DPSrm10

2011-08-05T02:24:00.000-07:00

Hello to you all - Week 1 Term 3. from the stories the children have written and the news they have shared they have all had a great holiday. The snow was a high point for everyone.

This week we have had a lot of fun exploring weights and volume in maths - trying to find similar weighted objects to hang on bungee cords and making paper cones to hold the right amount of pop corn for the three bears when they go to the movies.

Andrea has joined us as teacher aide each day for 2 hours. This is great. The children love having another adult to talk to and Andrea is doing a great job helping out with lots of jobs.

Golden time this week was Teddy Bears, next week is wheels.

Have a great week and check in next Friday to see what we have been up to.

Term 2

2011-07-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

Wow term 2 has flown by and finally I find my way to update our blog.

The children of Room 10 have worked really hard this term with lots of great progress in reading, math and writing. We have also completed cross country, with Jayden coming first for the Year 1 boys. Well done to him!

We have been learning new games and how to follow the rules and boundaries for them. We are currently learning dances and jump jam routines.

We have completed lots of great art, especially some mixed media fish, which look fantastic.

Have a great holiday and look forward to more frequent blogs from me and the kids of Room 10

Gaylene

Gaylene is now in Room 10

2011-04-12T00:14:00.001-07:00

Well, hasn't term 1 flown by!!!!

I am pleased with the progress that all the children have made in their 1st 10 weeks at school, they have all Dared to Dream and demonstrated the PRIDE values every day. I am very happy to be handing Room 10 over to Gaylene Dale from Week 11.

The transition week with Gaylene and I both in Room 10 went very well and the children are now ready to go with their fantastic teacher! I am looking forward to visiting Room 10 and catching up with everyone soon.

TTFN Nicolle

Who's Showing Pride this week?

2011-03-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

It's William! He's been trying so hard to sit peacefully on the carpet during learning time and is using his inside voice much more often - Keep up the great work!

Celebration Time Success

2011-03-24T20:43:00.001-07:00

Well, I was holding my breathe this morning when other classes began to file into the hall. Would our IT celebration time run according to plan?

I can report with a huge smile that it indeed did run to plan with not an IT glitch to be seen. I love it when a plan comes together!

My next step is to upload our whole celebration time to our blog as a movie. I'm intending on getting up here over the weekend. I'm certainly Daring to Dream with my IT skills of late!

Strike come to DPS

2011-03-17T01:10:00.001-07:00

Strike at DPS on PhotoPeach

PRIDE person of the week

2011-03-11T01:40:00.000-08:00

This week, I've chosen Kodi to receive the PRIDE certificate as I know that I can always count on him to be sitting peacefully on the carpet during learning time. Great job Kodi; taking responsibilities for your own learning and making sure you're doing the right thing.

Autumn Leaves Art

2011-03-10T11:25:00.001-08:00

Autumn leaves By Room 10 on PhotoPeach

Autumn Leaves Are Falling

2011-03-05T00:22:00.000-08:00

We have been looking closely at autumn leaves in Room 10 this week and learnt a new song about them. We hope you enjoy our little ditty!

What we like in Room 10

2011-02-22T02:06:00.000-08:00

With so many new learning experiences, it's hard to choose our favourite things at DPS!

Successful Swimming

2011-02-12T00:59:00.000-08:00

After an initial assessment week in the pool, we are now well into our teaching of basic water skills.

I'm pleased to say everyone is Daring to Dream and pushing themselves in their quest to be the next Mark Spitz! We have been working on getting into the pool, 'spidermanning' round the side of the pool, putting our heads under the water and finally practising correct leg and arm movements for front crawl. We swim everyday at 1:30 weather permitting, parents are welcome to come and observe - we promise not to splash you too much!

Who's been showing PRIDE?

2011-02-10T18:56:00.000-08:00

To be honest it was a tricky decision this week as to who should receive the PRIDE certificate, but as she has been Daring to Dream at Jump Jam time and becoming so much more Independent starting her school day, I just had to choose Charlotte. Keep up the great work Charlotte, you are a superstar!!!

Welcome to Room 10 2011!

2011-02-09T23:43:00.000-08:00

Hello all parents, grandparent, aunties, uncles, siblings, cousins, friends and interested parties!

You have successfully found the blog of Room 10 and will be able to keep up to date with our learning each week by logging on and checking out the most recent posts. I promise that I will do my very best to keep the blog current! I've already got lots to tell you after being at school for only 2 weeks!!!

2010-11-15T18:27:00.000-08:00

Here is Alex working hard on his fireworks art. Go Alex.

2010-11-15T18:24:00.000-08:00

One of the Wairarapa Bush players brought the Lahore Cup in to Room 10. Wairarapa Bush played the West Coast and won. It was awesome.

