Merry Christmas Room 8!!!!

Merry Christmas Room 8! I hope that you all enjoy your holidays, you have been a awesome class and I have loved teaching you all.

I wish you all the best for next year and I hope those of you who are going on to new schools continue to shine. The children who are staying at Fairfield I can't wait to see you all next year and the amazing things that you will achieve:-)

Remember to always be true to yourself and be who you are!

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year xx

P.S Hope the weather gets better I was just out walking Maggie and it hailed!!!

P.P.S Thank you Tyler and Rebecca for your messages, I will miss you next year as well, but hey we can still have a chat when we see each other xx

More Waihola Magic!!!

Maxwell's camp!

Hello my name is Max and I am a student in room 8 at Fairfield school. I had a lot of fun at camp Waih0la. My favourite activities were rifle shooting and the big flying fox! Mr. Larson the school's principal took me for rifle shooting. Mr. Hartmann and Mrs. Barnes took me for the flying fox. It was great fun once you started it and you had to be careful of your landing because there is a bank you have to try and land on, if you don't you would hurt yourself. The camp favourite activity was pot lid. This is a game where one person starts with a pot lid then choose someone to hold hands with. We are all very grateful for the teacher's and I am sad that I'm leaving next year. :'(

CAMP FUN 2009!

The result!!!

Here is the result of my hair after the fair, we raised a great amount of money (300 0r so we think!!). So we thought that was pretty impressive, and I am getting used to looking like Cindy Lauper!!

Mrs C-B hair raising idea for the fair!!!

Colour Jo’s Hair! (Mrs C-B)

Jo Cook-Bonney has a hair-raising idea for the school fair!

You can choose a colour foil that will go in Jo’s hair on the day of the fair. The more votes a colour gets...the greater the percentage of that colour!

Votes cost two dollar each, with the money being split between Fairfield school and the New Zealand Cancer Society.

Yes this is our Room 8 teacher, she would love it if you left comments or even had an online hair colour vote just for support.

There is a poll on the sidebar for people to have a vote:-)

Ideas from us and others to help people in Samoa:-)

I think we could Samoa be doing a fundraiser and change the money into their money.We could also send over some clothes, food and things to build a house with.
Georgia

We could have a walk or something and get donations and sponsors.We can give all the money to help from the damage in Samoa.
Jessica

We are going to have a mufti-day at our school to raiser money so that was what our school though would be the best way that we could help and donate money.
Melville Intermediate, Hamilton, Waikato.

We could put the money from the sausages to help Samoa.
Joshua

Hi
We could do a fun run or a mufti day to raise money for Samoa.
JORDAN

I think we could have a fundraiser concert we could bring some of the salvation army clothes over and get some volenteers over or make all the schools who have uniforms have a mufti day that costs two dollars.
Madi

We could donate quarter or half the money from the school fair to the Samoan relief funds.
Connor

I think we could donate food and clothes to Samoa or have a special day when we do lots of activities at school 4 money then later on we can send the money that we raised and we could send over the cookie and smart lunch money to Samoa.
KATE :)

We Could Have a water day where everyone has to wear there togs and there's a sausage sizzle and dancing and you have to donate a gold coin donation and all the money goes to Samoa our class could run some stations face-painting, dunk the teacher and any more we make up.
TYLER:)

We could help them by selling chocolate to raise money or our school could donate 5 dollers to help them build there houses back up to what they were. Tom

I think that at the school fair we could have a fundraising stall for the tsunami victims in samoa.
Samk

I thought we could give Samoa the things left over from the fair. Chloe

I think we can have a muffty day that is two dollars or more. Or we can go around and ask for a donations. We could also send some of our old clothes, blankets & toys!
JESS=]

We could do a run or a bike ride 2$ per entry and the top 3 gets a prise and we could do groups and all the money would go to Samoa
JAKE

Leave a comment and tell us what one you think is the best idea!

How can we help the people of Samoa?

This term Room 8 are thinking about how we can help people in our world that need help.

We have been studying globalisation and sustainability this year and we now want to action our inquiries and actually help some people.

Please leave a comment and tell me what you think we could do to help the people of Samoa with regards to the Tsumani that occurred?

Welcome to Term 4!!

We are so thrilled to have some Robot Kits that we have purchased in our classroom. We think it is a great way to start the term off with a bit of excitement!! Lachie and Sam assembled one on Friday so we are keen to program them on Monday.

We have lots of exciting things coming up this term in our classroom, below I have listed them.

