KCIslander Girls happily making Sushi in the kitchen during Food Technology

Arielle, Hadassah, Faith



Hadassah

Hadassah, Anna, Sally, Faith, Aliyah

 

Room 18 Assembly Awards : Week 2 to Week 8

                                    
                                                    WEEK 2 :    OLIVER JENNINGS

for showing great initiative with regard to his inquiry topic.



.                                                   WEEK 3 :      ZOE NELSON

for being elected as class councillor

                                                    WEEK 4 :  FAITH ANTONIO

                                                    for always volunteering to help others
                                                           



                                                   WEEK 5 :  ARIELLE KALAMARAS

                          for facing the challenge of being a new student in room 18 with a                 
                          positive attitude.




                                                    WEEK 6  :  SALLY PARK

                                for Managing herself independently and focusing on her tasks.




                                                   WEEK 7 : JONNY CHANG

                                         for facing the challenge of improving his English skills.




                                                    WEEK 8 : ANTONY CROSS

                                                 for being an excellent classroom helper.

Welcome to Whakaha

Room 18 welcomed a new student, Whakaha, from Korea. She was with us for a week.

She was a very creative and smart learner who challenged herself to communicate in English with her peers and got on really well with fellow students.

 
 
 

SWIMMING

Room 18 has swimming
every Mondays and Wednesdays,
together with Room 19.
All students are expected to bring their swimming togs on these days.





 

Room 18's swimming goal is to

develop endurance in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke swimming with increasingly accurate techniques and to increase water safety awareness including safe dives.

Inquiry Group : KCIslander Girls

   Group Name       : KCIslander Girls

   Students in Group      : Hadassah, Aliyah, Jane, Anna, Sally,

                                           Zoe, Arielle, Faith, Rochelle, Charlie

KCIslander Girls taking on their challenges with a smile!

    Whanau Topic   : CULTURAL JUDGEMENT

    Group Focus       : RACISM

   Hot Question  : 

Explore reasons why people immigrate to New Zealand, investigate how people look attracts racial judgement and propose a plan to promote positive experiences with other cultures.

   Social Action :

 To entice our school population to sample aspects of  
 other  cultures by tasting the different cultural foods  
 that we make.

Inquiry group : Fitness Fighters

 

Group Name           :  Fitness  Fighters !

Students in Group  :  Bhavna, Mele, Christian, Pelikani, Rahul,    

                                              Thaine, Cypress, Johnny N, Tayler, Phylise

Fitness fighters at work !

Fitness Fighters at work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whanau Topic  :              Athletic performance

 

 

Group Focus    :            Nutrition and Training

 

 

HOT Question

Investigate what characteristics define an athlete,

explore how physical and mental preparation affect performance

and design a preparation plan for our school athletes

to get them ready for competitions.

 

 

Social Action

Design a plan to prepare our school athletes

for Eastern Zone competitions.

(plan includes a brochure detailing the nutritional,

mental and physical preparation needed for a sportsperson)

 

 

Room 18 has 3 Inquiry Groups

Group Name           :  Angry Birds

Students in Group  :  Antony, Kody, Oliver, Metu, Raysara,
                                         Savik, Jonny C, Dariya, Connor, Karin

"angry birds"  enthusiastic about their cause!

Whanau Topic         : Respect the environment

 

Group Focus           : Conservation

 

HOT Question

Investigate how pests were introduced to New Zealand, evaluate they have affected our wild life and explore how birds can be attracted with appropriate feeding.

 

Social Action

To endeavour to have the rat traps we design and create, used in New Zealand wild life habitats.

 

 

HAERE MAI !

Room18 is one of 4 classrooms in the Whanau Mansfield.

The classroom teacher is Priscilla Singh.




Room 18 class photo

The roll is 30, which is made up of  :

9 x Year 7 boys      :  Antony, Thaine, Kody, Metu, Raysara, Savik, Cypress
5 x Year 8 boys      :  Jonny C, Connor, Rahul, Christian, Pelikani
7 x Year 7 girls      :   Faith, Phylise, Arielle, Zoe, Sally, Rochelle, Charlie
9 Year 8 girls        :   Mele, Dariya, Tayler, Hadassah, Anna, Bhavna, Aliyah, Jane, Karin

Classroom  Expectations

 

Room 18 students will …

 

* Stay on task!

* Manage themselves responsibly!

·   * Use manners : “please’’,“thank you’’,“excuse me” !

 

* Speak softly!

* Keep the classroom and desks clean and tidy.

 

 

      Classroom Facility Managers

Class   Councillors     :            Bhavna, Zoe

Windows  &  Lights     :           Rahul, Kody

Bins                                                         Christian, Pelikani

Answering the phone          Christian, antony

Sports   monitors          :         bhavna, pelikani

lunch   monitor                          mele

Phone   collector                    zoe

Hat  Check                         :           Bhavna, Pelikani

Classroom   inspector  :   Rahul