St. Pius X - Room 3 Creations

Moving onto the next big thing!

2011-12-24T15:50:00.000+13:00

Wow, what a year this has been working with such wonderful and dedicated teachers and educationalists. Manaiakalani is an amazing project and I know it will continue to grow in leaps and bounds as time moves on.

Next year I will be back in the classroom again at St Pius X Catholic School teaching Year 5 students and will be able to put all that I have learnt, seen and experimented with this year into practice. We will be back early February.

I look forward to sharing my classes work with our world audience and letting you see all the amazing work that my students will be producing in their online environment.

A very Merry Christmas to all our readers and may 2012 bring all that you wish.

'What Now' at Manaiakalani Film Festival

2011-12-14T13:20:00.002+13:00

We had an amazing time at the Maniakalani Film festival and 'What Now' was there to experience it all. They played the article about the event on December 4th. Here is what they reported.

Beginning to write Cybersmart Curriculum

2011-12-03T16:39:00.001+13:00

On Friday the Lead teachers for the Manaiakalani Project joined together at the Auckland National Library and began the process of writing the new Cybersmart Curriculum for their schools.

Miss Gleeson and Mrs Koloti went along for St Pius X and started to draft their ideas for the curriculum for St Pius X.

They will now bring these ideas back to the staff at the school and together they will put this new exciting curriculum together. This new curriculum is to be put in place so the students at St Pius can be safe and understand learning online.

Year 4 Netbook Information Night

2011-11-29T16:43:00.001+13:00

Well it is time to get our Year 4's ready for using their netbooks next year. A parent meeting was held last Tuesday night where parents could come along and hear about what Manaiakalani is and what they are to expect next year.

This was well attended by our parents and was a great opportunity for them to be more involved in their child's school life.

Mr Coakley gave an excellent overview of Manaiakalani and where we are at with the TLN (Tamaki Learning Network), how the project is working in our current classes and where we are going next.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

2011-11-09T22:34:00.001+13:00

Wow, what a wonderful day of celebrating the students achievements with their movie making today was.

Room 6, 7 & 8 presented their Films at the Manaiakalani Film Festival at Sylvia Park Hoyts, X-treme screen. They were part of the 7 schools presenting. It was a great celebration of the students work they have done in Media Studies.

The students introduced their movies clearly and with great diction and had the audiences total attention. All three movies were very well received by the over 2000 people who attended the festival.
Well done St Pius X.

If you want to see the movies from the film festival click on the link below.

Attending ULearn 11

2011-10-21T22:02:00.001+13:00

What a great conference to attend and share our journey with Manaiakalani. Three of St Pius X staff attended this years ULearn Conference and it was wonderful to hear about what everyone else is up to with their ICT and also find new ideas that we could use.

Sarah had the pleasure of presenting about the SPX, Manaiakalani journey during one of the Breakouts. It was extremely well received which is fantastic.

Many comments were shared across the conference about how inspiring the Manaiakalani project is and SPX are very happy to be part of it.

Lavinia's Narrative

2011-10-13T09:30:00.000+13:00

Check out Lavinia's Narrative called 'What have you done with my Little boy', by clicking on the screenshot of her blog. We have such clever people at SPX :-)

Emmanuel's Narrative

2011-10-11T09:30:00.000+13:00

Check out Emmanuel's Narrative called 'The Adventure of Bob the Bird', by clicking on the screenshot of his blog. It is very well written.

Term 3

2011-10-08T23:25:00.001+13:00

What a wonderful term it has been at St Pius X with the netbooks. Many of the students have blogged about the awesome swimming pool that we had at the school and also we got to start taking home our netbooks.

There has been a lot of work happening on the Google Teacher Dashboards with children sharing all their work with their teachers which is fantastic.

With a writing focus on narratives it was great to see many students google docs with their individual narratives as well as collaborative efforts. Many of these are being posted onto their individual blogs which I will share a link to over the holidays.

3 classes completed Films which have been entered into the Manaiakalani Film Festival which will take place on the 9th November at Sylvia Park, Hoyts Cinema, Mt Wellington. I look forward to seeing them all on the X-treme screen.

