Eye balls By Cameron and Jaime

In Room 11 we have recently done an inquiry project.
We had to do our project on the human body.
We decided to do our's on the EYE BALL and made a short film about it.
Here it is hope you enjoy.

Jaime and Cameron's Eye Movie from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Jack's Inquiry Learning

For last few weeks in room11 we have been doing our inquiry projects. First we all choose a subject related to the human body and choose a good way to present our learning in our own unique ways. I came up with the idea for making a stop motion and because of my love for Lego I thought it would be a good way present my learning. The subject I choose was death and dying, so I looked around to see what I could find out about it. Once I did that I got some of my lego people and use the official Lego stop motion app, once I took my 511 photos I recorded my voice over it. I thought it was very fun and I'm really proud of it and I hope you enjoy it.               

Jack's Movie from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Amy's Book Review

In Room 11 the Word Wizards have been doing podcasts. My book review is on Tracks of the Tiger by Bear Grylls. This book is a great book of adventure. I hope you enjoy my podcast.

By Amy

AMY'S POD CAST from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Throne of Fire book recommendation

Room 11's reading group the Word Wizards were set the task to do a podcast about a book of their choice and put it on the blog.  We all chose a book, wrote a review and made an audio recording.

Here is mine:

Briar Book review from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Warriorcats Book Review by Madeline

In my reading group, the Word Wizards, we had to do a book review on a book of our choice. I chose the first book of a series called 'Warriorcats.' The Book is called 'Into The Wild'.

This is mine (with the beautiful illustrations found in the books) 

WarriorCats podcast-madeline from Room 11 on Vimeo.

War horse book review by Mia M

In Room 11 the Word Wizards are making book reviews on a book we have read. Then we turned them into podcasts. Mine is on a book named War Horse by Micheal Morpurgo who is one of my favourite authors.

I hope you like it. Enjoy! 

Mia War Horse from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Real Thing Book Review

This is a book review a about The Real Thing written by author Brian Falkner. It is a fun book with chapters filed of excitement, mystery and coca-cola.

Book review By Jeru    

the real thing by Jeru from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Dustbin Baby Book Review By Emily

The Word Wizards reading group have been learning to make a podcast. We have all done a book review on a book we have recently read. After we finished recording we made one or two slides to go with it.
I hope you enjoy my book review on Dustbin Baby by Jaquline Wilson.

emily 1234567890 from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Room 11's Awesome Production Performance.

We recently had our Grey Lynn school production. It was called different places different faces. It was Room 11's last production at Grey Lynn School. Our class did Egypt. We had a awesome time and we all looked the same so many of the parents didn't know who we were. Ruth thought we did an amazing job. We all looked like Cleopatras. Cleopatra was a famous Pharaoh.

We hope you enjoy the show. By Emma

Production 2012-Medium from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Horrible Histories: The Awful Egyptians by Matty

Our reading group, the Word Wizards did a book review on a book that the read recently. We used an app called QuickTime Player to make a podcast. We then made a Keynote to accompany our podcast. I hope you like my book review on Horrible Histories: The Awful Egyptians. Here it is...

Matt C Book Review from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Hunger Games Book Review By Sasha

The Word Wizards first wrote a book review and used Quicktime Player to make a podcast.

Then we made a Keynote to go with our podcast. I think we all enjoyed making this book review very much and I hope you do to!

The Hunger Games from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Robinson Crusoe By Jordan

In the last few weeks, the Word Wizards have been writing a book review on a book they had read recently. The book I chose was Robinson Crusoe. First we got given a sheet with some questions and we used them to write a review. Next we used Quicktime player to record ourselves reading what we wrote. This is Mine:

Robinson Crusoe by Jordan from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Undys By Robbie

Our reading group, the Word Wizards, had to find a book we had read recently read and do a book review on it. We had a sheet of paper that told us the steps and we moulded our facts into a speech. We then made it into a podcast and put it onto a keynote. Here is mine:

Robbie Book Review from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Mummy Project By Mia V

In Room 11 we all did homework projects about Ancient Egypt. I choose to do my project on mummies. We had three weeks. We brought our projects to school one Monday to show every one what we had learnt. We had to present our projects in very creative ways. My project in a box. On the front was a paining of Tutankhamen and when you open it it shows you how mummies were made. Then there are 12 dolls wrapped in bandages and when you pick the mummy up there is the facts. On Friday we put a  comment sheet on our desk next to it was our project and we got to walk around the class and look at all the projects and comment on each others project. Here are the comments I got:

''Hi Mia I love your project. Its well presented and facts are interesting" From Emma.

"Hi Mia I love how you presented your work it was clear and well written" From Celia.

