Final Entry 2014 - Farewell and Thank You.

Room 18 is now on a well deserved holiday break. What a fabulous year we have had together - I will miss you all being my students; thank you for being amazing young people. This blog will remain open, so have a look through the old entries and reminisce, or post something new.

This is also the final post for this blog as a Year 5 and 6 class. I am now changing levels within the school and also classrooms, so I think it is fitting that I say thank you to all the Year 5 and 6 students that have contributed to this blog and offered their ideas and thoughts to it.

For all students of Room 18 - thank you so much.

To the best class of 2012 ...

Hi Room 18! Welcome to our class blog space for 2012.

This will be your first posting area and you will use this as a place to introduce yourselves. You have to read the class blogging rules and understand that our thoughts, ideas and information are available to be read from anywhere in our world.


Here are the rules - Read these with your family:


There are a few rules to remember though ... here are our blog guidelines.

In working with this blog and any other webspaces, all students need to ensure that they follow these important guidelines. They are designed to make sure that you enjoy these spaces.

• Only ever use your first name or a nickname when you are writing on this or other blogs or wikis.
• Never use any other student’s last name.
• Never post any personal information–such as your home or cellphone number or home address on this or any other blog or wiki.
• Never share any of your usernames or passwords with anyone and never log in as another student.
• Always tell your parents or teacher right away if you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable.
• Remember the “grandma rule” that anything you put on the internet could be read by your grandmother so only write things you could say to the nicest of grannies.
• Be a good online citizen and never write or post anything that could hurt anyone else.
• Always check with an adult if someone asks for your phone number or to meet you.
• Never make arrangements to meet anyone over the internet. Always talk to your parents or teacher if this is an issue.
• Make sure you publish only your own work. Don’t under any circumstances use other people’s work and call it your own.
• Make sure that you read over your writing before you post it to check the spelling and that it reads okay. 

You can publish without a Google account, but it's best if you sign up with one. If you publish without a Google account, you MUST include your name. If your name is not included in your post it will not be published. Please include your first name when posting without an account.

So, now it is time to write a brief introduction about yourself. Include these things:

Your first name, and your year level.
Some family information – for example who you live with – no names please.
You may wish to name the area you live in. For example – Mt Albert, Sandringham, Mt Eden, Balmoral.
If you have links to other countries tell us about them. Maybe you have lived in other countries?
Some of your interests.
Set yourself some big goals for 2012 – they can be class related, sport related or even outside of school. What is it that you really want to achieve this year? We can look at these and aim to achieve them!

I am really looking forward to our blogging journey and can’t wait to read your comments.

Let’s get blogging Room 18!!

We are back!

Room 18 students returned to school today with smiles on their faces and ready to learn many new things.

This term our focus topics are:

Reading - comprehension.

Maths - measurement, fractions, decimals and percentages.

Writing - letter writing, argument, and later this term explanations.

PE - continuation of our syndicate sports and fitness activities.

Rich Task - systems within the structure of justice and rights.

Arts - drama.

Along with news board, spelling, music and technology we look forward to a busy and eventful term.

Creative Writing

Creative writing is an art. Like any good artist you take words, treat them like clay or paint and mould them into interesting pieces. Your audience should see your story like they would a picture or film.

You will show what you know about adjectives, simile, metaphor and personification.

This challenge consists of more than one part, but you can chose to do all of them or just one. You chose.

Part One:

Using the activity you have done in class about explaining what it is like to be in a a running race, recreate that story here on our blog or take another one and explain using sight, sound, and feelings. An example could be a swimming race, bike jump, skateboard trick, or any other physical challenge.

Part Two:

Adjectives. Like the task in class, you are to chose a noun or pronoun to begin with and then add in adjectives and descriptive features to make it really interesting. Check out the ones on display in our room for insipration. Some starting nouns may be - house, door, field, window, winter, trees, flower or bicycle.

Part Three:

Study the picture below and use these three things. Make one true statement, one descriptive statement and one thought statement. We have done this in class also, see the activity on our wall for inspiration. I will do a quick example for you.

True: The woman's head dress is multicoloured.
Descriptive: One thousand dark memories show in her eyes and haunt her, like lost dreams that she cannot quite remember.
Thought: I am, I can, I will.

Use this picture:





















Write on Microsoft Word or Google Apps first. Have a parent check it, make sure there are NO spelling errors and your punctuation is correct. Then copy and paste it into our blog posting area.

Have fun and looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us.

Welcome to 2011!

Hi Room 18! Welcome to our class blog space for 2011.

This will be your first posting area and you will use this as a place to introduce yourselves. You have all read the class blogging rules and understand that our thoughts, ideas and information are available to be read from anywhere in our world.

You can publish without a Google account, but it's best if you sign up with one. If you publish without a Google account, you MUST include your name. If your name is not included in your post it will not be published. Please include your first name when posting without an account.

So, now it is time to write a brief introduction about yourself. Include these things:

Your first name, and your year level.
Some family information – for example who you live with – no names please.
You may wish to name the area you live in. For example – Mt Albert, Sandringham, Mt Eden, Balmoral.
If you have links to other countries tell us about them. Maybe you have lived in other countries?
Some of your interests.
Set yourself some big goals for 2011 – they can be class related, sport related or even outside of school. What is it that you really want to achieve this year? We can look at these and aim to achieve them!

I am really looking forward to our blogging journey and can’t wait to read your comments.

Let’s get blogging Room 18!!