Problem solving explained by Saruja

As part of our Maths Quick Writes, we wrote a paragraph about Problem solving. This activity includes both maths and writing. This activity helps us to explain what we were doing and also will help us to explain what is problem solving. The tasked helped us a lot to use Rm 5 rubric and work with a critical friends to give a feedback each other. 

RWC 2015 by Tiare, Zeba, Tim and Saruja

Part of our reading we were doing activities about RWC. I worked with Zeba and Tim. We create a DLO about Argentina rugby players and some information. We had added the players of Argentina and their names. Hope you will learn something from this DLO.

Congratulations Saruja!

Huge congratulations to Saruja! A certificate for using our CARE values. Saruja has risen to the challenge and is the first person to have achieved all of her silver CARE values badges. Room 5 is very proud of you Saruja. Well done!

Manu and Saruja's Scarpbooking

Manu and Saruja told us about the fun they had a scrapbooking with Mrs Prasad. Their pages looked really colourful and told a story that was special to them.

Vincent Van Gogh

Saruja and Tiare used their smart searching skills to create this DLO about Vincent Van Gogh. I was really impressed with how hard they tried to write the information in their own words.

Smart Searching

 

The challenge: 

• To use smart searching skills to write a 25 word collaborative summary that explains why water is vital to human survival.

Celebrating Maori Achievement by Saruja

Congratulations Saruja!

Congratulations Saruja! A certificate for a great start to the term. Well done for all your hard work and excellent collaboration skills.

Complex Sentences

Here are a few examples of the DLO's we created with Miss D to show our understanding of complex sentences, dependent clauses, independent clauses and AAWWUBBIS.

Saruja

San Tat

Tim

Thinking Group Strategies: Kiwi Group

Today's task was to choose the best strategy to solve the problem. The Silver Ferns and Kiwi groups have created DLOs to share their thinking around this problem.

Galileo Homework Challenges

Below is a selection of the fabulous homework presentations about Galileo Galilei. Last week Miss Donaldson used our homework Choose-o-meter to randomly select Galileo as our topic. 


Fine

Saruja

Latham

Tim

Celebrating Samoan Language Week

Kokako Lodge Memories

Here is a selection of the photo essays created by Room 5 to reflect their personal experiences at our Year 7/8 camp at Kokako Lodge.

Key Competencies on Camp

This is a collaborative presentation created by Zeba, Nesi, and Yvette. It includes their predictions on how they might use the key competencies during camp, and how they actually used them during camp. You can see the comparisons before and after. 

This is Fine's Key Competencies Presentation that shows what I thought she needed to do before and after camp. We used these Key Competencies to stay safe,  follow our instructions correctly and make the wise choices.

Before camp Sajiha and Saruja did a presentation to predict which Key Competencies they might use at camp then reflect on what they actually used to help them follow the instructors rules and to follow the right track. 

Celebrating New Zealand Sign Language Week (NZSL)

Fine explored the achievements of a famous hearing impaired/deaf person.

June created an information poster with links to help you explore NZSL further.

Juanita and Zeba have explained what NZSL is.

Yvette has explored the history behind NZSL

Using NZSL to communicate

NZ Sign Language is NZ's third official language. Latham and Saruja have created this DLO to show us how to sign the names of family using NZSL. 

2x Table infographic

Saruja created this great DLO to show her understanding of the 2x table. 

Biased Perspectives

This week we have been looking at how biased perspectives can influence a reader's opinion. We found out that an objective opinion is balanced and shows two perspectives and a subjective opinion is very one sided. These are some of the examples of how we used our new knowledge of bias to change a balanced article into a biased article.

Easter Egg Hunt by Saruja

Malama Honua Celebrations

Sebastian, Anthony and Halatoa


Fine, Yvette and Sajiha

Paige and Jasmine

Courtney

Saruja and Linda

Evelyn

Raymond and Oh'Smar

Latham and DJae

Taikehu