Published Author's - Rm15 2017

Describing Aslan

“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.”

Dancing Stars

Our Chinese Dragons

Congratulations Grace - 3rd at the Auckland Impromptu Speech Competition

Sculpture Art

Please bring in:

One wire coat hanger

One knee high, light-coloured stocking

Rm15 Spoken Word

3 x IXL Year 8 tasks

Add to your novel, proofread and edit it, then share it with me before the last Thursday of the holidays please

Please bring 'food in a packet' for a snack on Friday to celebrate a great term.

You can bring anything, savoury or sweet, but it must be in a packet for easy cleanup. I'm bringing the drinks.

Suggestions: lollies, chocolate, chips, crackers, biscuits

Learner Licence Criteria

• Staying on task
• Showing respect to both staff and students
• Taking risks with your learning
• Completing your work to the best of your ability
• Keeping track of your time
• Consistently uphold SHS values
• Restricted to The Hub and My Zone only
• Making good choices about who you work with
• Complete all assigned “Have to” tasks
• Whole class brain breaks only
• Access to a restricted or full Licence mentor
• Teacher-allocated PL time as opposed to choosing your own
• Work hard in all areas of the curriculum and allow others to concentrate

Year 7/8 Term 2 Social Action

Dear Year 7&8 Parents/Caregivers

This term, the Year 7&8 Inquiry learning has been around The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and how they have affected national society and
our world today. In Week 10, this term we are planning on giving back to the
local community through a social intervention. The students have
brainstormed ideas and have decided that creating mid-winter Christmas
presents and gifting them to the Mangere Refugee Centre would be a way to
demonstrate care and selflessness in the community. They were really
motivated by the guest speaker Dawit Arshak who came in to talk about his
experience as a refugee to NZ.

We would greatly appreciate it if our St Heliers Year 7&8 children could
bring in donations (not monetary) so we are able to create ‘Family Packs’
for these refugees. These donations need to be able to fit into an average
sized adult shoe box.

•       Room 28 - donations for young girls
•       Room 29 - donations for fathers
•       Room 30 - donations for mothers
•       Room 31 - donations for young boys
•       Room 14 - donations for teenagers
•       Room 15 - donations of hygiene products/toiletries
•       Room 19 - donations of non-perishable food
•       All classes - adult shoe boxes with lids and colourful wrapping paper

Donations would be appreciated before Wednesday of Week 9 as these packs
will be created and delivered to the Refugee Centre in Weeks 9 and 10 of
this term.

Kind regards,
Year 7&8 Team

100 Ward's Bucks for every item you bring in

Static Image: The Road not Taken

Success Criteria:

Either black and white, or colour that represents the poem

Be relevant to the poem

Eye-catching: bold, stand out

Must show both the literal and inferential meaning

Paints a clear picture of the plot

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the metaphor

Include a clear, written explanation (4 - 6 sentences) that describes the static image: bottom right-hand corner, typed, cut out neatly and have your name on it

As of 5:50pm Monday evening (2 days later than required) these people still had not completed their Week 5 homework task: 

Novel: I will be checking everyone's novels next weekend so they need to be worked on every night this week, and be ready to share with me on Friday morning. There needs to be clear evidence of 4 week's worth of writing (the 4 weeks of this term so far). Anyone who doesn't share their novel with me, or hasn't completed an appropriate level of writing, will spend every lunchtime in Week 6 working on it.

Jack Henry Grace Ryan Callum Elardus Harry Bailee Nick Sascha Alex R

Inappropriate level of writing: Lisa Alex A Mikey

Click on the links to find out how we think our licensing system could work:

Learner License

Restricted License

Full License

 

SPCA Fund Raiser

•       Canned pet food (not promotional sachets)
•       Preloved sports balls
•       Old newspapers
•       Old towels and blankets

 Patupaiarehe Masks

Sport is now on Mondays instead of Fridays so please remember your gear 😊

Mikey's bungy

Ultimate Book Report

Due Friday Wk8, Term 2

Specific Learning Intentions: To demonstrate your depth of thinking and level of understanding of a novel of your choice To use the strategies learnt at Reading time purposefully
Summary	2 paragraphs Include the main idea, only include important ideas, use keywords and your own words, use questioning strategies Leave out unimportant details, no opinion
Characterisation	1. Consider all the main characters and provide evidence: Protagonist: central or main character in the story Antagonist: force that opposes the central character Static: a character that does not change significantly Dynamic: a character that changes significantly Round: a complicated character that has many sides and emotions Flat: a simple character that demonstrates few traits 2. Choose 2 characters. Illustrate them, surround them with character traits that describe their specific characteristics and provide evidence from the novel to support each trait (an example of my expectations is in the classroom)
Point of View	Identify the narrator’s point of view - does it vary between chapters Provide evidence to support your opinion in the form of examples or quotes.
Irony	Identify the different types of irony used within the novel (at least 10 different examples). Provide detailed evidence.
Figurative Language	Find at least 20 examples of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery State the language feature, along with the example from the novel.
Success Criteria: Complete a term’s worth of work (this is not something that will be able to be completed in a week at the end of the term) Read the novel completely before beginning the task Take notes during reading Collate evidence of each strategy during reading (including chapters and page numbers as reference) Complete the summary, characterisation, point of view and irony tasks by following the brief and providing detailed evidence
Your Ultimate Book Report must be clearly labelled with your name, and the name and author of your novel You can type or handwrite your report. It must be legible and well presented Consider the use of tables for order and neatness ALL EVIDENCE MUST INCLUDE THE CHAPTER NUMBER AND PAGE NUMBER This is a written and oral presentation. I will mark your reports from Friday Wk8 and you will be presenting them to the class during Wk9. You will be marked on both the written and oral part of your presentation.

You will need to have finished reading Wonder by Thursday Week 1 as we will be beginning our novel study on Thursday afternoon. You have been given 12 weeks to complete this task. Can everyone who has their own copy of the book please bring them in before Thursday.
One of the final tasks you will be given to complete is an essay, which will be graded.

So proud to be the teacher of a class that demonstrates our school values so magnificently. You all chose to congratulate our student leaders in such a wonderful way this afternoon. Well done Room 15!

Congratulations to our 2017 Student Leaders

Lila, Braden, Molly, Jenna, Alex and Angus

Congratulations to everyone for a successful swimming sports.

Room 15 are the 2017 Relay Champions

Outstanding job Josh, Grace, Sascha and Elardus.

2017 Year 5-8 Merit Assembly: Insert Name and Cat Memes

 

If you are a part of these groups, you will be presenting your skit at this week's merit assembly. 
Please be sure to bring the items required for your skit by Friday morning. 
ALL Y7&8 students who have a part in the assembly (hosts, Insert Name and Cat Memes, Rm15 story readers) must meet Mrs Darke in the school hall at 9:15am for a practice run through.

Huge congratulations to Mikey and Alex R for being elected as Rm15's 2017 School Councillors