Unboxing Day

The day had finally come and the children were so excited they were jumping around like Jack 'n' the boxes.  Yes, it was chromebook day.
We had a whole school assembly.  Mrs Whitelaw, Mr Jack and some children who had chromebooks last year all said speeches then the countdown began.  As the bomb timer exploded the children tore into their boxes to reveal their precious chromebooks. Roars of excitement filled the room.  Then we all enjoyed a shared morning tea.

WELCOME to Room 9

Welcome to Room 9's blog for 2015! We are a Year 4 class made up of 28 amazing learners.  This year we are beginning our learning journey on Chrome Books.  We are looking forward to un-boxing these on Wednesday 11th February at 10am.  In the meantime we are busy preparing for them and learning all about how to be safe online, using Hector's World.

This year's theme is 'Filling our Kete'

This term is 'Filling our Kete with Character. We will also be focusing on the School Mission Statement and the School Values.

Year Four Camp

Well we all had a fantastic time last week at Year Four Camp at Cooper's Beach. We stayed at the Cooper's Beach Christian Camp. The weather was stunning and we did lots of fun activities. We visited the rock pools and checked out all the creatures living there. We challenged ourselves on the confidence course and sped down the waterslide, slipping ans sliding everywhere. Mrs Craig even gave it a go! We also went fishing off Whangaroa Wharf. Jessica, Stella and Arlo caught keepers, Matilda caught some bait and all the others were too small so we had to throw them back. Congratulations to Arlo who caught the first fish but threw it back to keep Tangaroa happy. Thanks to all the parent helpers who helped to look after us. We all had a blast!
Here are a few photos of us at the Rock Pools.  We will post some more photos later.
 

An Action Packed Week

Last week we had a very busy week with lots of exciting things happening. Gina from Project Energise came and taught us how to do long jump and high jump. There are some very good jumpers in Room 9. We had our first lesson on water safety using life jackets and learning techniques on how to float. Then to top the week off we had Kids Can Cook Kitchen with Chef Chris Fortune. Check out the video of our time with Chris. We made French crepes and filled them with silverbeet and apple.

Video Star Version 2

Here is our Video Star Version 2. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment.

Video Star

Today a small group were lucky to be chosen to work with Mrs Stevenson's daughter to create a video star.  Here is the video they have created.  We have viewed and critiqued it, in hope to improve it on Thursday.

First week of Term 4

We all had an amazing first week back for Term 4.  We had our annual visit from Harold with Life Education.  He taught us about the systems in our body.  We also learnt how to read food labels and how much Fat, Sugar and Salt we should be eating. We also had Gina from Project Energise.  This term we are focusing on Run, Jump and Throw.  Duffy also presented an amazing show to us about the importance of Reading.  The week was topped off by our Greats and Grands Day.  We all had a wonderful time with our grandparents.