"Hi Mia I love the little mummies and the front is amazing" From Mia M.

"Hi Mia your project is amazing I love it.I ts so cute" From Annabella.

"Hi Mia Its really good to see your mummies it looks awesome" From Langi.

"Very cool Mia I like the mummies a lot"From Jack.

Emma's food servings.

In Room 11 we had to record what we ate for breakfast, lunch, dinner and what we had for snacks. A daily serve of grains is 5-7 servings. A daily serve of proteins is 5-7 servings. A daily serve of milk is 3 servings. A daily serve of veges is 4-6 servings. A daily serve of fruit is 3-4 servings.

By Emma.

Otto, David-Ray and Maxi's egyptian project

We were given a task to make an ICT presentation on Egypt. It was really hard to choose a interesting topic. Eventually we agreed on how to make a mummy. We found out some very interesting facts such as they covered the body in natron salt (hydrated soda ash) and they tied the toenails and finger nails so they don't fall off and get lost in the salt. Here is our finished result hope you enjoy.

By Otto, David-Ray and Maxi

Egyptian Fashion by Olivia

My Homework Project

In room 11 we all did a homework project about Ancient Egypt. I chose to do my project on Ancient Egyptian fashion and beauty. We had to do it in three weeks. We brought our projects to school to show everyone what we learnt. We all presented our work in a very unique and creative way. I presented my work as a life sized dress and wrote all of my facts on the flaps that were on my dress. When we shared our projects we put a comment sheet on our desk next to it and we would walk around the classroom and comment on each other's project. I got six comments and those six comments were:

-Hi Olivia, your project was well presented and the facts were interesting. From Emma.

-Livi, your dress is a very,very cool way to present your facts on Egypt's fashion. With the flaps you can open it makes the dress stand out. Well done Livi. From Jennifer.

-Hi Olivia, very smart idea. You have thought outside the box. From Anton.

-Hi Olivia, I love the way you presented you project, it looks amazing. From Annabella.

-Olivia, you have done some excellent research into Egyptian clothes and makeup. Well done. From Ruth.

-Olivia I thought your project was really original and I didn't know any of the facts. From Emily.

Egypt Medicine By Madeline

A few weeks ago, Room 11 were given a homework project about Egypt. We needed to find information on a topic about Egypt, in 3 weeks. Some people had chosen topics like, Mummies, Pyramids, Fashion, Egyptian gods etc. My topic was, ' Egyptian Medicine.'
I displayed it in two ways. The first way, was displayed like flyers. I had three main topics in the one flyer. The first topic was, " Weird Remedies." Second, was, " 'A' Jar ",  Which was a home remedy for cuts, and grazes. And my last was, " Interesting.." Which was the most interesting remedies, in Egypt.
All the flyers were displayed in a flyer display (which I borrowed from my auntie).
The second way I displayed my learning was, a taste tester. As seen in the first picture, I had a crystal cup-thingy, filled with, a red substance. Which was a replica of bats blood. In egypt, the acient Egyptians thought that Bats blood would cure your eyesight, because bats have good eyesight. I have no idea why they used the blood though. The 'Batsblod' was actually, water, with red food colouring, and a bit if jelly crystals, to make the water thicker. And it really only tasted like really waterey juice! 

By Madeline.

Emma and Ruby's Egyptian project

In our reading group, the Sentence Spies, we have been researching about Egypt in books from the library. We learnt things we never knew. For example Egyptians gave giraffe and zebras tails for presents. It was really fun because we got to know each other more even though it took a long time. We both got to see each others angry side.

Egypt Project by Emma and Ruby from Room 11 on Vimeo.

By Emma and Ruby    

Egyptian homework By Jaime

Hi people.

Today im going to tell you about my homework and how I made it.
Firstily I had to pick an Egyptian topic out of:

. writing

. magic + medicine

. fashion [clothes]

. people

. pyramids

And lots more topics.

I picked writing the reason why I picked writing was because it is interesting and weird.
When I got home...I did not do my home work. The next day I did not do my homework. The next day I did not not do my homework and so on.
"MUM MY HOMEWORK HAS TO BE HANDED IN 3 DAYS AND I HAVE ONLY DONE MY PLAN!!!!!!!!!" 

My mum replied saying, "Then hurry up". I rushed over to the computer and started typing to make my question cards.

Then my dad told me that he had finished making my pyramid. "YES!" I said to myself.
Finally it was finished I printed out my question cards and put them in a little bag.

Now I'm going to tell you how my homework works. It is a board game and this is the aim of the game: first one to the top. If you land on a green spot you have to answer one of the quistion cards if you get it wrong you have to go back to the closest coner but if you get it correct you roll again.

