Cybersmart Passwords - by Valessa

Today we have been learning how to create a secure, safe, strong password for our devices and if you need a strong new password for your device here is a post to help you and to help you secure your account.

Learning to be Cybersmart - by Lee

We have been learning about being Cybersmart and creating strong and secure passwords. We made up a role play in groups to help us and others think about what doing the right thing looks like.

Block and Tackle!

Mr Jacobsen set up his block and tackle pulley system especially for Room 11 on Friday afternoon so we could see how simple machines can help us move things.  After watching a video and checking out some pulleys in class, it was so much more fun trying to lift a crate of heavy bricks outside in the real world!  It took the effort and energy of three people to lift the load using a rope but everyone could lift the crate on their own with the help of the block and tackle.

Thank you so much, Mr J, for sharing this technology with us.

Air, air, everywhere - by Manuel

We are learning about air and we found out that there is air in an empty bottle when we blew a balloon.

Air, air, everywhere!

What did we learn about air from our experiment with balloons and bottles? Well, the bottles looked empty but we learnt that the empty bottles were actually full of air.

Moving Marbles - by Connor

Last week we began to explore how things move using marbles.  Here is Connor's slideshow sharing what he saw in the video and what happened with the marbles.

Just keep swimming!

Just keep swimming! Just keep swimming! Team 4 has begun their swimming programme at the GI pools this term. Check out what Room 11 has been learning about with their instructors in our PENN movie for Term 2!

Tread Lightly

Tread Lightly is an awesome organisation that visits Auckland schools to help 8-12 year old children learn more about looking after our planet by making sustainable choices.  Dominique from Tread Lightly visited Pt England yesterday to explain why we need to start recycling soft plastics.  These are the plastics we can scrunch up in our hands, like plastic bags, chip packets and plastic wrap.  Donte and Jermaine stepped into the limelight to help Dominique share her message with everyone in Team 4 yesterday.  They played their roles with so much style and enthusiasm.  It was wonderful to watch.

New recycling bins have just been delivered to Pt England.  Donte and Jermaine have also volunteered to be Room 11's Bincurity monitors to make sure that we chuck our rubbish in the right bin. Ka mau te wehi!

What do we need to do? Chuck it in the right bin!

Patterns - by Tahliyah

I created patterns using different things in the classroom.

Our First Flag Football

This term's Kiwisport is learning how to play Flag Football.  It is a non-contact version of Grid Iron.  At our first session today Coach Will taught us how to hold and carry the ball correctly.  When we hold and throw this football, it is different to rugby.  We have to be more precise because some fingers have to spread over the lace.  When we are running with the ball, there are three holding points:

1. Hand - index finger over the tip
2. Touching the inside of wrist and forearm
3. Ball firmly against our side.

I wonder what we will learn about next week?

What's my number? - by Deborah

This week I've been working on my What's my number because it has helped me with place value.

A week in motion

The force has been strong in Room 11 ... we have been on the move a lot this week!  As well as enjoying moving it through the water at swimming, we have had a very busy and exciting week moving it at the park after swimming, moving it at assembly when we all performed our Fiafia items for the rest of the school, and moving it around the bike track this afternoon.  The wheels were in motion at the end of our week in motion.

Time for a swim!

We were off to the pools today for our first swimming session.  After sorting out the groups, it was time to move it, move it through the water!  Thanks to everyone who remembered their togs!