A reminder that it is the Queen's Birthday Public Holiday this upcoming Monday.
On Thursday, we'll be having a Kapa Haka performance by a visiting Intermediate school.
On Friday, the Junior School is having Cross Country. Times to be announced. Please ensure that your Room 18er comes to school on Friday with a change of mufti clothes (that are alright to get muddy!) and suitable shoes. Without a change of clothes and suitable running shoes, students will become designated cheerleaders only. 2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate? Students who have brought all their required clothing! goooOOOO ROOM 18!
As mentioned in the newsletters sent home over the past few weeks, tonight is the Survival Disco! Juniors are from 6pm-7:15pm and Seniors are from 7:30-9pm. If you haven't already bought your $2 ticket yet, they can be bought at the door tonight. The tuck shop will be open, selling lollies, drinks, and glow-stuff! If you can, please come dressed in a costume with the theme 'Survival'. Prizes will be awarded! Hope to see everybody there tonight!
Mr. Nash
Dear Ginger,
I took a photo. "Sit Stiney!" I held onto Stiney's chin when the photo was taken. She walked away! "Come back, Stiney! You are awesome!" I hoped it would be a good photo.
From Joel W
I was with Ginger and Thomas and the railway track. It was fun, really fun.
The Gingerbread Man is as fast as a cheetah.
He’s got brown icing lips. He has red, blue and green buttons!
By Sara
Run, run as fast as you can!
The Gingerbread Man is a very good runner. And he has red frosting lips, black eyes, and he has red, blue and green buttons.
The Gingerbread Man's job is running away from the little man and lady. He is as fast as a snowman, and a lady that is going to have a baby. Like usual people do when they have babies. He has eyes and two red buttons. He has icing like wispy clouds, a big head and he has a black nose.
By Ruby
“Can’t catch me!”
The Gingerbread man is very fast. He has red, blue and green buttons. The Gingerbread man has a black nose, and black eyes. He has a brown body and he has small arms, and long legs. The Gingerbread man looks yummy. His eyes are chocolate. The Gingerbread man has a head as round as a ball. He is quite sneaky and fast. He likes to travel. The gingerbread man doesn’t like to get eaten.
By Anouska
“Come on Come on! I am as dark as brown chocolate!"
He has small beady eyes. His nose is made with icing. He has red lips. He’s a super fast runner. He has small arms and long legs. He looks groovy and yummy to eat. He is sneaky a lot. He’s got a green button. He never wants to get eaten at all.
By Jessica
The Gingerbread Man is as big as a lunchbox. Except his face. His body is as brown as chocolate and mud. He is as fat as a ball. And his eyes and nose are black.
By Emma
Run run as fast as you can!
The Gingerbread man can beat ten hundred people. The Gingerbread Man has small arms and long legs. He has three buttons. The Gingerbread man is chocolate brown. But he can’t swim.
By Joel.P
Run run as fast as you can!
The Gingerbread man- he is as fast as a car. His lips look like icing and he is too cheeky. He’s got black eyes. He has red, blue and green buttons.
By Savannah
Run run run!
The Gingerbread man is speedy. He has black eyes and red, blue and green buttons, and red icing lips. He is a sneaky cookie. He actually can’t swim. He has small arms and long legs.
By Dimas
"Run run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread man!” The Gingerbread Man has beautiful buttons. They are red, blue, and green. He has red icing lips. He is brown like chocolate. He is cool.
By Rachel
Run run as fast as you can! Catch me catch I am the Gingerbread man!
He is brown. He has black eyes. He has a black nose. He has a blue button, and a colourful button. He is chocolate. He has icing lips. He is a cookie.
By Summer
Who is running down the footpath?
It is the Gingerbread man. He has light white icing. He has colourful buttons on him. He has bright red lips. No one can catch him, and he is also very cheeky. He has a dark brown body.
By Chloe
Run run!
The Gingerbread man is as fast as a cheetah. He has three buttons. And two black eyes, and one black nose because he is made of chocolate as dark as the night!
By Madison
“I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
He had two small arms and long legs. He would be yummy to eat. The Gingerbread man looks like chocolate. The Gingerbread Man is fat like a cow. His eye’s look like chocolate. The Gingerbread Man looks like a fast runner, like a person. The Gingerbread Man looks like a cookie. The Gingerbread man can’t swim, and he has eyes and black nose.
By Martin
Run run run! “You can’t catch me because I’m the Gingerbread man!”
He smells like gingerbread. He is soft like a cow.
By Tiaan
The Gingerbread man is so fast, He is faster than a leopard. He looks so yummy. He has really red lips. The Gingerbread man has long arms and long legs. He has buttons. They are different, red and blue and green.
