Kapiti School Room 12

Incentive day, Term 4

2010-11-02T09:37:00.000+13:00

Get ready room 12 if your making it to incentive day, Room 12 might be taking a trip to the swimming pools in Porirua for incentive day. Hopefully everyone earns the right to go to the pools so we can all have fun.

Be Good!

By Emily.

Spelling sentences.

2010-11-02T09:35:00.002+13:00

In Room12 we have started writing spelling sentences.
Using 10 words from our list and writing five sentences with two spelling list words in every sentence
and highlight the two words we have used in every sentence.
For e.g.

The Assassin went to the Ceremonial dinner.

By Jordan and Emily (Rm12)

Buddhism in Room12

2010-11-02T09:35:00.001+13:00

In Room12 we have finished buddhism. We have learnt that Buddha's real name is Sidharta Guatama and that he created the 4 noble truths. The 4 noble truths are The truth of suffering, truth of stopping suffering, truth of understanding suffering and the origin of suffering.

We have also learnt that the eminent (Famous) buddhists are:

Keanu Reeves, Orlando Bloom, Tiger Woods, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Oprah Winfrey and Lisa Simpson

And Heaps More
'Thankyou Mr Bamlett for teaching us about buddhism'

By Jordan

Fractions Test (In Room12)

2010-11-02T09:33:00.000+13:00

In Room12 we will be starting our Fractions test.

We will be answering questions like 'write this fraction in words 1 1/10 or write this fraction in numbers one whole and four eighths'.

By Jordan and Emily

Music activities

2010-11-02T09:32:00.000+13:00

This week we have started our music activities. For some the questions we have to perform or design a poster about something. We have been given different sheets to work on.We will be studying new music and new bands some of us haven't even heard of. We got three weeks to finish one activity sheet then the other sheet. This will be fun for some of us, some of us might even come as our favourite singer or band. To get a good score you will have to pass with a score of 35 or over.

By Maggie and Emily.

Term 4 science

2010-11-02T09:31:00.000+13:00

In term 4 room 12 will be doing experiments. We will be using kitchen ingredients/ tools. We might even be doing most of the science experiments in term 4. Hopefully we will be able to experiment with ingredients/ tools to make wacky experiments. We have been planning this since term 1.
OMG its going to be so much FUN!

By Maggie and Emily.

Topics for term 4

2010-10-12T15:54:00.002+13:00

At the start of term 4, room 12 will be getting ready for presenting speeches. Instead of wearable arts, we will be starting music. We will be making our own kind of music by using the play station 2 in our classroom. Most people in our classroom are looking forward to this new subject. We will be also doing kitchen chemistry for science. Mr Madge tells us there could be some big bangs!

By Maggie and Emily.

Welcome Back!!!

2010-10-11T08:43:00.001+13:00

Welcome back to room12 everyone hope you have had a great holiday!!! :-)

Have a good term

Au Revoir

By Jordan

Term 3 Incentive Day

2010-09-22T14:40:00.000+12:00

Yesterday in room 12 we had our incentive day. To be able to participate we have to earn the right to play. We have to work on our spelling, completing work on time, following instructions and being organised.
We had Nintendo Wii, Nintendo ds, singstar, connect four and much more
Here is a photo of our class Connect four Champion, Rachael. Our Singstar champion was a complete shock but not to the winner. Our champion is our teacher Mr Madge. He certainly sings flat but he sure knows how to hold a note.

The Connect four Champion

The (Greatest) Singstar Champion

Wearable arts

2010-09-20T14:51:00.000+12:00

So far in wearable arts we have done four kinds of designs. They were called, Pla-it cool, that's a wrap, the simple sandwich and the twist and shout.
To make it to incentive day we have to make them to a high enough standard.
We had to make at least one of every sort. They were all pretty easy once you got the hang of it.

Kelly, Emily and Maggie

The new reading activites in room12.

2010-09-17T15:00:00.000+12:00

In room12 we are going to make our own reading activities using Blooms Taxonomy.
we will be sharing our work ideas to the class and might be blogging our ideas onto the class blog. The reading activities will be based on different reading genres that we have done throughout the term.
We'll keep you posted
Bye
The class Bloggers(Jordan,Maggie,Emily and Kelly)

Wearable Arts

2010-09-14T12:29:00.000+12:00

In room12 we have started doing wearable arts. We have already done Pla-it kool bracelet making as shown in the picture. We plan to sell them and any profits will go towards our incentive day trip at the end of term 4.
(Jordan)

Islam in Room12

2010-09-13T09:37:00.000+12:00

In room 12 we have been studying Islam. So far we have learned:

that Muslims believe in one god called Allah and that he is Eternal
124,000 prophets were sent to every country in the whole world to spread the word of Allah
the last and most famous prophet was Muhammad,
Muhammad wrote the Muslims holy book the Qu'ran and it took him 22years to write.

By Jordan Rm12 (blog writer)

Wearable Arts

2010-09-13T09:32:00.000+12:00

In room 12 we have been collecting knitting wool to make our wearable arts, we are starting in Room12.
We are doing wearable arts to raise money for the trip in room 12, which will be for our incentive day to go to Porirua pools next term.
We are hoping to show our items in the assembly or somewhere else public for others to see.
Everybody in room 12 must have at least one ball of wool.
By Emily and Kelly

Report writing

2010-09-02T15:09:00.000+12:00

In class we have recently explored how to write paragraphs, and now we have to use these skills to write reports. We brainstormed the question 'What is report writing?' Our current understandings are below:

Twitter

2010-09-02T08:57:00.000+12:00

In room 12 we made a twitter account last week on Monday.
Izzy and Briar have been updating our class twitter account about once a day every week. On Twitter they have been posting text messages about what we have been doing in room 12.

