Room 17: "RISING STARS": Week Four

Visit from Constable Nikki

As part of Road Safety week we were very lucky to have Constable Nikki come into our classroom to talk about ways that we could keep safe. We identified things that we are concerned about when we walk to school and we had a discussion about how we could address those issues and keep safe.

Super Writing

Every week we do a writing warm up called Super Writing, which is where someone in our class chooses a topic which we write about for 4 minutes. Every minute is timed and we count the number of words we write and proofread our writing. We then get the opportunity to share our writing in groups of four and if we want to share our writing with the class, we can do that too. In this particular writing session we had over 15 students who wanted to share their writing. That's a record in our class! We are beginning to realise how important it is to share our writing with others so that we build up our own confidence and so that our peers can hear good examples to help them with their own writing. Well done Rising Stars!

Singing Practice

On Thursday we joined up with Room 20's Top Dogs to practise singing some of the songs for Samoan Language week. Thank you Mrs Rao for having us in your room and going through the songs with us to make sure we know them.

We also had a Samoan singing practise with our buddy class the Kung Fu Pandas and the Magnificent Minions. Well done Apoua and Harrieta for going through some of the words to help us with the correct pronunciation.

Homework Stars

Well done to all the Rising Stars that completed their animal study homework task for Week 3 and their space study for Week 4. You did an amazing job finding information and facts on your topics and it's great to see many of you also focussing on your presentation and presenting your work to a high standard. Keep up the amazing effort!