Room5@Work

Great work to all the people who got their ‘Big OE Project’ in on time. I thought you did an awesome job and I have enjoyed marking them. Europe is such a cool place to go visit and I’d love to go back again soon.

Some projects I couldn’t get to open because they are made on a newer version of Microsoft Word. Paige I couldn’t put your project on the Blog as it was saved in a funny file format. But you did an amazing job and received an A Plus. If you click on the links below you can check out some of them.

Renee D\’s Project    Elettra\’s Project   Casey-Lee\’s Project   Emily\’s Project   Sabrina\’s Project

Check out this cool Elf video I made. I couldn’t get it to play on the Blog so I put it on our Class Wiki. All you need to do is click on the link and it will take you to our Wiki. I will teach everyone how to make one in class this week. Elf Yourself

Hey everyone, well it’s not long to go now. Congratulations to Joshua W for been named P.O.W. Joshua you are an awesome worker who could receive P.O.W every week!!!

Also congratulations to Michael for winning the Blake Team Speech competition. Awesome Michael, you are such a wonderful public speaker.

Mr B has put a new feature on the Blog called Answer Tips. Answer Tips allows you to click on any word on the Blog and it will give you a detailed meaning for it. Try it out, it’s awesome!!!

I have also put a Poll on the Blog (it’s below this post) about favourite baby boy names. Get voting everyone and let Trudi and I know which ones you like best.

Well done to everyone who put a pet on the Wiki and I’m impressed with all those people who have been working on their Wiki Page. Check out Elettra’s page, it’s awesome!!!

Check out this cool video. I think this video sums up the internet and the way the world is changing. Just click on the link. We Think

I’m going to put my feet up today as I have finally finished your reports. Trudi is having her baby shower today which should be fun. See you all tomorrow.

Lots of people have been asking me what I am doing next year so I thought I better put up a post letting eveyone know.

Next year I am leaving Newbury School to go teach at Hokowhitu School in Palmerston North. I have accepted a Long-Term Relieving job teaching Year 4/5.

I plan to keep the blog running. It will have the same Blog address but obviously a different name and school.

Now that Assessment Week is over Room 5 has a little more time on our hands. So in the afternoons we have been catching up on Sport and Art.

Here are some of the things we have been doing. Black and White Space Symmetry Art (our Maths focus), Poems (Writing) and Christmas Stained Glass Windows (fun!!!). Check them out.

Time Capsule

In the first week of school Room 5 made up a Time Capsule of food, letters/goals and classroom items and burried them in the school grounds.

Over the year we have waited to dig it up and see what we wrote to ourselves. Now in week 7 of Term 4, we are only about 2 weeks away from digging it up. We look forward to digging it up and seeing If we acheived our goals for the year.

I wonder if the food has gone mouldy and squishy? I hope we can find it!! One year Mr Baker did this activity and when his class went to dig it up they couldn’t find it.                               

Post by Elizabeth and Eliza

Check out these photos from today’s Maths lesson about Symmetry.

ICT homework for this week is to upload a photo of one of your pets to our Wiki. All you have to do is log on to the Wiki, click on the Pets Folder and open the pets document. Once you are in you need to upload your picture and label it. I will model this in class.

The new P.O.W for this week is….. SABRINA. Great work Sabrina, you are a fantastic worker.

Mr Baker has been busy writing reports this weekend and has nearly finished. Don’t worry I had lots of nice things to say!!!!!! 

Guess What? Only 23 more days until the end of the school year. I have definitely started the count down!!!!! In fact I have made a countdown widget in the sidebar. Roll on the summer holidays. See you all tomorrow.

Check out Room 5’s clustr Map. Since February we have had visitors to the blog from all over the world. The Blog has been awesome and it’s a pity but there is only 3 more weeks left before it changes to my new school. I wonder what all those people from around the world think of our Blog?

CLUSTR MAP

Hey everyone, If you go to our Podcast site you can listen to the lastest show of ‘While Your Kids are at School’. Renee and Eliza have worked hard in putting show 2 together and even have a special hollywood guest. I wonder who it could be?????

I have had a look at the data from last week’s show and 45 people listened to it, with people from America and England tuning in. So don’t muck around, get over to the site and listen to the new show!!!!

