Careers

This term we are looking at careers!! It is going to be quite cool working somewhere for a day.
So far we have looked at some of the worst jobs! Imagine doing this for a living.



We are starting to look at what skills and personality traits you need for different jobs. We are also trying to define and work out what the difference between a career and a job is and we are wondering if you could help us by leaving a comment telling us what you think the difference is.

Kia ora
I had a relaxing time catching up with family members down in Balclutha and had stopovers at Wanaka, Fox and Greymouth on the way home. It was great to have glorious autumnal weather (and colours) for most of the trip but of course it rained as we drove through the Haast. I don’t think I have ever managed to drive through there when the sun is shining. It didn’t matter though as the rivers and waterfalls were magnificent. I hope you all had a great time with your families over the two week break. As always I am looking forward to hearing the news from the children over the next day or two.

This week we will be starting off our new topics.
Reading comprehension strategy: Questioning
Writing : Persuasive texts
Maths: Geometry - angles
Topic: Careers
Cognitive Organiser: PMI
Thinking strategies: Blooms taxonomy
Term 2 goals (please discuss with your child and give guidance for the goal sheet)
Reminders that students need to :
* have a water bottle every day
* show and discuss their homework diaries, newsletter and work task with you every week
* get your signature on a Thursday night so I know you are kept informed of weekly happenings
* get you to tick the box to show you received the school newsletter either by email or paper copy.

Regards
Teressa

Home Tasks
Topic
Careers
Show your booklet to your parents and complete the Passenger Portrait and What makes me, ‘me’ activities on PP1 & 2
Due Friday
Literacy
Reading - Questioning
Find a book, website or dictionary definition of plants. Bring either the book, a printed or photocopied page of the information or if you can’t do any of these bring the book and we will photocopy the relevant information.
Bring any info as soon as you find it so we can make comparisons between the different sources.
Maths Mate
Complete your 8th Maths Mate cycle or first term 2 sheet
Due for marking Thursday

Term Goals
Read your Term 1 goal sheet and identify the goals you still need to work on. Discuss these with your parents as well as the new goals you need to set for yourself.
Due Friday

Camp Totaranui

Can you imagine going to Camp Totaranui and having the best week ever with a buddy of your choice? Well keep dreaming buddy, it is possible.
And here is the proof.



We had parents who gave the best hugs (not to mention anyone - Sandy - wink, wink, nudge, nudge). We loved the whole week, from the boat trip where we got to see seals to the time we got back and got welcome home hugs from our parents.

Challenges were fun and interesting. We faced our fears and conquered them on the Separation Point walk or the 15m rock face we abseiled down.
Fire drill at 7 am in the morning and the banging of pots and pans were horrific but were a great way to get us up because the rest of the days were full of action.

The swimming was fun and a great thing to do after a long walk and had well been deserved but then took its turn to burden us with a cold in the weekend well at least some of us were unlucky to get the bug.

Voicethread

How about adding your opinion and ideas to our voicethread about rights. Anyone can contribute but comments are moderated so they won't go live straight away.

Homework - Week 4

Poetry - Room 7’s first thoughts

Poetry can be virtual or reality. Poetry sometimes bends reality and sometimes breaks it.
Fabian, Kynan, Michael

Poetry are words that rhyme and make you think deeper.
Hayden and Lucy H

People need poems and they picture them differently. They aren’t always about the same thing and poets have different points of view.
Storm and Lucy S

Poetry is like the leaves of a sunflower, they are beautiful like poetry itself.
Nikau, Jeanine and Patrick

Poetry is rhyming and expressing yourself and it is fun
Zara, Keegan and Rosie

Poetry is using your imagination to form rhyming words that represent your feelings and emotions.
Renee, Cacilda and Lydia

Poetry is about expressing your feelings and stuff that comes out of your mind.
Thomas and Laura

Poetry is a way of expressing your imagination, describing feelings through rhyming song and words and letting emotions free to crawl across your page
Dan and Eden

Poetry is about letting your imagination free and describes how you feel. Some poems make people feel proud of themselves.
Jake and Alice

Poetry rhymes and it flows off your tongue with imagination
Hana and Hayley


Poetry can be a whole lot of feelings put together to sum up your emotions or it can be describing words in different ways
Ellie, Jordan and Sam


Check out Kynan's poem by clicking on the image below.

Wa hoo! We are underway!

Hey, we're back for 2009. A new year, new room, new mix of students, new stationery all clean and fresh and a new blog address!
The first couple of weeks have been really great with everyone happy to be back with friends and new challenges. Keep checking back here to find out what we've been up to or to add your thoughts and opinions about the issues we are learning about and ideas we come up with.
Cheers everyone
Teressa Hosie