I can't wait to see what the students will post onto their blogs next term.

Narratives at SPX

2011-09-15T13:15:00.000+12:00

At St Pius X this term the students have been writing Narratives. They are looking at the beginning, middle and end and trying to use good vocabulary to take their audience on a journey. Here is Catherine's from Room 8 beginning to her Narrative.

Kohanui Street was a fabulous Street. Many people always wanted too walk down the street with their families. Often strangers from other parts of town came as well. You would never think it wasn’t a good place too walk.

Samara was a girl who lived by herself in a two story house and never slept. She always gazed outside her window keeping an eagle eye out for uninvited visitors. On a Saturday morning, a little girl named Emily and her friend Charlotte walked pass Samara’s house. They were bouncing a ball, then the ball landed on Samara’s grass.

Emily walked on Samara’s lawn and Samara climbed out of the well like a spider. Samara was out of the well like a flash and grabbed the little girl and headed back to the well with Emily. The look on Charlotte's face was indescribable, no one would have recognised her if they had been there.

Charlotte ran home and told her parents, but when she got there she discovered that they had gone on vacation and left a baby sitter. She told the baby sitter what had happened and described what Samara was wearing and what she looked like. Charlotte said, “she had red eyes, long hair that covers her face and her back, her hair was really long and she climbed out of the well like a spider and grabbed Emily”. The baby sitter angrily said, “Go to your room!”.

TO BE CONTINUED.........

To check out more of the narratives, click on these links.....
http://spxeneasiv.blogspot.com/
http://spxdanielt.blogspot.com/

Jonah Lomu Quiz

2011-09-09T10:35:00.001+12:00

This morning at SPX we did some presentation work. We did a simple presentation using the All Black's as our topic. Here is the presentation I used as an example for the students in Room 6 to follow.

My Feelings Slideshow

2011-09-02T11:57:00.000+12:00

In Room 6 today I shared with them how to use the Google App Picasa. They all used their webcams and took pictures of themselves displaying 3 different feelings. We uploaded our pictures to our Picasa accounts and then we wrote captions onto each of them. Finally we embedded our slideshow onto our blogs.

This is my one that I used as an example.

Homeward Bound Netbooks

2011-08-24T23:04:00.001+12:00

Finally the moment has come at St Pius X for the students to take home their netbooks.

Tonight was the night where an extremely large amount of parents gathered with their children to take home their netbooks.

The Principal (Paul Coakley) went through the TLN (Tamaki Learning Network) zoning so that the parents understood that this is a 3 stage project, where stage one is complete. This meant that some students at the moment would not be able to link into the TLN wireless just yet, but it is coming.

The parents took away with them a Home Agreement, which they signed before taking away their netbooks. This agreement also had information about the Kawa of Care and the expectations the school had for the netbooks.

Maniakalani is all about - 'Any time, Any place, Anywhere' and we are finally making this an even more realistic vision.

It will be wonderful to see all the learning that the students will be able to do with their netbook at home as well as at school.

Third Week of Term 3

2011-08-16T16:58:00.000+12:00

In Room 8 thisweek I taught the students how to use Google Presentations so that they can share their learning in a different way. Check out what some of the students put together about the All Black's byclicking on the pics below.

Second Week of Term 3

2011-08-12T17:37:00.000+12:00

This week has been a week of posting about the new swimming pool the school has for the term. Check out what some of the students had to say by clicking on the pics below.

First week of Term 3

2011-08-05T23:54:00.005+12:00

The students of St Pius X Catholic School are now back and 1 week into Term 3. Many of our students have been able to use their google doc accounts to put together a recount about their holiday experience and even reflect on their first week back.

It is wonderful to see them all refreshed and ready to learn again. They definitely missed their netbooks while they were away and so have enjoyed being able to get online again.

This term we have are looking forward to a lot more work being posted on the students blogs and also (fingers crossed) the possibility of finally being able to take the netbooks home.

We shall keep you all posted.