22nd October School Athletics
27th of October First Aid
31st of October School Fair
3rd November Greater Green Island Athletics
9th - 13th of November Camp at Waihola

These are just some of our upcoming events!

We will update you on more as they come up and our Robotics success!!

The Morning Story!

I yawn as I wake in my pj's (that were made in India). I look around and grab my watch (that is made in China). I check out the time (6:37). Yes! I was allowed to read my book (Point Blanc) (that was made in the UK). At 7:24 Mum yells at me to get dressed, so I whip out my deoderant (that was made in the Philippines) and my school uniform. Then I go into the kitchen and pour soy milk (that was made in Aussie) over my cereal (that was also made in Aussie). Then I slouch over to the breakfast bar and eat my cereal while playing with my Bionicles (that were made in Denmark, Hungary and the Czech Republic). Mum shout's out that I need to use Dettol before I eat (that was made in Malaysia), after I'd eaten my cereal, she'll never know. I look at my watch, 8:01 better get moving, so I sprint up to the bathroom and brush my teeth with the lemon fresh toothpaste (that's made in NZ) and wash my hands. Finally I check the clock (that's made in NZ) 8:21, time to go to school!

By Sam

Globalisation at it's best!!

When I get up I put on my made in Australia Lynx. Then I put my made in China dressing gown on. Now it's time for breakfast. I get out my made in China bowl and boil the made in China jug. I get a made in Thailand cup out and put some made in New Zealand milo in it.

I get out my made in China lunch box and put it in my made in China school bag, I get the made in China toaster out and put so

me made in New Zealand bread in it. I get the made in New Zealand margarine out of the made in Korea fridge.

Mum makes Dallas unload the made in Korea dishwasher. I defrost some bread for Dallas in the made in Korea microwave. I go upstairs and put my made in New Zealand school uniform on. I fill up my made in China drink bottle and

then I'm ready for school.

By Josh

7:30 am the bowls from China rattled in the cupboards. I looked at the postcards from Italy, France, Paris and the Cotswolds in England. I get dressed in my uniform that was made in New Zealand, then brush my hair with the hairbrush that was made in China. I put on my white sneakers that were made in Indonesia and then I sit on my couch that was manufactured in Australia. Suddenly Mum says to make my bed so I race to my room to make my silver bed that was made in New Zealand.

By Brianna

Cross Country!

Our Quiz Questions!

We are having a who wants to be a millionaire quiz day at the end of the term.

This was sam's suggestion and he is going to be the quiz master. Sam spends his homework time making up these questions.

room 8 are really enjoying doing this and we would like to thank sam for using his initiative and being a dedicated learner.

here are our questions for this week. leave a comment and tell us your answers!

General knowledge

This weeks subjects are Movies/Space…

1* In which flim did Eddie Murphy act an animated talking donkey?

2* How did Spiderman get his powers?

3* Where was the Lord of the Rings trilogy filmed?

4* Which film character has the gift to speak with animals?

5* Who is the main character in the film ‘Get Smart?’

6* When did the first human set foot on the moon?

7* In Roman mythology Mars was the God of what? A. love B. war C. Fire

D. Knowledge

8* What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?

9* In space, what is a ‘white dwarf?’

10* What is the name of our galaxy?

Fun with my family!!

Go to http://www.yearbookyourself.com/ for some fun!! We laughed and laughed and laughed!!!

Flags!

Why do South Korea and North Korea have different flags?

Which flag is for South Korea?

The difference between South and North Korea!

Our answers to this question!!

There is a huge difference between North and South Korea's economy. North Korea is a very poor country.  Many people in North Korea starve to death.  Also the government is controlling the economy.

South Korea is almost the opposite and is a pretty wealthy country.  It is a free economy just like NZ.

South Korea is a democratic country that means the public get to vote.  It has evolved into a heavily industrialised country.

The standard of living is great by world standards and the people are well fed and there is stability.

North Korea

North Korea is a communist country, that means that the public do not get a vote of who will be prime minister and who will be in parliament.  It is ruled by Kim Jong IL who took over from his father since he died.

The country has as isolation policy.  The country is run by a socialist dictator.  A personality cult is being generated by the state media around President Kim.  North Korea is currently building nuclear weapons capabilities which are causing anxiety on the Peninsula.

The roads are almost unusable and there has been some small uprising in some areas.

We would like to ask the children of Korea these questions.

What is your favourite food?

What hobbies do you have?

Could you tell me about your school?

What is it like living in South Korea?

