Shared lunch

Tomorrow we are having a shared lunch .We all  have to bring some food for shared lunch. We are having a shared lunch because it is the second last day until the end of the term! We are sad to say that one of our members are leaving Room 10 all the way to Christchurch! We  will miss Alana very much and we wish her all the very best in Christchurch.

Room10's shared lunch

By Cheyann

Today at Winton School it has snowed on the Playground and has made the  ground very very  slippery.The cold Frosty snow covered the ground with its white feathery flakes as kids were going to Maths they were covered in thick snow! So be careful out there and make sure your not to fast across the slippery paths.

This is the Playground.

This is the kids walking to Maths.

By Naythan and Christina

Ashlee listening to Arlia reading.

Room 10 people have buddy reading every Thursday at 1:30pm. We buddy read with room 5, year 2's. I really enjoy buddy reading, it doesn't just improve room 5's reading skills but it all so improves our reading skills. We can all so share our writing and work that we have done in class.

By Alana

Sci Tec

                                         Sci Tec


Sci Tec is a subject we do every Friday morning. Half the class go to Mr Willmot at wood work and the other half stay in room 10 and do science with Mrs Collet. Today the students in science were detecting about good pyjamas to have. To find out we set some materials on fire and we found out that wool doesn't burn easy. We also tested the absorbency and the hardest to rip and how the technique of materials are made.
Have a look at the photos:

This is the effect water has on cotton.

Everyone is trying to rip the fabric.

This is the effect that water has on saturn

This is some of Sci Tec thinking about how
it was made.

This is Damen ripping polar fleece.


By Jodee Hayward

'I Am' poem

'I Am' poems

Today Room 10 has been working on their 'I Am' poems.These poems are about our own thoughts and feelings about ourself and of what we wish for and what we imagine.So far some of us have finished our poems but most of us are working on the editing and proofreading stage. Everyone seems to be enjoying poetry and my personal  opinion these 'I Am' poems are my favourite type of poems.




By Tristin

Room 10 Poetry

                                                                                                                               

This is a very good written Haiku
published By Taliesha Hair.

  In room 10 we have been working on poetry.
  We have been doing lots of different subjects in poetry.
  like Limerick's, Cinquains and Haiku's.
  At the moment we having been focusing on learning these
  for our assessment coming up in the next week.


  We have all had so much fun learning this big subject.
  If it weren't for Miss Browns awesome help we would  
  all be dumb. so a big thanks to Miss Brown.

This is a very good written Cinquain
published By Taliesha Hair.

By Brooke Kincaid

This is a Photo of Brooke's Carton character , It is
going to be a platypus .

Technology Week 8








In Week 8, Room 10 went to Technology, there are two groups A and B.Group A went to Mr Wilmot he does wood work.Group B went to Ms Munro She does cooking and sewing. 



This is some Photos of group A doing there projects.

This Is a Photo of Callum drilling a hole in his pencil holder
 that is made out of  meatal.

Group A all so made Pencil sharpers.

By Taliesha Hair

                                                                   

           SOUTHLAND CROSS COUNTRY



On the 15th of June Kyle Sinclair, Kaitlin Wilson, Charlotte Smith, Alana Cameron and I went to the southland cross country there was all the schools from southland there. In the ten year old boys there was about 96 people and up threw the ages there were getting more and more people in each race. On the day it was raining at the start then when it came to the races it stopped. That made the tracks really muddy . At least everyone was covered with mud when they crossed the finish line.


 By Ben Gilbert 

Technology Week 8

• 

We had technology in week 8. Some of the class went to food technology and wood work. The food technology kid made pizzas ' scones ' pin wheels and biscuits for the biscuits we had for scartch. In the picture are some mouse traps that some year 7's made.  by james officer

TERM 2 WEEK 9
- Our big focus is PrEP - Market day is on Friday. If anything needs to be completed/brought from home, do so by Thursday. Be sure to tell your family to come along and support all of your hard work!
- There may be more homework added, depending on how much Poetry work we get through in class.