Student's Individual Blogs 4

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Here are some of the individual blogs from St Pius X which you might like to have a look at. Click on the images below to check out these students blogs.

Student's Individual Blogs 3

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Here are some of the individual blogs from St Pius X which you might like to have a look at. Click on the images below to check out these students blogs.

Are Net books a great tool?

2011-07-18T09:17:00.001+12:00

These net books are a great tool but it could make us lose our handwriting skills. We can use this equipment but not all the time we have to get ready for college because some people can get really lazy and tired of writing. Then comes confidence, they can just chat online line with each other but when they go college will they have the confidence to talk to people face to face?

Cyber Bullying its very dangerous, is it really worth it?

Students look like they on tasks, but are they? there are a lot of inappropriate websites like Face Book and YouTube and Games. One click of a button and your there.

What happens if someone or your child drops or breaks your net book? will you get a refund or do you have to keep on paying?

In our maths there a calculators installed in our net books so people who find math exhausting they have some help.

Net books are very addicted in room 7, they just can’t keep they hand off the net books our teacher and sometimes our teacher Mrs Tui gets very frustrated.

By Simone

Good Little Netbook

2011-07-14T16:54:00.000+12:00

As the screen begins to fade and flicker, I shut you down and close your cover. But I cannot get through a day without you. You know how much I need you in all I do, but then I read a lot you know and from the pages these thoughts flow. Therefore, you jumble within and die. These thoughts which I cannot write. Good little netbook you’re such a delight.

By Ofa

Student's Individual Blogs 2

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Here are some of the individual blogs from St Pius X which you might like to have a look at. Click on the images below to check out these students blogs.

Student's Individual Blogs 1

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Here are some of the individual blogs from St Pius X which you might like to have a look at. Click on the images below to check out these students blogs.

Ideas about Blogging

2011-07-04T14:42:00.002+12:00

Thanks to Elizabeth, Lavinia, Kahlanie and Angelica for sharing their thoughts about the positives of having their own netbooks and their own blogs.

Is Our Net Book a good learning tool?

2011-07-01T11:32:00.005+12:00

Yes our net book a good learning tool as I know from what others in the class have told me it is benefiting them as well.

We do most of our reading, writing and some of our maths on our Net Book. It helps me lots and it is very useful and I am getting used to. It is clear that the net book is not a tool for playing games or anything like that. Many people agree our net book is for learning but we are allowed to play educational games like tux typing and tux maths.

Everyone uses computers in business and so by me learning with a netbook it is allowing me to build up my computer skills and allow me to experience the benefits when I go out into the work force.

That is my opinion on weather or not our netbook is a good learning tool.

The netbook is a great learning tool because.......

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* It is quicker than handwriting and you don’t need to sharpen your pencil. My example is if you learn how to “touch-type”, you can see it is much faster.

* It is easier to learn faster and not just looking at the white board being bored. My example is if I didn't listen I would have a second chance.

* We can use Internet like a library but different. We don’t need to share computers. We can just use a netbook of our own.

Netbooks are a great tool, it helps you a lot with your learning. It is better than a pen and a pencil. No more getting bored and just staring at the board all the time. The teacher can just send what you have to do. That's why the netbook is a great tool.

By Robertanna

Netbook Memory

2011-06-23T17:41:00.002+12:00

Students remember the experience of getting their netbooks for the first time fondly. Here is what a Year 6 student called Malia had as memories of the day.
The first thing on Monday morning we signed a contract as it was the start of the netbook project in our school, as we're are part of the Manaiakalani project. It was an awesome Monday 7th of March for rooms 6 & 7, for both classes it was breathtaking.

The first thing we did after signing the contract was to gently get our net books out of their boxes. The instructions to opening the interesting looking boxes were simple. First we had to carefully turn our boxes around to look at a special number called a Serial Number. Next we had to give our Serial Number to one of the adults walking around the class room, I gave my Serial Number to Miss G. “Next I want you to carefully turn it back around to the other side and then wait till I say the next instruction”

The instructions continued for awhile, but eventually we got to use our netbooks and explore what they could do to help us with our learning.

