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Great Eight: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Today we learnt more about the experiment part of the scientific method. Each group learnt how to plan an experiment and the steps that go towards making them rigorous and accurate. Here's a video of one team arranging their 'experiment steps cards' that we learnt about - before I mixed them up! Karen will explain why she's not talking in the video. Karen thought that was pretty clever. Posted by Mark Herring. We're just about up to planning our project experiments! Today we d...
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Great Eight: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011. First Aid - CPR. Today we had a session with Jo from St Johns about first aid. We learnt what to do when someone stops breathing, among lots of other things about keeping ourselves and others safe! Here are some snaps of us practising C.P.R. - can you remember what that means? Posted by Mark Herring. Ben, Karen and Aleisha are giving this week's News show. We've been learning about all kinds of situations where we need to keep safe. GE TV News - DOG SAFETY. Posted by Mark Herring.
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Great Eight: The Great Orange Challenge is on!
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Sunday, December 11, 2011. The Great Orange Challenge is on! Today we started planning for our Measuring Oranges project - we'll be doing the fun part this Wednesday. Each team of three has been challenged to find a fun, creative and mathematical way to measure an orange. We have to plan, measure, record and post a reflection on our class blog. Here are some of the measurements Great Eight are planning;. Robbie, Tim, Andrew, Logan. How many poc marks are there on the surface of an orange? Aleisha, Ruby B.
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Great Eight
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011. On Friday we had a 'Jandal Day' at school. Bruce is a member of the Nippers junior Life saving club at Oreti. Here he is with his massive jandal and all his jandal followers. We managed to raise $148 dollars! Posted by Mark Herring. Labels: News and Views. St Clair's School Super7scoopers. Silverstream School Room 2. Grant Braes School Room 1. Grant Braes School Room 2 (This week's focus). All Our Audio / Video. Streaming live video by Ustream. Word Problems- Warm ups. While th...
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Great Eight: Reading Links
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You can use these links to read about some really interesting stuff! Use them during our silent reading time or .anytime? Find out what it's like to live in London - and lots of other places. This is great if you're still becoming a confident reader. This site has three episodes with questions to answer as you go! These ebooks have some great activities to do after you've read the story. St Clair's School Super7scoopers. Silverstream School Room 2. Grant Braes School Room 1. All Our Audio / Video. Cc lic...
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Great Eight: July 2011
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Sunday, July 31, 2011. Welcome to the first day of Room 8 Labs. Here's a fun way to start our tuning in week. NB: Kids - don't drink anything before asking your teacher or parents first! Posted by Mark Herring. Thursday, July 14, 2011. Here's a flyover of our 'Safety Town' project, combined with Room 7. You can see some certificates for the blocks that had the best design, best detail, best safety features etc. You should be very proud of your efforts! Watch out for some stop animation projects next term.
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Great Eight: Homework
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Remember - the following is not compulsory but an opportunity for you to continue your learning at home. This is for each family to decide and use as much or as little as suits them. We have started a trial of the 'Edmodo. Networking tool for schools. This is a way for teachers, students and parents to communicate outside of school hours. I'm thinking that, at this stage, we will use it to keep connected about our Jibboo programme and other homework tasks. 1 Work on the step not yet climbed. Work on your...
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Great Eight: Our Highlights Mag - so far!
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Our Highlights Mag - so far! Posted by Mark Herring. St Clair's School Super7scoopers. Silverstream School Room 2. Grant Braes School Room 1. Grant Braes School Room 2 (This week's focus). All Our Audio / Video. Streaming live video by Ustream. Word Problems- Warm ups. Room 5 Koputaroa School. Trialling of Tumblr Blog. I have been trying to update the classroom blog often, but find I often don't have the time to get to it, so I am trialling tumblr as I can post instantly .
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Great Eight: October 2011
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Thursday, October 27, 2011. Try these interactives that will test your knowledge of 3d Shapes! Posted by Mark Herring. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. This is a dance we created (in 30 minutes) using the 4 key elements of dance - Body Movement, Time and Energy, Space, and Relationships. Can you guess what we are communicating.here's a hint. It's a BIG thing. Posted by Mark Herring. Congratulations, Great Eight! And here's the video we entered. We'd love some comments below! Posted by Mark Herring. When we w...