Activity 1: Reading
- You are expected to read for at least 10 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)


Activity 2: Dragon Maths
Book 4 page 96 "Class surveys' and Page 99 'Stem and Leaf Graphs'
Book 5 page 95 'Collecting Data 2' and Page 98 'Data Display'


Activity 3: Poetry - Cinquains
Write your own noun cinquain poem. Follow the pattern:
1.     1 word title
2.    2 words to describe the title
3.    3 action words, or words describing the action
4.    4 word phrase describing emotion or feeling
5.    1 word, a synonym (same word meaning) for the title.

Term 2 Week 8
Some slight changes to Homework this week. Please read the tasks below, carefully. There is no spelling this week.
- If you need/can get anything organized for PrEP this week, do so at home.
- The 4 Southland Cross Country competitors - you only need to Activity 1 and Activity 3 AS WELL as get some training runs into before Friday's race (weather permitting!) Try not to run on Thursday if possible to conserve your energy.


Activity 1: Reading
- You are expected to read for at least 10 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)

Activity 2: Dragon Maths
Book 4 page 95 'Class surveys 1'
Book 5 page 94 'Collecting Data 1'


Activity 3: Poetry - Limericks!

You can use one of the 2 examples, or you can create you own!
Add a relevant illustration to your limerick too.

My Unicorn

My unicorn is a lovely snow white,
With a very massive appetite.
My unicorns eyes are mid night black,
And he never ever wants to attack.
On top of his head is a sharp horn,
When he is tired he lets out a long yawn.
My unicorn likes to prance,
Spin, Hop, Twirl and fall he thinks he can dance.

by Jodee Hayward

 Aliens... 

Aliens like to play in space,They're always up for a running race.
Even though they're very green, When they see humans they want to scream.
When Aliens fly down from Mars, They're so hungry they want some  chocolate bars.
Even though they're quite short, They're always up for a bit of sport.




By Cameron Dixon.             

On the 8 of June the year 7 and 8's had two visitors from the Westpac Bank to give us some information on our PrEP. They were giving us tips on how to save money and how to start a business from the start or half way through.

On the left Doreen and on the right Lida.

By Kyle Sinclair

Ahh worms

Spaghetti is orange and wormy,

Spaghetti tastes like freezing slop,

Spaghetti smells like red cold tomato sauce,

Spaghetti feels sloppy worms,

Spaghetti sounds like  you are slurping a big,fat,juice worms!!

Wonderful Lemons

The brittle skin of the sour yellow fruit crackles as you squeeze white tangy juice from its sacks full of devouring flavor.

by Damen Axtens 

 String

Miss Brown has shown us a very  cool application called 'String' that turns a picture off the internet and makes it come to life. 

Instructions to get application:

First you have download this application on your iphone or ipod then you go onto this website www.poweredbystring.com/showcase and print off the pictures. Next turn the application on and Then put the pictures on a soild product. Do not bend photos.

I recommend:

I recommend getting the picture of the gods or the picture of the dragon.

Have a look at the results:

This is a picture of the application.



By Jodee Hayward

Chocolate fish

Chocolate fish taste like fluffy candy floss with chocolate.

Chocolate fish smell like a sweet lolly.

Chocolate fish feel chocolate melting.

Chocolate fish remind me about my pink slippers!




By kirsten

Spaghetti

Spaghetti taste scrumptious and delicious.Spaghetti smells like delicious  tomato sauce.Spaghetti sound like the mud of a muddy rugby field.Spaghetti looks mushy and slimy like worms.Spaghetti feels like worms slipping through your fingers as you pick them up.

By Kyle Sinclair

PrEP Market Research action!!

Room's 9 & 10 did their Market Research on Thursday to see what potential customers thought of their products and services before they create them.
We had students from Rooms 1- 4 and 9 -11 shared their thoughts and ideas with us. This is a really important part of the PrEP process as we get to find out what items will sell and what we can set our prices at.

I was SO IMPRESSED with the quality of questions and the mature way Room 10 dealt with the whole experience!

Bring on Market Day on Thursday 21 June...we hope to see you there! By Miss Brown

Beady Bandz group!