By Maggie Xu (Blog writer)

What Now Slam

2010-08-23T09:14:00.000+12:00

On Wednesday rm8-13 had the WhatNow slam!.
Unfortunately Tu A.K.A Tumehea Rongonui wasn't there so Aaron Clapham had to take over.
Paraparaumu will be on T.V this coming Sunday.
I'm sure all the parents had a hard time washing the Muddy,gungy and foamy clothes.
Congrarulations to Daniel and Nathan in rm11 who made it into the finals in Christurch go hard and do your best.

By Jordan(Blogwriter)

Room12's topic in Room13

2010-08-12T08:51:00.005+12:00

Room12 have been doing topic in Room 13.
In Room 13 we are studying Jewish people and their Laws about Food etc.
We have been working very hard and Mr Chambers has a prize for the first person to find out why the Jewish New Year falls on the date of 5766.
The Jewish New Year celebrates the creation of the world in 2005.
The Jewish New Year is a Jewish festival.

Paragraph writing

2010-08-06T12:08:00.000+12:00

After a recent assessment in room 12, we identified that we needed to learn about writing paragraph. We have started learning about writing in paragraphs. We have identified the following as being helpful to write paragraphs:

Informative writing

2010-08-05T16:02:00.001+12:00

In room 12 we are learning about transactional writing, which is informative writing. We brainstormed what we thought was informative writing using the following method:

By ourselves we brainstorm a topic for two minutes
In pairs we share our ideas and understandings for three minutes
In fours we share our ideas and understandings for four minutes.
We then share back class-wide.

Below is our brainstorm for informative writing. To view it all adjust the magnification, or hold your mouse over it and drag the image around.

Reading genres.

2010-08-02T15:05:00.000+12:00

In room 12 we are studying reading genres. These reading genres are horror, mystery, action, and adventure, romance and lots more.

Every two weeks we complete a different reading genre. The activities are created using Bloom's Taxonomy.

By Jordan (blogwriter), Emily(Trainee blogwriter), Ngaire(Trainee blogwriter),Maggie(Trainee blogwriter)

Learning french in class. Oui

2010-07-30T08:53:00.000+12:00

In room12 we have started to learn and speak french.
With the help of a DVD and a lot of practise we should soon be speaking like real french citizens.

these are the words that we have learned so far.
Oui-Yes
D'accord-Okay
Super-Super
Fantastique-Fantastic
Choutte-Cool Good Great
Bonjour-Hello Monsuier-Mr Madame-Mrs Non-No Je suis- I am and the last one Au revoir-Goodbye.
By Maggie & Jordan

The Arts-Drama

2010-07-29T13:10:00.004+12:00

In room12 we have been studying drama, specifically theatre sports. We have had some laughs and happy tears. In drama we had to make things. For example, a fork and a knife, a rose in a vase and lots more.
This is one of the things the boys had to make. This is the Statue of Liberty. This picture has been taken by Mr Madge.

This was written by Jordan(Blogwriter) and Maggie(Trainee blogwriter)

Three way conferences

2010-07-29T12:25:00.003+12:00

Last night the school held parent interviews. However, in room 12 we did our interviews in a three way conference. This involved the students sharing their learning with their parents, using their learning portfolios to support them.
Parents commented on how well their children did, and that they enjoyed hearing their children talking about their learning. Mr Madge's role was to be there and offer support if needed. As it was, the students did a great job, and he had very little to do.
Well done room 12, you did a great job.

Number patterns in algebra

2010-07-26T12:00:00.000+12:00

In Mr Madge's maths class we are studying algebra. We are currently learning about the following:

Number Patterns in Algebra:

Numeric patterns in algebra are patterns made from numbers.
The numbers can be in a list. Any math operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) can be used to make the pattern
Many of the patterns in algebra you see will use addition. The same number will be added to each number in the list to make the next number in the list.
Example
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14…
The pattern in algebra is to add 2 every time. The next number is 16, then 18.

Examples for Number Patterns in Algebra:

Example 1:

2,5,8,11,14,17…

Solution:

The pattern in algebra is to add 3 every time. The next number is 20, then 23.

Example 2:

1,3,5,6,9,11,13,15,…

Solution:

Can you guess what the solution is

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Playing chess in room 12

2010-06-30T08:51:00.000+12:00

In Room 12 we have started to play Chess. We have some awesome chess Players if i say so myself I will name some awesome chess players. There is Mr madge, Kody, (Me)Jordan , Trey and Jeffery. Later on in Term 3 we might have a chess Tournament with another school.

By Jordan rm12

The Senior classes Fun day at the pools.

2010-06-01T12:56:00.003+12:00

On Thursday we are having a Fun day at Raumati swimming pools. It is a reward for all our hard work we put in swimming. The teachers Mr Vaughn and Mr Madge and Mr Chambers will probably be swimming with us. Please remind children that swimming sports is the very next day.

By Jordan

Swimming Assesment

2010-06-01T12:20:00.005+12:00

Today rooms11, 12, 13 had our swimming assesment. We had to do freestyle Breaststroke and Backstroke. We were being assesed by how far we can swim and how well we can swim Novice had to swim -15metres -breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke Apprentice-25metres Breaststroke, backstroke, Freestyle Practitioner -50metres Freestyle, Backstroke, breaststroke Expert -100+ metres Freestyle, Backstroke, breaststroke

By Jordan

Spelling Assessment

2010-05-14T20:09:00.010+12:00

Today me (Jordan) and the rest of the class had to do a spelling assesment to go in our Learning Portfolio. I got 20/20 for my proofreading skills 5/5 for suffixes and last one 4/5 for adding suffixes. We reflected on our spelling results using the 6 thinking hats, the Green hat or the creative hat, White hat or facts hat and the red hat or the feelings hat. Those people who did not finish their assesment will be completing it on Monday.

By Jordan

An afternoon with Mandy Hager

2010-05-10T09:31:00.001+12:00

Today room 12 had to Line-up At 1.20pm to go to the Kapiti Public Library because we were going to meet a Teens Fiction Writer by the name of Mandy Hager. Mandy shared with us some pages of nearly every book she wrote I’ll share some with you.

