Are you competitive? Is winning the most important thing? Or do you simply enjoy playing the game regardless of the final result? How you answer these questions might give you some insight into whether you’re a good sport or not.
What do you think about Luis Suarez actions? What do you think of his 10 match ban?
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.
1.5.13
23.3.13
Room 8's Assembly
On Friday it was Room 8's turn to host the school assembly and a fantastic job they did too. Many thanks to the following students who rose to the challenge. Caley, Lucy and Kayla for writing an awesome script. Anna aka The Joker and Rebekah for being super presenters Lucy and Kayla for presenting the RISE awards and Logan and Luke for introducing The Super Sisters video - written and starring Maddie and Grace, featuring Fraser, Logan and Luke and filmed by Ellie. Well done everyone for all your efforts for an awesome assembly which was enjoyed by all.
3.3.13
Brainteaser of the Week
The Farmer and his Fruit.
A farmer in Australia owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase.
The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has 12 boughs and each bough has 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to sell?
24.2.13
Waka Challenge
Last week in class we learnt how the early settlers of New Zealand came by waka form Polynesia. We read about the different waka's that the Maori made and the different materials they used. We also read the legenf of Rata's wake. We then worked in teams to make our own waka's out of newspaper. Each group was given 30 sheets of newpaper, one roll of sellotape and 30 popsicle sticks. We then had 30 minutes to produce a waka which could hold one of our team members without collapsing, looked like a waka, had strong sides and base and was creative. Look at our wonderful creations.
Science
Last week in science we learnt about genetics and how we inherit our traits. This is us learning how to extract DNA from a strawberry.
Game of the Week
Simon Music Game - Test your memory by follwoing the pattern of lights and sounds for as long as you can. Post your score as a comment.
Word Challenge
For each of the following four words, come up with another English word that uses
all the same letters but in a different order.The four words you come up with must all rhyme with each other.
ONSET
NEWS
WRONG
HORNET
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17.2.13
Brainteaser of the Week
Rope Ladder
The rope ladder of a boat hangs over the side of the boat and just reaches the water. Its rungs are 20cm apart.
How many rungs will be under the water when the tide rises 1.2 metres?Answer
When the tide rises 1.2 metres, the boat and its ladder will also rise. So no rungs will be under the water.
Well Done to everyone who answered correctly. See me for a smiley face.
Thingdom Game
In science last week you learnt about traits that you have inherited and genes. Breed 'Things' in this game that will help you learn about genetic inheritance and selective breeding. Click on the link below to play the Thingdom Game.
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10.2.13
Welcome Back to 2013
Welcome back, a new school year has started here in New Zealand and Room 8 @ Wis has a whole new class of wonderful students. Check out our blog to see what we get up to Room 8 each week. We would love to here from you so feel free to add comments to our posts. If you are new to blogging check out the link below.
We look forward to sharing our learning with you.
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