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

                                                          

NZ Maths week

Hi Parents! This week is NZ maths week and we are encouraging our students to get onto www.mathsweek.co.nz and participate in the activities to increase their number knowledge. Each day we have had a Schoolwide maths challenge to participate in. Our class has now won three prizes for estimating the correct answer! Go Room 8! I have attached a picture of Tristan as he won the Jellybean guess and as you can see from the picture he is pretty proud of himself!

'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.

Presenting of our Mihi's