• Run to the trees about a boy who is Dyslexic and has to stay with His Uncle Who is Trying to Save a forest down in the South island of New Zealand.

• Smashed about a Half Asian and half Pakeha Boy Who makes Friends with two of the most Trouble makers in the School one has A.D.H.D and the other is a person who is sooo into cars.

• The last one is a series of a Trilogy Called the Crossing about a Islander Girl who thinks she is the only one left in the world but White people come and she becomes one of them.

Then when Mandy had finished telling us about the stories she has written Mr. Madge asked “How do you do your proof reading”. Mandy said “ I give them to either my daughter or my Mum and they check for mistakes if there are any they give the story back and I go and correct my mistakes”. Then when Mandy had finished speaking I (Jordan) got up and said“ On behalf of room 12 I would like to say a big thank you”

Jordan :-)

Learning Portfolios

2010-04-20T13:57:00.001+12:00

In room 12 we are working on developing our new learning portfolios. It covers the curriculum areas allowing students to share their learning with their peers, parents, teachers and others. We expect to use these at student/parent/teacher interviews, and students will be bringing them home in terms two and four to share at home. More details to follow soon.

Incentive Day Term 1

2010-03-31T14:00:00.001+13:00

Mr Madge believes in rewarding thoses students who do well consistently throughout the term. So at the end of term one we had our class incentive day, the theme for the day was games. To earn the right to participate we had to demonstrate over the term that we were able work well in the following area:

Spelling
Work Completion
Followinginstructions
Behaviour

It was great that most of us earned the right to participate. People brought board games, play stations, X-box, music and other games.
We had a connect 4 competition and Tei won, she is pictured below:

Those students who did not earn the right completed school work all day.They will be working harder next term, I'm sure.

Trying a new online tool for writing

2010-03-23T14:17:00.002+13:00

We are trying a new online tool for writing. Here is Nakita's first attempt:
Nakita's first go

Personal Responses

2010-03-23T11:51:00.001+13:00

We have recently begun looking in more detail at personal responses. We have used online mind-mapping tool bubbl.us to help us brainstorm. So far we have the following ideas. Can you think of any more that could be added, or, how the listed ones could be improved?

Zeros that do not affect the value

2010-03-22T11:15:00.001+13:00

Today in mathematics we looked at zeros in numbers that do not affect their value.
When writing decimals one or more zeros can be added to the right of the decimal point, after the last digit, without affecting the value of the number.
For example:
4.2 = 4.20 = 4.200
2.5 = 2.50 = 2.500

Can you think of any other examples?

Compact and expanded form

2010-03-19T11:22:00.002+13:00

One way to help us understand large numbers is to write the numerals in expanded form:

Compact form - 4326

Expanded form - 4000 + 300 + 20 + 6 or (4×1000) + (3×100) + (2×10) + (6×1)

How would you write 3452 in expanded form?

How do we do this for decimals? Easy!

Whole numbers			∙	Fractions/Decimals
Hundreds	Tens	Ones	∙	Tenths	Hundreths
	8	2	∙	3	7

We say 82.37 as “eighty two point three, seven”.

82.37 is the compact form.

In expanded form 82.37 = (8 × 10) + (2 × 1) + (3 × 0.1) + (7 × 0.01)

Or 80 + 2 + 0.3 + 0.07

Mathematics involving money

2010-03-16T12:01:00.002+13:00

Close to all our hearts in year 7 & 8 is money. Today we were learning to:

round money amounts to the nearest $1.00
round money amounts to the nearest $10.00
round money amounts to the nearest $100.00

Rounding down or up amounts helped us to estimate the cost of buying a number of items at the same time.

Can you round these amounts to the nearest $1.00
$5.85 $37.15 $58.35

Can you round these amounts to the nearest $10.00
$15.75 $87.99 $28.70

Can you round these amounts to the nearest $100.00
$367.75 $87.99 $549.70

Why would having good estimation skills help us?
You know roughly how much your spending (Courtney)
You know if you're spending too much (Crystal)
So you can budget with your money (Emily)

Formal English in room 12

2010-03-15T14:09:00.001+13:00

Each week we complete language fitness activities. We are looking at the following areas:
Nouns; verbs; prefixes; suffixes; synonyms; antonyms; homonyms; homophones; abbreviations; contractions; singular/plural; adjectives; adverbs; pronouns; tenses; conjunctions; prepositions; comparatives and superlatives; phrases and root words.
Throughout the year we will be discussing the different groups above and adding examples. We are sure this will help us with our understanding.

Key Competencies success rubrics complete

2010-03-12T15:05:00.002+13:00

We have now completed our Key Competencies success rubrics. We have a copy of each rubric in our topic book and have already assessed ourselves. The rubrics show us our next learning steps, and we used them as part of our goal setting. You can view the rubrics below.

10 Key Competencies Success Rubric

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Learning place value

2010-03-12T13:10:00.004+13:00

In our mathematics class we have been reviewing place value. View our place value chart below.

Can you say these numbers out aloud?
a)34.52 b)567.324 c)1234.4325 d)45221.09873

2010-03-11T13:11:00.001+13:00

Today Mr Madge spent the day with the Red Cross, updating his first aid certificate. He updated his knowledge about what to do to help others who may have been in an accident.

Buddy reading

2010-03-10T11:05:00.002+13:00

We know that being able to read is very important for all age groups. This is why we go to rooms two and three for buddy reading on a Wednesday afternoon.

