Screencasting
We have been learning how to teach others by writing and then recording instructions on the computer. Screencasting is when you record what is happening on your computer screen as well as your voice....
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School Jingle
This term Room 12 have been using what they learned in music to create their own Otonga Road School jingles. The recording below is of all the students playing theirs in turn. The order is as shown on...
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The Scienctific Method
This week we learned about THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. It is how scientists solve problems and do their research. Mr Wood likes to eat apples but found that they go brown quickly when he sliced them. So we...
View ArticleThe Mango Gorilla
Cameron, Cullen and Wati used PuppetPal to recreate a play "Too Many Mangoes" by Giselle Fortune from JJ 38. They changed the characters and altered the script to suit the new characters.What did you...
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Slope Science
Today we were practising being scientists by using "The Scientific Method" to test the affect angle of a slope has on distance traveled. We worked in groups and everyone showed how awesome they were at...
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How to be a champion in school and in life
Yesterday we met NED and Kristy. Who taught us how to be a champion in life and school. Kristy went over to NED's house to pick him up and take him to our school. NED didn't want to come instead he...
View ArticleScience Roadshow Sparks
Yesterday room 12 went to the science roadshow at Rotorua Intermediate. My favourite activity was the bed of nails, when I was lying on the bed of nails it felt like a massage on my back. The reason...
View ArticleWet Weather Games
Each classroom has been given money to buy wet weather games. Read Room 15's blog post about Wet Weather Games. What games should we get?
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The Most Inspiring Teacher Award
The most inspiring teacher competition run by The Warehouse Stationery is a competition to find the most in inspiring teachers in New Zealand. This award is to show who is the most inspiring teacher...
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Student Blogging Challenge 2015
Twice a year Edublogs runs an international student blogging challenge. Every week for 10 weeks you will be given a blogging task to do. The aim is to develop your blogging and commenting skills. You...
View ArticleMaori Feelings
In room 12 we have been learning some feelings in Maori. It has been great. We have learnt some basic sentences and have recorded ourselves to help us remember and to help teach others!
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We Are - Student Blogging Challenge 1
We are a class who loves blogging and sharing, as we were taking part in a collaborative blog for #Connected Educators Month we thought the post was worth repeating as our first Student Blogging...
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What makes a quality blog comment? - Student Blogging Challenge 2
In Room 12 we practise giving quality comments every week. Sometimes we comment on other classes blogs, or on other students blogs. This term we are commenting on blogs outside our school too.A good...
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Student Challenge Week 3: Native Language
Ella-Joe, wrote a post in Māori for the Student Challenge Week 3. Pinky Pinky ko te rorirori ruru. Te ia kanapa mawhero ki puru kanohi. Te ia e kore e kai kiore he utu te ia kai kanapa tae hua.te ia...
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Halloween - Student Challenge week 4
This week we all did our own posts on Halloween, we could express our thoughts and feeling about Halloween in any way. Here are some of this weeks best Room 12 blog posts.By JamieHalloween PoemMonster,...
View ArticleStudent Challenge - Week 5 - Food
This weeks challenge is about food. In New Zealand we have some unique foods like hangi, and other foods we think of as Kiwi like: vegemite and pies (are there others?).Please enter our food...
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Heroes Assembly by Room 12
Room 12 planned and ran the school assembly this week; which had a strong anti-bullying message. Well done Room 12, awesome teamwork.
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