Garden to table

On Wednesday, Room 19 had their first Garden to table session. Before we had our first session, we discussed the expectations so that we knew how to be organised and ensure that we demonstrate our best behaviour. Our class was split in to 2 groups; garden group and the kitchen group. The garden group, toured around the school investigating the tastes and smells of our school gardens. The kitchen group, read recipes and prepared our kai.

The garden group with our leader Laura.

The kitchen group

After about an hour, both groups gathered together so that we could celebrate. This meant both groups meeting in the Pohutakawa room, Jacob blessed our kai and we sat down to enjoy our meal.

New Chromebook Learners- What we want to know

In Room 19, there are several students who are completely new to using Chromebooks. We shared some of the things we would like to know. If you know how to do some of them, we'd love you to comment or leave your email address so we can get in touch!



Laycen "What's the difference between http and https?"
Essa "How to make an animation picture."
Lorenzo "How to make a video, and send a link to a video from YouTube."



Mohammed "How to make a website."
Maz "How to download songs and games from the internet."
Quinn "How to animate Google Slides."



John David "How to comment on Google Docs."
Andre "How to change the background on your chromebook."
Luke "How to make a website and how to download things."



Romena "How to use or make Google Slides."
Sadiyah "How to use your email."
Jacob "How to get an image onto Google images."

Manners matter!!!

During term 1, our whole school focus is about developing and demonstrating positive behaviours and attitudes towards others and our environment. Using our manners, being organised, caring, getting along and being persistent in our learning are all qualities that help us to achieve. This all connects very well to our overall inquiry theme for the year of 'making the world a better place'. Please encourage your child to demonstrate all of the above attributes/qualities when they are at home or out in the wider community.

Focus for weeks 1 & 2= Manners matter!  We have been practicing using our manners and gaining an understanding of why we should use them. We have come to appreciate that when we use our manners, we are developing positive relationships and respect for each other. A small, but very important contribution towards making the world a better place!!! 

                  Our next focus= organisation. 

 Thank you very much for reading Room 19's blog!!!. 

Our first learning day in Room 19

Very exciting day today!!! Our learning has begun and the students are full of enthusiasm and energy. We started our day by doing a 'people search' activity. This encouraged the students to meet others and see if they had things in common. We also discussed expectations for all members of the Owairaka whanau to follow. This tied in very nicely with our focus on 'Manners' and that they really do matter at our school. Students have begun their individual dossier sheet. When completed, they will be laminated and displayed in the class for the year as will inform our visitors of who the Room 19 whanau members are. Circle time was fantastic, students had the opportunity to practice using their manners while engaging in sharing their thoughts with their peers. We did a few more things today and I thoroughly enjoyed engaging with such wonderfully polite Year 5 & 6 learners.