Sky Tower Trip | By Alex

Today LS2, LS1 and Room 5 went on a trip to the Sky Tower, since it was sponsored nobody needed to pay anything, the person who sponsored our trip's name is Douglas Bates. during our trip there we were given a challenge; on this piece of paper different locations were shown, and we needed to write the name of the location. There were also clues on the bottom of it to help us figure out which was which, another thing to help was the fact that we were on the 51rst floor. Before that though, we'd watched some videos that told us lots of interesting facts about the Sky Tower, some being: It weighs around about the same as 6,000 elephants, it takes 40 seconds to get from the bottom floor to the top, it would take 29 minutes for someone to reach the top floor by only using stairs (If they walked) and that the glass walls and floor in the observation deck are as thick as the concrete floor. 

ICAS English Celebrations!

Thomas and Menchung (R6) 

Distinction

Fine

Merit

Sajiha, Yvette, Sebastian

Participation

Collaboration with Room 8

Yesterday we worked with Room 8 to create collaborative DLO's that reflect our learning from our trip to Pak'n Save. All the learners worked really well learning from and with each other.

Word Problem by Tim

Today Tm used an algorithm to solve division problems. He had to think of a question and solve it himself to show his thinking.

Home Learning Challenge: How the eye works...

Theme and Rheme

Today we explored how theme and rheme can help us create sentences that flow into one another. The theme of a sentence is the topic (what is being talked about). The rheme is the information (what is being said about the topic) that follows. Often the rheme becomes the theme of the next sentence. Each group were challenged to write the next two possible sentences by paying close attention to the theme and rheme. 

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. With the decrease in seafood numbers fishermen will lose their jobs. Without their jobs these people and their families will be plunged into hardship. - Yvette, Zeba, Sajiha

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. Consequences could consist of low storage in fish stores Low fish numbers could lead to having no fish and chips. - Fine, Zahn, Dontalian, Tiare

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These serious consequences will lead to lower fish numbers. Lower fish numbers means less seafood available in stores. - Tim, Courtney

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These serious consequences will lead low fish numbers. A decrease in the population of fish will lead to people not having jobs. - Jasmine, Oh S’Mar, Juanita
New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These consequences may result in less seafood being available in stores. If seafood is not available in stores people will start buying it illegally. - Shantay, Taikehu, Saruja, San Tat

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These serious consequences will lead to smaller amounts of fish. This will lead to smaller amounts of fish and seafood in stores. - John, Jacob, DJae

Aquatics in R5

Room 5 have swimming twice a week. We think learning to swim and stay safe in and near water is important as in New Zealand we are surrounded by water, and for most of us going to the beach is something we enjoy doing with our families.