Last week we went to Lake Rotoiti to check out what they were doing to help endangered species in the area. Check out our endangered species website to see what we learnt.
Welcome to our class blog. We are a year 8 class and our teacher is Mrs Lee.We live in Richmond, Nelson which is near the top of the South Island of New Zealand.We hope you enjoy reading about our learning activities. We would love to read your comments.
28.10.12
Game of the Week
Most Word Pop
Letter balls fall down, type words with these letters + enter to make them POP. Don't let the number of balls on the screen reach 50. Post your score as a comment.
Letter balls fall down, type words with these letters + enter to make them POP. Don't let the number of balls on the screen reach 50. Post your score as a comment.
Do You Get Spooked Easily?
As Halloween approaches, you’ll start seeing ghosts, goblins and a whole host of assorted weird and scary creatures roaming the streets. How do you react when you see them?
Do they fascinate you or freak you out? If seeing them tends to make you jumpy, you might be the kind of person who spooks easily!
If you are, don’t worry. Everyone is afraid of something. What is it that you are afraid of? Post your fear as a comment...
22.10.12
This Week In History
Anniversary of Dr Seuss' Death
Dr Seuss, or Theodor Seuss Geisel, was born on March 2, 1904, in Massachusetts, USA.
‘The Cat in the Hat’ and ‘Green Eggs and Ham’, are the two biggest sellers. ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ is third on the list of most popular Seuss books in the US.
What is your favourite Dr Seuss book?
Brainteaser of the Week
Coffee or Hot Chocolate?
Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or hot chocolate?
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking hot chocolate.Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or hot chocolate?
Game of the Week
Bloxorz trains logical problem solving and spatial visualization. Get the block to fall into the square hole at the end of each stage.
Halloween Costumes
Did you know?
It’s that time of year again! What time? It’s time to disguise yourself and flit about your neighborhood, brazenly asking for free candy and treats. What are we talking about? Halloween, of course!
Do you enjoy dressing up for Halloween? What costumes have you worn in the past? Which one was your favorite? What do you want to dress as this year?
It’s that time of year again! What time? It’s time to disguise yourself and flit about your neighborhood, brazenly asking for free candy and treats. What are we talking about? Halloween, of course!
Do you enjoy dressing up for Halloween? What costumes have you worn in the past? Which one was your favorite? What do you want to dress as this year?
20.10.12
Birds found in the Rotoiti Area.
On Tuesday we are heading off to Lake Rotoiti to find out about the Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project. Last week you were given a list of birds that you are likely to see and hear there. Click on the link below to hear what these birds sound like.
16.10.12
Elephant Orchestra
During our reading rotation today we read about Asian Elephants. We discovered that Asian Elephants were number 10 on the endangered animal list. We also found out that the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre formed and elephant orchestra. The elephants can play up to 20 different instruments, they are very intelligent animals. They have made 2 CD's and the money they make goes towards helping other elephants.
Listen to them playing, what do you think?
Listen to them playing, what do you think?
14.10.12
Wonder of the Week
Can you beatbox?
Beatboxing is a big part of modern hip hop culture. In addition to drum sounds, beatboxing can involve singing, imitating a record player and making sounds like a wide variety of different musical instruments.
Are there any of you out there who are budying beatboxers, if so let me know and you can record yourself performing for our blog.
Beatboxing is a big part of modern hip hop culture. In addition to drum sounds, beatboxing can involve singing, imitating a record player and making sounds like a wide variety of different musical instruments.
Are there any of you out there who are budying beatboxers, if so let me know and you can record yourself performing for our blog.
This Week In History
14th of October 1964
Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Martin Luther King is considered one of the most famous people in American history. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this week, 48 years ago, to honour his civil rights work. He made history because at 35 years old, he was the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Look at the following photos how do they make you feel?
Brain teaser of the week
She is how old?
The day before yesterday, Chris was 7 years old.
Next year, she'll turn 10. How is this possible?Kids Can Cook
Kids Can Cook visited Waimea Intermediate School on the last week of term. Room 8 were lucky enough to join Chris Fortune to learn about sustainable cooking. Taylor and Zak were chosen to act as sous chefs. They made crepes filled with creme fresh, apples, silver beet and rosemary (grown in our own school garden). They were yum!!!
5.10.12
Room 8 perform "Forget You"
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