HOW CAN WE DEVELOP AND EXPRESS OUR CREATIVITY?

Room 4 students are learning about the importance of a balanced lifestyle. 

Here are some of the things we've found out. 

- from KIDS HEALTH (click on the link to see what else they have to say)

"The best way to keep stress away is to have a balanced life. That means making good decisions about how to spend your time. If you're only dealing with school stuff and have no time to play, you can get stressed. Make sure you keep your SELF in mind: Sleep, Exercise, Leisure (something fun), and Food.

If you take care of yourself and get enough sleep and food, and if you exercise and leave time for fun stuff, you'll probably be less stressed out!

- and from FAMILY RESOURCE (click on the link to see what else they had to say)

Schooling, as important as it is, should not be the only focus of a child’s daily lifestyle.  Did you know children who have a well-balanced lifestyle, balanced with academic and non-academic activities are more likely to experience school success.  Dance, karate, sports and family time are all meaning full activities.  Sometimes school work can become the primary priority at home, as well as at school! 

All of this information started a very interesting discussion - What are the things that we need to do more of and what should we be doing less of?

We surveyed the students in our classroom and found out that over 80% of them have a game console.  Some have many game consoles!  We then asked those students with consoles whether they thought they spent too much time on them.  50% of students with consoles think they spend too much time on them!

We've written some interesting persuasive arguments.  Parents you might have some ammunition now!

Kids Need a Balanced Lifestyle, so we need a video gamers' anonymous.  I definitely agree, kids need a Video Gamers' Anonymous right now and I mean it!


Kids spend far too much time on their consoles.  Kids need to think about themselves (SELF), so they need to get off their couch and make sure they get a balance of Sleep, Exercise, Leisure, and Food.  80% of our class have some kind of console and some of them say that they spend far too much time on their consoles.


There are way too many consoles like PS1, PS2, PS3, GameBoy, Wii, Nintendo and Xbox, but it isn't the consoles - it's the violent video games.  Violent video games should not be allowed in shops, because children are getting more aggressive every day.  Violent video games should not be played in front of young kids.  Kids watch out - some games are rated R16 or R18.


And that's why I think we need a Video Gamers' Anonymous. 

By Natalie

MATHS TRAIL

Last week was maths week, so teachers prepared maths trails for the students to participate in on Thursday.  Luckily the weather cleared by lunchtime and all students participated with enthusiasm.  They were fronted with some tricky maths challenges and Mrs Elliot and I were impressed with everyone's attitude to get stuck in  and try.  Give-it-a-go attitudes led some groups to successfully solving set tasks. 

Well done to these two groups who worked well throughout the afternoon with everyone sharing their ideas and helping their groups reach decisions. 

Jorja - Taylah - Daniel - Frazer

Sophie - Lydia - Tyron - Natalie

PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING

This week we are learning about doing our fair share of the work.

If we are going to be great team members we need to do our fair share of the work.

We are learning about 'dirty work' and 'donkey work' and we know someone has to do it. So we are trying hard to do our fair share of the work when it's classroom clean up and we are also learning to clean up after ourselves.

Last week we learnt about being reliable team members. Here are some of our reflections -

• WALT to be reliable, so I had to change my attitude at dance.  I had to take my hands out of my pockets and be a reliable partner for De'Quante.  Now I have learnt that it's more fun when I participate with the right attitude, so I will keep on doing this. 
• WALT to be reliable, so I helped Mum with gathering up the groceries.
• WALT to be reliable, so I enjoyed dance more because I was doing the right thing.  When I dance properly I like it.  Now I will be a reliable person, by doing dance properly and holding anyone's hand.   
• WALT be reliable, so I know what to do and when to do it at reading time.  I am very reliable.  Now my learning is going really well, so I'm going to keep being reliable by knowing what I am meant to be doing and when I'm meant to be doing it. 
• WALT be reliable, so I know that I need to remember my reading book and KIT book to be a reliable team member in my reading group.  Now I am going to work harder to remember my reading book and KIT book and I must remember to read and write at home too.

We are being great team members!

LITTLE MISS HELPFUL

To show we are reliable team members in Room 4 we know we should be helpful to others.  We all like being helpful, but we have a little bit to learn about this. 

fhunter

Little miss helpful by fhunter | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

We need to learn about being helpful, because we don't want to make the same mistakes as 'Little Miss Helpful'.

TERM 2'S STAR STUDENT

A very difficult decision to make, but here they are:

Ashley and Ffion have shown fantastic attitudes to learning in term 2.  They have both experienced success in spelling, moving up more than one spelling list in the term.  They've achieved this, because they've both worked extremely hard at school and at home.  They are motivated to achieve.  They are a pleasure to work with during writing time, because they're keen to know their next steps and they work hard to make improvements to their writing.  And to top it all off, they're working hard in maths to learn their basic facts too.  Well done Ashley and Ffion, your hard work at home and school is paying off. 

PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING

Our key competency focus this term is participating and contributing.  This week we are working hard to be valuable team members. 

We brainstormed ideas about how to be valuable team members both in the classroom and around the school.

Who's showing they're reliable team members?  

Mrs Hunter noticed Devon being very reliable during classroom clean up.  Thank you Devon!

  Leave your comments!