2010-11-15T18:21:00.000-08:00

Room10 and Room 4 had a wonderful visit to Wai Coll for a tour with our Mentors. We played games, reflected on our goals and then had a savaloy in bread with tomato sauce. Yum

Week 2 in room 10

2010-10-25T14:25:00.000-07:00

last week we learnt about crystals and showed them

2010-10-18T14:23:00.000-07:00

hello we are Jayden and Alex room 10 ict angles for 2010

2010-09-17T02:32:00.000-07:00

Alex B was student of the week for Daring to Dream, Helping others. Alex has been a role model this week. Well done Alex. Sorry no photo this time as I've lost them!

2010-08-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

Beth performing in the Brainiac team for Dance Splash. They wore green T Shirts with white braces, black pants and wore funky glasses. Beth also recieved our class award this week for daring to Dream outside the classroom. fantasticBeth.You are working hard and achieving your dreams.

2010-08-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

Our school took part in Dance Splash last week.

It was held in the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington. The team travelled by bus and performed at night. Beth from Room 10 was in it.

They performed for our school outside on the netball court.

2010-08-21T02:10:00.000-07:00

Mathieson was our Student of the Week this week for Daring to Dream in his reading. Mathieson can be a reading detective when he reads. He can find evidence in the text to support his answers.

This means he can find the sentence in the text that proves how he knows. Well done Mathieson.

2010-08-21T02:05:00.001-07:00

Reese received the PRIDE award this week for being Independent in her Learning conference.

2010-07-22T16:54:00.000-07:00

Mathieson earns the Room 10 class PRIDE award this week for always being ready for learning.

Well done Mathieson.

2010-06-26T22:45:00.000-07:00

Bailey is our "Star Student" this week. He is independent on wet days organising the "Wet Day" games. Thanks bailey.

2010-06-23T16:04:00.000-07:00

Liam has been doing great learning in Reading and in writing. He knows when he has made a mistake and can fix it up by himself. He can sound out words when he writes his story.

2010-06-22T20:30:00.000-07:00

Wairarapa Bush Rugby players came and taught us some Rippa Rugby skills. We all listened carefully to our instructions and played Rippa Bull Rush and a Rugby clap game. When the ball was passed to us we had to clap before we caught the ball. We play it for Golden Time. Its's one of our favourite games.

2010-06-22T20:22:00.000-07:00

Room 10 making word shapes in their Dance unit for PE.

2010-06-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

Britney was our PRIDE achiever last week. She showed Independence in her learning searching out information in the newspaper at home about our current Inquiry about Natural Disasters.

2010-06-07T01:04:00.000-07:00

A group of Room 10 students sorting and ordering number cards from 1 -100. The students are noticing patterns that are occurring and get faster as they use the patterns.

2010-06-07T00:44:00.000-07:00

Tui's dog was a well dressed supporter at the 2010 Cross Country even. Go Tui!

2010-06-07T00:37:00.000-07:00

Well done Room 10 students who gained places in the first 10 girls and boys home in the Year 3 Cross Country Race. 14/20 Not bad Room 10!

2010-06-03T18:39:00.000-07:00

Luke was awarded the PRIDE Award for always respecting his and others property.

2010-06-03T18:36:00.000-07:00

Reese got the PRIDE award this week .

2010-05-20T13:21:00.000-07:00

Nic McLaren gets the PRIDE award this week for showing Excellence in "Lasting the Distance" in preparation for Cross Country.

2010-05-15T19:06:00.000-07:00

Mathieson has been Daring to Dream when doing Jump Jam even with a broken arm so he gets our PRIDE award this week. Go Mathieson.

2010-05-07T22:27:00.000-07:00

Indigo was this weeks PRIDE award recipient. She was chosen for always showing independence in the DPS Magic netball team. Congratulations Indigo.

2010-05-07T22:19:00.000-07:00

This week for Art we made beautiful Mothers Day card for Mums, Step Mums, Grandmas and Aunties.

We wrote a description of our person and wrote it inside the card.

Next we used a template to draw around on a colourful magazine picture. Then we cut the shape out and folded the paper shapes in a fan fold from the pointed end. After that we tied a shiny gold ribbon around it and carefully stretched out the fold and curled the antenae. We had created a beautiful butterfly.

Lastly we glued the butterfly onto the card. We were delighted with the result and hope the chosen people enjoyed them.

2010-05-07T22:17:00.000-07:00

Reese was awarded our class PRIDE Award last week. Well done Reese.

2010-04-25T21:39:00.001-07:00

Ollie received a Reading Recovery Certificate at Celebration Time last week. He has worked really hard on his reading and writing strategies and is now ready to be working in a group along side his class mates. Well done Ollie!

2010-04-25T21:27:00.000-07:00

Bailey was our student of the week and he received a PRIDE Certificate for being kind and helpful to a new student in our class. Well done Bailey that what we like to see.

2010-04-21T19:26:00.000-07:00

Opaline has collected her data and drawn the information on her bar graph. Next she has written some sentences about what her graph shows.

2010-04-21T19:21:00.000-07:00

Freddie is busy recording tally marks in each category and transferring the data to his bar graph.

2010-04-21T19:19:00.000-07:00

Room 10 students collecting data for their Statistics unit.

