School is Cool

Wow!

I can't believe it has been a month since our last posting on our blog.  I'm sorry we were going to create a post before we went on holiday but that didn't happen.  We were enjoying ourselves on the school golden time trip to Hamilton.  All of the children who followed the golden rules last term got to watch Cars 2 at Chartwell and we devoured our fizzy drinks, popcorn and ice cream.  It was awesome! Thanks to our B.O.T who supported the children with funding for that.

We don't have any photos for you but Room 4 was working on creating posters and posts for the NZEI competition "School is Cool" the last week of the term.  We just wanted to share some of our art with you.  We all love coming to OPS school and although we had other pictures many of the children were away sick and never finished them.  Sid and Freddy did a video, but they forgot where they saved it and what they called it and Miss Matene couldn't find it anywhere.

Let us know what you like about your school.

Brody Telfer - A map of school playground

Cody and Hori - Proud to be at OPS

Forde, Tana and Trevor-Jack - Our School is Cool

Luce - What I like about my school

Sativa and Portia - This is my class.

Taipari - School is Cool

Yawden - My School

Computers, computers everywhere!

I was thinking about doing this at the end of last term but just ran out of time. The children in our class use the computer during our numeracy and literacy rotations everyday.


At literacy time they go on Study ladder...

Studyladder is a highly effective, logically organised, Mathematics and Literacy program. It has been developed by experienced educators to inspire and motivate learning. It is suitable for Primary and Junior High School students and is very easy to use - students simply login with a username and password to access all the learning materials.
Check it out!

At numeracy time they go on Mathletics...
Which is an Australian based site, which is great for enhancing the children's maths skills. It is suitable for Primary and Junior High School students and is very easy to use - students simply login with a username and password to access all the learning materials.
Check it out!

We are hopping to add quite a bit more as we go along this term but we have begun working hard on our J-Rock Stage Production (to be performed at Founders Theatre in Hamilton).

So keep checking back and seeing what's new....

What I saw in the local newspaper

I was sitting in the staffroom yesterday reading the local newspaper (The Waitomo News) and I spotted one of the children in my class.  You might be able to spot him too (if you have read Sid's Posting on his athletics medal).
By Miss Matene

We've Got Surprise Visitors Tomorrow

I wonder who it might be?
We thought we would leave you a few clues before we wrote any comments about them tomorrow.

Clue 1:
They are sports stars.

Clue 2:
They are very big and strong.

Clue 3:
They train alot in Hamilton.

Clue 4:


Can you guess who is coming?

Our Brave New Start

Well, as you can see we have had a little bit of a change over the past couple of weeks.  

Firstly our class has been renamed this year and that means that even though this is the Room 7 OPS blog from last year continuing to show what the children and I have been doing along your journey of learning, it will now become the Room 4 OPS blog.

Secondly, you will also have noticed (I hope) our brave new class.  It is still taking me a little bit of time to try and re-organise the blog and update all the information.  I know, people comment all the time - "We should be working smart not harder!" but even the teacher forgets sometimes.  Thank you to all the Room 4 students who have been slowly reminding me of things we need to do and change.

Thirdly, something I did forget to mention is that Room 4 went on camp to Pirongia Forest Park Lodge last week and we will be using this as an opportunity to practice and learn about how to write a good blog posting.  Any advice would be helpful....