Happy New Year!

The students of Room 30 are now on a well deserved summer break. What a great year we had! I cannot wait to see all of your successes as you move into the senior school.

 Happy holidays!!

Welcome Room 30!!

Welcome to all new students and families of Room 30 2014!

It's going to be a great year of learning ahead. Be that socially or academically we have the right ingredients to make our learning journey fun, exciting and memorable.

This year, Room 30 will aim to keep our wonderful blog site regularly updated, and enhance our learning through the use of this online learning space. 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.

If you wish to change or add to these rules please post a comment with details of our reasons.

Use this first post as a way to introduce yourself and your family. Include - your first name only, the suburb you live in, your year level, your interests and hobbies, what makes you unique and special, your family information - how many brothers and sisters you have, maybe even something interesting about your mum and dad, and of course tell us what goals you want to achieve this year in the wonderful Room 30! 

Have fun and welcome to Room 30, 2014!!

Holidays!

With the holiday break almost here it's time for you to look forward to a well-earned break. 

Whether you are going somewhere or just planning on chilling out, post your ideas for your holiday break right here. Tell us all about it!

What are your holiday plans?

If you are going anywhere in particular, share a website link.  

What are you looking forward to doing?

School Holidays

Wow! What a great year we have had, and now Room 18 is on holiday until 1st February 2012.

We had our final school day on 15th December, which turned out to be rainy for most of the day. We spent our time inside all day and watched a short movie, did Youtube karaoke and reflected on our year.

It is sad to see our Year 6 students leave, but I know they will do very well in their new schools. I look forward to teaching all of our Room 18 Year 5's again next year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Here is a Justin Bieber song which was used during our karaoke session on our last day.

Have a great holiday!

Room 18 are now on a two week holiday break.

Everyone has worked hard and what a great term it was!

Holiday Break

WOW! What a great term we have had in Room 18, and now it's time for the children to have a well deserved break.

I would like to congratulate each and every one of you for your hard work this term. You have each learnt many new things and have become more aware of the requirements and skills needed to be successful learners.

You have worked well with each other and we really do have a great learning environment in our class.

I am really looking forward to our new learning in the new term.

See you soon.

Andrew.

End of School 2010

On December 15th Balmoral School closes for the Christmas holidays.

Farewell to all of our wonderful Year Six children, who now move on to intermediate school. Remember to aim high, work hard, and continue being the amazing and unique children you are.

Kia Kaha - Be Strong.

Robotics Club

Balmoral School has recently set up the opportunity to be involved in a Robotics Club as part of the Lego Mindstorm for education initiative. This is the first year we are looking into entering a team of children to take part in the robotics competition. The competition not only involves programming a Mindstorm robot to enter a set series of challenges, but also involves a large research project.

This entry is to allow you and your teams to discuss and contribute to the ideas around community, and what it is. See the out take from the site instructions. Use this post over the holidays to share your ideas about this big idea.

Begin your project by describing your community. This season, it is up to your team to define your community. Is it your school? your neighborhood? your city, village, or town? your country? the world? Be prepared to share how you defined your community.