Term 3 Week 10 & 11

What a huge 2 weeks we have had!  We have been so busy, we haven't had time to update our blog!

What we have been very busy with the school production of Young Hercules and the I AM MAKING MOVIES, movie making competition!

Things to look forward to next term:
- The I AM MAKING MOVIES will be sent off to the museum for judging in week 3 (entries close noon Sunday 4th November)
- Movie Premier: We have hired an Event cinema! You will get an exclusive invite to this event.  The date is the 7th November from 11 - 12:30pm - more details will be coming out next term, but mark this not-to-be-missed event in your calendar!
- Athletics day will be Wednesday of week 3: fingers crossed for fine weather.
- Next terms focus will be on different cultures & there will be a school-wide cultural day on the Friday of week 3.
- Twitter evening: We will be hosting a Twitter workshop for parents on Wednesday 17th October at 7pm.  This will be a chance for you to get to know what this social media tool can offer in an educational setting and more specifically how we use it in our classrooms.

Have a nice break and we'll see you rearing to go for Term 4!

Term 3 Week 9

Parent Workshop

Well done again to those parents who leaped into Wikispaces this week.  It was great to see a good turn out of Room 14 parents!  The main objective of these evenings is to get you actively involved in your child's online learning.  We use wikispaces in Room 14 and we really want you to be part of this process.
How to get involved:
- create a wikispaces account
- find your child's wikispace
- click on the join now option

- you will be asked to leave a comment when requesting to join a wiki.  In the comment section, please write the relationship you have with your child (e.g. mum, dad, auntie) and the child's name (e.g. Amy's Mum).  As usernames can be obscure, this helps me ensure only known people to the child have access to edit their pages.

An alert will be sent to Miss McCauley's wikispace account (as she is the administrator of all the students wiki's).  Once this is accepted, you will be able to edit and make comments.


- Once you are a member you can use the comment feature to leave specific, meaningful comments for your child

Page of the Week - Marianne's Writers Club Blog
This week's page goes to Marianne for the credit she has given her sources.  This poem has been discussed in Room 14 this week and I really like the way Marianne has acknowledged this idea has come from someone else.  She has also invited people to look at her sources blog - great to see credit where credit is due!

Pinehill Playground Construction
By Taahier & Kalib

This term we have had some construction going on in our school. This video we have prepared for you is about our top playground.


The Movie Making Competition
By Paula & Josh

See how we are making our movies for the Auckland Museum movie making competition.



Quality Comments
By Isaac & Sithumina

Here is how to leave a quality comment on a blog or wikispace. After you watch this video you will know how how to create a really good comment.

Term 3 Week 8

Parent Workshop
A big thanks to those of you who could make the workshop on Wednesday night.  What a great bunch of engaged parents, now I know where their children get it from!  We had such great feedback from the evening, we are going to run a follow-up this coming week on Thursday 13th September at 7pm in Rm 19.  If you missed the first session, come along and start the journey!

The aim of these sessions are to get you actively involved in your child's online world and become a part of their audience.  We would love all parents to have a username and comment on their child's work.  If you know your way around Wikispaces, please become a member of your child's wikispace so you can comment on their work.  Your kids have given such great feedback on the comments that have been made! Thanks for taking the time, it really does motivate your child to succeed to a higher level.

Wiki Page of the Week

The page of the week goes to Madison and her mum.  Madison's Mum has signed up to be part of her daughters Wikispaces.   Here you can see how she has used the comment function to leave a footprint on her daughters page.  Excellent work by both mum and daughter!
Keep it up :)

Sports News
Starring Taahier, David and Kalib

listen to ‘Sports news’ on Audioboo

Pathway to Pollution Storyboard

By Madison and Marianne

This is what we have been working on for this week in Literacy.  It is leading up to out I AM MAKING MOVIE entry.

Term 3 Week 7

We have had a very busy week this week!  We had the beep test, started our I AM MAKING MOVIES stories and had a mufti day on Friday to support Daffodil Day.

Parent Workshop: 

We have our first parent workshop this Wednesday at 6pm.  This workshop go through wikispaces - a tool your child uses.  We will look at how you can get involved and show you the basics of using this web-based tool.  Feel free to bring your own device or we will have laptops available.  This workshop will be held in Room 19.

Wiki Page of the Week

This week's page of the week goes to Isaac's Maths page.  He has been busy practising his basic facts and has begun capturing his results and commenting on them.  These results have now been uploaded to his maths wiki page (which he is in the process of tidying up).  It's great to see his progress when practising - keep it up!

What's been going on in Room 14?

In room 14 we have started making our animation for the I AM MAKING MOVIES competition  we have prepared a interview on what we have done so far with Kalib. We also have did the beep test this week and we made an interview on the beep test with Madison we hope you enjoy this PRO interview.