Awakeri School Room 11 in 2006

Awakeri School

Room 11 in 2006

Who are we?
Well, Room 11 is a really neat class. There are 31 kids in Room 11 and they are year sevens and eights. Our teacher is the lovely Miss Shaw and she has lots of cool and crazy ideas for our work. Us kids of Room 11 are good workers. When we get set to a task, we put our heads down and work!!!
Our website monitors for room 11 are (drum roll please) Zara F. and Steffi. R.!!!!!Click here to see them.

Class news
18th December 2006
Well this time in two days school will be OVER!! well for the juniors any way, but I guess we still have a half day to go which is optional so yes it is only officially two days to go!! Yay well in a way its yay but then again noooo its going to be sad to leave Awakeri School. *She sniffs*.
Anyway, tomorrow room 12 has invited us to the world premiere of their movie that they have made.
Click here to see some photos of the making of "Don't Answer The Phone"!!!

13th December 2006
It's our final full week here at Awakeri school and its going to be very sad to go.
We have had another normal week doing current events and maths and everything like that. We've also been having folk dancing every day and at 11:45 we go out and either play padder tennis or softball. They're both heaps of fun! But it gets really hot so we need hats.
Coming up we have fancy dress it will be a great and fun night of folk dancing and jump jam.
I have already got my costume (I'm going as a poker player) and I know that it will be a very colourful night.
Also next week on Tuesday we have social for the year 7's and 8's that will also be a very loud and energetic but it will be a blast!
Then on the final day, we have a half day and it's a water fight! Students against the teachers.

4th December 2006
Last week was a very busy week. On Thrsday the year 7's and 8's had intensives, The year 8's went to Tauranga and went to an indoor games centre. There they played dodgeball which was my favourite. Then we all played netball and soccer which made us very tired! But the fun wasn't over yet! We hopped on the bus and went tenpin bowling. Once we got there, we got onto groups of 5 and then started to bowl. It was really funny because we didn't put the gutter sides up and heaps people got gutter balls including myself!
Meanwhile the year 7's played mass soccer and had a technology challenge. After that they read to and played games with the little kids. The junior school teachers talked to them about taking care of the little kids. Then they made chants, posters and flags for their house.
The next day we all came to school all happy knowing that we had another really fun day ahead of us.
Some of the year 8's went with Mr. Hawkes to the skate park and pa site, while other year 8's went golfing,
and the year 7's also had a fantastic day as they were at the Barr's farm doing some neat activities. They were put into groups of 5 or 6 and practiced their team work skills. Then they walked to the hot pools next door. There they had lunch,(sausages) had a swim and played as well as the year 8's. After that we all returned to school.

24 November 2006
This term we have been very busy with tests and finishing off work.
Last week Room 11 went to Wairaka Marae. We left on Wednesday morning and did a manuhiri powhiri. We were welcomed on by Room 12. Then we got straight into it. We did activities like art, a historical walk and flax weaving. We then went on a walk to the water fall and the archeological dig in town. Next we had dinner then story telling. We all said our Pepeha's and then we were off to bed. The next morning we welcomed on Room 10, 13 and 9. We became teachers and taught the younger kids how to weave, string games and art. And just like that, we were on the bus, on our way back to school.
Then it was back to school work the next day, we had a marae evaluation and also we have been learning Te Taima in Te Reo. Today we had a test about it and nearly everybody improved.
Also to add on to all the work we have started a reading assignment, we have to read 2 journals and then answer questions about two storys and two articals. Also we have to learn a poem off by heart and then we have to hand it all in next week.
Room 11 has had two relieve teachers this week because Miss Shaw has been writing on our report (I hope I get a good one.)
Next week the year 7 and 8s have intensive. The year 8s on the first day go over to Tauranga and we're going tenpin bowling and do some indoor activities. I can't wait!
The year 7s are reading to little children and playing games with them. On the second day the year 8s have an option to either go golfing, or they can go go the skate park and then to a pa site. The year 7s go to a farm and do some very cool and fun activites.
Then the year 7s and the year 8s all meet up at the Awakeri hot pools and have a swim.