Sharing our Learning

2011-06-17T08:29:00.002+12:00

On Wednesday the 15th June the students of St Pius X Catholic School had the opportunity to share what they have been doing on their netbooks with their parents.
This was wonderful to watch as the students shared their individual blogs and explained how they use Google docs in their classroom.

The expressions on the parents faces were both proud and amazement and the students were proud and enthusiastic.
These netbooks are a powerful tool for encouraging learning and motivating the students to want to both share and complete their work.

Home School Partnership

2011-06-15T20:27:00.001+12:00

What a wonderful sight it was tonight to see so many St Pius X Catholic School parents coming along to support their children with their netbooks.
Tonight was a chance for the parents to get a better understanding of the Manaiakalani Project as well as share their opinions on the processes for sending the netbooks home.

The parents had some very interesting questions and also put forward some great ideas to the questions that were posed on chart paper around the room.

Once this had been done the students then shared their learning with their parents by showing them what they have been up to on their netbooks over the past two terms. It was wonderful to see all the smiling faces and enthusiastic students being so proud of what they are doing in school.

An amazing night of learning and sharing.

Today's World

2011-06-09T21:08:00.000+12:00

It is clear that in today’s world we must use computers as they have replaced the pen. As a learning tool in the classroom it provides me with access to the Internet.The Internet enables me to do mathematics games and google docs.

I think it is clear that it is very awesome, because it can help me with my keyboard typing and with my skill's generally.

It is very good because when there is a time when you want to tell some thing in private to the teacher you can always chat with her online.

I think it is a very good tool because it is always helpful in the class because when you have a presentation to share with the teacher with pictures in it, it can be done on line.

I think netbook's are so incredible because our class is so lucky to get one of these netbook tools and I am so happy to have a Netbook of my own too.

By Siliva

A Great Tool

2011-06-07T22:32:00.001+12:00

Many students agree that the net books we use are a great tool because, it helps us more with our learning.
If we are studying on the Silver ferns netball team we can just jump on the Internet and search for them right away. It’s a faster and easier way.
I believe that the net book is an awesome tool because, when we want to ask our teacher something and with the class not knowing, we can just ask them on chat or email.
The net book is really fun to use. It helps me with my blogging, searching also helps me with typing skills. It really helps me with my spelling and because we can share our work with our teachers and other people.
I hope that I will try hard on my work, plus work hard to achieve my goals.

By Dorothy

The netbook is a great learning tool because.......

2011-06-03T13:24:00.005+12:00

The Internet gives access to heaps of information. It is great for doing research on something when books have got not enough information.

It is quicker than handwriting and you don’t need to sharpen your pencil. If you learn how to touch type, you can see it is much faster.

It is much more easier to type than to write. My example would be when you are writing with a pencil and made a mistake and will need a eraser. But on a Netbook you could just press the backspace button and it would be gone like that.

When you are bored and want to have some fun, you could play some games or music on the Netbook. My example is to do it when times are appropriate and in your Netbook.

Finally the Netbook is a good use for school children because your documents can instantly be seen by the teacher on Google Docs once you “file” it. My example is to file a document once you created it.

That's why I strongly believe that the Netbook is a good learning tool because it gives you access to the Internet.

By Emmanuel

Sharing through our blogs

2011-06-02T17:57:00.001+12:00

It is wonderful to see the thoughts of the students at SPX about their netbooks. Here are some links to some of the individual blogs where students have shared their experiences with their netbooks.

Angelica's Final Countdown

Emmanuel's Netbook Experience

Anita's Rollout

Netbook Storage

2011-05-14T13:23:00.004+12:00

We are well and truly underway with our netbooks now and are enjoying using them every day. Make sure that our netbooks are looked after when they are at school we store them in big metal boxes that are on wheels, called a COW (Computer on Wheels).

We have specific people in Year 7 & 8 who are in charge of putting all the netbooks in the COW's and ensuring that they are charged for the next day.

Here is Ilaisaane and Francis putting the computers away for the day.

