juice, water, light milk, soy sauce and cooking oil
Plastic bags
Staples
Measuring cup
The Method:
Measure 1/4 of a cup of each of the liquids and pour them separately onto each slice of bread. Place each piece of bread into its own bag and seal with staples. Label the bag with liquid and place on notice board to observe over the next two weeks.
Observations:
Day 1 - No change to any of the pieces of bread
Day 2 - A little spot of mould on the piece of bread that had water on it
Day 3 - The bread with the water now has a big patch of mould, nothing on the other breads
Day 4 - Coke zero, light milk and orange juice bread now have spots of mould on them
Day 5 - The cooking oil bread now has a couple of mould spots
Day 6 - There is lots of mould spots on all pieces of bread but on the coke zero bread there is big red spots that look like jam! Don't try to eat it though... eeewwww.
Day 7 - Massive big splotches of mould. The mould is all of these colors: red, green, black, white, brown, yellow, pink and purple. There is a horrible smell coming from the bags now. It may be time to end this experiment soon!
The last step for us is to write our results. This experiment has been lots of fun to watch.
We now need to look at the reasons behind why some of the liquids did not make the bread mould a lot... it should be interesting.
By Katie and Mrs Notley

Enjoy the science photos to follow:

Science - Making Gloop

We decided to make gloop in Room 8 - 'boy did we make some mess' (luckily we decided to do this out on the field). We invited Room 5 to join in with us, seeing as it was such a beautiful sunny day and a nice way to end the week. We were a little disappointed as our gloop didn't turn out exactly how it should have and was a little runny. Next time we would add less water and use more cornflour. It is amazing how the gloop can turn from a solid to a liquid. We are adding the recipe if any of our parents would like to try this recipe out at home.

GLOOP:

Ingredients

2 cups cornflour
1 cup cold water

Instructions

Pour the cornflour into a bowl. Add the cold water slowly, stirring constantly and stop when the water is barely absorbed by the cornflour.

The resulting solution is fascinating to play with. It can be scooped up with the fingers as a mouldable material, but flows like liquid back into the bowl. It will brush off clothing as a dry powder.

I have included some photos of the process in making the gloop: