On Monday Room7 did a diary entry about the Wahine Disaster in 1968. We wrote it during our Quick Write time.
This is my Quick Write.
I was looking out the window of my house when I saw the Wahine slowly sinking. I tore out of the house screaming,
"The Wahine is sinking! "
People were running with gear to help all the people. I was crying because all my friends and my dad were on board. We ran to the closest shore and started pushing and pulling at boats and some people were even swimming out. The people that were helping only rescued a few people but at least they managed to save some people.
I hope I don't see anything like this in Wellington again.
By Wahine Rescuer
Monday, April 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Peer Mediation Meeting
On Tuesday the 29th of March the peer mediators from Crofton Downs Primary School went to their mediation meeting in Room 6.
There were a lot of people there, about 30 maybe less. We discussed things like our roster and knowing if we were still able to do our shift on our particular day. Mrs G had to take a photo of all of us one by one and a group photo of the peer mediators. We also talked about the problems we had. There were two plays about a problem that some peer mediators had, but they didn't solve it themselves, so we discussed that if we have a problem and it's between two peer mediators that we have to solve it our selves.
By Peer Mediator
There were a lot of people there, about 30 maybe less. We discussed things like our roster and knowing if we were still able to do our shift on our particular day. Mrs G had to take a photo of all of us one by one and a group photo of the peer mediators. We also talked about the problems we had. There were two plays about a problem that some peer mediators had, but they didn't solve it themselves, so we discussed that if we have a problem and it's between two peer mediators that we have to solve it our selves.
By Peer Mediator
On Tuesday the peer mediators had a meeting in Room 6.
It was about what peer mediation was about and talking about how to solve problems if the mediators have problems of their own. We had some plays about people who are fixing their own problems making no one feel left out.
We learnt about what peer mediators do and why where here. We also learnt what are the rules of mediation are. The rules are: no name calling or putdowns, no interrupting and agree to solve the problem. We also discussed our roster.
By Aaliah
It was about what peer mediation was about and talking about how to solve problems if the mediators have problems of their own. We had some plays about people who are fixing their own problems making no one feel left out.
We learnt about what peer mediators do and why where here. We also learnt what are the rules of mediation are. The rules are: no name calling or putdowns, no interrupting and agree to solve the problem. We also discussed our roster.
By Aaliah
Monday, March 28, 2011
PE lesson
On Monday the 28th of March our class did P.E. on the back court. We played three games. The first game was called Pattern Ball, the second game was called Zig Zag the last one was Corner Spry.
Pattern Ball was about following a pattern by remembering who passed to you and who you passed to. Zig zag was about a group of six people standing in a Zig Zag position and passing the ball in a zig zag. Corner Spry was when you had a group of four and were standing in a fan shape with one person at the point of the fan and you had to pass to the other people back and forth and once you had passed it to everyone you had to run round and group and take up a new position.
We were doing all of these activities to improve our learning with passing and catching large balls.
By Great Catcher
Pattern Ball was about following a pattern by remembering who passed to you and who you passed to. Zig zag was about a group of six people standing in a Zig Zag position and passing the ball in a zig zag. Corner Spry was when you had a group of four and were standing in a fan shape with one person at the point of the fan and you had to pass to the other people back and forth and once you had passed it to everyone you had to run round and group and take up a new position.
We were doing all of these activities to improve our learning with passing and catching large balls.
By Great Catcher
Learning Throwing and Catching
On the 29th of March Room7 went out to P.E.
First we did a ball skill game called Patten Ball and then another game called Zig Zag and finally a third game called Corner Spry. We did these games to improve our throwing and catching ball skills.
When we did Pattern Ball we stood in a circle and had to remember who we passed the ball to and who threw it to us and try to do it as quick as possible. Next we did a game called Zig Zag where we threw the ball diagonally to our group of 6. The last game was called Corner Spry where you and your team were spread out like a fan and 1 person was in the middle and you had to pass and then run around the group.
By Rebecca
First we did a ball skill game called Patten Ball and then another game called Zig Zag and finally a third game called Corner Spry. We did these games to improve our throwing and catching ball skills.
When we did Pattern Ball we stood in a circle and had to remember who we passed the ball to and who threw it to us and try to do it as quick as possible. Next we did a game called Zig Zag where we threw the ball diagonally to our group of 6. The last game was called Corner Spry where you and your team were spread out like a fan and 1 person was in the middle and you had to pass and then run around the group.
By Rebecca
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Today in Literacy I introduced some of Room 7 to our class blog. We began by looking at an old post that was written by a student in 2010. The students are going to begin adding regularly to this blog about things that they have been learning in class or activities they have been participating in. The class would like people who read the blog posts to make comments. The blog also gives the students to have some of their quality pieces available to be shared outside the classroom.
By Teacher B
By Teacher B
Friday, May 28, 2010
Selling the Old Couch
One day a group of children decided they wanted to make some money. After a long time they decided to sell their old classroom couch on TradeMe. Each of the children wrote an advertisement and voted on the best.
After a few weeks they got a horrible email from TradeMe saying the couch didn't sell. The children were so disappointed when they found out. They decided to try and sell their old couch another way.
One of the children called Rick came up with fixing the couch up a bit since it was quite tattered. The rest of the class agreed.
So the next day they walked down to a small shop selling various types of fabrics. They bought a beautiful green material with pale yellow and pink flowers that looked just the same as the original couch fabric.
It took hours fixing up the couch, but the children enjoyed sewing up the holes since they didn't have to do actual work although they were a school. When they'd finished the couch looked great. The children wished that they could keep it at school.
They wondered where to sell it. Then one of the children said that one of her friend's was having a garage sale. Everyone was delighted. They rang the friend's mother to ask if they could sell their old couch at the garage sale. In reply they got a yes!
The next week they got an email saying the couch had sold for thirty dollars. The children were so happy to find that it had finally sold, for a lot more than one dollar!
By Emily
After a few weeks they got a horrible email from TradeMe saying the couch didn't sell. The children were so disappointed when they found out. They decided to try and sell their old couch another way.
One of the children called Rick came up with fixing the couch up a bit since it was quite tattered. The rest of the class agreed.
So the next day they walked down to a small shop selling various types of fabrics. They bought a beautiful green material with pale yellow and pink flowers that looked just the same as the original couch fabric.
It took hours fixing up the couch, but the children enjoyed sewing up the holes since they didn't have to do actual work although they were a school. When they'd finished the couch looked great. The children wished that they could keep it at school.
They wondered where to sell it. Then one of the children said that one of her friend's was having a garage sale. Everyone was delighted. They rang the friend's mother to ask if they could sell their old couch at the garage sale. In reply they got a yes!
The next week they got an email saying the couch had sold for thirty dollars. The children were so happy to find that it had finally sold, for a lot more than one dollar!
By Emily
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