Trip to the Top 10 Holiday Park:

Well done to everyone who has taken the notice home and discussed this with your parents.

Just a wee note - I didn't put the date!!!!!!!! You all know week 9 is camp from the 8th - 11th, and during our discussions we talked about the beginning of week 10. The Monday we are visiting the holiday Park is Monday 14th December.

Hi I am Elliot and this is my review on my year.
This year has been great because we have had so many learning opportunities.

My year by Taylor

Aloha
me llamo TAYLOR
I'm going to talk to you about what I have enjoyed this year.

This year in the class I enjoyed learning fractions, measuring perimeters, areas and circumferences.

The best part about room9 and the big camp

The best part being in room9 is making new friends and finding out their working abilities and if they can work in groups and still stay on task. Some new mates I've made is Cameron, Bethy, Amy, James, Keegan and Regan. Mates I've had through the year are Josh, Andrew, Ryan, Jonty and Summer. Next week the year 7 and 8s go on school camp. We are going to Brige Valley in my cabin there is will be Danel, Olly me and Rueben. My activity group is Latu, Ali, Matt, Kasha, Shana, Jaydan and Faiga.

my fun year with rm 9

Hi my name is Amy and I think that this year in room 9 was really fun because we got to hang out with friends, funny books being read to us, fun maths times going on mathletics, bblb (big buddies little buddies), swimming but my favourite would be when our class goes out for as game and everyone joins in and has fun.
Next week I am going to camp it is called Marahau. There are about 60 people going to my camp and the whole group is getting put into 2 tribes. Tribe 1 has to make a name out of Kaiteriteri and tribe 2 has to make a name out of Marahau.
Enough about camp let me tell you about my friends, there is Summer, Bethany, Chloe Temo and my best est friend ever Christine. We have been friends for 3 years and soon it will be friends for 30 years.

Summers 09 reflection

This year has been great in room 9. I am very proud of all of the fantastic learning opportunities I have been able to participate in. Some of them were, Maths I have learnt so much from doing the mathematics grid even before we start. My reading and vocabulary skills have developed so much too. As a class we have done big buddies little buddies, swimming, breakfast duties, whenua iti, ICT computer skills and much, much more. My friends through out the year were Bethany, Christine, Amy, Faiga and so many more from different classrooms around the school. My best achievement this year was how much I improved in the star test results.

Summer Welsh.

My review of 2009

This year has been a great year at mss.

In term 1 some pepole were practicing kapa-haka it was also me and my friends it was so much fun we would meet every Thursday afternoon for about 30 mins.

Also in term 1 room9 went to whenua iti.

In term 2 the senior school did MASSIVE and it was so much fun and if you don't know what massive is its when all the schools from the district made a dance and perfomed it at the

high school.

A fun year with Rm9.

Hi my name is Christine.This year probably was the most funniest year because all the work we have done like swimming, art on geometry, big buddies little buddies, Assembly's, gala etc I could be naming thing for about 2 days telling you about this year the most thing that I am looking forward to is camp.
On camp we are going to Bridge Valley ranch camp that is in wakefield. There is about 30 people going but it will be about 40 including the adults. Only year 7's and year 8's get this privilege and year 5's and year 6's get to go to Marahua. We will be going on adventures like going go carting, kayaks, rock climing and lots more.We get a room with a ensuit. You can only fit 7 people in a cabin.

~Bethys 09 Reflection~

This year in room 9 has been very fun,
I have learnt alot and we have been doing really fun homework,
We have done alot of activities in and out of school, like,
Swimming, Whenua Iti, Big buddies little buddies, Breakfast, Mathletics, Art, Athletics and Cross country.
Ive learnt alot more on x tables, fractions and division.
Im am very proud 0f my art this year, mainly my Owl and School Learner.
Yesterday Christine kicked this plastic lid that cameron was holding and it wacked him in the faces and every one started laughing hard out!!!!!!!!

This year on December the 8th we are going to camp and its gunna be alotta fun, I am looking forward 2 camp. There are 2 tribes but we still need to make up there names, were making there names outta Marahau and Kaiteriteri. Tribe 1 is usin Kaiteriteri and Tribe 2 is using Marahau.
Im in Tribe 1 with Summer and Amy, Amy is the leader of our tribe. I will have alotta fun at camp this year =)

Peace out sukkas! <3>.< ^_^

The Best Part Of The Year.

This year I am looking foward to going to Bridge Valley Camp

The Gala was very sucsessful, I enjoied doing Kapa haka because Latu was very loud doing the Haka. In class we made Candy Floss and we got given Candy Floss for helping :)

I am looking foward to the Road show tomorow.

I am proud of doing Kapa Haka at the Gala.

The Big 09 Camp

Last Friday Motueka South School had a awesome Gala it was a huge success. There was lots of things to do like Merry-go-round, 2 bouncy castles, 1 sumo mat, 1 boxing ring, a pony ride, bungy, this slime activity and lots of entertainment like Kapa Haka group and choir which the school has trained through the whole year. Mrs Karetai was make lots of candy floss more than I could eat. From Ryan

Homework Week 8:

We have no Korero this week.