What is your name?

Do you have brothers or sisters?

How many hours do you go to school?

Do you play a instrument?  If so what instrument do you play?

What games do you play in school in South Korea?

What do you do in school in Korea?

What lunches do you have in Korea?

Do you have a pet?

What is your favourite game?

Do you have any teddy bears or dolls?

What sort of sports do you play in South Korea?

What time does school start and finish?

What is your main food?

Do you have any flash houses?

What is it like living in your country?

What is the weather like where you live?

What is the main religion in South Korea?

Are people in South Korea poor?

Do you ever get scared of North Korea?

How warm does the weather get?

What are three of your countries laws?

What is something you have in common with us?

Do you have any electronic things like play stations, computers, t.v's?

Have you ever been to the North border?

Does your family recycle?

Where in South Korea do you live?

Does your school recycle?

I wonder how we could find out these answers?  Leave me a comment and tell me!

Globalisation - What we think it means?

What is Globalisation?

We asked our parents this question and these are the answers they gave us!

*All becoming one world or country.

*The world coming together and caring for each other.

*Something that effects the whole world.

*Making the world one, not hundreds of little countries so we're all members.

*When something goes worldwide.

*When a company say New World, starts in Dunedin, then goes Nation wide and is then sold all around the world.

*Being able to buy the same things in lots of different countries.

*Connection of the world and different cultures by trade, internet, phones and travel.

*A process of interaction and integration among the people.

*The world working together through trade agreements and selling natural resources.  We then can build economies to provide a better place for us to live.

*How the world is becoming a smaller place, like technology and air travel make it easier for people on one side of the world to communicate with, or travel to people on the other side of the world.

*When every country works together eg saving environment, swapping produces.

*Treating the world as one entity, ignoring the usual international boundaries.

Worldwide , Nations agree to do something.

*The idea to make the world work together to prevent future wars.

*When companies sell the same brand of product all around the world.  The world growing together.  Someone is Asia might have the same microwave as I do in NZ.

*Large amount of pollution world wide.  Constant use of plastic bags and plastic containers which take 100 years to decompose will eventually ruin our planet.

*The bringing together of all the countries in the world for travel, trade and communication.

*We export food likes of plums.  We export plums to America when it is winter there and summer here, they do that for us.  As well as other countries do similar things.

*When you expand to operate internationally.

Leave a comment and tell me which answer you think fits Globalisation the best.

Welcome to Term 3!

Can you think of at LEAST two words to describe the object in this picture.

Think about using strong adjectives and painting a picture with your words.

Leave a comment with your answer!

Wacky Hair Day!

We had some fantastic hair styles on Wacky Hair Day. Here are some of our styles for you to view - watch this space for more coming.

AWESOME foursome!!

These are our talented sports people!

Tom got into the Otago soccer team, Mickey got into the Otago A Netball team, Holly got into the Otago Hockey team and Chole got into the Otago B Netball team!!!!  

We are so proud of you all and your accomplishments.  A big WAHOO to you all:-)  We wish you all the best for your games that you will play for Otago and can't wait to hear about your games.

In these photo's we are having wacky hair day at school (if you are wondering why our hair is coloured and wacky!

Check out our writing blog!

http://r8fairfieldwriting.blogspot.com/

Our Cyber Pals from St Clair School!

Hi our names are Phoenix and Harry we really like the name of your blog especially your strong pig. We are thinking that you're learning about sustainability and using info from our old wiki.
:-)

HI our names are Ben and Daniel. We are in room 12 at St Clair school.We would like to be cyber pals with you but we have to wait for our whole class to accept your request but we think they will like the idea. We are going to share our ideas about it on a PMI.

Ben and Daniel

Hey Room 8 this is Room 12 Declairers just having a look at your blog. We think you have a very creative name on your Homepage. We also like your big fashion show that you have on your Homepage,We think its awesome.

My name is Quinn and my friend jacob we are both excited about you asking us about your blog and asking us to join your blog.

These are comments from our new Cyber pals from St Clair School.  They have a wiki and we are going to be sharing ideas and collaborating with them.  There teacher and Mrs C-B have had chats online through different sites to set this up. We are excited about this adventure!

This is their wiki so that you can visit it and have a look.

http://room12declairers.wikispaces.com/

Changetheworld!

http://changetheworld.ning.com/

Check out this site, it is my change the world site which links into what we are doing in inquiry.

Any ideas you have send them to me and we will put them on this site!

Mrs C-B

Fashion Show!! REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!