25 October 2006
Today for athletics we practised our sprints. Well, a 200m race which we should be sprinting anyway. We also practised relays and how to pass the baton. At the end when we were all familiar with the passing, we had a proper race. There was only 4 people in the class challenge race so we had to pick the fastest.
The team from our class was Zoe, Steffi, Liam and Matthew. In the race, there was Room 10 and the fabulous Room 11 and Room 12.
We have Marae Stay(over night) coming up in week 6. We are all looking foward to it. Every day at 12:15 pm,
we go into room 10 and practice our waiata.(songs)
For art, we have been studying Rei Hamon, an artist, who is known for pointilism art. Pointilism is an art form of when a picture is drawn or painted as dots.
We have our maturation talk tomorrow and the lesson is taken by Johanna Wilson ( not much more to say about that.)
As part of our topic studies, we have to do a lot of research on the history of New Zealand and artist Rei Hamon.

17 October 2006
On Friday, we had Ag Day. Everybody had been working hard on their crafts, baking and animals. Group Day is on Wednesday and is for the students who won a ribbon with their calf, kid or lamb on Ag Day.
We've been doing more athletics every day apart from Monday which we do sprinting.
Our topic study is Maori Myths and Legends. Papa and Rangi was the first one we read. And after that we drew the characters.
We have also been learning more Te Reo because we are staying at the Wairaka Marae later on this term. We have also been learning songs and basic Te Reo. (You can read more about it in the teacher's message.)
We have started a new unit in Maths. It's algebra.

10 October 2006
Before the holidays we had production at the Little Theatre, it was a wonderful show and then it was the holidays!! I had a wonderful 2 weeks off school and I'm sure everybody else did.
Now were back at school, it's our last term and we have so much coming up so we really need to knuckle down and concentrate on our school work. Today we started off with current events and then we did some English on our goal setting that took about 30 mins. After play we started to practice for school athletics (well until it rained we did anyway) but the weather fined up so we went back our to practice high jump, long jump, shout put, discus, and standing jump. Standing jump is new to Awakeri. What you have to do is stand on a mat and then without taking a run up or anything. You have to just stand on the end of a mat and see how far you can jump.
After that we came back inside and started a new unit for maths.

12 September 2006
Over the last few weeks we have been doing more production practice, and now we have finally have a full run through of the whole thing. Tomorrow we have our fist dress rehearsal, then next week we have the real thing. Tickets are on sale at Awakeri school office in the morning.
Yesterday we had manual, and we have nearly finished out puppets. Some of us are up to making our clothes. We had a power cut, so we couldn't use the machines in the afternoon.

23 August 2006
Well over the last few days we have been doing jump jam. We have had to learn some new ones for the production. Speaking of production we have been going over to the hall and doing a read through and Mr. Fitz says that every one should now their part by now, So I have been working hard to learn all my lines and so has every body else. And also every Wednesday we have music with Mr. Hawkes and that's really fun. Our class
(room 11) swaps with his class (room 12) and we go in there and we sing all these really cool songs. Most of them are old but there are words so if we don't know the song we can just read the words. Also he has a drum set in his class so he gives us a beat and people who want to see if they can do it will go up to the front of the class and have a try. Most people can, but as for me *cough cough* that's a different story.
This morning we were doing biography. First the teacher told us what a biography story was. It's a story where someone is telling a story about another person) and a auto biography story is where someone is telling a story about themselves. So after that we had to write a biography story on your chosen sports person. We have only done a paragraph but it's a start.