We have identified our feelings using the red hat:

I feel OK with buddy reading (Maggie)
I feel good with buddy reading (Nakita)
I feel buddy reading is helpful (Izabella)
I feel buddy reading is alright (Gabriel)

We have identified the facts about buddy reading using the white hat:

We go to buddy reading every Wednesday at 1.30 p.m. (Matthew)
We help students from rooms 2 & 3 to pronounce words. (Jordan)
Year 8 students help room 3 and year 7 students help room 2. (Mystery)
We read the books to the students in room 2 & 3. (Georgia)
We spend twenty five minutes buddy reading. (Ezekiel)
We all have our own reading buddy. (Kaea)
We can read inside or outside the classrooms. (Nakita)
We take turns reading with our buddy. (Ngaire)
Each buddy reader has their own book to read. (Nancy)

We have identified the benefits using yellow hat thinking below:

It helps the buddies read and spell. (Antoinette)
It will help the buddies to read better, so that when they come to the senior school they will think the reading in the senior syndicate is easy. (Chase)
We can help our buddies get a better education. (Kaea)
It can help buddies get to know older students. (Tei)
It helps the teachers in room 2 & 3, because if we didn't go there, they'd have to work with each student one by one. (Nancy)

We have identified the weaknesses using black hat thinking below:

My buddy gets sidetracked (Korowai)
My buddy talks while I'm reading (Nakita)
After a while of reading to my buddy, she gets bored and loses attention. (Rachael)
My buddy is shy, so she doesn't usually read. (Matthew)
My buddy runs off when I'm reading. (Ngaire)
My buddy doesn't read even when the teacher asks her to. So I don't know what she can do. (Nancy)

We have created some new ideas to improve some of the weaknesses using green hat thinking below:

Get books buddies are interested in (Kaea)
You can give buddies the books to read if they are talking while your reading. (Ezekiel)
You can use expression in your reading to keep buddies interested. (Kody)
You can encourage buddies to read, and model reading first. (Matthew)
Ask buddies to sit down and be quiet. (Nakita)
Get the teacher to sit down with them, so that they do read.

Below are some photos of us working with our buddy class:

By Room 12

Learning Basic Facts In Room 12

2010-03-04T07:56:00.003+13:00

Basic Facts In Room 12
In room 12 we have a basic facts program. We have charts, A through to E. We each started on chart A, which is addition, and we are all now on separate charts.
Each morning Mr. Madge calls the roll and then we move onto basic facts. On each chart there are 6 columns, A through to F. Mr. Madge calls out a column which we all do, no matter what chart we are on. We have twenty questions on each column and we have 3 minutes to answer them and record the answers in our books. Mr. Madge calls out the answers for all the charts, which we mark, and then we fill in our score record sheet. We each have our record sheet glued into our books and we colour in the score we got. When we get four 20/20 scores we move onto the next chart. When we have completed each chart we start again on chart A, this time with 2 minutes to complete the set of questions. After 2 minutes its 1 minute, and then 30 seconds.
Chart A is addition, chart B is subtraction, chart C is multiplication, chart D is division and chart E is them all mixed together.

Interested? View our programme below:

Basic Facts Instructions

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By Mystery

Write as a ...?

2010-03-02T12:02:00.001+13:00

In room 12 we have been learning about different writing forms and who might use them. Below are a list of possible writers. What type of writing forms might these people use? Who would be their audience? What topics would they write about?

We have used some of the above writers to help us as 'writing starters'. We'll share some of our writing soon.

Room 12's Maori Lessons

2010-02-25T13:26:00.003+13:00

In room 12 this term, we have been focusing on Maori as our language, as well as Spanish and English. So far, we have been learning the proper pronunciation of the Maori language. We have learnt a song to help us pronounce the vowels. The song goes like this:

A ha ka ma a ha ka ma na pa ra ta wa nga wha
E he ke me e he ke me ne pe re te we nge whe
I hi ki mi I hi ki mi ni pi ri ti wi ngi whi
O ho ko mo o ho ko mo no po ro to wo ngo who
A E I O U
U hu ku mu u hu ku mu nu pu ru tu wu ngu whu

We have sung our song in assembly twice and have been given some sheets of how to pronounce the vowels and are now focusing more on the language. We have got some sheets of different greetings, for example:

Tena koe: greeting to one person
Tena korua: greeting to two people
Tena koutou: greeting to more than two people

We are still learning the Maori language and are continuing our lessons.

By Mystery

What do the six thinking hats focus on?

2010-02-22T14:19:00.000+13:00

What do the six thinking hats focus on? Each hat has a key focus as illustrated below.

Key Competencies in Room 12

2010-02-21T12:02:00.001+13:00

In room 12 we have been exploring the five key competencies in detail. We are now developing assessment rubrics to to help us identify at what stage we are at now, and our next learning steps. So far we've explored the following key competencies:

* Managing Self
* Thinking
* Relating to others

Take a look below at the work we have done so far.

Key Competencies Rubric

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We'll add the other two key competencies when we've completed them.

Developing thinking skills in room12

2010-02-19T12:11:00.000+13:00

In room 12 we are learning about different thinking skills. Our teacher, Mr Madge feels it's important to be taught how to think. His motto is "Learning to think, thinking to learn". At the moment we are learning how to use Edward de Bono's six thinking hats as a framework to support our learning.

Basic Facts in room12

2010-02-16T13:06:00.000+13:00

To help support students recall of basic facts in mathematics we participate in Mr Madge's basic facts programme each day. You can view it below:

Basic Facts Instructions

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Members of room 12

2010-02-09T13:33:00.001+13:00

Members of room 12:

Back to school

2010-02-06T12:04:00.000+13:00

It was great to see the students back at school. Pupils in room 12 were eager to get back in to working hard. We have been learning about the five Key Competencies. We identified what we think they look like. Our next learning step is to identify what the key competenices look like in the classroom.

Where in the world have they viewed from?

2009-12-11T11:59:00.003+13:00

Our class blog has only been going this term and we've had over 700 hits. We have had hits from different countries to.

Arriving at the year 8 ball

2009-12-11T11:37:00.005+13:00

Last night was the year 8 ball and everybody had a great time. We will be adding more photos to our blog, our first photos are of vehicles people arrived in. If you have more photos, please give them to Mr Madge, so that he can add them to the site.

