Digital Citizenship - Hector's World

Over the last couple of weeks we have been focusing on what it means to be a good digital citizen. 

As part of this we have been using Hector's world.  Hector's World is a programme designed to teach us about safe online practices and digital citizenship using cartoon characters, animations and stories.

You can check out Hector's World here and see what it is all about.

Wear a Hat For Grace Yeats

Grace Yeats is a 10 year old girl from Carterton who has got a mystery brain illness.  She is in Starship Hospital unable to walk or talk.  Room 6 has organised a gold coin donation fundraiser for Grace so on Friday put on a hat, beanie, ribbon, or headscarf and bring along a gold coin.

Grace Yeats article

Leave us a Voice Message!

Through an online tool called SpeakPipe, you are now able to leave a recorded message for us about our learning. 

On the right-hand side of your screen you will be able to see this:

Just click on the 'Send Voicemail' button and start recording your message!  This message will be sent to Mrs Bismark's email address first and then your messages will be shared with us.

We look forward to hearing from you using this new tool - happy recording!

Rugby Mad Students!

Corey and Tyler were lucky enough to get to watch a great game of rugby, get some autographs from the Hurricanes, and then get a photo with Andre Taylor!  Thanks for sharing your news with us! 

What is your favourite sport and why?



Digital Citizenship

As part of our ICT contract, we have two ICT student leaders that attend meetings about all things ICT!  Their focus at the moment is digital citizenship, so check out the video to see what it is all about. 

What does digital citizenship mean to you?

Why is it important to be a good digital citizen?

Wizard of Oz Rehearsals

Rehearsals are well under way for Tokomaru School's production of the 'Wizard of Oz'. Check out the photos of some of the action so far!

Aurora Australis

Aurora Australis down South!  We had a look at the amazing images of Aurora Australis this morning as a prompt for our writing.  We loved the colours - "they look like all the colours of the rainbow", said Eli and Lukaz. 

Check out the link and see the other pictures for yourself!

Multiplication

Some of the students in our class have been learning about multiplication. They were introduced to a great website that helps support their learning in this area - check out multiplication.com and have a go yourself!

Statistics - What is your favourite colour?

We are learning about Statistics during Maths.  We have come up with our own questions so we can investigate what Tokomaru School likes.  Everything from favourite movies to pets.

Below is a survey you can take part in about favourite colours:

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

Welcome to Room 1, Miss Cole!

Room 1 would like to extend a Tokomaru School welcome to Miss Cole, a student from Massey University.  She will be teaching and learning with us for four weeks. Below is a photo of her teaching a maths group this morning:



Tyler thinks he knows it!

Brooklyn says she does too!

Thank you EzCover!

We are thrilled to bits with our EzCovers from www.ezcover.co.nz.  We were sent 100 covers after EzCover saw our class blog - they thought it was really cool! 

Check out our flash books covers - we love all the designs!

Bailie gets ready to use her newly covered Writing book!  Such cute animals!

The EzCovers were put straight onto our books this morning - they make our books look really cool because of the awesome designs on them!  Pirates, animals, soccer balls, and skateboarders just to name a few!

Thanks to Bryce and the EzCover team for the covers - we appreciate you visiting our blog and we look forward to learning in our EzCovered books!

Cluster Touch Tournament 2012

A huge congratulations to the students who took part in the Cluster Touch Tournament 2012. Some outstanding performances and a special mention to the Year 0-2 group who came 1st in their division. Thanks to our supporters who cheered us on all day!

Trip to the Creek

To conclude our Why Wai? unit, we went on a trip to a creek on a local farm (thanks to Corey and Tyler's family). We had a 20 minute walk to the creek and we could even see a waterfall in the distance. Lots of fun was had throwing stones into the creek and playing around (and in!) the creek. Check out the photos from the trip.

Mainland Adopt a Penguin

Mainland Yellow Eyed Penguin - Week 1 on PhotoPeach

To celebrate Mainland's 21-year sponsorship of the Yellow-eyed Penguin trust, Mainland are giving all New Zealand primary schools the chance to win over $10,000 in prizes during Term 2 2012.

Watch our class's adopted virtual penguin (Toko) grow as we compete with other classes to collect Mainland yellow-eyed penguin labels, and turn our class into yellow-eyed penguin pros with weekly fun and engaging information sheets and class activities.

All we have to do is collect Mainland yellow-eyed penguin labels from our class's friends and families each week for the chance to win great prizes. 

So look out for the labels on Mainland products from the beginning of Term 2.  Families and friends can keep up with our progress here.

Stuff - Kids' General Knowledge Quiz

Just because we aren't at school doesn't mean we can't do a general knowledge quiz!  Click on the link below for today's quiz.  If you want to do more click here - a new one is added daily.

Today's quiz.

Have fun and good luck!