Some snow pics of Balmac yesterday...(thanks to Ms Brady!)

Room 8 Update

It has been another busy couple of weeks in Room 8! We are well underway with our Science Fair inquiries and Mega Math Month is going well. At the moment our class average is 81% which is a great effort :) 
Winter sports have begun and there are Room 8 students involved in basketball, hockey, golf, netball and girls football.  It is great to see some Room 8 girls learning how to be a netball umpire too - you have been doing a great job!
Here are a couple of pics - one from our technology challenge last week which was won by Kiriana, Flynn, Alex, Mia and Brayden. And Sophie, Gabby and Jamie with their umpiring tshirts they had just screen printed in the art room. 

Mia and her sister in the snow

Another goodie....Thomas's snowman

S N O W D A Y ! !

I hope you are all keeping warm Room 8... This is looking down my street this morning...brrrr! Email me any of your snow pics :) 

Soph's snow pic...

A D V E N T U R E C H A L L E N G E

It was great to hear about Josh's experiences with adventure racing today.  You asked him some great questions Room 8 - well done!!  Remember if you are keen to enter a team you must have someone 18 or over in your team.  Have a talk with your family if you are interested - here is the link to Josh's website:
http://adventurechallenge.co.nz/ 

Class Photo

Here is our lovely class photo Room 8 for those wanting to show people at home :)  Forms need to be dropped to the office if you want to buy one.  Have a great weekend!

Hi Room 8!  I hope your initial brainstorm of ideas and questions for your science fair is going well.  I am looking forward to our conferences tomorrow to hear about your final choice and big question.  I know that a lot of you have already finalised your idea, but if you still need some inspiration here is a fantastic website that Kiriana found.  
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ 

New Zealand Music Month

May is NZ Music Month! Leave a comment with your favourite NZ band or song.  

This song below is one of my NZ faves :) 

http://youtu.be/SdQ_kvEuV1s

Welcome Back!

Hi Room 8! Welcome back to Term 2 :) It sounds like you all had a great holiday and managed to recharge your batteries ready for another busy term.
As you know our theme for the term is WONDERMENT...with a big science focus - Science Fair and Forensics.
I have emailed you all your homework for the week...please ask if you have any questions! 
Have a look through the useful websites listed on the right of the blog, if you find any other good ones for Mega Maths Month practice or science fair research let me know :)