Arriving at Curious Cove

2009-12-01T14:54:00.003+13:00

Jo describes his experience of arriving at Curious Cove on the launch. Take note of his brilliant use of descriptive writing, it's as if he transports you there.

A view from Motuara Island

2009-12-01T10:00:00.006+13:00

During school camp we visited Motuara Island in Queen Charlotte Sounds. We've created a video showing the panoramic view from the top of the island.

Curious Cove Exercise Morning

2009-11-26T14:28:00.005+13:00

Mr. Madge's Christmas Present List

2009-11-26T11:28:00.002+13:00

I'm sure you've asked yourself, "What can I get Mr. Madge for a Christmas present?" Now he's helped you out. View his Christmas list below.

Curious Cove's best looking student

2009-11-25T14:08:00.000+13:00

Tanelle wins the prize for best looking student at Curious Cove

Curious Cove Camp '09

2009-11-13T10:20:00.003+13:00

Next week is camp. Its gonna be pretty exciting but then again pretty scary because of the teachers.
Our teacher Mr Madge has got a Hit List of who he's gonna prank at camp. I'm on his List as well. He's told us, when he went to other camps he put an eel into someone's sleeping bag. He got the biggest one he could find in the river and put it in a potato sack and put it in someone's sleeping bag. He said it would be funny if you wake up with only one eyebrow. That got me really scared. I also looked at his Hit List without him knowing. Now I think I'm on the top of the Hit List. I think I'm gonna get paranoid at camp. Me and my mates are thinking of ways to get him back or counter his pranks when he comes in our cabin.
Also, there's night line. This will probably be one of the most scariest moments of my life. The teachers and parents are thinking of something good to get us. Yes! We're gonna have a laugh at night line. (jokes.)
Oh and I nearly forgot. Mr Chamber's water gun. He's gonna come into our cabins and wet us with his water gun until there ain't no water left. I'll tell you more once I come back from camp which will be not that long away. Please pray for me. Thank you for your concerns.

By Dylan

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

2009-11-13T09:29:00.000+13:00

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is about a china rabbit called Edward Tulane who belongs to a ten yeard old girl called Abilene. Edward is a very vain rabbit who is very up himself. He has a whole wardrobe of silk clothes and gold pocket watches. When the Tulane family are leaving their home and moving Abilene's grandmother reads them a story about a princess who never loved just like Edward. When the Tulane family is on board the boat two boys take Edward and throw him overboard. While Edward was sinking to the bottom of the sea he has time to think about what sort of life he has lived, and that he has never loved anyone. Through Edward's journey he learns to love and hate and meets a variety of people including; a sailors wife, a hobo, and he has a variety of different jobs including; puppet scarecrow and many others. During his journey of around seven years he learnt one important lesson it is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all. Edward Tulane is a wonderful book about love and loss and out of all I would rate it a seven out of ten.

By Harry and Matt

Year 8 Ball 09

2009-11-11T09:54:00.000+13:00

Every year, Kapiti Primary School has a ball for the leaving Year Eight's, which is a night of thorough enjoyment. The Year Eight students have a chance to say goodbye to the school and their friends who are going to different colleges. People have to dress up in smart, formal clothes. The Ball is on the 10th December, see the counter on the side. The Year Eight Ball happens every year and is a very special occasion for all of the Year Eight's. The venue is the school hall, which is decorated by volounteering pupils from the school.

The Boy Who Lost His Face - book review

2009-11-10T15:13:00.001+13:00

The Boy Who Lost His Face is written by Louis Sachar. This book is about David Ballinger's life. It starts off when David is trying to impress the cool kids by helping to steal an old woman’s cane. when the boys took the cane David flipped the old lady off and she put a curse on him "Your Doppelganger will regurgitate on your soul!” David first thought this was nothing but when he was going through his everyday life everything that the boys did to the old lady started happening to him. When David asks for her too take the curse off him she demands her cane back. If you want too know what happened in the rest of the book you have too read the book. Overall I would rate this book a six out of ten. It wasn't as good as previous Louis Sachar books I've read but I would recommend it for people who like reading chapter books that aren't to long.

By Harry and Matt

Extreme adventures: "Man Eater" book review

2009-11-10T10:23:00.003+13:00

The extreme adventures book "Man Eater" Was a book written by Justin D'ath.It is a very extreme and full on book. It has events constantly on and off. This book is about a kid called Sam Fox that goes and explores the jungle but something terrible happens.Fire ants invade his boat so he gets forced overboard and into the dangerous creek! Sam Fox gets trapped in the jungle with a giant Anaconda in the river, and a giant Man eating beast! Will he escape? Well you're going to have to read the book to find out. Poachers, Anacondas, tribes, and of course...The man eater. This is a very interesting book and trust me, you will NOT get bored of it! This book can be read by any old average reader. Recommended for intermediate students. I personally Rate this book a high 9/10.

Written by Matt.T, Harry.

Skullduggery Pleasant - book review

2009-11-03T15:11:00.001+13:00

Skulduggery Pleasant is a great book written by Derek Landy. It is the first in the series. While you are reading the book you follow the story of Stephanie Edgley as she learns that there is another world inside her own. The story begins when Stephanie's uncle Gordon dies just after finishing one of his novels. Stephanie learns soon after about this strange new world when she is attacked by a mysterious creature looking for the key. While this creature is trying to kill Stephanie the doors of the house blow off and in comes Skulduggery Pleasant. Stephanie finds out about Skulduggery the dead Skeleton detective and becomes his partner to held find the sceptre of the ancients and stop Skulduggery's arch enemy Nefarian Serpine and save her world from the magical gods the Faceless Ones. Skulduggery Pleasant is a funny, horror, Sci - Fi. Abook that just wants you to keep reading. I suggest this book for advanced readers who enjoy a good book. I would rate it a seven out of ten and say I can't wait to read the next one.

