At the end of Week 2 and we caused quite a distraction walking into assembly carrying a shovel. Many were questioning what we had been up to and even the teachers wondered if I'd been digging a grave. We had to really start to wonder how hard it would be to dig a hole every day that was 5ft (152.4cm) deep and wide. We only managed to move a 1 ft x 1ft space in a pile of dirt. 'Holes' by Louis Sachar is a great story. Both Room 4 and 13 are working collaboratively on activities and joined together today for our first online 'Twitter' session (Read more about it below) Please leave us a comment

Our reflections about our activities we have been working on this week in Room 13.

by the students of Room 13.

In Room 13 there are 13 girls and 13 boys. All together there are 26 kids.  Room 4 is our buddy class.  Mrs Haddock is a nice teacher!  We do singing with Room 4 sometimes.  Greta & Drew

It is a colourful space in Room 13.  It has nets and tents places where we can work.  It has fruity cushions and bean bags that we can sit on.  We have lots of places we we can work like on the deck and the library under tables in the tent and even at tables.  Shaye & Neko

We listened to Chapter 7 of Holes, then some of us wrote a description of Stanley Yelnats, the main character. As a group, we are creating Camp Green Lake in Minecraft and we are using  what we have read so far.  

Others in the class chose to find the meaning of 5 words: Perseverance, Desolate, Excavated, Preposterous and Grimaced. Some of us came up with some rules about Camp Green Lake then we selected one of the Creatures that inhabited the desert at Camp Green Lake: Lizards, Scorpions or (Rattlin Snakes). We might be able to dig a hole in the school the same size as the ones in the book, which are 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide. Phoenix & Matthew

This week we have been given class jobs.  We drew our jobs out by using popsicle sticks with our name on. Mrs H is happy now she has some super duper helpers.  Olivia P & Joel

On Wednesday and Thursday Room 13 were painting our book boxes with blue paint. Some of us got paint on ourselves and some of us had help from some of the other kids that painted before us. It was messy and fun. On our book boxes when we were painting we had to go long ways down our box.

We are designing covers for our books.Some of us are working on the front.  others are working on the back of our books.  We are colouring pictures from a colouring book. When we have finished we will cover it in coverseal on the front and back. So far it is taken us 2 afternoon sessions to get as far as we have.  They are looking really really good because everyone is taking their time. Michael & Alex

This week we have been starting on making our own book covers. We had to create a unique designs that would suit our book. The front of our book we used a site called creative commons, the site lets you use pictures that are not copyright. We used Google Slides to start creating our cover page, we could use different shapes, symbols and colours. Jaedyn & Lashawn

Creative Commons is a site you can get photos that are able to be used legally. Using photos off the internet is  sometimes illegal you can get a fine. If it is a copyright photo it is illegal, so that why our class uses Creative Commons. It is safer for kids.

Amy & Chasity

This week we have been practising for swimming sports. On the first day we all went back and forth down the pool practising different swimming strokes. Mrs H put us into two groups, so one group in the pool and one group out commenting on the person that's in the pool then we swap over.  Our swimming session goes into morning tea time.  After swimming we get an extra five minutes, so we can play on the playground or play on the decks.  Ky-mani and Amber

On Thursday Rm 13 and Room 4 had our library session together. We chose the books that we wanted to get out, we had lots of fun.  We hope Room 4 had lots of fun with us too. It was fun for a change.  Mrs H likes us to choose a main course book and an entree/dessert book.  The main course is a Chapter book ,A dessert and entree are picture books, joke books etc.

Hayley & Olivia

Yesterday we were learning about ‘Coding’  and to find out how coding actually works. Coding technology and how it works And after stuff. ‘Everybody in the world should learn how to program a computer…Steve Jobs’

Harrison & Lindsey

Last night we went to the Meet the Teacher Evening, we did a lot of sports like rugby , cricket and soccer. Then I went to Room 4 with my mum then we went home  she came into Room 13 and had a quick talk with Mrs H.  After Ashley and his Pop went to Room 13. Pop thought it was a creative classroom.  He went home and told Nan that he thought Mrs H was the best teacher he has had.

Michael & Ashley

This Friday we have been on Twitter and we have been focusing on the book ‘Holes’ along with other schools of Year 5 and 6’s (About 75 schools in NZ). We have been looking at art that other people have done.We have been answering questions and commenting on other people's work.We have also liked other people's work. People made maps, artwork and posters of yellow spotted lizards , scorpions and snakes as well as Minecraft worlds based on Camp Green Lake. They have done a great job in their art.  Madison & Tabitha