The Beady Bandz

Dip'n'lick in action

Magnery doing their research

Pop 'n' shake questioning Reuben

Woddenkick doing their research

Magis kitten a splash forever

This book is about a kitten called Alice and she goes missing.Meg (the owner) she was playing outside with Alice and Meg saw her friend,Kelly, and they got talking.Then when Meg went back to her backyard Alice wasn't there.Meg went to her friends place. Meg knocked on the door and her friend ,Lucy, came out and said hi.Then a kitten that just looked like Alice came out.Meg was talikng and said that that looks like my cat. Lucy said NO she's mine. Meg had a good idea Meg got Alice chipped and they were going to go to the vets to scan to see if she has a chipp in her. So who do you think that should have the cat?

I rate this book a 5/5 and  I would say this book is for 10 and up. 

Ashlee Kidd

Scaredy cat and Boo

Scaredy is a cat  who is  afraid of his own shadow. He thinks that there is a monster outside in the garden.One day his owners were away.Scaredy was felling afraid, there was a tap tap tap on the window so he hid under his blanket, thats was when he met a new freind called Boo. Scaredy cat told Boo about the monster outside.That was when Boo introduced Scaredy to the great outdoors.The cat flap was the door to exicting new things and builds a new found confidence in Scaredy cat and a wonderful friendship with a mouse.
I think I would rate 4/5 and I think people that would read this about from 6-7up.

Christina Hone.

The hunger games:catching fire Catching fire is the second book in the hunger games trilogy but is still just as thrilling and action packed as the first in the trilogy.katness Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have survived the hunger games but their war is far from over.The Capitial dosent like to be made a fool out to so Katniss's and Peeta's trick at the end the hunger games was not a smart move.Now any bad move they make may mean life to death.This years hunger games happens to be a quater quell and this time for the first time in the history to the hunger games it is the victors from the past hunger games who will fight to the death once again.So will Katniss make it out alive? By Tristin

Geronimo Stilton.

Geronimo Stilton....Im too fond of my fur! Book 4     Author-G Stilton.

Geronimo is a mouse and hes not an adventure mouse but he writes of adventures of his family. In this book, Professor von Volt is needing help from Geronimo, and he agrees straight awy to help him, Geronimo heads to the Professers house to get a secret diary that the Professer needs in the Himalayas. Geronimo has to travel to Mouse Everest which is a long way from New Mouse City where he lives. It is a  dangerous but exciting journy that takes other members of Geronimos family along with him.

I really like reading Geronimo Stilton stories as they always are full of fun and adventures. I would reccomend this book for 8 and up if you like a  fun story.


Naythan T.

The Tooth

The Tooth is a very interesting story by Des Hunt a New Zealand author who has writen multiple books.The book The Tooth is set in a small town in the North Island.Timothy (the main character) lives with his father because when Tiny Tim (Timothy's nickname) was little his mother died in an accident in a river at their grandparents farm when Tiny Tim went into the water and got swept away in the current his mother went in to save him but she was swept away in the current and drowned downstream of the beach.However , miraculously Timothy survived but kept on remembering one image a tooth stuck in a rock so , ten years later Timothy sets out to find the tooth with his friend Mits , however what kind of problems will arise and what might happen find out for yourself.
I give this book a 4/5 and recomend it to year 6 and up.
By Andrew Reeves.

Narnia the voyage of the dawn treader

The dawn dawn treader is about Edmund & his younger sister Lucy are sent to live with their aunt,uncle and their horrible cousin Eustace. One day while  Edmund, Lucy and Eustace were talking in Lucy's room when water starts pouring out of this painting and they find out that thay are swimming in the sea with a huge ship barrelling toward them. King Caspian is searching for 7 lost lords of his father.On this adventure they meet  Duffel puds that can turn invisible,a Dragon who is actually Eustace, a gold statue which turns out to be a lost lord, a star who changes form into a lady and Aslan the king of Narnia. They travel to many strange island's and meet heaps of wonderful creatures 5 stars.
written by C.S.Lewis

by Cameron

A Long Way From Home

This book is part of the My Story series and it is about a 12 year old girl called Lillian. Lillian lives with her Mum and Sister Joyce in Auckland, 1941.

lillian's Dad is a soldier fighting in Africa in World War 2. When Lillian develops TB (tuber-culocious) she and her sister are sent away to live with their grandparents on their farm in a little town called Warkworth so Lillian can get better in the fresh country air.

Joyce starts work on the farm and Lillian starts school. Over the next few weeks the town gets a big surprise. The Marines from America are setting up their camp in the middle of  Warkworth. When two marines arrive at the farmhouse door they become friends. When out of the blue, all of the marines are suddenly shipped off to fight and  something terrible happens!! 
Read the story to find out.