Please continue with your mathletics. I have a number of certificates for a rang of people who have consitently put in heaps of effort with the mathletics tasks. We will look at the site this week also to see how we can vote for Hannah's character.

Topic: Our Motueka South Leaners are up in the hall and they look really good. The staff will be looking this week to find a picture which will be interpreted and transformed into a visual image for use around the school.
Continuing with the discussion about what attributes - skills and behaviours a learner at Motueka South needs to have, this week I want you to consider what tools they need to be able to show those behaviours and skills.

In your first lot of thinking is you felt an important attribute was respect then what 'tool' does the learner need to show this? - thinking of their values. Thinking of others. So the tool would be thinking.

In your homework book draw a kete - basket. Around the basket sketch tools/ keys with different tools a student would need to be a successful leaner.

We will go over this at school on Monday and discuss also. It will be interesting to see what great ideas you people come up with.

Week 7:

Well I'm not too sure how week 7 didn't make it to the blog site. It is however not here. Thank you to the people who continued anyway with their Korero tasks. We have had some very interesting presentations, and a huge variety. it shows again how talented we are in room 9 and what a diverse range of interests we have.

Yes we do shine in Room 9. We are encountering some difficulties with opening powerpoint documents from home. Mrs Ballantyne is helping me with this problem as I know some have put in heaps of effort into these presentations and we would really love to see them.

Korero has been a task for 5 weeks now, so thank you to the students who have met the responsibility of this task.

Week 6 information:

Athletics:
The decision has been made that all of room 9 will compete in the athletics on wednesday 18th November - postponement day Thursday 19th.
Please remember to discuss camp options at home with Mum or Dad. Thank you to the parents and caregivers who have offered support ansd assistance already.
Korero - Discussions:
Wednesday:
Chloe Taylor, Elliot, Regan, Andrew, Jonty, Ryan, Zoe, Faiga
Thursday:
Mikaela, Hannah, Summer, Corban, Quinn, Taylor, Tanner, Cameron
Friday:
Chloe TeMoanaui, James, Keegan, Josh, Emily, Christine, Bethany, Kyle, Amy

Week 6 Homework:

As a topic task we have some work to continue with that we have started in the classroom. As a group we have been looking at some of the key competencies of an effective learner. we have discussed as a group what thinking skills we need to use to assist our learning. We have investigated how to manage ourselves and also what contributions and participation means. To develop this I would like you to have a think about the attributes we would like Motueka South Learners to show.
Remember an attribute is a character trait or a way we would like to behave. You could consider the values we have explored over the year.
Think about the attributes you consider to be the most important.
What are the attributes we would like all students at Motueka South to have.
Draw a picture of a student - a typical Motueka South looking student - around the student write your key words or phrases that you think this Motueka South learner needs to have.
See example as we have discussed in our classroom.

Keep up the good work with mathletics. - Remember to update your maths log in your homework book.

Korero: Your presentations are starting to develop skill and reflect the efforts being made. Keep up the good work. I am very impressed with the different topics presented each week.
What a talented bunch of stars shining in Room9.

Week 5 Term 4 - homework

Thanks to all who managed to get camp messages in last week. Planning is well underway and activities being organised. Thanks for all of the offers of help.

Homework this week. Continue with your preparation of a korero presentation. Check which day you are due to present. We have all been lucky to have such great efforts being made with this task.

Maths: Please continue with Mathletics. For the students who do not have access to a computer you have a task sheet to paste into your homework book and then complete.

Word Study: Continuing with our AVAILLL tasks think about what these phrases mean. - Read it, Get it! Write in your own words their meaning and you could even give an example of how/when they could be used.

* A whiz of a Wiz.
* I think it'll get darker before it gets lighter.
* Put 'em up! Put 'em up!
* Let us alone!
* Shame on you.
* I'm afraid there's no deny'in.
* Jiminy cricket.
* All the worse for you!
* And woe to those who try to stop me!
* that's a horse of a different colour.
* state your business.

Week 4 Term 4

Can you believe it is week 4 already!

Calendars are looking good and everyone has made a huge effort to use the skills and techniques we have been studying and apply them to their final piece. Remember parents are invited in to view your work and to make orders.

Korero tasks will continue this week. Check which day your presentation is and consider your topic.

Word study task is to consider the verbs in the notices coming home during the week. What responisibilites do you have.

Mathematics: Please continue with mathletics tasks. If you do not have access to the computer please ensure you have a tasksheet to complete.

Please remember to return Camp notices.

Homework Week 3 term 4:

Because it is a short week this week we do not have our ususal homework tasks.
It is a suggestion though to continue working with the Korero task so you are really prepared for week 4. we will continue with this presentation task for until week 7.

Some people have not completed their tile for calendar art and it would be good if you could work on this please. We are about to put them all together.

Skipping !

During the first 2 weeks of term 4 we have all had a great time practising our Jump Rope skills for fitness. During this time we've tried to skip continuously through out a song. We've been doing skipping relays and even made attempts to do long rope and double dutch. Thank you to all of the students who have volunteered to turn the rope and get involved in these activities. It was great to finish the work with a Jump Rope day on Friday the 23rd where the whole school joined in on the activities. The money donated to the Jump Rope day has assisted us to purchase new ropes for the schools as well as supporting the NZ Heart Foundation.