Senses Poetry

In Room 12 we have been writing about our emotions, using our senses.  Have a read.  Which poem do you like the most and why?

Joy is yellow

Joy smells like the sunflowers growing in the garden.

Joy looks like a Saturday night out with friends.

Joy sounds like laughing out loud with your family on a warm evening.

Joy feels like making a hot cooked meal for dinner.

Joy tastes like when you just bite into a meat lover’s pizza.

By Wisdom

Age 9

Love

Love is red

Love smells like my Mum after she has put her perfume on.

Love tastes like my Mum giving me hugs and kisses when I am sad.

Love sounds like my heart beating fast because my mum is kissing me.

Love looks like people getting married.

by Tepoko

age 9 

Calm

Calm is white

Calm smells like fresh air when you relax.

Calm tastes like taking your time eating a salad.

Calm sounds like someone doing meditation in a quiet room.

Calm feels like the breeze blowing through your hair when you are at the beach.

Tamara

Age 10

Happiness.

Happiness is red.

Happiness tastes like I am eating my favourite meal of mince, beans and potatoes.

Happiness smells like the hot cooked food that everyone is gathering around to eat.

Happiness sounds like people cheering in a good mood and laughing hard out.

Happiness looks like friends and family getting together and having a fun time.

Happiness feels like bouncing on a bouncy castle with all of my friends for my birthday.

RJ

Age 10

Walking Water Experiment

Science in Room 12

The Walking Water experiment was super easy to set-up and Room 12 enjoyed observing the coloured water walk along paper towels and fill an empty glass. It was very cool!

Walking Water Experiment

·         At least 3 empty glasses

·         Water

·         Food colouring or dye

·         Paper towels

First we chose the colours we wanted to mix.  Half of the class did red 

and blue and the other half did blue and orange.  We then filled a 

glass for each colour and added food colouring.  An additional empty 

glass of the same size for each pair of colours was placed in the 

middle. We then cut up a paper towel and carefully placed it in the 

glasses.

We then… sat and watched as the colours ‘walked along’ the paper and into the next glass!

Tamara and Brooklyn working together.

De’Rdre sharing his knowledge with Rebeka.

Jonothan and Amos were pretty excited about quickly their 
water ‘walked.’

This group of boys combined and placed their glasses in an interesting arrangement!  What a cool idea and it worked so well!  The colours crossed paths and after a while mixed beautifully!(Authors: Ms Latulipe and Jada)

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. (Benjamin Franklin)

In Room 12 we have been thinking about learning.  What would you answer if you were asked:

What is learning?

Who is responsible for your learning?

What does learning look like?

We plan to have the most amazing year supporting each other with our learning, and striving to be the very best that we can be.  How do we know this?  We all know that we are responsible for our own learning; we all have high expectations for ourselves and each other.  We also know that if we work together then ‘anything is possible.’

  

Being Amazing!

Here are some of the attributes we believe will help us be amazing this year in Room 12:

Cool Cricket

Today we had our first cricket skills session with Papatoetoe Cricket Coaches.  Did you know that these coaches play for the women’s Samoan cricket team?

Today we learnt some batting and bowling skills, and then had a quick competition.  It was very hot, but lots of fun!

 

What Room 12 are reading just now...

What a great novel to start our year in Room 12.  

It all starts when Chloe makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks like he might be driven out of town, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed.

What we believe in Room 12: