Holidays...Why Do Schools Have Them?

A writing focus for our classroom has been writing to explain. Writing to explain has a specific structure which we have had to learn. Over time, with practice and feedback we have all made progress in our writing. We used this success criteria to help us follow the structure and give feedback to ourselves and others. 

As we all love holidays, we had to write to explain why we need them. After completing our writing we chose different ways to present our writing, instead of simply just adding a google docs with our writing. Here is an example of one way we chose to share our writing with others... 

 

Presentation created by Hayley-Room Six-Awahono School

Comment below if you can think of any other reasons why schools have holidays...

Pet Day

This term started out with a couple of highlights early on... Firstly, I had safely returned from overseas (well it was certainly a highlight for me to be back in the classroom and see my wonderful class) and also it was Pet Day, such an exciting day on the school calendar! 

Connecting With Mrs Ealam Overseas!

The world we live in has become more and more digitally driven! A real positive of this world is that no matter where you are or what you are up to, you can always connect with others! This was the case for our classroom when I headed off overseas temporarily leaving Room Six with Mr Heyworth (which they thoroughly enjoyed). 

Although it was tough being away from the classroom and the children for such a long period of time we were still able to connect during this time. The children were able to be apart of my travelling journey, thanks to the wonderful technology at their finger tips! 

We started with a travel blog, only to discover some issues with the connection. Therefore using our adaptable skill set in the digital world, we quickly changed the plan to connect via google documents, in which the children could leave comments and ask questions. 

Below are a few links to some of the documents we shared together during this time... Only a sneak peak into the journey around the world!!

London

Bus Tour 

Paris