Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 9

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 9.

Note that your Japanese role play is on Thursday afternoon so get it sorted with your group asap so you can start memorising and practising.

Well done Year 8s for your entertaining assembly this morning!

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 8

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 8.
Not many tasks, but also basically no task time because of retreats and the speech competition. Wednesday will be the last day you have any task time at school.

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 7

Things are a little different this week as we have a student teacher in Room 10.

Here is the task sheet for Rooms 11 & 12.  Along with the Plant Assignment.

And here is Room 10's task sheet.

Flower dissection

Last week we dissected some flowers and identified the different parts that allow them to reproduce. Plus here are some random extra photos of various things.

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 6

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 6. Be prepared to deliver your speech from Wednesday onward.

Forest Art

All three classes have been busy painting and researching native New Zealand trees as part of our plants unit.

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 5

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 5.
Major things to think about:
- write your speech by Friday
- think of a story idea to write about on Wednesday
- revise for the maths test on Thursday (it covers all maths topics)

Book Character Day

Well done to everyone for their awesome efforts for Book Character Day!

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 4

Here is the task sheet for Term 4, Week 4.

Now that the production is over, make sure you are refocusing on your school work and completing everything to the highest possible standard. There will be quite a few tests and assessments coming up as we need to start writing your end-of-year reports.

Plants

Last week we started our plants unit by planting some Little Gardens in class. Here are a few pics.

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 3

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 3.

Make sure you have decided on your speech topic by the end of the week. You will be giving your speech to the class in Week 6.

Production!

The production finally happened and everyone did a fantastic job with their acting, dancing, singing and backstage roles - well done! Here are a few backstage photos. It would be great to get some of the performance, so if your parents took any good ones, please ask them to email them or bring them in on a usb stick.

Weekly Tasks - Term 4, Week 2

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 2. If you stay focused in class, you should be able to get everything done at school. We don't want you to have homework - just focus on preparing and getting lots of sleep before the production.

Make sure your family has got tickets!

Lolly necklaces

Today the Year 7 & 8s made 170 lolly necklaces to sell at the fair on Sunday. Great job everyone!

Weekly Tasks Term 4, Week 1

Welcome back to Term 4 - only 10 more weeks of primary school for the Year 8s! The term is going to be extremely busy, with Production, Book Week, speeches, and millions of end-of-year events. Make sure you are organised and know what's coming up so you can get through it all and enjoy your last term.

Here are the tasks for Term 4, Week 1.

Here's the speech you need to analyse before Wednesday afternoon: Bending the Truth.

Weekly Tasks - Term 3, Week 9

Last week of term! Here's the task sheet for Term 3, Week 9.

There aren't many tasks since you will mostly be in production practices or at athletics, but don't leave it til the last minute as you want to be able to enjoy the last day of term.

Weekly Tasks - Term 3, Week 8

Here are the tasks for Term 3, Week 8.

Here are the Margaret Mahy poems to use for your English task. Choose 4 and write a paragraph about each one.

Production progress

The production is looming scarily close and we are super busy with dance and acting rehearsals and prop preparations. Here are a few pics of some of things we've been doing.

Dramatic pointing

In-class rehearsals

Rehearsals with the younger students

So it turns out we don't actually need the wall upstairs. 

Learning the whole school finale song

Room 12 is slowly transforming into Sherwood Forest.