Weekly Tasks - Term 2, Week 11

Last week of Term 2! Here is the task sheet: Term 2, Week 11.

Remember that your science fair project is due on Wednesday. You need to set it up in the library before school starts.

The Science Fair winners will be announced at 6.30pm on Wednesday evening. If your parents want to come and look, get them to come a little earlier than that, as students will need to take home their projects after the announcement. The projects are available for viewing any time after school up until 6.30pm.

Here is the Maori vocab to study for the test on Thursday: Ka Mau te Wehi vocab. Remember that writing the words down is more useful than just looking at the words when you are trying to memorise them.

Random pics

Here are a few pictures of recent events.

Football at Nairnville last week

More football

Research project slideshow - where people get
 to tell us all about their favourite topics!

Just a normal day

Weekly Tasks - Term 2, Week 10

Here are the tasks for this week: Term 3, Week 10.
Note that your research assignment essay is due on Thursday. Keep working hard on your Science Fair project and aim to finish it this week.

Here's the journal story you'll need for your follow-up: King Street Bridge.

The questions are:
A. Choose two examples of 'show not tell', where you need to infer what the author means. Copy out the examples and write what you think each one means.
B. Choose two examples of interesting descriptive writing. Copy out the examples and write what you like about each one.

How to post to your blog from your new Gmail address

You will probably want to give your new email address admin rights to your existing blog so you don't have to log in and out of two accounts.

First browser (e.g. Chrome):
Go on to your blog with your old address, go into Design, then Settings, then look for the Permissions section.
There's an option to Add an author. Add in your new gmail address (your st-benedicts.school.nz one).
An email will be sent to that new address.

Second browser (e.g. Firefox):
In a different browser (so you can be logged in with two gmail accounts at once), log into gmail with your school address.
The invitation to be a blog author should have arrived. Accept it.

First browser (e.g. Chrome):
Then you need to go back to your original browser and look at the blog settings again while logged in on your old gmail address. Your school email address should now be showing up as an author.
Click on the box next to the email address that says Author and change it to Admin.

Now your new address has all the admin rights and you can post on your blog from either address.

Science Fair info

Hi all - here is a bit more detail about how to present your science fair project - what headings to use etc. Don't forget your name!

Science Fair Presentation

Weekly Tasks - Term 2, Week 9

Here is the task sheet for this week: Term 2, Week 9 and the Research Assignment.

Your research assignment and Science Fair project are due at about the same time, so don't leave them until the last minute! Use those time management skills and get started right now!

Writing Circles

Room 12 started writing circles last week. Students meet regularly with the same group and take turns to discuss one piece of writing, giving constructive feedback to the author. It has been great to see how well the groups are working together already.

Weekly Tasks - Term 2, Week 8

Here is this week's task sheet - Term 2, Week 8.

Aim to have your Science Fair project done by the end of Week 10 in case you get sick or something goes wrong. This means you only have 3 weeks left. Get your testing organised tonight if you haven't already,

Here's the story from the School Journal that you need to finish after your reading lesson: Badge of Honour.

This is the story you need to read after your first Keeping Ourselves Safe lesson: The Bullies. You need to fill in a Choosing Safe Options sheet for the story.

Nairnville - Rippa Rugby

Last week at Nairnville we started learning some Rippa Rugby skills by playing a range of games.

Weekly Tasks - Term 2, Week 7

Here is this week's task sheet - Term 2, Week 7.
Remember it's a short week so you will need to get on to your tasks very quickly.

Habitat posters

Last week students worked in groups to make posters about different habitats. Good job for only 40 mins!