Muffti day in Room 8

Room 8 were lucky to have a visit from Mr Hyndman this morning. Mr Hyndman read a story about the Battle of Gate Pa. Tomorrow is remembrance day for the Battle of Gate Pa to remember the people that lost their lives during this battle.

Writing books went home this afternoon. Please share your Writing Book with your parent and encourage them to make a positive comment on the notice in your Writing Book. Please make sure you bring your Writing Book with you when you and your parent(s) come to interviews tomorrow.
School finishes at 12.30pm tomorrow and interviews begin at 1.10pm. Miss Gow looks forward to letting parents know where their child is at with their learning and the next steps for their learning at these interviews.

Spelling Notebooks went home this afternoon. Remember to learn your spelling words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Our 'Fab Word' for this week is 'mnemonic'. Challenge yourself to find out what this word means and which letter of this word is silent. Say the word to someone in a sentence. It is so great to see people reaching milestones in their Reading Logs.......Wow.........Wouldn't it be great if all of Room 8 were in Mr Hyndman's '200 Club' at the end of the year. Talk to someone about your times table goal. We all have a times table goal that we are working on learning. What is yours? We have a visit from Tommy Wilson tomorrow during Senior Hui. Tommy Wilson wrote and illustrated the Kapai books. We are going to be looking at reasons for and against chopping down the trees next to school tomorrow. What do you think? Should they be cut down or should they remain where they are?
Miss Gow looks forward to seeing everyone again at school tomorrow.

What wonderful "Vincent Van Gogh's" we have in Room 8

I am very excited about your blog Room 8. It's going to be fun to look at it and see some of the exciting things that are happening in your room. I can see that you are learning about ANZAC Day and Miss Gow has given you the recipe for ANZAC biscuits. I'm an expert on ANZAC biscuits so if you need anyone to taste them for you just pop down and see me. I'm only too willing to help. Maybe I could come and read an ANZAC story to your class. If you think this is a good idea send someone to see me and arrange a time.

Mr. Hyndman

ANZAC Biscuits

We have been learning about ANZAC biscuits. Today we tried some. We found out that a small amount of money from each packet of biscuits sold sometimes goes to help war veterans. Money raised from poppy sales also goes to help war veterans.

1. Who made the first ANZAC biscuits and why were they probably made?
2. How long did it take for supplies to reach the Anzac's in Gallipoli?
3. What was the problem with the army biscuits the soldiers were originally issued with?
4. Why didn't the ANZAC biscuits sent to the soldiers contain eggs?
5. Why were the biscuits packed into air tight tins?

ANZAC Biscuits

If you were wanting the recipe for for ANZAC Biscuits that we looked at in the School Journal today here it is:

You will need:
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup coconut
100 grams butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons boiling water

1. Mix the flour, sugar, rolled oats and coconut in a bowl.

2. Get an adult to help you melt the butter and golden syrup in a saucepan over a low heat.

3. Put the baking soda in a cup. Ask an adult to help you add the boiling water. The mixture will foam up. Add this to the mixture of butter and golden syrup.

4. Pour the liquid mixture into the flour and other dry ingredients. Stir.

5. Grease a baking tray. Put tablespoons of the mixture onto the tray about 4 centimetres apart.

6. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for about 15 minutes or until the biscuits are a golden colour.

Spelling Notebooks

Spelling Notebooks are due back tomorrow. Don't forget to talk to someone about our fab word for this week and be prepared to share your findings tomorrow. Our fab word is 'ally'.

What's happening in Room 8 this term.

Here is what is happening in Room 8 this term.

Reading
Our reading focus continues to be on students learning explicit comprehension strategies to enable them to make predictions, generate questions, visualise and make inferences to develop their understanding of what they are reading.

Writing
We are looking at exposition (argument) writing.

Maths
Our strand focus for this term is geometry and our focus for numeracy is multiplication and division.

Inquiry Learning
We will begin looking at 'Water' next week and our Waterline programme will commence in Week 3.

Spelling
We will continue with our weekly chunk(s).Our chunks for this week are 'oi' and 'oy'.

Parent Interviews
Parent Interviews are next Thursday 29th April. School will close at 12.30pm on this day. Children are encouraged to attend their interview with their parents.

Library Day
Our library day is Monday.

Jump Jam
We will commence Jump Jam tomorrow.

Kiwi Can
Kiwi Can is on Thursday.

Taha Maori
Taha Maori is on Thursday.

School Cross Country
This will be held on Wednesday of Week 6.

Life Education
Life Education returns to Brookfield School in Week 7.

Keep tuned for more updates!

Blog Guidelines

We will update our blog and use it to enhance and share our learning through the use of this online learning space.

In working with this blog, all students need to ensure that they follow these important guidelines.

• Only ever use your first name or a nickname when you are writing on this blog.
• Never use any other student’s last name.
• Never post any personal information, such as your home or cell phone number or home address on this or any other blog.
• Never share any of your usernames or passwords with anyone and never log in as another student.
• Always tell your parents or teacher right away if you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable.
• Remember the “grandma rule” that anything you put on the internet could be read by your grandmother so only write things you could say to the nicest of grannies.
• Be a good online citizen and never write or post anything that could hurt anyone else.
• Always check with an adult if someone asks for your phone number or to meet you.
• Never make arrangements to meet anyone over the internet. Always talk to your parents or teacher if this is an issue.
• Make sure you publish only your own work. Don’t under any circumstances use other people’s work and call it your own.
• Make sure that you read over your writing before you post it to check the spelling and that it reads okay.

Welcome to Term 2 in Room 8

After our 2 week holiday break the Room 8 children are back with vigour and enthusiasm. It is great to see open minds and positive attitudes towards wanting to learn. We are a goal driven class and students are aware of their learning goals and what they need to do to achieve these.