By Harry and Matt

KPS run, jump, throw build up.

2009-11-03T14:53:00.004+13:00

The Senior Syndicate Had sports on Friday. Instead of the usual dodge ball that we play every Friday, we tried something new. Athletics!
My class (room 12) had to do sprint running. We started with a warm up, we had to jog up to the first cone (roughly 10 meters away) then walk back and line up again. Then we started to do some different sprints.
Room 11 had to do high jump and room 13 had to do discus throwing. All the classes are going to rotate events this week on friday. The reason we are doing all of these events is to see who is the best in your gender and age group. The best people in your age group and gender will continue to the run jump throw interschool competition. This competition is between roughly 6 schools competing in long jump, high jump, shot put, discus throwing, 400m, 100m, vortex (sometimes), and then at the end each school gets their fastest runners and they have a relay race. We get a day off school for this event. =^]

Written By Harry , Matt.T

Camp 2009

2009-11-03T11:08:00.027+13:00

This year, the Year Sevens and Eights from our school are going to Curious Cove. This is in Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of NZ. Everybody is looking forward to going but we have to be at school by 5:50am! We are leaving on Monday 16th November. Everybody is hoping for fine weather so that we can enjoy our many superb activities we have planned. On Thursday we climb Mount Kahikatea, on top of which, is a viewing point. Some people who aren't able to climb the mountain, or are scared of heights will stay at the camp with some of the parent helpers who are also staying behind. The participants will be split up into the groups for the speed of the climb. The groups will be Slow, Medium, and Fast. There will be many activities you can do like Kayaking, Fliying Fox, Confidence Course, Bush Swing, Orienteering, Sports Activities, Fishing, Art, and many more.

To get there, we have to get on a ferry from Picton.

People who are going on camp have to stay in a room with either a bunk beds or single beds with one to four other people.

There is four duty groups, Group A, Group B, Group C, and Group D. Within these groups, there are fourteen supervising groups. Group A Has four supervising groups, lead by Mr Herlihy (A1), Mr Dixon(A2), Mrs Crawford(A3), and Mrs Cosgrove(A4). Group B also has four, lead by Mrs Joines(B5), Mrs Johnson(B6), Mr Stechman(B7), and Mr Madge(B8). Group C has three, lead by Mr Bacon(C9), Mr Harris Ringrose(C10), and Miss Davey(C11). Group D also has 3, lead by Mr Poko(D12), Mr Marlow(D13), and Ms Williams(D14).

Each day, different groups will work together to do jobs to help like cleaning the tables after we've eaten and sweeping the floor. Groups will also help to prepare food, like chopping up vegetables.

The day we leave is planned like this:
5:50am - Meet at school, load bus with parent helpers, go to own classroom to offload biscuits/home baking.
6:25am - Leave for ferry terminal, load gear onto truck, wait outside ferry terminal.
8:25am - Ferry departs Wellington.
11:35am - Arrive in Picton, load launch for Curious Cove.
12:15-1:30pm - Lunch at Picton, catch launch to Curious Cove.
2:10pm - Arrive at the Camp, Children put gear into their cabins and return to the dinigh room. Camp rules and regulations, free time until tea.
5:30pm - Dinner Theme "Mad Hatter's Tea Party".
7:00-9:00pm - Hall Activities for Groups A and C. Outdoor Activites for Groups B and D.
9:00-9:30pm - Supper, prepare for bed.
9:30-10:00pm - Diary entries, lights out.

On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, we will have the choice to either go for a walk, run, or aerobics. People's cabins will also be inspected. There will be a Camp Concert for parents and pupils.

Some of the jobs that people have to do are:
Breakfast Setup
Lunches
Clearing breakfast tables
Sweeping
Peel Veges
Clean Bathrooms
Rubbish and grounds clean up
Morning tea prep (biscuits)
Afternoon tea prep (biscuits)
After dinner clean up
Supper

I hope that the weather for camp is good, and that everyone has a good time.

By Jo

Boys basketball 30 October

2009-11-01T12:10:00.000+13:00

Today the boys played Kapanui. Kapanui are dominated the ‘A’ grade last year. Anyway the boys were training, you could tell they wanted Kapanui to go down.
“Everybody on the court” the refs yelled. 2 minutes later they were basically at each others throats. Throughout the 1st half, Kapiti kept losing the ball and Kapanui kept missing the shots. At this point it was anyone’s game.
Yay! Finally Kapiti got a basket. It took them ages to get it though.
At halftime, the score was 6-8 to Kapiti. Kapiti were getting frustrated because the ref wasn’t pulling up he was supposed to. Luckily there was a more experienced ref coming in the 2nd half. The 2nd half came. Elton and the Kapanui player wnet up I the air and the ball glided over to Johnson. He dribbled it down to his end and scored a basket.
The game was really anyone’s game but by the end Kapiti took it out 22-11. They played good but we’ll see what their game plan is for this week’s game. By Nikitah & Kodie

Technology at Paraparumu College

2009-10-30T09:18:00.000+13:00

Since the start of the year the year seven and eights have been going to Paraparaumu college for technology every Wednesday. When we go there we are split into six different groups. Three year eight groups and three year seven groups and each group does a different subject. The six subjects are cooking, sewing, art, woodwork, metalwork and horticulture. We do each subject for six to seven weeks. In cooking we made a different recipe each week. In sewing we made pencil cases. In woodwork we made pencil holders. In metalwork we made necklaces out of pewter. In horticulture we grew a few different plants, and in art we made masks. We asked a few people what their favourite subject was the following people said cooking:

Matt, Georgre, Georgia, Dylan, Potatau, Jo, Tanelle, Harry, Keelin,Amy,Briar & Terese

Anahera said sewing.