Salamona's Netbook Thoughts

2011-04-15T09:00:00.001+12:00

I enjoy typing on my netbook because when I write with a pencil my hands hurt but they don’t when I type. I really like to post my work on my blog because it lets lots of people view my work.

David's Netbook Thoughts

2011-04-14T10:00:00.000+12:00

I enjoy looking at all the blogs, my favourite blog is spx Netbooks because it has cool movies. One thing that I find most exciting is using my netbook to help me with my work.

Robertanna's Netbook Thoughts

2011-04-13T10:00:00.000+12:00

I enjoy playing games and doing learning activities on it. My favourite is the crossword game for my reading work. One thing I have learnt is to sign in to my blog with my google login.

Jordan's Netbook Thoughts

2011-04-12T11:54:00.000+12:00

I enjoy using the Google docs and doing my writing on them. I can file my work so my teacher can see my docs on the Teacher Dashboard.

A'Leina's Netbook Thoughts

2011-04-11T11:50:00.000+12:00

It has all the things I need to do my writing and helps me lots with my learning. I now know how to work in Google docs, I find it really exciting.

Malia's Netbook Thoughts

2011-04-08T11:42:00.001+12:00

Malia likes typing on the computer. She said "It is cool to have my own blog".

Well Underway with Netbooking

2011-04-04T09:59:00.002+12:00

Well we are well and truely into our netbooks at St Pius and across the cluster with the Manaiaklani Project. The children are enjoying using their netbooks to do their writing, maths, religious education and inquiry.
Each student has their own google apps log in which they use to get their email and write in their google docs. They are then able to publish their finished work in their given subjects onto their own individual blogs.
Check out the students individual blogs on the St Pius X website.

The Final Countdown!!

2011-03-07T19:36:00.001+13:00

Finally Room 6 and 7 have had the opportunity to go 'live' with their netbooks. It was fantastic seeing all their excited faces and being there to see their faces light up when they finally got to unwrap their netbooks for the first time. Check out the movie of todays experience.

Introducing the Netbook Technicians

2011-03-04T11:15:00.001+13:00

These 5 students applied for the job of Student Technician within St Pius X School and were amongst 10 other students who also applied. These 5 students were accepted fo the job for their enthusisam and their interest in eLearning.
These students imaged 70 netbooks last Monday and did a fantastic job.
We look forward to St Pius X going 'Live' with their netbooks on Monday 7th March!!!!

Stay tuned for footage of the students going Live :-)

The Start of the Project

2011-02-01T13:48:00.002+13:00

Today is the first day of school here at St Pius X School and all the children have come along ready and keen to learn.

All of our senior students are very excited this year as they will be using netbooks to help with their learning. Room 6 and 7 students who are Years 5-8 will be getting their new netbooks around Week 5 of this term. They will be using them for nearly every subject in the classroom and learning how to monitor their own learning and become more independant learners along the way.

This blog is going to follow the procress of the netbooking at St Pius X School over 2011 and let those of you around the world see the learning and progress that these students are attaining.

We will be gathering together the Student Technicians over the next week or so. I will ensure that we get a photo of the lucky chosen applicants as soon as they are announced.

Zephaniah's 2010

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Waterlily 2010

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Siliva 2010

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Sione 2010

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Sia 2010

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Robertanna 2010

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Poni 2010

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Phoenix 2010

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Ondre 2010

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Ofa 2010

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Lavinia 2010

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Joseth 2010

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Jorina 2010

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Jessica 2010

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Ilaisaane 2010

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Francis 2010

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Emmanuel 2010

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Emelia 2010

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Dorothy 2010

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Daniel 2010

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Anita's 2010

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Kahlanie's 2010

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Cameron 2010

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Lee's 2010

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Anasitasia's 2010

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Robert's 2010

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Agnes' 2010

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Angelica's 2010

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A'Leina's 2010

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The Year 6's have worked very hard on their drama this term. This group adapted the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Not bad seeings as all the equipment used was brand new and the first time any of us had ever used i-movie :-)

The Three Bears and their Mama

2010-12-11T23:32:00.001+13:00

The Year 6's have worked very hard on their drama this term. Here is their final product. Not bad seeings as all the equipment used was brand new and the first time any of us had ever used imovie :-)

The Pirate

2010-11-26T13:30:00.000+13:00

Captain Vanessa was a mean, cruel pirate. She thought she could have anything she wanted. One night Vanessa over heard two other pirates talking about a sword that makes you immortal, and where it was. The next morning she went searching for the sword at the super market. At last Vanessa found it but!!! The sword didn’t work. “That was all lies,” Vanessa said.