15 August2006
Well today we have had our first proper day with Miss Shaw (our new teacher). Well we started off the day with fitness and then we had a little discussion about current events and then we all got given jobs to do then we didn't have any time left to do smart words so we just went straight to the library then it was play lunch,
after that we had math's we were doing 3D drawings and shapes, then we had hockey/soccer practice
then lunch yay!! After that we read for about 10 mins and then we went to the computer suite and we were searching our choose person ( we have started a new unit, we have to choose a famous person and then we have to talk about them) so we headed off to the computer suite and searched their name and then we copied and pasted only the information that matted and then we printed it off and then the day was over in a flash!!

8th August 2006
Well today we have been working in our thinking skills book.
We were giving a piece of paper with a picture on it. We had to do the PMI which stands for P= plus M=minus I= interesting. We had to look at the picture and then write what's good about it and what's bad about it and what's interesting and then after that we had library, followed by P.E and then math's and after lunch we have computer suite where we will be doing excel and then at the end of the day we have debating .

2 August 2006
This morning we went to see the science fair projects. A lot of people in our class got commendeds, Highly Commendeds and third places. The students who get Highly Commended and up go to the E.B.O.P. Science Fair. Liam Richards and ChristineTipper (who was partnered with Kelli Paterson, Rm 10) received third equal in the Science area. Before lunch we are going to prize giving.
For Te Reo Maori, we are making books about Nga Tae. (colours) We are using ideas from a Maori colours book about a dog who gets in all types of trouble.
Now, because Miss Isaac is leaving, we are throwing a party! A farewell party. We are having pin the tail on the donkey, pinata and kareoke. We, the kids of the classroom, wanted to see Miss Isaac in a skirt before she goes. She said she would only wear one if everyone else wears one. So some of the boys are going to dress up in skirts!
With Mr. Sheather, we are making ads. The class have come up with some cool and strange ideas.
Currently, the school is entering a competition. We have to collect as many apple yummy stickers as we can. We are First equal with room 13. The winners get lots of sports equipment for their school!

25 July 2006
Well, yesterday we found out that we are receiving a new teacher for the rest of the year, in three weeks! Miss Isaac will be leaving to go down south to Greymouth to be a deputy principal. We get a new teacher, Mrs Shaw for the rest of the term. Then for term 4 we are getting a new, mystery teacher. We know that all of room 11 will miss Miss Isaac. We will miss how she always does fun, unusual and interesting things.
Now lets talk worms. Brent Gurran's family owns a worm farm. Brent 'willingly' brought along a box of worms for us to see. He also talked about what worms are for, and told us all about worms!!!

20 July 2006
Well, we're back at school for term 3! Everyone had a great rest.
Lately, for English we have been learning to write ballads which are poems that have mixed up sentences.
e.g "I went to school". Then it becomes "to school I went".
For maths we are learning about angles. You know, acute angles and such.
P.E. has been softball. We have been learning to catch, throw and bat.
Today and tomorrow, we are learning about composting. Some think it's gross, some think it's cool, but it is supposed to be really interesting.
We also have been swapping teachers for half an hour most days. Mr Hawkes gets Room 11 for music and Miss Isaac gets Room 12 for volleyball. Everyone thinks it's cool.
Tomorrow's Friday, so we will be having a fun day. !!Yay!!

28 June 2006
Well yesterday some of our students went to go to Manawahe to compete in inter school cross country. every one who went did extremely well, we are all proud of them. While the they were there the rest of the class and other senior school was in room 11 or in other classes but the people who was in room 11 ( like my self) were all doing art for the most of the day but we did also go out for a game of soft ball and that was cool. The art that we were doing was we had to draw a person and the we had to make something go wrong with them it was about reorganizing the human body and they look awesome so I decided to take a few photos to show you how good they look. We also did some of animals mixed with other animals our whole class room looks so cool. On no to night we have parent teacher inter view's, but look on the bright side to day and tomorrow we only have half days so that is good and then on Friday it is out last day of this term !!yay!! and according to the teacher we will be having a fun day ( I hope so) and then we have two weeks of on holiday.

