Tuesday 31 March 2015

Cluster Athletics 2015 By Miss O'B

Cluster Athletics 2015


Congratulations Heather and Brittan for taking out the Champion of Champions Year 8 girls and boys!
Exciting for Room 5 to have such talented athletes in our room.
Congratulations to Toko School for getting 2nd in the Cluster School Relay. Top running!!

Monday 30 March 2015

Jake - Room 5's special visitor By Miss O'B

UK Jake


Room 5 had a special visitor on Friday formally from the UK army. He spoke of his time in the army and serving in Afghanistan. So many stories such a valuable experience for all. A simply amazing man.

                            

                                       

Science Fair Fun By Miss O'B

Room 5 Exploring the Science Fair!

Room 5 attended the Fonterra Science Fair on Wednesday 25th March. There were a range of different science experiences and challenges to take part in. Below are some photos of our learning experiences. We had so much fun!!


Wednesday 25 March 2015

That was summer By Xavier

Learning Intention: To write a personal memoir capturing past memories.

That was Summer
By Xavier 

Have you ever felt summer?
Sure you have.
Remember that time
When you felt the soft grains of sand 
Just flowing through your hand
And the soft breeze cooling you down, 
And just laying on your towel, with the warm beaming sun on you?
Remember how the waves crashed over your head 
And the salt water got in your eyes?
That was summer.

Remember that time 
When you had the dewy grass  running through your toes 
And just digging your feet into the warm soil
And feeling the slimy worms wriggle over your toes?
Remember how you had a water fight 
And you came back inside saturated 
And the water was just dripping all over the carpet? 
That was summer.

Remember that time 
When you bought that ice cold ice-block 
And the juice just kept dripping down your hand 
And it made it all sticky
And when you had almost finished it
The last bit fell off the stick?
Remember how you were running on the path 
And you tripped up 
And you grazed yourself 
And the bright red blood dripped down your leg?
That was summer.

If you try really hard 
Can you remember that time
When you were standing on the beach
And you were watching the sun set
And you felt the last bit of warmth drifts away
Remember how you were beside the camp fire on the beach
And you were roasting marshmellows
And they just oozed in your mouth
That was summer.



Science Road Show 2015 at SHS By Brittan

Fonterra Science Fair


On the 25th of March 2015. The Science Road Show was held at Stratford High School.
Toko School's Year 7 & 8 were at the Science Road Show. We all had great fun and I'm sure we all learnt heaps.

Usual Enough By Brittan

Learning Intention: To write a memoir about a childhood memory
By Brittan O'Leary

As the sun was uprising, the land was more visible, the animals were waking.
The camp site started as usual.
All was quiet... Laying still in bed.
"BANG BANG BANG!!! WAKE UP SLEEPY HEADS!!!" I just ignored it and fell back asleep.
The door flew open. The lights switched on, "WAKE UP!!!"
It was hard to ignore it so I jumped out of bed, got dressed and made my bed.
Eventually making my way to the lounge area.
There were a few people awake well... Out of bed, Miss O'B was still banging pots and yelling wake up. The adults were awake chatting away about how lazy us kids are and how long they wonder we were up for.
After a few minutes everyone was awake.
We headed towards the hall where we have breakfast I was wondering what we were having for breaky. 

Friday 20 March 2015

Toko School wins Challenge Cup! By Miss O'B

Challenge Cup comes back to Toko School


On Wednesday 18th March Toko School took part in the Turnbull Cup. Eleanor came 1st in Year 7 girl swimmer 2015 and Abbey S won 2nd in the Year 6 girls swimming. Our Toko School relay team of Xavier, Rowan C, Rowan S and Eleanor won the Challenge Cup for another year in a row :) 


                                      

Tuesday 17 March 2015

Eleanor's Nationals Swimming Achievement by Miss O'B

Punctuation Challenge By Miss O'B

Punctuation Challenge 


 Room 5 are taking the challenge to use and learn all of the base punctuation at the bottom of the pyramid.
 Our next step is it take risks in our writing to apply these where appropriate. 

Life Saving Experience/Practice By Miss O'B

Life Saving Practice


As part of our swimming unit. Room 5 went into the Stratford Pool to complete the lifesving component of our Swimming Safe certificate. Here are some photos and a video of what we got up too. We really enjoyed our time in the water and working together :)

Tuesday 3 March 2015




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Maths Inquiry By Miss O'B


Room 5's Maths Inquiry!


Room 5 had a great time learning about how decimal points work. We measured ourselves and ran over a measured distance. Challenging questions like:
*If you are taller do you run faster?
*Are Year 7's faster then Year 8?
*Are boys faster then girls?
*Does height matter?

Checkout what we have been up too!!

Breaststroke techniques By Miss O'B

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Learning and perfecting our breaststroke techniques!