By Ciara
The Gingerbread man can beat 8 humans. If he came to New Zealand then I could eat him and he would be gone forever. “Ouch! Where am I?” He is as fat as a chicken. I have heard.
By Jamie
The Gingerbread man can run as fast as a plane! He has red, blue and green buttons. He has two small arms and two legs. The Gingerbread man is fat.
By Jayden
“Coming through!”
He can out run a cow. Vroom.
He is brown. He is as fast as a motor car. He is as fast as a cheetah and that is so super!
He is cool. He has blue, red and green buttons. He looks yummy. His lips are red. He is too fast for anyone. He can’t swim! He is as fat as a cow. He is made of chocolate. He has small arms and long legs. I could not beat him. He would take me out.
By Joel. W
He is all brown. The Gingerbread man is fast.
By Jordin
The Gingerbread man is soft. He’s fat as a chicken. He is so fast he does not know that he has a grin on his face. And he is sneaky! And I know the Gingerbread man from the movie of Shrek. The villan chopped the gingerbread man.
By Hayden
The Gingerbread man is faster than a fox. He is as colourful as a picture!
He is red and blue and green and brown. No one can catch up.
By Dylan
Dear room18,
I went to my baby cousins house to see my new baby cousin. I got to hold my new baby cousin. His name is Toby. My other baby cousin is Benny he is two. Toby is zero (13wks now) and both of them are very cute...Benny has curly hair and Toby has straight hair.
From Chloe
Room 18 will be learning more about aquatic biomes this upcoming week. To celebrate, Room 18 Online now has its own virtual pet....A FISH! He's on the right side of the blog, and you can feed him (please do!) using the shaker next to his tank.
Room 18 was the special feature at the Nikau Team Assembly today! We performed our Germ Attack Poem and wowed our audience! The entire class used a big, clear voice (thanks to our podcasting skills!) and left all the other students with a very valuable message! To listen to 'Germ Attack', check out the podcasting box on the right side of the screen and click on the 'Posts' button', then 'GERM ATTACK'.
In other assemby news, a congratulations goes out to:
Joel P for getting a RRAP Certificate. He showed Pride and Responsibility at our assembly by leading the class in Germ Attack!
Hayden for getting an 'I met my goal' Certificate for improving so much on his writing over the past week.
WELL DONE TO YOU BOTH!
Today, two people from Room 18 got requests from Mrs. Doherty to come to her office at 10am sharp. IT'S GOOD NEWS THOUGH! Both students were given Merit Certificates, signed by Mrs. Doherty herself. Congratulations to Jamie and Ruby! WELL DONE!
Mr. Nash
“Where’s my wallet?”
“And where’s my keys?”
My mum is funny and she is kind too.
Her body is as white as an angel. She smells like perfume. She wears a sparkly dress. Mum is beautiful. Her job is walking the dog. Mum is very busy doing maths with me.
By Rachel
“You are late, Summer! But I still love you!" Mum smells like a rose. My other mum is a clown, she is very funny. Brown eyes. She is skinny like a rake, with brown eyes and beautiful brown hair. Mum’s smile is as wide as a clowns. My Mum works on computers.
My Mum is the best in the whole wide world.
By Summer
My Mum works in an office. Every time she goes to work she wears strawberry perfume to work, and every time she goes to shop. She is as tall as a tree. She’s got beautiful black hair, and it is short. She smells like a flower, and knocks me out with her smiles. Mum wears a sparkly dress and looks like an angel. My Mum is the best Mum in the whole world ever.
By Savannah
“You’ve made me late”
My Mum is as tall as a rake. She is as happy as a flower blooming! Mum is very busy with her scrap booking hobby. She is as funny as a clown! My Mum is the most wonderful Mum in the world.
By Madison
“Who did that?” asks my Mum.
She does spray tans for people to make money.
She has shoulder length hair and looks like angels flying up and down on clouds. Mum loves me and I love her too. She kisses my Dad and my Dad kisses her back. My mum loves sleeping in bed and her second favourite thing is a hug from me and Mathew at school. Mum is the best mum in the whole wide world.
By Chloe
My Mum says “Oh my Gosh Dimas! You’ve been doing heaps of writing." My mum is funny. She is very kind to me. She is as tall as a giraffe. She is very tall as a tree. She smells like a beautiful flower. She has a huge smile like a clown. Mum looks after my little sister and drops me off to school every day. My mum is the best mum in the whole wide world.
By Dimas
“Thank you!
My mum is always helpful. My mum has hazel eyes and brown hair like her sister. She wears a gold necklace and when I am sad she helps me so I am not sad anymore. My mum has two sisters and they are my aunties. I love my mum so so much and I like her so much as well.