Home work projects by Matt.w and Cam

In room 11 we did a homework project on ancient Egypt.We did Egypt because we are doing our production on Egypt. We had 3 weeks to complete and bring in our project were we would get marked out of 20. After we brought in our homework projects we shared them and people gave us feedback.

Matt got 5 comments
I liked your project. The facts were very interesting. From Anton
I thought your presentation was very organized and you had lots of amazing facts. From Emily
I thought your presentation was very cool and your facts were good. From Otto
I love it how your facts were in a pyramid. From Cameron
I like the way you brainstormed questions you wanted answered and then found the answers. From Ruth

Cam got 5 comments
I like your presentation. It's all spaced out nicely. I liked your amount of facts. From Madeline
I can tell you put a lot of effort into your project. I can tell it is you own writing. Very interesting. From Ruth
I liked how you presented your project. It looks amazing. From Annabella
I liked the background pictures and the facts in a pyramid. From Hugo

Matt's Project

It looks awesome. From Jaime

Cameron's Project

My homework project by Emma

For three weeks I was sorting information and publishing it on a poster. My homework project was on famous Pharaohs. I learnt heaps about Pharaohs.

Here are some of my comments from my class mates.
My first comment was from Sasha she said: ''I loved the presentation of your poster and how it was in your own words.''
The next comment was from Cameron he said: ''I like your project alot but I like the Egyptian writing the most.''
Salote said: ''Hi Emma I like your drawing of cleopatra.''
This is what Mia V thought ''I really like your project and I love your drawing,keep up the good work.'' My second to last comment was from Jennifer. She said: ''Hey Emma! I love your poster because you had wonderful facts and pictures.''
My last comment was from Hugo. He said: ''I like the temples and the Egyptian writing."

By Emma.  

My Egyptian Project By Otto

Four weeks ago we were given a task to make an amazing Egyptian project. We had to choose from Gods and Goddesses, Mummies (which was very scary), Egyptian myths, Famous Pharaohs, The Nile,  Magic and Medicine, Writing, Food and Drink, Toys and Games, Beauty and Fashion, The Pyramids and home life. We were marked out of 20. Straight away I knew that I was going to do the pyramids. I was very pleased with the outcome. The pyramids are velcroed on so you can remove them. Here some pictures of my work and my feed back.

Comments

Good work Otto I like how you had good and clear facts. From Matt W

I liked how you presented the facts on the pyramids. From Jeru

I like how they are de-tachable. From Jordan

I like how its 3-D. From Jaime

Hey Otto I like the way your facts are spread around and interesting keep up the good work. From Salote


This is pro how you can lift up the pyramids and great facts. From Eva


By Otto

My Egyptian Homework Project by Annabella

In Room 11 we did homework projects and we had 3 weeks to do it.
We all choose a different Egyptian topic to do, I choose beauty and fashion.
I made a long white dress and safety pinned Egyptian facts on to it.
When we brought our homework project to school we laid them out on our desk with a comment sheet for people to comment on.
These were the comment that people wrote on my comment sheet:

- Hi Annabella, I really loved how you pinned your facts onto a dress you made yourself! Great work- Jennifer

- Hi Annabella, I love your project! Its so informative and creative how you made an actual dress!- Celia

- Hi Annabella, I love your project. And its so creative how you made an actual dress!- Mia V

- I its quite impressive that you made this all by yourself! I can see you've put in a lot of effort- Briar

- Hi Annabella, your presentation is AWESOME! Also your facts were really cool + interesting!- Emily

-Hi Annabella, I can tell you put a lot of hard work in it. Well done.- Langi

By Annabella

My Egyptian Homework Project By Eva

In room 11 we were assigned to a homework project about Egypt. We got three weeks to present a project about a different subject. Mine was about Cleopatra's marriages and all the men she married. We had a time to share our project and a time to leave comments. My work got five comments they were.....

 * I like the way you presented your project: Mia V
 * I love your project it is so amazing: Annabella
 * I really like your presentation: Langi
 * I love how you made it different and it is very interesting: Mia M
 * I love what hard work you put into it: Ruby

 By Eva 

The Egyptian Notebook

In our reading group, the Reading Rockstars, we have been learning about Egypt. We started off by finding facts in Egyptian books and then we got to choose what I.C.T presentation we were going to  use to share what we learned. We then found photos to go with our facts. Here is our keynote, we hope you like it.

EGYPT by Mia V and Olivia from Room 11 on Vimeo.

By Olivia and Mia V.

Be Yourself By room 11

In room 11 we have created a list of good ways to be noticed and bad ways to be noticed. In table groups we discussed the good and bad ways. After that we summarized the things that we wrote and put it into a chart. Here are some of our ideas about the good and bad ways to be noticed.

