This is the correct order - Well done Ella

Week 6 Homework

Part of our classroom goal was the following homework activities for Week 6.

1. Publish your best Quick Write into your Writing Folder

2.  Email Mrs Armstrong your Blog address - 11 people have done that so far.

2. Comment on Room 1 Week 5 post.

3. Complete Hei Mihi and have it in your Topic Folder.
    It must be in the correct folder - Topic
    It must have the correct order.
    It must have 3 - 4 images related to your Hei Mihi.
   
    N.B. See Ella's Hei Mihi above


 

Week 5
Has come and gone, and it was a week where students built on their co-operative skills in many ways.

1. Developing language ideas with a partner through a word column: adjective, noun, adverb, verb.

2. Caleb and Laura (Room 1 Class Councillors) published an Easter Raffle notice to encourage as many Room 1 people as possible to bring an item to school.

3. We had several students on Thursday afternoon taking on the role of 'Teacher' as they helped other students learn about creating Blogs, up-loading Wordle or making a slides on google.docs for their Hei Mihi,

4. The Sports Councillors are teaching co-operative games in P.E. / PC (Player Centred sessions).

5. Finally Room 1 have worked together to achieve 25 class points. They are going to challenge Room 8 on Thursday Week 6 (because we were very busy in Week 5).

Please leave a comment about your best co-operative time at school so far in Room 1 and explain how you demonstrated Manaakitanga. 

Because the acronym TEAM says it all!!!

P.S. (Post Script) - Room 1 learnt about acronyms in class today and we found out there are heaps of acronyms out there.

Did you know if you Google 'What does P.S. stand for?'
The search found 231!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Technology is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 4

A very exciting week because we had an awesome bunch of students swimming for our school swimming sports and we WON the ...
Te Kotahitanga Trophy and the trophy represents 'Unity, Oneness, Harmony'.

Great to see Tainui 'Go for Gold' and we celebrated in Friday assembly by a powerful team chant.

Another exciting thing was all Room 1 students all created their own Blog, and in Week 5, hopefully all students will have some work to up-loaded onto the Blog. Blogs are a way to celebrate cool things done in the classroom and show case student's work.

Rangatiratanga - Doing the best for ourselves
Since the beginning of Term 1 we have been exploring many aspects of Rangatiratanga and this weaves in really well with our school motto 'Kia U Ki Te Pai - Whatever you do, Let it be your best.'

Part of this investigation is to create our own 'Hei Mihi' on the computer and up-load on onto the students Blog.

Above are some hard working students working in their 'Hei Mihi'

Add a comment about why we are learning to create our own 'Hei Mihi' and find out why it is an important part of the Maori culture.

                                                                   Week 3 

Over the last 3 weeks we have talked about how our school signage and values are linked together.

A Room 1 student wrote an excellent explanation about this last year and this was published in the Morrinsville Intermediate School Year Book.

School Values

Morrinsville Intermediate, a school, a friend, a family, bound together by trust respect that we share with one another. Together we are as strong as the rope weaved by the harakeke of Aotearoa, of the Piako area. Like the harakeke we care for each other, we, the students, are the rito of the plant, needing the protection of the matua, the parents and teachers, that provide and shelter us. MIS is a school of values, that we all follow to build the special bond that we share.

Manaakitanga - caring for each other, Rangatiratanga - caring for ourselves, Whakawhanaungatanga - caring for the community, Kaitiakitanga - caring for the environment. These are the four values that, as a school, we follow that strengthen the bond that has made us a family. Manaakitanga, caring for each other, we do this by respecting and trusting, others. Rangatiratanga, caring for ourselves, we do this by taking pride in everything we do, as well as giving everything a go. Whakawhanaungatanga, caring for the community, we do this by treating everyone with courtesy and politeness. Kaitiakitanga, caring for the environment, we do this by not littering and picking up odd bits of rubbish and putting it in the bin.

Morrinsville Intermediate’s new branding means so much more to me now that I know its origins, for me it stands for “Kia U Ki Te Pai, Whatever You Do, Let It Be Your Best”, and not just that, it means following these values to do your best.

 Jimmy Mitchell-Derham                                                   

Comment below on the question:
How can we demonstrate our school values in our school and at home?

Well Week 2 is now finished and here are some snippets of our learning week.

Wow our Blog had 26 comments about 'Did You Know 2014'.

We developed a Classroom Treaty.

We wondered where our number system came from?

Our Tech classes started - Media, Food and Science.

Year 7's started Music and the Year 8's are due to start Mandarin next week.

We have a baby competition in class and there is a prize for the most correct names.     

Two of our class members delivered their 'Student Exec Speeches' on Friday. 

On Sunday two Morrinsville Intermediate teams completed in a Top Town Team event in Matamata and Brad from Room 1 was lucky enough to be part of a team.

A team thinking about the velcro challenge.

Jousting Challenge

General Knowledge Challenge

Congratulations our school won Top Town Team!!

Room 1 leave a comment about your best learning moment in Week 2.

Room 1 students - Take a look at this video with your parents.

Your challenge - With your parents discuss the way the world is changing and comment below with your ideas of what you discussed.  Also state what you think this means for you as a learner.

WOW these are some awesome comments Room 1 and definitely worth a discussion tomorrow.