By Anouska
“I love you Mum”
My mum is full of love. My mum has eyes as blue as the ocean, and she has hair as black as the night. She always wears lipstick and other make up. She is always happy to help me when I am sad, and always interested in me. My mum has brothers and sisters and a aunty and uncle too. Her sister is my aunty and her brother is my uncle, and she is so so so so skinny as me.
By Ruby
"I love you Joel P!"
My mum is the nicest mum in the world. My mum has brown hair, but she doesn’t wear make-up. She is skinny and tall. She is nice as a bluebird. She loves me.
By Joel. P
“Sophie S!” My mum has a lovely voice. My mum wears a gold ring from her wedding. She has dark brown hair. She loves me and Rebecca. And she has brown eyes as brown as brown birds. And she has four sisters and lots of brothers, but I can’t count her brothers. She wears a gold earring. And is nice to others.
By Sophie
My mum smells like coffee. She looks as beautiful as a butterfly. She looks pretty. And she plays with me.
By Tiaan
My mum smells like cookies, and she likes to cook. And she likes me. She has colourful hair.
By Sara
My mum likes fruit drink, and my mum is a kind person. My mum always loves me and likes kissing me. My mum likes to play with me. My mum always likes playgrounds.
By Martin
My mum plays with me. She is the best mum. My mum’s body is white.
By Jordin
“Mum! Mum! You are home from work” My mum likes to play netball. She really likes netball. She has hazel eyes. She has brown straight hair and she buys food for the family.
By Jayden
My Mum
“Ahah ah” My mum is late. Hurry up and open the garage door. She loves me and Brianna. She loves me so much. She knits me stuff and buys me stuff. She has blue eyes. She has brown hair. She loves to cuddle me.
By Dylan
My mum loves to tell me funny jokes. She has pink and brown hair. She goes to work. She plays on the computer. My mum makes the best chicken noodle soup when I am sick.
By Jamie
My mum has yellow hair. She is wonderful to me and my brother. I have the best mum in the whole world. She takes care of kids and babies. She works at Gemmas. My mum has to change the babies yucky nappies. I would not want to change the babies nappies. My mum takes me to school. I get told off sometimes, but she loves me most of the time.
By Ciara
My mum has eyes as brown as chocolate, and hair as yellow as a banana. She helps me. She likes to read books. We make darts. She plays soccer. My mum makes me happy.
By Joel.W
Thank you mum for helping other people, that’s very nice of you. She’s more nice than a rainbow. She helps me get dressed for school. She lets me stay up for a little while. She’s as kind as a rainbow. She wears a shiny necklace. She has eyes as blue as the sea. She takes care of other people when I am at school. But my mum lets me see my friend Riley. She wears ear rings and lets me wear pearls.
By Jessica
Room 18 has been achieving a lot of success with:
1) Introducing themselves.
2) Using a big clear voice.
3) Checking the distance to the microphone.
So we are adding something NEW to focus on!
4) Keeping the 'ummms' out of our podcasts!
Follow us over the next term to see when we achieve an 'ummmm'-free podcast!
Bang Bang Bang
Watch out. Don’t jump in the rubbish bin Kite. Kite is a silly cat.
By Hayden
Kite is loud when he sings. His claws are sharp. His eyes are the same colour as the moon.
By Ryan B
Shiver Shiver Shiver
Kite is a cool cat. He is in love. He is married. He likes girl cats. He has sharp claws. He has sharp teeth. He is scared to fight. He loves to sing. He has a beard. He is as orange as a carrot. He is a nice cat. Kite is responsible, he is like a fat cat. He has long whiskers.
By Dimas
Kite is a cool cat. Kite is orange. Kite has a lady love.
By Jordin
Meoow! Meoow! Meoow!
Kite is a cool cat. He loves singing songs that are cool.
By Sara
Scratch!
Kite has long orange fur,with black. He has really furry whiskers. He sings groovy songs. He has a lady love.
By Jessica.
Scratch, Scratch
Kite is acting like a kitten. Kite has white claws. Kite doesn’t have a job, so he sings. Kite’s colour is as orange as a carrot.
By Joel.P
Scratch! Kite Scratches the trees. He is fierce. He is a cool cat.
By Madison
Kite likes to sing.
La,La,La. He has a BIG FAT tummy. Kite is in love with a lady. He has a wide face. He has sharp claws. He has a fat face. He has lion eyes.
By Summer
Kite is a cool. Kite is married. The cat’s name is Sally and Kite has a big cheek. He has a yellow body. He has a good name. Kite doesn’t have a T.V
By Ryan CJ
Purr Purr!
