Room 21@EPS

Dear Diary,

This week I enjoyed doing my E-
Portfolio at Digikids. We had to put in a photo using PhotoBoth.

This week I didn’t enjoy nothing. I thought this week was all cool. The best bit I enjoyed was Maths. I liked Maths this week because it was so easy. It was all about clocks.

This week school was value Honesty. I achieved the school values because I didn’t lied to anyone this week.
Next week my goals is to learn my times tables.

Sorry diary have no time now…got to go!

From ML.

For the first two 2 weeks of Term 2 we have been learning about our native environment. We had to choose a bird, insect, plant, tree and animal that was native to New Zealand. We then had to carry out our independent research to gather accurate and interesting information. Once we had done that we then made detailed drawings of each and then we drew around the outline in vivid and coloured them in using pastels.

Once we had completed everything we then put them altogether to form our New Zealand Bush scene outside our classroom.

We are really proud of what we have achieved and think it looks awesome!! What do you think?

For Diary Writing today we were brainstorming what makes a good teacher? Here is some of our ideas about what we think a good teacher should be……

• Keen to pass on their knowledge to their students.
• Uses Habits of Mind like what the students use.
• A teacher that cares about us.
• An educated teacher.
• A teacher who thinks creatively and imaginatively.
• A teacher who listens to other peoples ideas.
• A teacher who wants to learn as well as teaching.
• A teacher who learns from the children.
• A teacher who is understanding and trustworthy.
• A teacher who is faithful.
• A teacher who doesn’t show up his/her students infront of the rest of the class
• A teacher who has lots of patience.

By MH, MHH, JM and the whole of Room 21

Dear Diary,

If I could be someone else I would want to be my step-mum Ann because
she is talented and a great singer.
She works at the pharmacy because she is smart
and she is also good at maths.
Ann is very pretty and  she comes from the Philippines.
I would really like to be like Ann. I love Ann just like I love my dog Gemma.
Well…… I’ve got to go now!

This week has been amazing.  Finally the school has come to their senses and started talking about the Earth’s most important thing.  Something we CAN NOT live without.

It is the ENVIRONMENT!!!    

We are learning about what lives in our environment , what animals are becoming endangered….even extinct and how we can really make a difference.

We have started Science classes.  We are going to go to different teachers and learn about different things to do with our environment.  In Miss Adamson’s class we learnt about animals that are endangered.  We learnt how to make smog and about how it is damaging our environment.  Smog is caused by pollution mixing with the earth’s weather.  

I would like to learn a little more about how I can make a difference to Mother Nature.

 From your Eco-Agent MM

 P.S.- You can make a difference too!! 

In Term 1 Room 21 looked at the meaning of different signs and symbols. As a class we created our own flags that represented our personal beliefs and values. Then as a class we brainstormed symbols that represented Room 21. We created a sketch of what we wnated our flag to look like.

JM & CJ worked with Mrs Tetupu in Room 25 and finalised the design before creating the flag using paints and printing techniques.

The Four Stars

The Four Stars represent the four stars in the Souuthern Cross that can be seen on the New Zealand Flag. These stars are shown on our flag to represent our belonging to New Zealand.

The stars also represent the fact that we are all stars in Room 21. The stars also symbolise that anything is possible of we reach for the stars. Like what Jonah Lomu said “Impossible is Nothing”

The Sun

The sun represents the brightness of every one in Room 21. We are all extrememely talented and have lots of different skills to offer.

The Sun also represents a new beginning. In Room 21 we believe that it is important to learn from your mistakes and that every day is a new day. We have to make the most of every day so that we can achieve our dreams.

The Planet Earth

The Planet Earth on our flag represents the world that we belong to.

It represents al the different countries that we belong to. There are 11 different nationalities in Rom 21. The Planet Earth symbolises our love of travelling and our dreams to visitlots of new and exciting countries.

The Planet Earth also represents our concern of what is happening in our world and how we can really make a difference if we all do a little part eg picking up rubbish, turning of lights……