23 June 2006
Today our teacher organized for us to do something really cool today. We went to the staff room and we listened to a audioconference about the blue duck. We had people in our class speaking. Zoe, Sam and Shaun. What they did was they asked questions about the blue duck. Then Sonya the host answered the questions while she was on a field trip looking for the blue duck. There were also other schools on the phone so we could listen to them as well. It was really cool as we were writing down notes from the conference.
Last night the senior syndicate held their speech competition finals. There were 7 poeple, they all did well just getting there, but the three people who did exceptionally well were Steffi Rogers (ME!!!) who came third, Marie-Loiuse Barkema who came second and the winner, who did an awesome speech and who won the shield and $40 gift voucher for Whitcoulls was RHONA WHITTAKER.

19 June 2006
Well, the semi-finals have been and gone, Room 11 has two people through to the finals which are this Thursday at night and the two people who are through are (drum roll please) Guy Kamporst and Steffi Rogers!!! Only 7 people out of the 15 finalists got through to the finals and congratulations to everyone who even made it to the semi finals. We we have started a new unit now we have started to study the battle of Hastings we started to day so we don't know much yet, but Miss Isaac said that we will be doing a lot of acting so I am really glad because I do drama and I love acting. Speaking of acting the school production is coming up and we have been given a sheet to learn all the words and then at the end of the week we are going to audition of the parts.
Back to class we have also been doing a lot more of spirolateral patterns and now we are making them in to 3D with blocks its really fun!! Now lets talk science we have been testing things like liquids lots of people brought in deferent liquids and we have been testing them to see if they are acids or alkalis and did you now that lime drink is an acid!! year I no it shocked me to. Any way we had a whole day on testing all the deferent liquids and it was really fun oh year every Monday we have still been going to Mr. Sheather every Monday after noon to make a medieval weapon its fun fun fun!!!any way ill up date you when I next can.

8 June 2006ts
We have a new student in our class. His name is Cody. He is really cool and a hard worker. The other day, we had school cross country. Everybody did extremely well and put in their best effort. It took up the whole to afternoon, but it was really fun. All of the seniors had to run through !!MUD!! When I was running through the mud, it got all up my legs!!! It was yuck, but it was worth it. Over the last few days we have been working on a new project for the class, we have been set little tasks for the class room. We had to put up cardboard and paint them. We then put them up around the class to make it look pretty. Also so that we don't have to look at the boring brown carpet on the walls. It was really fun as we were working in groups of 2, 3 or 4 people. Once we had finished we went and told Miss Isaac and she would put them up around the class. Now that it is finished, it looks amazing. Also, since we are studying medieval realm, some people have made a castle at the back of the class. It's 3D so we can walk into it. Currently, we have been doing speeches. Well, all of the senior school had to make up a speech on a topic and then say it to the class. Once everybody has done their speech, the teacher picks 5 or so people to be in the semi-finals. You say your speech to the whole syndicate. The people from my class who are in are me (Steffi), Kirsty, Matthew R, Guy and Zara. The semi-finals are this week on Thursday so that will be fun fun fun !!! I can't wait.

22 May 2006
Well today we have had a different teacher because our original teacher has been observing around the school. Anyway we just got back from camp and I'm talking to Madison about what happened at camp.
Well on the first day we left school and drove to Tui Ridge camp in Rotorua. We arrived at the destination at 11:00am and then we got a tour around the camp. We were then told all the rules about the camp and what and what not we were allowed to do. Later on we had free time while the teachers told the parents all the rules then we had lunch. Then we had the amazing race which was really fun and tiring. After that it was getting a bit dark so we had tea and then we had our diary. We played spotlight. All the children had to hide and the parents and teachers had to find us. We played it twice. The first time we played there was a group of us hiding in the bush. We never got found so we had to get called back by the bell. The second time our luck wasn't so good we got found, then it was late so we all headed back to the dorms and went to sleep.
The next day we all woke up and we had our first events. We had high ropes then lunch followed by archery. At high ropes it was really fun, there were 4 things that we could do. I did them all. Once we had done all of them we were allowed to try the leap of faith. It is a little pole and you have to climb up it and then stand on it and there is a trapeze in front of you. You have to try and jump out and grab it. It was really fun and hard to get it, but lots of people got it which was good. After our 2 hours were up, it was time for lunch.
Once we had all finished we went to our next activity which was archery. It was really hard for some to get the targets, but some of the boys were really good and kept getting the bulls eye. After that activity was over we had games. We went up to the school room and we played indoor hockey. It was really really fun and also really really tiring because you have to run up and down the room and plus I kept getting whacked in my shins by the hockey sticks!! When our two hours were up we had a bit of free time. Look at the COOL photos we took at camp!

