Art exhibition work

Here are some examples of our Art work.

What's the time?

This week in Maths we are learning all about time! This includes telling the time on analogue and digital clocks. We will be learning to read calendars and timetables as well. This link http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-time.html has some fun games you can try at home. I especially like "What time is it?", "Bang on time" and "Train times."
Miss Collier

Inquiry for Week 8!

In week 8 we will be very busy with Inquiry. We will be starting a new part of our Inquiry: Nga Iwi o te whenua. We will be reading about and discussing the role (or jobs) of the Department of Conservation. Do you know anything about DOC? What do they do in New Zealand? You can start thinking about or researching this so you are prepared for Inquiry this week! I have put a link to some short videos you might like to look at under the Inquiry section.
At the end of the week we will also be sharing some of our family history stories from our homework.

Te Papa Trip

Check out our writing blog to see all the wonderful things we have written about our trip to Te Papa on Wednesday. You can even leave a comment about our writing!


Yesterday the Year 3's went to Te Papa to learn about a powhiri which is a welcome onto a marae. We looked at a marae, an entrance way to a maori village (waharoa), some greenstone (pounamu) and learnt some new maori words: wero means challenge and koha means gift.

By Georgia, Grace and Ella.

Thanks for all the comments!

Wow Room 8! Thanks to all the parents and children of Room 8 who have posted such positive comments on our class blog. I look forward to reading them out to the class tomorrow :)

Miss Collier

Well done Year 3 and 4's for your great dance performance at the Micheal Fowler Centre on Friday!!
All the Year 3 and 4's had such a great time watching choir's, dance groups and music groups from the Wellington region at the Artsplash: Schools for Schools concert. Thank you to Mrs Hooke for all her hard work organising everything!! And thank you to all the parents who came to watch us. Take a look at the photos below...

Nga Iwi o te whenua

This term our inquiry topic "Nga Iwi o te whenua" which means "The people and the land."

We have been learning about how Maori immigrated to NZ.

Next week we will be starting the 2nd part of our Inquiry which is all about people's "Emotional and Spiritual connections to the land."

We will start by thinking about where we live at the moment: Eastbourne, Petone or Wellington.
Look at these photos of Eastbourne. What words come to into your mind when you look at them?

Next we will be learning more about different connections people have with the land (Why is it special or important to them?) You might like to start investigating where your family came from before they came to Eastbourne as well! Have FUN!

Oral Language

This week we have been bringing in newspaper articles to share with the class. We are learning to think about key words (from the article) from the article using the 5W's to help us. We used James' article "Historic Club cafe destroyed" as an example. Next week we will be being 'news reporters' and planning a report about a new newspaper article to share with the class.
By James and Thomas

Key Competencies

Our Key Compentency Focus this term is "Relating to others."

But what does that mean???

Here is what 'Relating to others" means to Room 8:

We started to think about how "Relating to others" could link to our Inquiry -Nga Iwi o te Whenua (The people and the land). Some great ideas included:

- Learning about different places, languages and cultures.

- Taking an interest in others.

We also thought about how we use technology to relate to our families, friends and other people all over the world. Some ideas included: Photos, emails, phone calls and even blogging!

Great thinking Room 8!!

Maori Langauge Week

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 27 Hōngongoi - 2 Here-turi-kōkā 2009!
Celebrate Māori Language Week July 27th - August 2nd 2009.

Māori Language Week has been celebrated for over 30 years. Since 1975 Māori Language Week has been an opportunity for us to speak it, or to show our support to speakers of te reo Māori.

We speak te reo maori in Room 8 by using te reo greetings in the morning (for example: Kia ora, Morena or Ata marie), our teacher sometimes gives us simple instructions in te reo (for example: rarangi mai - line up, whakarongo mai - listen). We also play games to learn Nga nama (the numbers).
In Term 3 our focus is to learn Nga Tae (The colours) in te reo. Keep checking the blog for photos of Room 8 using Te Reo in the classroom.

For ideas about how you can be involved in Maori Language week click on this link:
http://www.nzlive.com/en/te-taura-whiri-i-te-reo-maori/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-maori-language-week-2009