Student Led Conferences

What a joy it has been to observe the Room 10 students leading the Student Led Conferences this week. They were well prepared, confident and very aware of their own learning goals and styles.

Congratulations Room 10 for a job well done!

Introducing the Pupuke Community of Learning to Sunnybrae through our Assembly

Room 10 and Room 6 joined forces to create a fun, informative and musical presentation about the Pupuke Community of Learning for their assembly. 
Well done, Lily in the lead role as Mrs. Armitage and for all members of the class who contributed their commitment, patience and stage presence.

Advertising videos are a hit with Room 10!

Group-Based Advertisements 

Unit of Inquiry: Communication

Room 10 students inquired into the different techniques used to persuade. They conceptualised an idea for an advertisement, created a storyboard, prepared props and locations, filmed and edited their ad and then reflected on their commitment to the process and their ability to work well in a group. Miss Oborn led the class through this challenging but very rewarding learning and we were all blown away by just how amazing the advertisements came out!

Bully -free environment

Last week was Bully-free week. Students from Sunnybrae wore pink to support this campaign.

A great New Zealand resource has been produced to support a bully-free environment called Oat the Goat.

http://www.oatthegoat.co.nz/

Click on the link to share the story together.

Ethics around Pets

With the guidance of Miss Jane, Room 10 students considered the pros and cons of kindergartens having a pet. They learned about the term, ethics and made decisions about the rights and wrongs of homing a pet in a school. They ranked themselves based on how strongly the felt about the topic along a continuum.

Non Fiction Reading Strategies

Room 10 has been focusing on reading strategies that are particularly useful when reading non-fiction texts. Each group has been extending their knowledge of forms of communication by reading short texts and journal articles. The strategies they have been learning to apply are:

• Skimming
• Activating Prior Knowledge
• Questioning
• Building Vocabulary
• Summarising
• Synthesising

Here is a sample of a text and a reading strategy template

Diving assessment for Physical Education

Fancy turning up to the hall for a diving lesson! Well Room 10 didn't exactly dive but learned all about the sport of diving through New Zealand's national coach. They were put through their paces - stretching, jumping and balancing to prove that they had what it takes to make a great diver. After a lot of fun, the students received the opportunity to participate in a free diving lesson at Glenfield Pools.

Special Visitor

A part of a mini inquiry into the benefits of pets, Miss Jane brought in her guinea pig. Room 10 were very impressed by the size and cuteness of this auburn animal.

Logic Games

Once in awhile, we get the opportunity to develop our logical thinking skills through a range of games and puzzles. Here is Jae Young and Darrius thinking strategically during a game of chess!

Some finished pieces of art from our Culture unit of inquiry

Commonwealth

This Is Corey Viola And Isabella Doing Their Koru Art

Gumboot Dancing - Learning some steps

Expressing Culture through the Arts

In groups of 4-5, Room 10 are exploring various art forms that come from different cultural groups around the world. These include:

• South African Gumboot Dance
• Ojo De Dios  - weaving from Mexico and Bolivia
• Māori koru designs
• Pacific Island Tapa Cloths
• Beijing Opera Masks
• The origins of drumming

Each group will experience two forms of art and become experts to educate others, building the learning in Room 10

Room 10 as journalists

Starting this week, Room 10 students will be responsible for reporting on weekly learning and events. They will be working in teams of 3 and taking on the role of journalists. Watch this space for updates!
A special thanks to Corey for helping set up the reporting accounts for the students.

Flippa Ball for PE

Miss Oborn is making the most of the wonderful weather and keeping our water sports theme going each Thursday. Room 10 built on teamwork and ball skills with a fun and very active game of flippaball last week.

Cultural Expression

Food and Culture

Wow! Room 10 has been highly motivated by our unit around culture, beliefs and values. For home learning, the students were asked to into a particular cultural group and identify a way their culture is expressed through the arts. Students have taken their own spin on this and opened it wider regarding expression. Gabby and Corey amazed us as they brought in food that is special to their own heritage. Corey shared Scottish fudge and Gabby brought in English pikelets! (Mrs Knight wished she worked on Fridays in Room 10!)

What else will come in this week??

Food For Thought

As part of our food for thought programme, Room 10 headed to Pak n Save to look carefully at nutrition labels and categorise foods under 'occasional' foods and 'everyday foods'. The students were very respectful and very focused on their task. Thank you to all the parents who helped out on the day. Thank you also to Katrina, Gabby's mum, a dietician who came in the following week to answer our nutrition-based questions.

WELCOME TO ROOM 10!

A GREAT START TO ROOM 10

What a positive start it has been with the students of Room 10 settling in quickly and developing new friendships and reconnecting with old mates. So much learning has happened in these first 3 weeks of school! Highlights have included swimming lessons, creating a 3D treehouse treaty and completing a maths investigation around Da Vinci's Vitruvian man.