When we first started school we were a bit nervous. A few days after starting school we did heaps of Maths tests. We also did a 100 word spelling test... phew! Soon we realised that our teacher was really cool and fun (Mrs McGhie thinks we're really cool too). We have only been at school for 10 actual days, but we have been super busy and feel like we have been here for months. We talked about our ideal classroom and also about what we have to do and what Mrs McGhie has to do so that we can learn as much as possible. These are the charts we created that show all our ideas.
We have been lucky enough to get to go to the Life Education caravan twice. In the Life Ed caravan we can learn about different topics and every time we go we learn about something different. Life Education is part of our Health curriculum.
When we walked in for the first time we came into a small room and Corine started to talk to us about the human body and friendship. We got to watch a video about the smartest robot in the universe called Ozone. Ozone was quite impolite and grumpy - he hasn't learnt his manners yet. The second time we went we learnt about bullies. We found out that if you are someone who is a bully then you are not a brave person quite often. Corine taught us to use our WITS
Walk away
Ignore
Tell someone
Say "I" statements
There was also a giraffe called Harold. Harold had made up a song and showed us the video of him singing it. He went to Wellington to make the video. Harold made us laugh because he asked a girl in our class on a date! We're only 9. Harold told us some really funny jokes like "Why didn't the skeleton go to the party? Because he had no BODY to go with". Corine shared information about a special helpline for kids called Kidsline and also one for text bullying created by Netsafe. We only get to go every two years and when we go to Intermediate only some people will get to go again as it depends which school you are in.
On Monday we were lucky enough to go to MERC ( which stands for Marine Education and Recreation Centre) as part of our Outdoor Ed programme. There were lots of different activities like archery, abseiling, rock wall climbing, raft building, surfing, kayaking, body boarding and canoing. We were put into different groups so we all got to do different activities.
Some of us had to build a raft and try it out in the ocean. Some people even got to jump off the raft into the water. We also learnt how to tie different knots to keep our raft together like the reef knot and a figure of eight. You had to be careful to make sure that the raft wouldn't break.
Rock climbing and abseiling were the safest activities at MERC because you are all attached to ropes and harnesses and the adults are holding on to you and keeping an eye on you. (Our instructor said they were the safest). The rock climbing and abseiling walls were 8 - 10 metres high. There was one rock climbing wall where you got to climb across the wall - called the "Bouldering Wall" and you had to have a spotter for safety.
Canoing was the hardest because your arms got sore. Canoing was really fun because we got to go out really far and some of us jumped off the canoe ( we had life jackets on).
When we were doing surfing we learnt how to stand up and some of us had a paddle race. We saw what looked like an old pirate ship it had lots of sails and masts.
Kayaking you got to go out into 3 metres of water. You got to stand up and kayak around. You also got to jump out of the kayaks and try to get back in. Some people hooked up to another kayak with wires and got towed along as they paddled. We had to lean over the edge of the kayak and try to kiss the water! Some of us fell in.
All of the instructors at MERC were really nice and we had an awesome day. While we were waiting to go to our next activities some of our instructors put on some music... it was really loud! We also want to say a BIG thank you to all the parents who came to help.
We have been really busy, but we are learning heaps and are having a fabulous time.
10 comments:
Wow!
I am so impressed with your first blog post!
You have all been doing so much work and have shared it so well!
I work with a class of Yr 5s in Auckland too and I will be sharing our blog with them as soon as I return back to school!
I look forward to reading more blog entries :)
Keep it up!
Miss S. :)
Hi everyone!
Wow what an AMAZING start to your Year 5 year! It is incredible to see how much you have done already this year!
It is great that you met Harold! - A small secret from me: I can remember going to the Life Education caravan - probably when I was about your age ... which I think was about 15 years ago!
I am not teaching this year. However, I would love to have shared your blog with my high school students - many of whom also have their own blogs. I am sure that they too would remember Harold!
I am not teaching this year as I am undertaking a research project on the use of mobile phones in the classroom - mostly for accessing the internet, but also for using the camera, voice recorder to make podcasts and txt... I wonder what you guys think of this???
Looking forward to reading plenty more of what you have been up to and maybe seeing some of your art work here in the future.
Toni Twiss
eFellow 2008
Hi kids,
You certainly have been very busy- only ten days and you've already packed into it more than some classes get to do in a whole term.
A hundred word spelling test would have been tiring- did you have a break at half time???
I am not teaching a class either this year. I get to go round and help teachers teach with computers. It is a really cool job.
Good luck with your blog- I will check back soon to see what other cool stuff you get to do.
Allanah K
ICT facilitator
Discover IT Tasman
Hey guys!
Nothing like starting the year off with a bang!! New Teacher, tests, graphs, Life Ed, MERC (and all the things you get up to there!)
My name is Mr Lietze and I teach E3, a Yr6 class in Tauranga. Check us out at www.e3eclat.blogspot.com :+)
Look forward to seeing what else you guys get up to.
Gosh you have all been so busy! Much more busier than us Intermediate students!! Keep up the good work and we look forward to reading more about what you have been doing!
Room 18 at Taradale Intermediate
We are Room 22 at Elm Park Primary School, Auckland. There are 27 students in our class, there are 9 girls and the rest are boys. Miss Signal is our teacher.
We think you had a magnificent way of describing your work. You must have had a busy week! We wish we were there.
In our class we have been playing Mathletics alot, learning about The Chinese New Year and other cultures. We made red packets for the Chinese New Year Festival. We have been celebrating lots of birthdays and the Lantern Festival. We were lucky to have some Lantern Festival groups from China perform to us. We will be learning Chinese next term from a school in Australia.
Sincerely Room 22
Wow! I am so impressed with your work room 24! If you keep that up, you might be running the country one day!
You must feel very proud of your blog
From Mikaela's Mum - Jeanene
WOW Room 24 that is a awsome blog so far so good if u keep that up it will even be better
Caitlins Mum-Jo Rice
wow i didnt notice how much we do in 10 days and it was so much fun those 10 days
graceA
could maby i add a new post about the birds we are doing at the moment? ??? ? ? ? ??????????? ? ? ?
caitlin (*_*)
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