I would rate this book for ages 10 and up, and I would score it a 4/5.

By Meg Johnstone.

Central cross country

These are  the top six runners from the Winton and St Thomases cross country went through to central cross country. From room 10 in the Winton and St Thomases Ben Gilbert 2nd, Kyle Sinclair 1st Jane Dyer 2nd, Ashlee Kidd 2nd, Tristin Watson 6th, Alana Cameron 1st Charlotte Smith 1st and Kaitlin Wilson 4th. If one of them come in the top six they will go through to southland cross country.

                             Boy Tales of Child hood

                                                                        By Roald Dahl

Boy, is a story about Roald Dahl's life growing up. When Roald Dahl was growing up he was quite a naughty boy. One of the naughty things that he did was put a dead mouse in a gobstopper jar in the sweet shop.

Being so naughty  when he was growing up he got a bit hurt. Once he almost got his nose sliced right off his face from a car accident.


I think that 9 year olds and up could read this book. I also rate this book 4/5 because I find it quite funny.

By Chloe Scurr

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules

Diary of a wimpy kid rodrick rules is about greg when he goes to high school and he is trying to get in the year book so he joins the wrestling club and gets betten by freggley and the girl that she bet up in 5th grade i would rate this book for 8 years and up and i give it a 4 out of 5. By Ben Gilbert



World war 2

World war 2

World war 2 is a pick a path story which is a story that you can pick what you do and how you end the story. This story is based around World war 2. When i read it I became a US soldier and went to war against  the Germans and half of my mates died .But I came out alive but if thats not what u want to do the book has lots more paths to go. I would rate this story for ages 9 and up.

By Kyle Sinclair

 

Computer Capers 2012

Computer Capers 2012, Last week for our homework we had to make a story board and some of us from our class got chosen to do a keynote story board. Our keynote will get mailed to sir.taz@xtra.co.nz and the keynote is about "The New Zealand I admire most.......and Why" The winner will win $50 to the 1st placed student, $30 to the 2nd placed student, $20 to the 3rd placed student and $150 to the winning student's school. On this photo it has the people that got chosen to do Computer Capers working on their keynote. Meg Johnstone,Chloe Scurr, Taliesha Hair, Jane Dyer, Kaitlin Wilson, Adam Hillis, Ben Gilbert, Callum Bryan got chosen to do the keynote.

By Jane Dyer

- Term 2 Week 7
- Please bring your home baked goodies to school on Wednesday morning for our cake stall at Central Cross Country. You can label/name them at home but please do not price them - we will do that at school.
- Good luck to EVERYBODY competing at Central Cross Country on Wednesday - run fast and steady and do your best!
- Keep your Apple orders coming for camp fundraising - they are due Tuesday June 12th.


- If you have an iPod that you are able to bring to school, with your parents permission can you please download at home, the free app - 'Wordweb'. 

It is a great dictionary and thesaurus app that we will be using in class. You may need to log into iTunes to download it - see me if you have any problems.

Activity 1: Reading
- You are expected to read for at least 10 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)

Activity 2: Spelling
- Practice your spelling words each night for success.
- Do this for each of your spelling words: Copy the word - Read - Cover - Spell - Check if correct.


Activity 3: Dragon Maths
Book 4 page 
Book 5 page 93 'Starting an Investigation'


Activity 4: Blog Post
- Do ONE of the following:
1. Complete your book review post (if not already done) Add an image of the book cover or a photo of the author. CHECK SPELLING & PUNCTUATION! Get an adult at home to check before you publish
2. Comment on 2 blog posts. Make your comments positive and provide good feedback for the writer. CHECK SPELLING & PUNCTUATION! Get an adult at home to check before you publish

Problem Solving.

Don't weep if you're not smart try this any way you don't need to be that smart.  

Ya see it goes like this don't worry there are no tricks.

A farmer spends $915 on stock which include lambs and ewes.

Lambs cost $16 each and ewes  cost $25 each.

How many lambs and ewes did he buy.

Now don't cheat here's the answer don't cheat and be a little prancer.

Answer (40 lambs & 11 ewes)