15 May 2006
On Friday our other web site monitor left to go to another school it was so sad but now we have a new monitor and her name is Zara Fowell and she is a very good worker and all (so a top student) so I am so glad to have her with me. We have been doing our very last cards of SRA its sad for some people but I'm glad that there gone. Also we have had Mrs. Merry for art. We had to design a stamp to help save Christmas. We had to draw a picture that represents what Christmas means to us. Then once we finished we voted for which 6 stamps we thought were the best. The 6 best stamps are being sent away, and if they win, the person who made the stamp gets $500 for themselves and $1500 for the school. Also, their stamp design gets turned into a real postage stamp for millions to see. We have also been learning the set in volleyball. So far in volleyball we have learnt the dig, the serve, and the set. It is really fun. We will be playing volleyball at camp.WE GO ON CAMP TOMORROW!!!YAY!!! : )

4 May 2006
In the last week room 11 has been doing very fun and exciting things. Yesterday we played volley ball maths and I know that it sounds weird but it was really fun and all of room 11 enjoyed it. You were put into groups of 3 and you had to get 1 person to throw you the ball. Then you had to hit it and the person who threw the ball to you (which is called the lollypop man) had to count how many throws they had thrown, because they were only allowed to throw you 10 balls. The other person had to count how many good throws they did. You made it into a tally chart, which was cool. We have also been doing art. Some afternoons room 11 goes to room10 and we do art and room 10 comes to room11 to play volley ball. In room 10 we have been making a picture about Christmas and what Christmas means to you. It's really fun and to day we are going for the whole afternoon so that will be fun.
WE ARE GOING TO CAMP NEXT WEEK!!! So room 10 has been coming to room 11 and we have been writing stuff in our camp books about what we are going to be doing there. We are doing all these fun activites such as HIGH ROPES!! I know that is fun because I did it last year, it was really exciting and for some a challenge. We are also doing ABSEILING!!!!
There is a big wall and a small wall and the instructors say that you have to go down the big wall just to us a challenge which is really cool. Also we do THE FLYING FOX. It's really long and you have to walk up 70 or 80 steps just to get to the platform but at least we get a little fitter and then weeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! all the way to the bottom again.We do MOUNTAIN BIKING. There are 4 tracks that you can go on. It goes from easy to hard and you have to have a parent in view at all times which is fine with me because I don't want to get lost. And we also do ARCHERY its really fun. Just a little tip don't shoot the arrow when some one is in front of you. It will hurt.Last but not least GAMES. For this event you go in to the dining room and then every one moves all the tables. We play indoor hockey and every one enjoys it and at the end of the day every one is tired because we spend 2 hours on each event .

