Week 4 done and dusted

Our swimming sports day is getting close and room m students have prepared well for these.

This week saw the first of our immunity beads given out.  Immunity beads in room m can be given out by the teachers for outstanding behaviour throughout a whole day or are received when students receive an AROHA trading card from our AROHA award system.  Immunity beads allows a student to 'opt out' of a workshop, learning block or activity if they are not feeling like doing it.  BUT don't worry, the students know that they must catch up on their missed work later on (they can't just not do the work).

Check out some of the Trading Cards that students can collect and get immunity beads for.  

On Friday Miss Turner and a group of students, parent helpers did the Taumarunui Shears fundraiser across the round at the Athletic Stadium.  Thank you to Miss Turner who put so much time into organising this and to all the students and whanau that helped out.  All the funds raised will go towards the Team 1 camps at the end of the year.

Finally, our top Classcraft student this week is..........once again

Goals are set!!!

We are really getting into the swing of things now.  All of our students have set their goals based on the reading, writing and maths learning progressions.  It was great to see the students finding the next steps in their learning.

Students are planning their days and attending workshops already.  We are looking forward to getting the student blogs up and running and then you will be able to have a look at what the individual students are doing.

Highlight for the Week 3 - Classcraft.
It has been a real hit and students are working hard to level up, and some are finding that they are losing HP and are almost falling in battle.
Top Classcraft student at the end of week 3 is Jasmin, followed closely by Nicole, both from the Super Sayans.  Well done ladies - at Level 3 already.

2 weeks down already!!!

We have had a busy first 2 (short) weeks setting up email addresses, blogs, books, setting goals, sorting our learning groups, looking at learning progressions and swimming everyday. 

We have a Taumarunui High School student Tanira Hepi that will be doing Gateway with us each Friday this year, as she decides if teaching is something that she would like to pursue.  This is her doing some activities with one of the swimming groups.

Our committees are all set to go with every student in either 1 or 2 committees.  The Cafe committee is already in full swing doing breakfast in the mornings, giving out fruit and we already have a morning tea with the Principal to prep in week 3.  Our PE committee are rostered onto monitoring the PE shed and we had our first lunchtime activity on Thursday run by Rik and Nathaniel.  It is exciting times as we have a few new committees this year.  We were just approached on Friday with a project for our Art committee to lead and we are looking forward to see what our Music Committee, Glee Club and Science Committee have install for the year.

The most popular thing of the week would have to be Kahoot - the students have thoroughly enjoyed doing various quizzes and using their iPads to answer the questions.  
This is Max, Emma and Bailey enjoying their own special Kahoot time.

William discovered 'STOP don't talk to me! I am an Independent learner' this week,

and some of the group 2 swimming group demonstrating their skills while floating on their back.

Week 3 will be a crazy as the first 2 weeks we are sure.  Exiting times and great fun in Room M.