Let's go to the Zoo!!

Room 9 has recently entered a competition to have a free class trip to the zoo! All we had to do was make a short video about our ideal animal enclosures. Check out our video below.

If you could build an animal enclosure, what would it look like? which animal would you choose? Let us know in your responses below

Welcome to 2019

Room 9 has started off with a bang this year. For the first month they have really had a large focus on PB4l values within Wesley Intermediate. Learning how to be respectful in all environments and covering the core principles of Respecting self, others & the environment. Recently we have started looking at culture and how we can take a step towards learning another culture in a safe environment. So all students have picked a language aside from English, and we are in the process of using this language in everyday conversations. The idea is to incorporate and expose room 9 to a multitude of languages. Some of the most popular languages students have chosen in room 9 are Tongan, Spanish & German. See below for some cool videos that can help you learn how to introduce yourself in these languages.

FORT DAY!!!!!!

Wet day? Kids distracted by lightning? Need help?

Why not build forts with your students. Who said a class needs to have a normal layout? and what is a normal layout anyway!

Room 9 had heaps of fun building their forts and were the quietest I think they have ever been. Think of the benefits for their learning when they feel comfortable and safe.

Through Space and TIme!

This term room 9 has been investigating space and planetary systems. They have done a tone of work and it has been great seeing these budding scientists learn about the complexities of space and planetary systems. During this process Room 9 students were given a goal of presenting their findings to the class. Some however chose a different approach to presentation. Above you will find our space video, a first attempt by room 9 to make a educational video. Below you can see some of the photos from our presentations and displays that were created. Well done to Room 9 students for their participation special shout our to Leray for his amazing book on space which he created.

Ako Hiko Film Festival Entry

Room 9's film festival entry

For the last two months Room 9 has been in the process of shooting and editing it's film for the Ako Hiko film Festival. Please view and let us know what you think. Room 9 has done really well to film a quality film and have done a lot of learning around how films are made. It was a great collaborative project and was a lot of fun. Highly recommended for any Ako Hiko schools to participate in the future!

Welcome to Virtual reality!

During the school holiday's Mr Walker went to the Sydney Edtech Conference hosted by google. He came back to class after this with a range of tools to share with room 9. He showed us google experiments which are awesome and have some great tools to experiment with. Sematris is our favourite so far. However he also came back with a cool new way to share our work through virtual reality tours.

https://sites.google.com/wesleyintermediate.school.nz/thevrroom/wesley-intermediate-school-virtual-reality/classroom-tours/ingrid?authuser=0

Check out our cool virtual reality tours! We have started with our recounts from our holidays.

Rockets @ Wesley Primary

Today room 9 had a wonderful opportunity to go and demonstrate our rocket programme at Wesley primary school. We partnered up with room 3 & 4, who have been studying flight this term. We talked about the different forces acting on the rocket and we also introduced newtons laws to the class. We then gave a demonstration of a rocket in flight and gave room 3 & 4 a chance to have a go at launching the rocket.

 Both classes were really involved and showed a great understanding of how flight is achieved. They were able to talk about thrust, lift, drag and how friction affects our rockets flight. Some great connections were made, and it was a real pleasure linking up with Wesley Primary for a demonstration.