As you can see people like cooking. Technology is good because if someone is going to Paraparaumu college they get to know their way round and it also helps kids different skills that they might choose when they go to college. Another good reason about technology is that we get away from our teachers. =)

Published and Edited by ; Harry, Jo & Keelin

Talent Quest 2009

2009-10-30T09:15:00.005+13:00

On the 20th of August we had the 2009 Talent Quest sign ups. Ms. McDougal and Johnson were the judges of who made it through to the first round. We had all sorts of amazing acts. Singing, dancing, a combination of both, joke telling, juggling, the list went on. Mr. Vaughn, Mrs Davey and Mr. Chambers were the judges. Mr Vaughn was judging costumes, Ms Davey was judging choreography and quality of performance and Mr Chambers was judging on stage presence. They gave the contestants advice on how to improve their performance.

Vote slips were passed around each classroom and everyone voted for who they thought had put on the best performance. 50% of the voting power was given to the judges and the other half were the votes of the students.

The contestants who have been successful in both the auditions and the 1st round of the competition were;

Aimee- juggling

Tatyana- singing

Tayla- dancing

Hayley- singing

Dayna, Alesha and Grace-a combination of singing and dancing

Keelin- singing

Ella- dancing

Jo- playing guitar

Caleb and Dyllan- dancing

Tanelle and Madison- singing.

The rounds have now been split into two heats, two weeks apart. Half of the contestants perform in one heat, the other half in the next heat.

The M.C for the show is Johnson, the stereo operator is Kodie, Elton helped organise the second round of the competition. Another person who has put in a lot of effort to organise the whole competition is Ms Mcdougal.

Ms Davey said that she likes the variety of acts, and she agrees with the votes. She told us the audience had been excellent, and she is looking forward to the second heat. Her advice to the competitors was; 'Practice heaps. If you don't practice heaps, you won't get anywhere.'

Everyone is looking forward to seeing the next heat. Good luck to all competitors, from Room twelve!

By George, Anahera and Mystery

Meet Kapiti Primary School's lunch lady

2009-10-29T14:40:00.004+13:00

On the 29th of October Kaea and Izzy went to interview the Lunch Lady, she was very nice and let us ask her some questions. We found out how she makes her cookies so yummy, she says they need "lots of love". She likes working with her hands in the Kitchen, so the job was perfect for her. She first found out about the job through her children at Kapiti Primary, she has lots of experience in the kitchen at her other job in a Restaurant. She always keeps the Kitchen tidy, so does the nice PTA lady that comes in to help when shes sick. She plans to keep on working as the cool Lunch Lady at Kapiti School.

Special thanks to,
Anna The Lunch Lady.
Kaea the Photographer.
Izzy the Interviewer.

By Izzy and Kaea.

Recycling at Kapiti School

2009-10-29T13:45:00.001+13:00

A group of students were selected to work on a project, for working hard and consistently creating a high standard of work. They have independently set up a complete recycling system for Kapiti Primary School including a compost bin for food scraps. It took them six weeks to complete the process of setting it up, and now they collect the schools' recycling once a day, and hopefully this will carry on for years to come. Here is a slide to show you their hard work and the process.
By Harry and George

Recycling Presentation Kapiti School

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KPS touch rugby results Week 1

2009-10-29T10:06:00.003+13:00

On Wednesday, the 28th of October, Kapiti Primary school kicked off their first touch game for the season. All of the kids that participated played extremely well and made a huge effort.

The scores were:
Kapiti Motormouths - 9-2 win
Kapiti Hoia - 6 - 1 loss
Kapiti Miharo - 7 - 1 win
Kapiti Whero - 11 - 0 loss

The games that were supposed to be played on the 29th October were cancelled.

A special thanks from kapiti primary school to all the coaches, players and referees and anybody that helped out in anyway, our school appreciates everyone that participated and their efforts. My specials thanks though to Alicia (my coach) who came and coached us in our game.

Note: I will keep you updated on the scores every week.

By Matt

Maths in room 12

2009-10-28T12:15:00.000+13:00

In the senior syndicate we move to different classes for mathematics. At the moment we are learning about statistics. This week we have been learning about the following ideas:
Mean=Add the scores together and then divide them by the number of scores.
Median= To find the median you put the numbers in order then start counting from the outside and count in till you reach the middle number. If there is an even amount of numbers you will end up with 2 numbers, find the number in between those numbers for example if you had 6 and 8 the median would be seven.
Mode=The mode is the most common score. If you have 2 most common scores that means they are both modes. If all the scores are different there is no mode.

By Anahera

Sarah Walker BMX World Champ at Kapiti Primary School

2009-10-27T10:58:00.008+13:00

Today was the day Sarah Walker BMX World Champion came to Kapiti Primary School.
It was mint. She gave Matt her number, 96.
She answered all of our questions, and she's pretty cool.
She gave out her Beef+Lamb posters.

She even took a photo with us, Room 12 and she gave Nikitah a high5. She's never gonna wash that hand again, Haha.
She said that she was good at school. And she went out with Chang.....as a joke.
She comes from Cambridge.
She has definitley put New Zealand on the map and she has made us proud to be New Zealanders.
We loved having her at or school. It's not every day you get famous people at our school.

By Nikitah & Miria:)

Smile - Mr Madge gives us next Monday off!

2009-10-23T13:17:00.004+13:00

We're smiling, as in appreciation of how hard room 12 have worked during the first two weeks of term 4, Mr Madge has given us next Monday off. We thank him for his kindness.

Talent Quest 2009

2009-10-22T14:38:00.004+13:00

On October 22nd, Maddie, Keelin and others from different classes performed in Kapiti Primary's Talent Quest. We were split up into two different groups and rocked that boat baby! "I thought my performance was so fun to do and show the whole school, there was some funny parts in it too and the judges were very nice about my performance and i sung Hot n Cold by Katy Perry," says Keelin who was singing for the show. "I thought my performance could of been better, but the judges thought i had done well but needed a bit more. I sung The Fame-Lady Gaga and i thought it wasnt the song for me. Next time, I will be dancing." Says Maddie. Next week, five other contestants will perform to the school. Now, the school will have to vote.