2010-04-21T19:11:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Lucy from Room 10 won an Art competition run by The Department of Conservation for Sea Week. The theme was "Fish for the future". Lucy won with her painting of a sea horse. Her prize was art supplies and a 2 hour art lesson with a Wairarapa artist Anna Marie Kingsley. In the holidays Lucy claimed her prize. This is the piece that Lucy painted under Anna Maries tuition. It now hangs in her dining room at home. We think its fabulous. We are so proud of Lucy.

2010-03-28T16:53:00.000-07:00

Our inquiry topic this term is looking at ways we can reduce the amount of waste at DPS even though we sort our waste into three catergories already. We have three bins a Green for paper that can be recycled, a red bucket for non recyclable waste eg Chippie packets yoghurt contains, muslie bar wrappers etc and a white bucket for food waste that feeds our worm farms and contributes to the compost bin that feeds the gardens.

Look at the amount of non recyclable waste each clss has to dispose of each day!

2010-03-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

Opaline received the class PRIDE award this week for always showing respect to her classmates.

2010-03-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

The best bit eating the freshest tomatoes straight from our own garden. YUMMY!

2010-03-18T19:10:00.000-07:00

Look what we grew in our class garden. Beautiful tomatoes.

2010-03-18T19:07:00.000-07:00

2010-03-18T19:03:00.000-07:00

Beth is this weeks PRIDE award winner. She received it for always being respectful in Team Ten.

2010-03-11T19:16:00.000-08:00

Lucy won First Prize in the Sea Week Department of Conservation Art Competition with her painting of a Sea Horse. She won a 2 Hour art lesson with artist Anne Marie Kingsley, $100 voucher to spend at Colours Art Supplies and a set of drawing pencils. Congratulations Lucy

2010-03-11T19:12:00.000-08:00

The first week in March was Sea Week.

The Department of Conservation ran an Art Competition with the Theme "Fish for the Future". Lots of Room 10 art was selected and the rest is displayed in the school hall. We received an Artist Sketch Pad and some colouring pencils.

2010-03-11T19:10:00.000-08:00

Llandra won this weeks PRIDE award for always playing respectfully in the sandpit.

2010-03-07T00:51:00.000-08:00

Have a look at Freddies style. Flynn is wondering what pot to open next.

2010-03-07T00:42:00.000-08:00

Look at these busy stylists.

The gel was in demand, the glitter too, not to mention the mirror!

Golden Time "Crazy Hair Day"

2010-03-04T18:36:00.000-08:00

The class photo once gel, spray, wax, goop and glitter had been carefully applied!

Art

2010-03-04T18:33:00.000-08:00

Room 10 students learning a variety of techniques to apply crayon. Here are two boys doing crayon rubbing to make patterns.

PRIDE AWARD Week 5 2010

2010-03-04T16:47:00.001-08:00

Jayden recieved the class PRIDE Award for Daring to Dream: Trying new things. Making good choices. Yea!

2010-03-01T00:56:00.000-08:00

This group are practising their back stroke. It's hard pushing your tummy up, remembering to use your leg action and going straight!

2010-03-01T00:52:00.000-08:00

These swimmers are practising their leg action with rocket ship arms. Keeping your legs straight, kicking your feet, blowing bubbles is a lot to think about.

2010-03-01T00:50:00.000-08:00

Wow! Look at all these sea stars floating around.

Aquatics

2010-03-01T00:43:00.001-08:00

We have been so lucky this year to have had a good 5 weeks of swimming every day. Here are Mathieson and Jaiden practising how to float with confidence and then regain their feet in our school pool.

PRIDE AWARD Week 4 2010

2010-02-28T00:33:00.000-08:00

PRIDE AWARD

2010-02-20T23:17:00.000-08:00

Art

2010-02-20T23:06:00.000-08:00

PRIDE AWARD

2010-02-20T23:04:00.001-08:00

Measuring length in Maths

2010-02-20T23:00:00.000-08:00

Class photo

2010-02-16T22:40:00.001-08:00

Class of 2010

2010-02-14T19:21:00.000-08:00

Room 10 2010 is a Year 3 class of 25 students.

We are the worlds best class.

The finished mural

2009-10-13T19:55:00.000-07:00

Room10 Mural

2009-10-13T19:44:00.000-07:00

Student of the Week

2009-10-13T19:35:00.001-07:00

Zane is our student of the week. He was awarded this for showing respect in the playground.

Week 10 PRIDE Expectation

2009-09-17T20:48:00.000-07:00

Next week we are working on behaving in an Excellent way when competing.

Room 10 Student of the week

2009-09-17T20:42:00.000-07:00

2009-09-08T13:25:00.000-07:00

2009-09-08T13:18:00.000-07:00

2009-09-08T13:10:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Room 10s Blogspot

2009-08-25T13:16:00.000-07:00

Room 10 has 27 cool year 2 and year 3 students. This week we are beginning a new inquiry topic

"How can electronics make our lives easier?"