Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Our literacy focus for Term 4 is studying the classic play by William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet. There was a bit of reluctance from some initially but now all the classes are thoroughly enjoying the tragic plot of the star-crossed lovers.
To start the unit the classes spent time learning a little bit about William Shakespeare himself along with looking at the way he wrote his plays. Room 24 thoroughly enjoyed learning insults that were used way back in the day. They even got a opportunity to try them out on each other!
Last Friday we had Oliver from Sustainable Coastlines come in to talk to us about the importance of keeping rubbish out of our ocean.
We were all shocked by the impact that plastic in particular has on ocean life!
After Oliver's presentation we headed down to the beach to do our part to help keep our ocean plastic and rubbish free.
It was fair to say most of us were fairly disappointed with the amount of rubbish we found down at our local beach. Some students were so disgusted they had to write their thought down to share! (Click on the writing to enlarge)
Fitness with Richard Hackney
This week we have been lucky enough to have Richard Hackney, a local personal trainer, share his expertise with us. He is full of energy and has a passion for having a healthy mind and body. He informed us that having a fit body helps us to have a fit mind too. Getting out and exercising can improve our marks. Thank you so much for giving up your time Richie to help us. We appreciate you helping us and making exercising fun. We loved it...especially your Spiderman press ups.
Technicraft
Sustainable Coastlines
Last Friday we had Oliver from Sustainable Coastlines come in to talk to us about the importance of keeping rubbish out of our ocean.
We were all shocked by the impact that plastic in particular has on ocean life!
After Oliver's presentation we headed down to the beach to do our part to help keep our ocean plastic and rubbish free.
It was fair to say most of us were fairly disappointed with the amount of rubbish we found down at our local beach. Some students were so disgusted they had to write their thought down to share! (Click on the writing to enlarge)
This week was the last week of this cycle of technicraft. It was great to see more amazing projects coming out of the technology rooms at Wainuiomata.
Mrs Hooke's music group took a trip to Shona MacFarlane Retirement Village to share some songs with them. The older members of the community thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment and were even singing along with us!
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