Writing Blog Posts

Today with the 'Pencils' writing group we talked about what makes a good blog post. Here's the criteria we came up with -

1. - correct spelling, punctuation and grammar

2. - interesting for the reader

3. - use of paragraphs

4. - a picture or photo to help communicate the big idea

We also watched this video after someone said, 'I tried to do that but it didn't work.' Watch what Yoda says about trying! - persistence

News and Views Wk 8 T2

Sophie S - This week we have made our own timetables for the day. If we have a workshop with Mr Herring we put that down but if we don't we write down, "Maths follow on" or something else that we're doing. This is to help us become more responsible for our own learning.

Cameron - I've enjoyed learning about animal safety and hazards. I learned not to approach strange dogs because someone lost a huge chunk out of their cheek!

Certificates - Ben - for setting and reaching his goals
- Simone - for working hard and being a great leader.

Maths Strategy Video

Here's Sophie and Bruce explaining how to use compatible numbers to add. Great job, you too!

Compatible Numbers Maths Video from mark herring on Vimeo.

Southspell

Last night 'Greateight' had four of our students compete for our school at the regional 'Southspell' competition. They had to answer questions about prefixes / Te Reo words, spelling and apostrophes!

Well done, Andrew (Team Captain), Olivia, Ruby and Karen for doing us proud!