What's your sentence? By Jennifer

We were fascinated by a school that had students write sentences that summed up their lives and the type of person they wish to be. Their sentences were interesting, motivating and fabulous. We decided to write our own sentences that summed up the type of person we want to be. We thought about what we what to define us and what we want to be remembered for. We think you will be impressed!

We hope you enjoy the slideshow.

What's Your Sentence from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Our Dances by Willie

On Thursday when we went to the Art Gallery we created a dance based on the big flower sculpture in the atrium of the gallery. We created movement like the flowers. We also made our bodies into the string and metal holding up the flowers. We had to perform for some dancers and our teachers. It was really fun. We learnt lots of skills about dancing. Dancing doesn't always need music to tell a story. Dancing can also tell you stories. By Willie

Dance 1 at Art Gallery from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Group 2 Dance at Art Gallery from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Dance Workshops at the Auckland Art Gallery by Olivia

On Thursday we went to the Auckland Art Gallery for a dance workshop. The year 6's from room 11 and room 13 went. We walked around the gallery and watched dancers perform a routine about artworks in the gallery. We found out that you don't have to have music to dance to. We also made two dance performances. We had a great time there, we have learnt a lot about dancing and using different levels with our bodies.

Dance Workshops-Medium from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Bon Voyage Maia!

On Friday, we had a french party, to say goodbye to Maia, who was going to live in France on Sunday. We all had to dress up like we were french people. Every single person had a moustache, either drawn on (by Madeline, Salote, and Jennifer) or stuck-on.
We had an awesome shared lunch, that included grapes, cake, cookies, drinks, marshmallows as well as French food like brie and crackers, pain au chocolate and friands. Everyone had fun, but were sad to see Maia go. We will always remember, her talent to spell ANYTHING, her love for rats, her amazing stories and her giggles.

By Madeline and Salote

Maia's farewell french lunch from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Dance Workshop

On Thursday 9th Sarah from the NICAI/AAG Dance project and a companion came into Room 11 to do a dance workshop.

Firstly we did some warm ups so we didn't pull or strain a muscle. Then we had to make an object in our class room using our bodies.

Next we got in to groups of mainly 8 or 9. Then Sarah told us to make objects in the class room with our groups. We made objects like book shelves, hibiscus flowers and playgrounds.

Then Sarah asked us what have we done in the class room. We said we have been learning about John Pule and have been using his artwork as inspiration. We told her that he had come in to our class room and taught us how to put words into pictures. 

Then we told Sarah the poem we used:

I know of a shore

glistening in the islands where the sun,

resplendent in clouds

also ripples upon the sensuous sands.

We then choose about 5 or 6 words in the poem e.g shore, glistening, islands etc. All the groups chose their five words and had to make the word into a image using their bodies.

After a few minutes we all showed what we had done with the words that we chose from the poem.

We performed our words to music.

By Jaime and David Ray

The John Pule Red Dance from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Purple Island Dance from Room 11 on Vimeo.

'The' by the Yellow Group from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Egypt By Emma

In Room 11 we have been learning about Egypt because that is what we're doing for the production.

Cleopatra was the last Ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Cleopatra married Ptolemy XIII he was the brother, husband and second cousin to Cleopatra!
She also married Ptolemy XII who was father, uncle, great uncle, father in law and husband to Cleopatra.
The first female pharaoh called Hatsheput wore male clothes and wore a beard. Pharaohs were buried inside a pyramid. Cleopatra also married her 12 year old brother. Weird!

By Emma

John Pule by Maia and Madeline

Yesterday morning a well known artist, John Pule, came to our class. He gave a little talk and we learnt some interesting things, including how to translate words into pictures. After writing this poem-

I know of a shore
glistening in the islands where the sun,
resplendent in clouds
also ripples upon the sensuous sands.

 -on the board, he asked us to turn the words 'know', 'shore', 'glistening', 'islands', 'sun', 'resplendent', 'clouds, 'ripples', 'sensuous', and 'sands' into pictures. We had only ten minutes but we got through alright. John Pule also talked a little bit about himself. Apparently he won a drawing competition when he was at primary school and the prize was $40 and a bank account! He also has a fifteen year old son and four-going-on-five year old daughter who will attend Grey Lynn school. By Maia and Madeline
John Pule visit from Room 11 on Vimeo.

100 Days of Learning By Hugo and Max J

On the 100th day of school we celebrate our learning and successes. Our mums, dads and special visitors are invited to come in and look at our work. We also go  into different classes and visit your siblings. Our parents like looking at our nice work.  We also bring canned food in and see how many we can get. Our aim is always 100 or more. We donate the cans to the Auckland City Mission. Here are out photos of today:

100 Days of Learning by Max J from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The Taste of Freedom by Sasha

As I climbed onto the horse's back he swayed slightly then stopped abruptly as if trying to tell me how a horse should act when someone is mounting them. I gazed down at the steep hill. I longed to canter down but I had strict instructions to walk.

