Production Night

Last night our whole school performed our school production and each house did a different segment about a fractured fairy tale that they made up. It went all to plan and we all had a great night. Here is a picture of our house Sheppard.

Emotions

In Room 15 we have been making Emotion posters to understand what our feelings are.

Here is a photo of the new Display in Room 15.

Emotions

Since the start of the term we have been looking at change and emotions. At the start of the term we had a puberty lesson and from then on we have moved to change and emotions. We had to choose and emotion and get into buddies. Rayhana and I choose Jealousy and we made a poster every person in the class got in buddies and we choose a different emotion. On Wednesday this week our whole team is going to the movies and we are going to see Inside Out which is about your emotions inside your head. Maybe you guys should go and see the movie too. Also these are the characters from the movie.

Maths Teaching

Check out Denae and Emmett teaching some of their peers how to add and subtract fractions. I think I could be out if a job! 

Food Tech

This week Room 15 got the opportunity in food tech to create what ever pie you wanted to make.

Some groups made: apple & custard pies, mince & cheese pies, pure chocolate pies, apple pies and confetti pies.

Here is a Picture of what Room 15 have Created.

Change

We are now starting to look at the concept of change and the feelings that can be associated with change. Students looked at changes that can occur in their own lives. Our next step is to understand these emotions and look at how we cope with them. 

Fractions!

In Erudite we are learning all about fractions. 

Doodle For Google

Our class is participating in the Doodle For Google competition. The topic this year is "If I could travel back in time I would..." Everyone has great ideas and I am very excited to see everyone's finished drawings.

Rob Thorne

We had the wonderful Rob Thorne visit our class on Wednesday to teach us about Maori instruments and Matariki. Rob is so passionate about his heritage and it was a truly special experience having him share his life and passion with us! 

Star Dome

We had a wonderful visit today from the Star Dome. We got to see our night sky from the comfort of our school hall. 

Balls on the Ground

Lyrics to Mr Doody's and Mr Jenkin's song...


See I have a problem
That needs a solution, YeahTo many bleeding nosesand not enough tissuesNot enough Office LadiesTo treat the wounded studentsBroken Glass, There goes my pocket money.

KEEP THE BALLS ON THE GROUNDBALLS ON THE GROUNDWHEN YOUR PLAYING ON THE TURFKEEP THE BALLS ON THE GROUND  (x4)

During our Breaktime its fun to kick the ball aroundBut please double checkyou aim it at the groundWhen you act with integrityeveryone will be safeand grumpy old teacherswill not be on your case.

Freestyle KEEP THE BALLS ON THE GROUNDBALLS ON THE GROUNDWHEN YOUR PLAYING ON THE TURFKEEP THE BALLS ON THE GROUND

Haiku

A haiku is a traditional Japanese poem which follows the structure of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. In class the other day we wrote haikus about the night sky and for homework last week we wrote a haiku about winter.

Pink Shirt day at Ross

Today is Pink Shirt day! Almost everyone here is wearing pink or red, even Emma who's least favourite  colour is pink, so she cuts arm holes in a pink trash bag and wore that over her clothes.
Everyone in room fifteen looks so red/pink. Great job everyone for supporting people to stop bullying.

Morning tea Pink shirt day chalk time

Today at Morning tea Emma brought a small box of sidewalk chalk to school, it didn't last long though, lots of Ross students found their way to the box of chalk and Emma let them join in. Soon the ground was flooded with drawings and artwork of the kids. Everyone enjoyed it and soon all the chalk was devoured, I bet this was a happy Morning tea time for all the kids who got a chance to join in. Lets give a great thank you to Emma for letting us do it with her. Check out the pictures below of Ross intermediates young artists. 

Our Terrariums

For Wai Water we made terrariums, in our terrariums a miniature water cycle should occur.
Here is a picture of them:

Chalk Art on Ross Grounds

So I brought a box of chalk to school...

It didn't take long before the Ross pavement was covered in drawings by many different students, it was total fun. I need to bring another box again sometime.

Wai Water

This term Erudite has been working on a Wai Water unit. We have been learning about where water in New Zealand has come from. Here are some questions that we had to answer. Have a try and  see if you can find the answers to these questions look at the website down below to find out a bit more about the water in New Zealand. 