The Ghost Monster

2010-11-25T13:28:00.000+13:00

In a faraway land close to a place called ‘Ghostly Hollows’ there was a little boy named Daniel. He once lived in a dark forest until a dark beast came and squashed his house which left a watery footprint. He then set off the find the creature. On the way he found a deserted lab. He entered the lab and helped himself to anything he could carry with his bare hands. Out of all the items he found a potion. It looked and smelt very appealing and without thinking he drank it. His sight blurred and everything started spinning then started to fade away… To be continued!! Din, Din, Din …

Detective John

2010-11-24T13:16:00.000+13:00

Once upon a time there was a detective named John. John’s mission was to find his missing binoculars’ that was at the back pocket of his pants. So he checked in the basement, where the fire place is. And thought to him where did he put my binoculars?’ He searched high and low and around the fire place. Finally he found it.

Chloe The Mermaid

2010-11-23T13:57:00.001+13:00

Once upon a time there lived a girl named Chloe, who lived in an apartment.
One day she went to the elevator and with a blast she suddenly appeared in a lake. She saw little fish swimming around her and seaweed moving side to side.
As she swam all about she saw a bright shining light and turned into a beautiful mermaid.
She enjoyed playing with the little fishes.

The Lost Watch

2010-11-22T13:47:00.005+13:00

Over the next couple of days you will be seeing our Stories we wrote from the inspiration pictures that we were given.....we hope you enjoy them.

In a far away place in Knotting Gham there lived a king called Simon and his intelligent daughter Sarah.
They lived in a castle full of gold and silver and a magical watch. The watch was 2 million pieces of gold. It had to be safe in a dark dungeon. One knight named Spike opened the dungeon, but there was nothing there. The king was angry so he sent Spike on a mission.
One night Spike found the watch when boom! A stranger strapped the watch off Spike.

Do you know who took the watch?

G. I. Movies

2010-11-19T15:33:00.001+13:00

Stomp, stomp, went room6 through to the Extreme screen. Up the stairs year 8 and 7 sat down on the red couches. They all looked comfortable. They were there to gather for the Tamaki cluster to show other schools their movies, and what they had learnt. Suddenly the movie began, the room six’s eyes popped out as they were filled with excitement like children with presents. Movie by movie was shown to everyone. Year 7’s and 8’s students loved the lazy boy chairs as it comes out slowly going up with their legs. St Pius School stood up and screamed loud when Angelica and Lavinia walked up to tell other schools what it was about. At the end the film festival room 6 walked out of Hoyts. Room 6 couldn’t decide which one was their favourite movie, so! Their favourite was all of them. They all went back to the bus and left Sylvia Park.

Film Festival Entry 2010

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Confident:
Room 6 were all confident while filming our movie because we gathered our media study skills and co-operated together as a group.

Connected:
One of the ways that was possible to make our movie was to skype Mr Ballew from Shorewood High School in Washington DC, America. Shorewoods lipdub inspired us a lot.

Actively Involved:
While planning our movie one thing we all agreed on was that everyone would be in our movie and have a role to play.

Life Long Learners:
Our movie has inspired us to make more movies.
One day some of us hope to be the next Peter Jackson.

We hope you enjoy our movie……….. let's REWIND!

Proud To Be A Student

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Written together by the students of Room 6.

On the 6th day God created man and woman.

On the 7th day he rested.

On the 8th day God created the first STUDENT.

Even though the STUDENT hated school, he didn't think about dropping out of school because he never gave up and had perseverance.

STUDENTS are willing to learn by listening to the instructions and sharing their thoughts with other people.