"Steady now Harley," I whispered. He looked at me almost in a way that he understood. I could see tall oaks on the edge of the huge green fields. I smelt the sweet smell of dewy grass. I could hear the other horses whinnying, longing to be ridden. I could taste the taste of freedom.

The Fearfall at Rainbow's End by Mia V

I could feel the bar as I gripped it tight holding on for my life. I could hear my mum screaming. All I could see was the darkness of my eyes shut tight. All I was thinking was I can't wait till its over. Then we got to the end and it was all over and I felt sick.
"I'm never doing that again in my life," I said.

Pancakes for dinner by Jaime

I cut it into pieces and stabbed my fork into it. I could taste them, covered with maple syrup, sliding down my throat and hear my family gobbling them up. I could feel my cold knife and fork in my hands and see them cutting my meal into pieces. I could smell my favourite food sizzling in the pan and they are pancakes.    












  
   

Roasting Marshmallows By Briar

I looked up at the night sky. A limitless world beyond time it seemed. It was a cloudless night and I could see the milky way. It wandered between and trampled over the stars which were shining brighter than I've seen before. The wind hurled its self at my back. I shivered. THUNK! Somebody heaped another piece of wood on the fire. The fire crackled and spluttered indignantly. I pulled my marshmallow out of the fire. It was almost dripping off the stick. I couldn't wait to indulge in that sweet, sugary, warm, delicious taste again. I felt around my mouth. I could still taste the salty remains of the fish 'n chips we'd had for dinner. I let it cool of while I softly sang to my dad's guitar.
It was possibly the best, most peaceful night of my life.

By Briar

Luge Crash by Matt W

When I crashed into the sand bank on the luge I could see my luge cart bewilderd with sand. In the background I could see the trees briskly waving about. I tasted the salty, crunchy sand that had been flung into my mouth. I could hear the rattling of other luge carts as they hurled past me. I could smell nothing for my nose was blocked. I could feel my hands losing grip of the handles as I was hurtled forward as a cluster of sand was thrown at me and on to my helmet. It started seeping though.

By Matt W

Snap-shot of the movies By Jennifer

The lights dimmed as I sat in my seat holding a bag full of popcorn. I could mell the buttery essence, smoking towards my nose. Looking straight ahead I could see the big screen shining towards my face. My taste buds sizzled, popped, banged because of the buttercup coloured popcorn. My ears adjusted towards the speakers because of the splash of raindrops banging, splashing the ground. With the palm of my hand gripping the arm of my seat I could suddenly feel my sisters fear. Shaking, nonstop.

Horse Riding by Celia

The horse shuddered as I slid into the saddle head up, back straight holding onto the reins. As I sat up there I felt tall and I could see for miles. On the immense hills the grass swayed in the wind and the rickety fence a jar open just wanting some company. I could smell the pines prickly smell as it tickled the end of my nose. I could feel the silky brown coat of the horse and the mane sliding between my fingers. The horse glided through the deep mud mud oozing out of the shoe. I felt free as the breeze tickled my cheeks and the grass swept a path for us. The pines among us seemed to silently whisper to each other and turn as we passed them. Pines cones were crunching beneath our feet as we trotted over the hill on our journey.

By Celia

Glow Worms in Caves By Amy

WALT: write descriptions


A dark cave, a metal boat, me and a few other people amazed at the sight of gorgeous little worms the size of my fingernail with glimmering glowing blue tummies. The different stripy rock formations made the ceiling of the cave look like it had zebra stripes. A salty fresh taste immediately appeared in the presents of my mouth. The smell of damp rock from a trickling waterfall flowed through my nose. I lay my arm back and ZING, the coldness of the metal swirled through my blood. I was breathing fresh and pure oxygen. The air around me was nippy but I was too amazed to notice, the glow worms fishing lines were like very thin chains that sparkled in the shining light from the guides head-torch. Echos from the waterfall sounded like a volcanic eruption with pouring hot lava from the tip. The guide took us back and told us to go back up the cave and out, there were so many different rock formations stripy, swirly even ones that came out of the ground. We walked out of the caves with light streaming in. I will always remember the glow worms and their webs and everything else in the Waitomo Caves.
By Amy

Standing on a Frozen Lake

WALT: write descriptions

I could smell refreshing air from the countryside. I could see the frozen water cracking under my feet. I could hear the ice cracking under my boots. I could fell that something bad was going to happen. I felt my ice skates cuTting though the ice and taste the ice when I fell over.