The link to find out about the water in New Zealand

Interactive Clock

http://www.visnos.com/demos/clock

Anna McNuff

A wonderful woman name Anna came and spoke to our school today. She is currently running the length of NZ. She has been going for three months now and is currently in the Manawatu. Anna was an incredible speaker and her passion was inspiring.

Check out her website, blog and twitter feed!

 www.annamcnuff.com

We're on the look out!

Science

Science!

Today we had Science! It was a lot of fun and everyone seemed to love it. We saw some sheep brains and we learned about blood and how it works and why the heart is needed. And good job to the team Purple Pineapples, 

Who got to chill with popcorn. We also got to do experiments with ice, salt and sugar. It was fun :D.

Nine Letter Word

This is a great vocabulary game. It looks at how many words can you from the 9 letters. You must have words that are at least four letter long and use the middle letter in every word. You can check each guess you make and look at the answers once you have finished. Click shuffle to change the letters!

http://nineletterword.tompaton.com/teapsrhit/

Hero Poems

In Erudite, we are writing poems about our heroes. They follow a very simple pattern. Perhaps you could try writing your own. Check out the pattern, and our Kate Sheppard poem, below...

Kate Sheppard
Courageous, intelligent, determined
Suffragette and humanitarian
Persuades, cycles and writes
Late 1800s
A role model and inspiration at Ross Intermediate.

Name
Three adjectives
Place, group or activity
Three verbs
When or where
Thoughts and feelings about the person 

New Erudite Logo

Women's Rights

In Erudite, we have been learning about Kate Sheppard and looking at why she is considered NZ hero. This has sparked much interest in women's rights in general. Emma, Carly and Matthew are all from the USA, and drew our attention to the fact there isn't a female role model on their money. Kate Sheppard is on our $10 note and we feel a heroine from the USA should be granted the same honour. 

Check out the website here and vote for three women you think should be on the $20 bill in America. 

http://www.womenon20s.org/candidates

Class Photo

Erudite

Check out our new logo. Designed by Kate and Gemma. Awesome work guys! 

Create your own Superhero

CREATE A SUPERHERO

Our initials ideas about heroes!

The pink ideas are our initial ideas. We then watched the Kid President clip about heroes and added the black ideas. After that, we watched another clip about heroes and added the blue ideas. Finally, we wrote our own definition of what we think a hero is.

Erudite's Definition of a Hero

Erudite's initial definition of a hero:
Anyone who is brave, kind, acts with integrity, and who goes out of their way to help and inspire others to be the best they can be.

What is a hero?

Who are heroes?

Created with Padlet

Lexia

We are starting a fantastic new reading programme called Lexia. Click the link below to login. Your usernames and passwords are found in our Erudite folder on Google Drive. 

LEXIA LOGIN

Wolf in the Wardrobe

We are reading a fantastic book in Erudite called 'Wolf in the Wardrobe'. It's about a boy who finds a wolf and needs to hide it from everyone, pretending it's a dog instead. However, a nasty clown is out to get him and the wolf back!

Art Deco Weekend

Mrs Stanley and Kate were both at Art Deco Weekend, last weekend. It was a great celebration of the 1920s/1930s and they both loved dressing up, dancing and eating! Napier had a devastating earthquake in 1931, and as a result, lots of the buildings were rebuilt. Now, Napier is the Art Deco capital of Napier and people from all over the world come to experience the beautiful architecture and history. 

Balloons

We have been making 'Hot Air Balloon' Art to display in our class. Each person has created a paper mache' balloon, painted it, taken a photo and learned how to instant alpha the photo, created a basket and written their goals on it. Phew! It was a long process and we are nearly done. Check us out in the paper mache' stage below.

Ben's Birthday

Thanks to Ben's mum for making Ben a delicious birthday cake for our class to share. Can you guess what the cake theme was?

Class Name - Erudite

After much debate in Room 18, we have decided to have the name Erudite. Erudite means to have great knowledge or show great learning. Perfect for our classroom. Check out the video we made to introduce our name to the school in Assembly. A big thanks to Quentin Livingstone, who did an outstanding job of filming and editing.