The wait is upon us all...
By Keelin and Maddie.

Curious Cove Camp information 2009

2009-10-22T10:02:00.003+13:00

Last night the senior syndicate held a parents meeting for those interested in learning more about the upcoming Curious Cove Camp. The camp starts on the 16th November. You can view the slideshow shown at the meeting below.

Curious Cove 2009 Parent Slide Show

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Girls Basketball A Team - 22nd October

2009-10-21T09:30:00.003+13:00

Basketball Thursday the 22nd of October was the Girls ‘A’ team basketball game. They played Kenakena. Everybody knew it was going to be a hard game because in the netball finals Kenakena bet our ‘A’ girls netball team.
“Everybody on court” Mr Vaughan yelled out. All the girls had a smug look on their faces. This game was going to get brutal. ‘Phewww’, the whistle blew. Nikitah and the huge tall Kenakena player both went up in the air. The Kenakena player smacked the ball over to their good player. She went to lay it up but missed. “Yusss” the KPS girls were thinking.
One of the KPS girls rebounded it and dribbled it down to our end. She missed too. “Damn” they probably were thinking. Throughout the game there were heaps of fouls that didn’t get pulled up, heaps of 3 second keyholes, not blaming anyone *cough* *cough* ‘Mr Vaughan’.
The game was starting to get tight and all the girls were getting frustrated waiting for the whistle to blow. Goal after goal, the girls lost track of the score. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 “PHEWWWW” the whistle blew. All the girls were wandering what the score was. “20 all” Ms Williams said. “Wow I thought we had lost” Hayley said.
They did their three cheers and shook Kenakena’s hands. You could tell that both of the teams were out to get each other bythe looks they had on their faces before and after the game. They muscled up to the Kenakena players and put up a hell of a fight. Well done girls, you make KPS proud.

By Nikitah & Kodie

Syndicate speeches

2009-10-20T14:18:00.005+13:00

Room 12 students began their work on putting together their speeches today. Some of the speech topics are:

Should kids have to go to school - Briar

Should Goldilocks have gone into the three bears' house? - Matt

Is music a bad influence? - Nikitah

We look forward to hearing them.

Year 8 students sit college testing today

2009-10-20T08:48:00.006+13:00

The year 8 students who are going to Paraparaumu College sat their college tests today.

Matt said, "it was all-right."
Keelin said, "I didn't do it because I'm not going there."
Rachel said, "The English one was easy, the Maths one was hard."
Terese said, "It was annoying."
Madison said, "The test was all good."

We wish them well at college.

Kaea's Three Little Bears narrative

2009-10-19T08:57:00.003+13:00

The Three Little Bears,
Written in First Person
Through the Eye's of Pappa Bear
by Kaea

Halloween, our own family Holiday. Well actually it's the only time our family can leave our cold, damp, dark cave because the stupid Humans will never recognize us. To us three Bears its a safe Haven, the only place that the Zoo keepers can't find us. The Zoo was like a jail to me and my family, stuck behind bars all day long. Twelve years ago my Family escaped from that Zoo and thankfully are still safe.

Mamma bear always likes to make mine and Baby Bear's favourite, Porridge. I can smell it from a mile away. She Traditionally makes it on Halloween, for supper, its delicious. We usually go down by the River and play Night Tag for a couple of Hours. Mamma Bear is just Serving up our supper so it can cool down while were out. Well we better head off down to the River.

I'm going to catch you Baby Bear, Tag your it. Baby Bear is in, Baby Bear is in, Baby bear is in the Rubbish Bin, eating this, and eating that, now he's got a hairy back Me and Mamma Bear Sang. Baby bear tripped over an a stone and started crying. Hey there's some small footprints leading to our cave, I wonder who they belong to.

Huh? I don't smell Mamma Bears Porridge. Hey, half of my Porridge is gone, and so is half of Mamma Bears. Woahh, all of Baby Bears Porridge is gone, I wonder whos been eating our Porridge. Hey, my Chair Cushions are on the floor, and so are Mamma Bears. Woahh, Baby Bears Chair is broken, I wonder whos been sitting in our chairs. Hey, my Bed Blankets are all on the floor, and so are Mamma Bears. Woahh, a Trick-o-Treaters asleep in Baby Bears Bed, and she's waking up. What are you doing in my Cave! Get out! Don't come back!

By Kaea, Room 12

Room 12's 2009 calendars

2009-10-16T14:01:00.002+13:00

George writes...
In room 12 we've been making calendars. Our teacher has given us free choice on what the image on the front page can be. We could use pens, pencils, felt tips etc. whatever materials we wanted. We worked hard, and in the slide are some examples...

Creating blogs for everyone in our class.

2009-10-15T15:26:00.000+13:00

Over the last couple of days Jo, Harry and Mr. Madge have been busy creating blogs for every student in the class. We still have a few to create yet, as it takes quite a while to set them up correctly.

We also developed some class rules for using blogs. They can be found on the side of the blog page and below:

Bloggers are asked to keep to our rules.
1. Don’t give out your address, phone number or any personal details.
2. Only use your first name.
3. Only use your blog for school related work.
4. Don’t put pictures of yourself or others on the blog without permission.
5. Use appropriate language and pictures.
6. Try your best with spelling, but it doesn’t have to be totally perfect.
7. Don’t be rude or horrible about anyone or anyone’s work.
8. Keep your comments about other's work positive.
9. Respect other people’s opinions.
10. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the Blog.
11. Log off at the end of your session and don't share your log in details with others.

Narrative writing

2009-10-14T09:56:00.000+13:00

Today we started work on narrative writing and we are using the story of Goldilocks to help us start writing. We are rewriting the story through the character's eyes. The characters are Goldilocks, papa bear, mama bear and baby bear. This is first person writing.

We will publish some of our writing on our blog soon.

Room 12 starts term 4, 2009.

2009-10-13T13:44:00.000+13:00