By Anton

Camp Slide Show by Mia M

On the 11th of June 2012 all the year sixes went to Camp Benson on Kawau Island.We went on a bus then we caught a ferry from Sandspit to Camp Bentzon. At Camp Bentzon we did lots of activities including sailing, burma rope and camp cooking (toasting marshmallows).,Below is our slide show.
Enjoy!

Camp Video by Mia M and Ruby from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Camp Food by Matt W

When the Year 6s of Grey Lynn School went to Camp Bentzon Selwyn the cook came with us. Selwyn was a great cook.  For breakfast he woke up early and made nice warm rolls. For dinner he did the same except he put butter in them. On Monday when got there we had our own lunch, for dinner we had shepard's pie and dessert was banana split but we got to choose what you had in it. On Tuesday we woke up and had cereal, fruit, rolls and baked beans or spaghetti. For lunch we had pizza and dinner was roast chicken and peaches and custard for dessert. Camp food was great!

Anisah choosing what to have on her banana split

All of Selwyn's food on the ferry

Robbie,  Max J, Caitlin, Ruby and Ethan enjoying their dinner

Camp by Mia V

On Monday the 11th of June all the Year 6s went to Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island for a week.
We all had a lot of fun and all the activities were really good. We did kayaking, fishing, hut building, sailing, the confidence course, burma rope, raft building, camp cooking and orienteering.

My favourite activity was hut building because it was something I had never done and it involved a lot of team work and I really enjoyed it.

Camp PMI Chart of Camp Bentzon.

Our little private beach!

One of the peacocks at Mansion House

Posted by Emma

Cabins at camp. By Olivia

Cabins at camp.

At camp we all got to share a cabin with our friends. I shared my cabin with Madeline, Salote, Christina  and Langi. Our cabin was next to Ruth's. She put us next to her for a reason! Our cabin was the craziest and the LOUDEST cabin in the girls hallway. The hardest thing in the cabins that we had to do was to get to sleep. Every night it took me at least 1 hour to go to sleep because everyone was talking. One night we were so loud Ruth had to come in to our cabin and she had to sit on the ground to wait for us to go to sleep (it was really, really awkward). On the last day everyone's cabins were so messy because we had all of our dirty clothes, towels, wetsuits and our day bags on our bed.
Despite all of this it was really fun sharing a cabin with the girls because we had a lot of fun dancing in our pjs and laughing together.

By Olivia.

Katz 1 by Anton

On Monday the 11th of June all the Year Six kids went to Camp Bentzon. Monday it was nice and sunny and that was good because the first rotation was fishing!

On Tuesday we did the burma trail. It was hard because you were blindfolded and you had to follow a rope. The rope went under, around and over things like trees and branches.

On Wednesday we went on a hike to Mansion House. We had a great cook who was Selwyn. He made buns for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Here is a photo of the group Katz 1: me, Jack, Salote, Jennifer, Amy, Phoenix and Sydnie. Our parent were Kelvin and Bo. They were amazing!!!

By Anton

Year 6 @ Camp Bentzon 2012

Last week all the Year 6 pupils went to Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island for an action-packed week of exciting activities and challenges. Check out our pictures!

Year 6 @ Camp Bentzon 2012 from Room 11 on Vimeo.

The A-Z of Children's Rights by Eva and Ruby

In Room 11 we have been doing Social Studies. We have also been focusing on Children's Rights. Ruth put together a hopscotch of activities using Bloom's Taxonomy. We chose to do an A-Z of children's rights slide. Everything that a child needs was put into a sideshow made by Ruby and Eva. We made our own music on Garageband.

As well as having fun we learnt a lot. We hope you enjoy the slide show!

A-Z of Children's Rights by Eva and Ruby from Room 11 on Vimeo.

How the Dinosaurs Became Extinct By Jack

In Room 11 we have been learning about myths and legends. We had a choice of 9 different tasks. One of the ones I chose was to create your own myth linking to something that has happened in the world. Mine is 'How the Dinosaurs Became Extinct'. Here's mine enjoy the show:

How the Dinosaur became extinct by Jack from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Children's Right Slide Show by Mia V

For Social Studies I picked to make a slide show about children's rights.

The task was to pick 5 children's rights that I thought were the most important and say why.

This is what I picked:

Article 28 children have the right to an education.

Article 32 the government should protect children from work that is dangerous. 

Article 24 children have the right to a good quality health care clean water and food. 

Article 26 the government should provide extra money for the children of families in need. 

Article 31 all children have the right to relax play and join in a wide range of activities.

Children's Rights by Mia V from Room 11 on Vimeo.