The STUDENTS is very friendly so God was friendly to him and created a playground for all students to enjoy.

God gave the STUDENTS ears to hear with, a mouth to speak with, a nose to smell with and eyes to see with. So those 4 things could help them with their learning.

Some STUDENTS can be grumpy but others are always there to help fill them with happiness again.

And because God loves STUDENTS so much, on the 9th day God created the weekend so that students could rest like him on the 7th day.

My Reflection of the Past, Present and Future

2010-10-15T13:42:00.003+13:00

In Term 3 I tried my best to reach my goals. My goals were in maths because I'm not good at it and also a goal with raise my writing level. I was in vocab's group but I progressed to Paragraph's group which means I did raise my writing level.

On thing I did in the holidays was sleeping over at my Nan's place. I was looking after her and my Grandpa because my Grandpa was very lick. Luckily my Grandpa is good now because my Nan prayed and prayed for God to heal him. It helped and I felt relieved that my Grandpa is still alive.

Also during the holidays on a sunny afternoon my whole family went down for a picnic at Eastern Beach. My Mum and Aunty packed lunch - cornbeef and bread. As soon as I got there I was spread with sunblock and I headed to the water. "Oh No" I cried, the tide was out "no more water, well that stinks" I was heard to say. The heat was rising through the sand and the sand was blowing into my eyes. Me and my baby cousin just played on the sand. "Home time!" my Mum shouted. "Ooooohhhhhh" I said in a sad voice. My Mum and all of my family packed up and we went home.

In term 4 my goals are to have fun at camp and enjoy the experience. I wonder what my bed will look like? and who I am going to have in my room? Are we even going to get any sleep? The whole thing at the moment is a big question mark!!

Francis' Term 3 Reflection

2010-10-07T09:17:00.001+13:00

Joseth's Term 3 Reflection

2010-10-06T09:12:00.001+13:00

Tokilupe's Term 3 Reflection

2010-10-05T09:08:00.001+13:00

Jorina's Term 3 Reflection

2010-10-04T09:03:00.001+13:00

My Washing Hands Process

2010-10-01T09:48:00.000+13:00

Turn on the tap, turning it to the right, when the water comes out don't turn it too hard.

Rinse your hands under the water to make them slightly damp. Push down the soap dispenser in your hand to the size of a coin and scrub your hands.

Put your hands under the water and wash off the soap.

Take the towel and rub your hands to make them dry.

Funky Monkey Station

2010-09-30T09:00:00.002+13:00

Nesian Mystic Radio

2010-09-29T09:17:00.001+13:00

Macjeva's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-28T09:17:00.002+13:00

Siliva's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-27T09:13:00.002+13:00

Phoenix's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-26T09:00:00.002+13:00

A'Leina's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-25T09:00:00.001+12:00

Zeph's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-24T09:00:00.001+12:00

Sia's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-23T09:00:00.002+12:00

Ilaisaane's Term 3 Reflection

2010-09-22T15:24:00.002+12:00

The Dance of Anger

2010-09-21T09:00:00.001+12:00

In Media Studies a couple of weeks ago we choreographed another fantastic music routine. We used an old song called 'We're Not Gonna Take It' which is very heavy metal......great for head banging!!
We had to show the emotion of 'Anger' and 'Frustration'. We feel that this worked out better than our last attempt with the 'Muse' song. This was also our first opportunity to have a play with our brand new video camera and tripod :-).

R.E. Phoebe Movie

2010-09-13T09:00:00.002+12:00

Phoebe was one of the original leaders of the early church. Phoebe lived in Greece. Watch our movie to find out more about her.........

Responsibility Poem

2010-09-12T09:00:00.000+12:00

R - respect others around you.

E - encourage others to be good learners.

S - support your school inside and out.

P - Pay attention to the person that is talking.

O - Obey your teacher and parents.

N - Never give up.

S - Stop look and listen.

I - Intelligent learners.

B - Believe in your self.

I - Independent learners can be responsible to use equipment.

L - love and learn at the same time.

T - Tell the truth when you do something wrong.

Y - You can practise being responsible.