The Taranaki Land Wars

For our current Inquiry topic we are learning about the Taranaki Land Wars. We have visited local sites in Waitara to learn about the events that took place in 1860. We have also been to Puke Ariki to look at the Taranaki Land War exbition.

The highlights Room 10 had in TERM 1

The Marae Visit
Room 10 had the job of making the steam puddings and serving in the kitchen for the Hakari. A few students stayed behind at school to help prepare the puddings.



Swimming Sports
Well done to Jimmie Ratahi, Chino Reihana and Taine Wilcox for your outstanding swimming and the results you achieved in the Inter School swimming sports!!

The Tryathlon

The students from Rm 10 enjoyed the challenge of swimming, biking and running. Jimmie, Jesse, Hannah, Ryan and Kane competed individually and the other Rm 10 students entered in the team event doing one leg of the event. A great day was had by all!

Students of the week

This term we have decided to have a student of the week where students vote for who they think has worked well and been on task displaying our class expectations. The students who are chosen are recognised as being a role model for others in the class to follow and receive a certificate. This weeks students of the week are. Jacob Keen, and Hannah Adlam. These to students have displayed great work ethics this week. Well done.

Term 1 2010

Room 10 has had a great start to the year. We are busy completing our booklets "All about me". Our value this Term is Respect and we are seeing this value demonstrated in our classroom, which is great! Jurnee has taken on the challenge of keeping our BLOG updated, along with others in the class contributing their ideas.

The last word from the year 8's

Okay, Mrs Gotz, I'm sorry I hacked the blog from home but I had to write in here.

Room 10 has been an amazing class for all of us year 8's, we had an amazing teacher and an amazing year 7's. Hopefully Mrs Gotz finds this and lets everyone read it, because I would just like to say thank you. Thank you to Mrs Gotz, thank you to the year 7's, thank you to Toni and Brenda. You were all so awesome last year, it's hard to let go. By the time you read this your've probably forgotten all about us year 8's, and if so, we forgive you, but only because you were in our class and so you were nearly as awesome as us :P We all had a great time in 2009, our class had some awesome moments, like when we played chinese whispers when Mrs Gotz was about to rant at us, or when we played silent ball and nearly took each others arms off. To those of you who weren't there on the last assembuly, you suck for not letting us say goodbye, so we'll just come stalk you on teacher only days, don't worry. For the student council for this year, you guys are going to do great, your all great people, although being shy won't help. So be outgoing, and remember not everyone is out there to make you look stupid! Only most of them! You now year 8's will do awesome this year, you guys are the big kids now, you guys have to be the rolemodels, you guys have to get the shouts from Mr Read when you do something wrong, that I don't envy. Make the most of this year, your last year, as it will pass very quickly, it did for us, it will for you. I guess I'd better shut up and go now, yet it's hard to say goodbye even though I know you guys won't read this until Mrs Gotz actually remembers we have a blog. And for trying to do it weekly and stuff, don't even try, it's useless, it'll work for a few weeks but then your'll have more important stuff to do. This is me so I do go on forever, so if you can't be bothered reading this all then I don't blame you, not a lot of you read. So again, goodbye. Good luck for this year. Your'll do great. Stay in school. Don't do drugs, and your'll be fine. So bye!

Casey Russell

- Former Room 10 student.

NIE Quiz

On Thursday night at Devon Intermediate, Jacob, Casey and William will take part in the NIE Quiz, in teams of 4, Jaz and Angel (Rm 14) and Casey and William in one team, with Jacob, Dayna and Victoria (Rm 9) and Brendon (Rm 14), as well as a group of year 5 & 6's. They have been using the past two days to study general knowledge and the newspapers, as well as atlas's, to get ready for the quiz on Thursday Night. Good Luck to all teams!

Poems

This week we have been working on poems, using hyperbole, similies, metaphors and personification! A year 8 student, Nikolao has written some amazing poems that we want to share with you today!

Me, Myself and I

I'm so thirsty I can drink a whole pond,

As well as the ocean,

But more wider and long.

As dark as the night,

As green as the leaves,

Sometimes I wonder,

Where should I be.

So when I grow old and wrinkly and dry,

That will be the place,

Where I'll live my last life.

Though when the time comes for me to go,

I will watch over those people,

Who are lonely and old.

Beach

As I walk on the beach,

With my feet so bare,

I suddenly see seagulls dashing through the air.

I feel so excited,

I'm going to drop,

But the swish and the crash keeps telling me not.

The sand dunes so high,

And the rocks are so low,

I'm begging you sand,

Can you please let me go?

I feel like I'm trapped in this wonderful beach,

because my excitements so strong,

That it won't let me screech.

But I really cannot stay here for long,

because home sweet home is where I belong.

Both poems by Nikolao!

Well done Nikolao, your poems are great!

Welcome To Term 4!

Welcome back! Yes we're back at school for the last term of 2009, for some the last term for Bell Block School, as all of our year 8 students say goodbye at the end of the year. This term is packed with a lot of exciting things, with our annual camp to Vertical Horizon's next week, and speech competitions, and a lot more. We also welcome Brenda McCarthy who has taken on the role of helping some students in our class, after the sad goodbye to Toni Parkes last term. We will be updating this blog again this term with all the exciting things we want to share with you!

Room 10

Class Speeches

In Room 10 we have been working on writing and presenting speeches this term. This week we have been listening and giving feedback as the students present their speeches orally. The topics have been informative and entertaining. We have learnt about Adolf Hitler, Wayne Runi, Michel Jackson and Jane Goodall's lives. Then we have been entertained with topics such as Clicks, Boy Racers, Guns, Skateboards, Free Running, Horses, Lions and Animals.

Next term 2 of these speeches will be chosen to represent our class.