How to make a water filter by Jordan and Anton

Lots of people in poor countries have dirty water that makes them sick. Children have the right to clean water. We researched ways to make water purification systems.

Water Purification by Jordan and Anton from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Room 11's Art

Last week we had our annual school art exhibition. We were inspired by the art of John Pule, Fatu Fe-eu and traditional pacific art. Maia and Jennifer were our exhibition winners. Well done everyone!

Maia and Jennifer's art

How the Moon got its Craters by Cameron

For English we had an option of nine activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy. I decided to do this activity:

Write a new creation myth in a country of your choice. Share as an animation/film strip/story board /play/poem. Here is what I came up with, I did the moon instead of a country.

How the Moon got its Craters by Cameron from Room 11 on Vimeo.

SCAMPER by Maxi

In Room 11 we have been doing a English and social studies hopscotch using Bloom's Taxonomy. My task was use SCAMPER to improve a mythical character. I did a Griffin. A Griffin is a mythical character which is a hawk and lion combined. SCAMPER is a creative thinking tool. S stands for substitute, C is combine, A is adapt, M is magnify modify and minify, P is put to another uses, E is eliminate, R is reverse. Hope you enjoy my slide show.

SCAMPER of a mythical figure by Max D from Room 11 on Vimeo.

Kurta by Emma, Mia M and Eva

The Task was to make a national costume of any third world country. We decided to do a Kurta which is from India. A Kurta is a flexible dress that can be worn as a formal dress or an every day dress. A Kurta can be a man's outfit or a woman's outfit. A Kurta is usually long sleeved. A Kurta is brightly coloured so it is easy to see at a special occasion. A man's Kurta is a long sleeved t-shirt with baggy pants. The Kurta is not always worn with shoes. It is mostly worn with a scarf that matches the pants. A Kurta usually has a veil to make the back of the Kurta not as plain. The Kurta was made by Mia M. The research was done by Emma and Eva.

Raninui Brand Slippers By Jennifer

Did you know Nike shoes are named after the greek godess of victory? In one of the boxes in room 11's hopscotch for this year it says to invent your own product and name it after a mythological or legendary figure and to keep in mind that the brand name needs to go with the product.

My product I have made is Rangiui brand slippers.I chose the mythological name Ranginui beacause he is the sky father.When the rain pours down on these slippers the slippers will stay dry and warm in the inside and will be wet and soaked on the outside.This product is made of elastic and fluff.These slippers are washable.

A Play: Cidinha in Brazil

In these two scenes, we show the life of Cidinha's mum finding out really how trees can effect peoples lives so much. In the second scene we show Cidinha's life now and how they still use the tree even after years of cracking nuts and selling the oil to make soap. The tree prevent them living in poverty. Enjoy watching our play and I hope you learn about Cidinha and her family's life.

By Amy

Performed by Amy, Jeru, Christina, Mia M (Team Leader) and Robbie

A Play: Shakeel in India

WALT: identify the similarities and differences between the lives of children in different countries

For social studies we are learning about children's rights. To start off we have been looking at the lives of children around the world. My group learnt about Shakeel who lives in India, and how his life is very different, but lots of things are the same.

We wrote this play to show our learning:

By Eva

Performed by Eva, Cameron, Matt W, Ruby, Acacia and Emma (Team Leader)

The Arctic Ocean Happy-Headed Jelly-Fish-Bear by Amy

The Arctic Ocean Happy-Headed Jelly-Fish-Bear also known as the Jelly-Fish-Bear is a very interesting animal because it is half mammal and half jelly-fish. It is related to the bear/polar bear family and elephant family.

The Jelly-Fish-Bear has an elephant head and has creamy white fluffy ears. It has a polar bear body but it has big black spots. The tentacles are bright red from all the blood rushing to them to keep them warm. This is important because they live in a hole in the ice and they put their tentacles in the icy water.

Ice floes in the Arctic Ocean are the main habitat of the Jelly-Fish-Bear.When it gets frostbite (quite often) it shakes until it warms up (it normally takes five mins). When it gets scared it turns white (like the ice) to camouflage itself. It is born 7mm long and the full/average size is 7cm ( the biggest humans have found is 8.7cm).

Fish eggs are the Jelly-Fish-Bears main diet. It is a very small eater, and only eats once a day. If it can it sometimes eats fish that have just hatched from the eggs (very occasionally).

The Jelly-Fish-Bear has live babies. They are born purple in litters of 10. They are first born with gills and after about one week it breaks through the ice and the gills turn into little pink lines.

73 years and 14 days is the exact length of their life (unless they have been eaten). Every month they give birth to a litter so they are not endangered. They stay with their Mum for about five years or until they can defend themselves from predators.