‘While your kids are at School’, it’s going to be huge!!!

Congratulations to all the contestants and winners at Newbury’s Got Talent today. Everyone did an awesome job and wasn’t Josh’s beat-boxing fantastic? Here are some photos from today.

HAS NEWBURY SCHOOL GOT TALENT?

On Friday Newbury school is holding a talent competition in the Newbury Hall. We will get a chance to find out who is Newbury School’s top performers. Representing Room 5 is  Emma, R.D.5 and Elettra and Emily. The finalists will get a chance to shine and show us what they’ve got.

Josh Edwards from ‘New Zealand’s Got Talent’ will be judging and performing for us.

We hope to see you there. Please feel free to bring friends and family along. Come and join us at NEWBURY’S GOT TALENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the list of finalists:

Blake Team - Ben and George, Catarina, Charlotte, Ayesha, Jess G, Breana.

Hillary Team - R.D.5, Terese, Jaimee and Larissa, Tegan and Jesse L, Emma A, Taylor Q, Elettra and Emily, Joanna and Shannon, Taylor H, Travis and Tom.

By Eliza and Renee D

Wow, would you believe there is only 22 more days of school left!!! It only seems like yesterday that we started and I can still remember writing my first ever post in February for the blog.

Anyway, I have decided to not give out any more Worksheet Homework (Reading, Writing and Spelling) as we have been doing it all year. Instead I am going to make up some fun ICT (Blog/Wiki) tasks for R5 to complete.

R5’s Big OE Project was supposed to be handed in this week but I have decided to extend the deadline to the end of Week 7. That leaves everyone 2 more weeks to get it handed in.

This week’s ICT homework is to add 3 sentences to R5’s Evolving Story on our Wiki. What you have to do is log onto the Wiki and click on the Writing link or Writing Folder. In that folder you will find a Page called Evolving Story. From here you need to read the story and add three sentences of your own to it.

Please add your name to your piece of writing, save your work and please don’t change anyone else’s sentences. We have done this task before but on the Blog.

Anyone who does not have access to a computer at home can log onto our school computers in the morning before school to complete the task.

Lets get writing everyone, I look forward to reading your story and see where everyone takes it.

Hey Team, check out this Crime Wordle I made. It is a brainstorm of all the Crime words we have been talking about in class. It took me a while to figure out how to make it but I finally pulled it off. That’s the great thing about ICT, there’s always a way !!!!!

Check out this cool Blingee I made of Elettra. Eliza discovered this cool site on the internet and has a blingee on her Wiki page. Next week I will get Eliza to teach you how to make one. Isn’t ICT fun? Hope you like it Elettra!!!!

Assessment week is finally over!!!! Well done everyone for trying so hard on your Term 4 Assessment. Mr Baker will mark and record your tests over the weekend and hand back your results next week.

I have posted some new Podcasts on our Podcast site. Check them out they are extremely funny!!!!!!

The Edublog team (people who host our blog) have announced that it is the time to nominate for the 2008 edublog awards. Each year they run a competition for best educational blogs. You need a blog to nominate someone’s blog so fingers crossed someone likes our blog and we get a nomination!!!

To take the pressure off Assessment week we decided to do some Art yesterday. Here are some results.

 The new P.O.W goes to an outstanding worker who always tries her best. She is always kind and friendly to others and is a pleasure to have in class. The new P.O.W goes to…….. Renee W! Congratulations Renee, you definitely deserve it!!!

Week 5 is going to be a huge week as it is Assessment Week. A great chance for everyone to show us what they have learnt this term. Go Room 5, you are going to ace it!!!!!

Mr B is firmly stuck in front of the TV tonight. Election results, Cricket and the All Blacks!!! Should be awesome!!!

See you all on Monday.

Room 5 have made some new Podcasts for you to listen to. Click on the link below right under Newbury School and you will go straight to our Podcast site. Check them out they are pretty cool!!!!!! If you want you can download them and put them on your I-Pod or MP3 Player.

Hey everyone, as you know R5 has been learning about Crime. Today we learnt all about testing substances and powders. Here are a few photos from todays lesson.