Gesture Based Computing

This is the link and video for the New Scientist article Ms Leishman was telling the class about on Monday.
Gesture Based Computing - New Scientist

Our Writing

It's been a busy week in Room 8 (and it's only Wednesady!). Check out the new stories on our writing page: Daniella and Megan by Daniella; The King and the Devil by Jack B.  and The Princess and the Dragon by Emma Y.

Shark Research - Reading

On Monday and Tuesday Dug’s Group did some research on sharks. Our group found out that great white sharks have up to about 7 to15 rows of teeth. On Tuesday I brought in a sharks egg. My mum let me see a documentary of a sharks egg. We found it on the beach when I was 5. I have not seen it for a long time.

I got some shark stuff from the computer and it was fun. After we got a some paper and we did some work about sharks. It was hard. I was partners with Kate. We had lots fun. The names in our group are Emily, Kate, Oits, Jordan and Jessie.
By Emily

Portfolios and Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews are being held at school next week. We have been working hard to get our Portfolios up to date so that we can share our learning goals and achievement with parents. Mrs Carver helped us on Thursday by taking photos for our cover pages. You can see the photos on our school website:

Room 8 Media - Galleries

Our New Playground

Our new school playground was officially opened on Thursday. There was a ceremony, speeches and performances from the senior kapahaka group, Kowhai Syndicate and the ukulele orchestra.

Jamaya and Jack G. took photos for our blog.

Haere ra Rees

It was Rees' last day on Friday. Liam spent a lot of time making Rees a card. He drew lots of pictures of Rees' friends and things he likes, like Captain Underpants. All of the kids in the class signed it, and added their own pictures. Liam and Kate said goodbye speeches, and we watched "The Secret of Nimh," even though we hadn't quite finished reading the book.

Liam took these pictures of Rees dancing.

Rees

It's Rees' last day at Raumati South School tomorrow. Rees is moving to Australia with his family. We are very sad that he is leaving, but happy for him because we know that he will make lots of new friends. Rees might comment on things we put on our blog if we're lucky. He'll be able to look at our blog when he's in Australia.