Kite is a happy cat. He likes ladies. He is in love with Sally. Kite looks like a fat cat. And I think he is silly because he doesn’t climb trees, but most cats like to climb trees. He has a little beard.
By Sophie
Purr Purr!
Kite is in love with Sally. And one time Kite got married to a lady. Kite got big sharp claws, and a fat tummy. And a beard on his chin. And cat is cool he climbs tree’s like most cats do.
By Savannah
Kite loves to sing, and even in the night. When the sun comes up he stopped and he must of went to sleep. His eyes white as snow. His teeth are as shiny door, a white door.
By Emma
Kite cat is loud. Kite is singing. I like the cat.
By Tiaan
The cat Kite sings all day. He doesn’t have a job. He has white teeth like claws. Ears and eyes like the moon colour. Kite is a cool cat.
By Martin
Cool cool! Kite the cat is singing. He loves singing. He has a lady love. Kite is a cool cat.
By Ciara
Scratch scratch! Kite’s claws are sharp. He loves to scratch. He has fat cheeks like a chipmunk. He is a cool cat.
By Dylan
Kite is as orange as an orange. He has stripes. They are black. He has shiny sharp teeth. He is scared to fight. Kite doesn’t have a job. Kite is a cool cat.
By Joel W.
Arer! Who is making all that noise? It must be Kite singing to his lady love. Stop that horrible noise. We can’t sleep! Please can you sing somewhere else?
By Chloe
Kite has big fat cheeks like a chipmunk. He is as stripy as a tiger. He is as orange as a carrot. He is fat!
By Jamie
Kite has yellow on his tummy and ears. He is as orange as a carrot.
By Jayden
Meooow Meooow. Kite is going to sing. He loves to sing because he might practice every day. And he doesn’t have a job. Kite is a very cool cat.
By Rachel
La la la. Kite likes to sing as well. Kite has sharp claws. And I think Kite likes to scratch trees. Kite has white teeth and long black whiskers. He has eyes as yellow as the sun.
By Anouska
At today's assembly, 2 certificates were awarded.
The Super Reader Award went to Jamie for reading with expression!
The RRAP (Respect, Responsibilty, Achievement and Pride) Award went to Summer for showing all the RRAP Values during her 3 days on the Throne as our Queen. She was a fantastic role model!
Well done to you both!
Mr. Nash
Today, Room 18 saw a performance put on by the Funky Monkeys. They were sponsored by World Vision and brought messages of giving to others who are less fortunate than ourselves. The website mentioned by the Funky Monkeys is now linked from our blog under the 'General' links. Their website includes one of the songs performed by the group available for free download!
Today, Tahi took photos of the 2D shapes they've been learning about lately.
A square picture on our Writing wall.
A rectangle on our Maths wall.
Rectangles as our computer monitors.
A piece of plastic as a diamond.
A magnet as a circle.
We're celebrating the SECOND overseas visitor to our blog. A visitor from the United States of America has now seen/heard amazing work by Room 18! YAY! Check it out again on the map at the bottom of this page!
Mr. Nash
As shown on the Google Calendar for Room 18, we have the Funky Monkeys coming tomorrow morning! We'll be in the auditorium from 9:30am onwards. Parents, please feel free to speak to me tomorrow morning if you'd like to come with us to watch the show. It's free!
Mr. Nash
I will not be at school next Tuesday...but hopefully Room 18 will be silently cheering me on throughout the day because I'll be filming as a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune! Yes, I'm ALL for educational game shows. Wish me luck! (And no, I will NOT be sharing any money afterwards!) (-;
Mr. Nash
Two Maths groups (Rua and Toru) put their new-found 3D shapes knowledge to good use around the room. They had a good hunt around for everyday objects in Room18 that used known 3D shapes and then they used their digital camera skills to take photos!
This is what Rua found...
Cubes as dice.
Pyramids in a computer game we play.
Rectangular Prisms as a ruler.
Spheres on our abacus.
This is what Toru found...
Spheres on our abacus.
A rectangular prism as our our recycling box.
Cylinders in our pencils.
More cylinders on the Throne!
Cubes in our unifix blocks box!
Have a look around at home for more 3D shapes. They are hidden all over the place!
For a schedule of important Room 18 times/dates, please refer to the Google Calendar beneath our podcasting box. If you click on the '+Google Calendar' button beneath the calendar itself, it will take you to the Room 18 events screen. Keep checking back for upcoming student birthdays and other important events as they are added over the next few months.
And apparently, the visitor has had a look/listen to Room 18's work all the way from the Netherlands! Check out the 'Recent Visitor Map' at the bottom of the blog to track any future overseas visitors to our online classroom!