Hammerhead sharks and whales are their predators. When they sense the Jelly-Fish-Bears predators they turn white (like ice).They do not harm anything bigger than them except fish eggs and baby fish.

The Arctic Ocean Happy- Headed Jelly- Fish-Bear is a very small animal which does not harm except to catch food. It is an intelligent animal and humans have figured out they are not a pest to anything.

By Amy

The Red-Eyed Spotted Elephant

The Red-Eyed Spotted Elephant is a mammal that’s in the

ducks and rabbit family. It is often found in ponds or forests in Africa.

They have two very big teeth and two very stompy legs that glow in the dark. The height of this animal is 28.4 cm,it weighs 102.1 kg. It is covered in fur to keep itself warm and it even breathes through it’s ears and listens through it’s nose.

It eat’s hard rocks, flies and also creeping cockroaches. The Red-Eyed Spotted Elephant is scared of 1.1 cm ants that crawl through the dirt.

This animal loves shiny things such as coins, jewellery and shiny metal. It also likes rotten things.

The Red-Eyed Spotted Elephant hates fish and humans. Humans try to hunt for them but they always fail and they always end up being killed. This is a warning to all the people in the world if anyone ever dare to hunt for them just leave them all in peace instead.

By Christina

The Giant-Footed African Dog By Mia V

The Giant Footed African dog is related to the brown bear there are ten of them left in the world. They are very endangered.

The African dog is a mammal that feeds on wetas and frogs legs. The African dog is about 12 cm small but its feet are 8cm wide.

The African dog can be found in trees or small holes under ground.

The African dog has big green and purple eyes a orange body with black spots and yellow claws it has scales and weighs 8 kg.

When a creature tries to get or eat the African dog they stick out their claws and scratch them.

When the African dog has a baby the girls come out in some sticky liquid but the boys come out in a small egg shell. The egg shell has all kinds’s of coloured spots this is because that is how the adults can tell what to call it. So if the egg shell had green and red spots the mum will call him the big footed greed and red spotted african dog .

The boys can live up to 70 years old but the girls can live up to 100 years of age.

The Giant-footed African dog is a creature that does not like other creatures. In 2012 their numbers dropped so there are only 10 left in the world .

The Cat Faced Two-Legged Humbug by Jennifer

The Cat Faced Two-Legged Humbug is a rare and endangered mammal. With under two thousand of these left in the Sri Lankan rainforest it’s life is changing and in danger.

The Cat Faced Two-Legged Humbug is the most intelligent,most creative creature there is in the rainforest. In fact its face is Cat-like with oval eyes and delicate ears,cat facial details. Its body all the way down to the waist is like a Dinosaur’s. With their sharp claws they can check if their prey is dead or is still alive.It digs with them too. The bottom part of it’s body is like a Tiger. To run fast they use their paws.

The Humbug can weigh about 5 kgs and is about 14 centimeters long when it is a baby. When its an adult it weighs double that!When the female has babies,they are born live. They are as green as the grass and scaly with wings.The mother should have up to sixteen babies at a time. The babies nest is made of bark and mud.The female has to rest on it plus push to get the babies out. However,the male doesn’t do anything but guards the babies when the mother goes hunting.

The Humbug eats animals that live under ground. Such as Worms and Moles. To drink they have to drink mud.It’s got protein to make hem fit and healthy.

To hunt and get food the Humbug uses it’s excellent hum. It can hear the slightest movement even from the quietest worm. To get their prey they dig with their Dinosaur-like claws.To help get the prey that they want the Humbug must hum to make them fall asleep.They then stand and squish them till their flesh comes out. After,the female eats her share and the rest of the family eat to get stronger and stronger. If the female doesn’t catch anything,then she and her family will starve.

The Cat Faced Two-Legged Humbug lives in the Sri Lankan rainforest.Among the leaves they take shelter and it’s their home for safety. They make sure the leaves have no harmful bacteria that will cause the babies to die.

The Cat Faced Two-Legged Humbug survives by using it’s feet.Their Tiger-like feet can run a mile in 400 mili seconds.That is the fastest animal in the rainforest. Native tribes in the rainforest feast on Humbugs to celebrate the rainforest’s anniversary. Luckily the Humbug can run really fast and avoid being caught.

The Humbug has two relatives.The Cow-spotted Quaver and the Ring-Necked Memble Fud. They are rare indeed.To communicate they meet in the exact middle of the rainforest.They all use sign language.Some scientists say that they don’t communicate that way,but they communicate by howling like a Wolf.

The Humbug runs fast to keep away from enimies and has about 16 babies at a time. The female has to make and do everything for her family.

By Jennifer