31 March 2006
Yesterday room 10, 11 and 12 went to Otarawairere for our rocky shore study. We saw a BIG rock crab. It was SCARY! We also saw lots of hermit crabs, limpets, 2 octopuses, starfish, cockabullies, cat eyes, kina, a spider crab, etc. Click here to see pictures of the trip.
On Mondays room 11 and 12 go to Manual and we have been making pencil cases, food and clocks. It is very fun!C

28 March 2006
Today we have been doing the usual SRA cards. Last week we started a new project on the commonwealth games. We have chosen a partner to work with and we have been choosing a person who went to the commonwealth games and who did really well. Also we have to make a little booklet on them. We have all finished the front cover and most of us are on to the next page so we will inform you about that when we have done more work on it. We have also been going out for lots of games and playing non stop cricket.
We have been doing lots of art lately we had to make up a predator and here are some of them.

ss News

22 March 2006
Unfortunately we have a pupil leaving to day her name is Carlene Steer. She has been a kind and caring student at Awakeri school and has to say her good byes this afternoon all the school will miss her so much because she is the funny one and she makes everybody laugh she has been a really good friend to all of us and it will be really sad to see her go another school so all the best Carlene and have a great time.

15 March 2006
On Friday every one that is 8 and uolder have to go to swimming sports, which is held in Edgecumbe. There are lots of events that you can go in. Everybody has to go in at least 3 events. Everybody did very well and inter-school swimming sports is on the 16 of March and only people who got good placing and who got chosen to go can, SO GOOD LUCK to those people who were Chosen to go. Other things that we have been doing are Maori with Mrs Bateson and Siri we have been doing or Nga Mihi and our Taku Pepeha!
We have also been doing lots of PAT tests I wonder how everyone's done!
Our reliever teacher the cool Mrs. Bateson taught us a new game that is sort of like softball. Here's what you do. You have a team of batters and a team of fielders. In batting you have to run as far as you can and if you're not on a base when the ball gets back to the pitcher you lose all your runs. The team with the most runs win.

3 March 2006
Well today we went swimming and we had to go in our clothes We had to make waves from the side of the pool and then our teacher (Miss Isaac) would number you 1 to 6. Then she would call out one of those numbers. If you were that number, you had to go into the middle and then you had to tread water while there were lots of waves going over your head. It was hard and everybody struggled to keep their heads above the water.

March 23 2006
So far this week room 11 has had a different teacher because our other teacher has been away with a very sore leg. We all hope that she gets better soon so that she can come back to teach us. We have been studying the common wealth games and looking at all the medals that we have won so far the total is 16 so that's good for New Zealand,we have also been looking at all the events that New Zealanders have been taking part in, our relive teacher has been bringing cuttings out of the news paper and putting them up on the back wall so that every body can see there. for math's we have started a knew unit on place value and we do that every day. We have also been doing SRA its where you have to read a story and then answer all the questions that are on the sheet and then when you are finished all the questions you go and get the answer card and take it to the teacher and they mark it. Every Wednesday afternoon we half the class and then the year s7's go in to another class with Mr. Sheather and they have been learning about the seven wonders of the natural world and the the year 8's stay in the class and they do like art or other stuff like that, and then and 2:00 we all swap over the year 7's come to room 11 and the the year 8's go to Mr. Sheather class to study. Its really fun and the seven natural wonders of the world are the Grand Canyon, the Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest, Sahara Desert, Angel Falls, Sarawak Chamber and the Mauna Loa.

24 February 2006
Today room 11 has been doing swimming but there was something unusual about what we did at swimming today..... WE SWAM IN OUR CLOTHES!!! We are learning about if you fell out of a boat or something to swim properly, you have to take your clothes off and tread water!!!
We also learnt a new game which we named ballzilla!!!

17 February 2006
Right now room 11 are studying mould "ewwwwww". We haven't been working on it very long, But for what is happening now lots of kids have been bringing lots of mouldy food like a pumpkin, a sandwich, raspberry buns, and a container of fruit (AND THEY REALLY REEK!!!). Luckily they're wrapped so we don't get sick!!!

Students' Work


This piece of fabulous work belongs to Christine	This is Madison's work

Sam's art is looking really SPOOKY!!!

Teacher's Message

Room 11 are still working hard in class time to ensure all mondules are finished by the end of the term.
We are running a padder tennis ans softball tournament in the senior syndicate as well as making preparations for the end of the year events.