Can you work this one out???

What do the words "Banana", "Grammar" and "Potato" have in common?

Post you answer into the comments and we will se who can work this one out!

Science Roadshow Visit

The science road show was amazing all the classrooms enjoyed it. The really cool thing was............ when they lit the fuse and mad the balloon blow up it was really loud because even if you did block your ears you could still here it go BOOOOOOOOOOM. After all of that we got to go around and interact with all the science things. My favourite one and I think a few others would have to be the brittle nails when you had to lie down on a bed of nails and when you sit on it your bum is sore. We really enjoyed it and it was really fun.

By Sonja Te Kawa

Can you read this???

Only great minds can read this This is weird, but interesting!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

School Athletics

So our School Athletics were yesterday at the Caledonian Athletics Ground. How did you enjoy your day... Any comments on what was your favourite event, your achievements, suggestions for future athletics... infact any comments at all on what you thought of the day.

Great efforts by all of you!!

Holidays Over...

Well back to school and into Term 4, the year will soon be coming to an end. What, if any, interesting things did you get up to in your holiday break? Sporting trips, relaxing, visditing friends.... lets hear and share what you have been up to...

Term 3 Thoughts

Well another term is coming to an end. How has it been for you??

• What have you really enjoyed?
• What have you found difficult?
• What haven't you liked?
• What do you hope to achieve next term??

Your thoughts ...

A Story...

or was it a dream?

Our class packed these black bags and set off to Room 7.
There we went through the cupboard door & came to the sausage factory. A man called Keith showed us how sausages were made by putting hedgehogs through the machine. They came out in tubes. You had to wrap them in horse intestines. I said to Monica I am never going to eat a` sausage again.
After that we went to the back field and plop! I fell into a ditch.
It went black. I woke up. The clock said 6:00. I fell back asleep not knowing what was going to happen next…….

We were in our class making Christmas cards for everyone. I looked at the class list. I only had to make one for Ben now. I had done everyone else’s and I now had writers cramp. My pen leaked so now when Ben opens it he is going to have ink on his fingers and a very blue card.
Oh dear. Mr Sloan was throwing magnets at the whiteboard seeing which one would hit the ‘Bulls eye’. “Mr Sloan why can’t we go outside?” Jesse whined. Mr Sloan kept on playing. “WHOAH YEAH!!!” Mr Sloan said jumping up and down. “I hit the 100!” “MR SLOAN WE WANNA GO OUTSIDE!” our whole class shouted. “Okay” he sighed. We ran outside down across the field out of Balmacewen, across Lynn St and to the golf course. We galloped down an alley way where an old couple and their 8 children were playing Frisbee. The boys banged into them and the couple shook their fists and the children spat. The boys sprinted off. “Boys these days” Zoe muttered “Totally” Sonja & Hayley chorused. “What’s this?!” Marc shouted. We all ran to catch up with Marc. “A large house!” Phillip said. Eman cried. Lydia was astonished. Roi was chuffed. Mr Sloan’s jaw dropped & the Tennis Ball he was holding rolled out of his hands. The house was made of brick. I counted the floors. There were 32 floors! I couldn’t believe it. The tennis ball rolled to the door. The door creaked then clicked open. “Come on” yelled Tegan said who had a taste for adventure. We followed her through the door. The sun rays beamed through the windows. The door closed behind us. Bang! It echoed through the rickety house. I saw an old spiral staircase. With some stairs that were broken it was the only way up. We went through all the floors. The top floor had heaps of Beds. Damon started jumping on them we found a bed each and everyone jumped on the beds. We decided it was time to go. But when we were coming down some stairs broke and I fell through the stairs! I fell down 20 floors and everything went black then white. I saw my class! We were in a very white hospital. We came out with cut and bruises but that’s all. I told my mum about the house. We went too said but it had vanished. It had gone. We had a class disco and everyone had a great time. Well I’m not going to a sausage factory ever again.

Ramadan by Eman

Tomorrow, Friday the 14th of September, the Ramadan start, It lasts for one month. During Ramadan you can only eat after sunset and before sunrise-we eat special soup and have a special drink. After eating we pray. When Ramadan is over we go to the Mosque in our traditional clothes and we eat Baclawa there. The children get money from aunts and uncles. We celebrate for three days. People who are not Muslim can come to the Mosque to see what it is like. The Mosque thanks Monica Bae and Gal Harlavan and my ESOL teacher for the poster and lanterns. I will be taking part in Ramadan and fasting for the next month.

Year 7 Super Hero Morning

Well our 'superhero' morning of activities using all of you and your groups different learning styles has been. What did you enjoy about the activities and the way we did this? What would you have liked to change if you had a chance? What do you think i s your best style of learning?

Above are some phots from the 'Body Smart' activity.

Lets heary your thoughts and comments...

School Cross Country Photos

The Jewish New Year

Wednesday the 12th of September 2007

Tomorrow is the first day of the Jewish New Year.

We celebrate it by going to the Knesset (church)

Someone reads from the Thora ( Jewish Bible)

Then the schofar (horn) is blown to open up the sky for good things.
We sing and pray.After that we have a big meal with all the Jewish people in Dunedin.
We eat apple, honey, promegranates and fish.

The we wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Shana Tavah
By Gal H

Prize Winning Questions....

If you are the first to post the correct answers to the following questions you will be a prize winner!!!! You need to list your answers in order with numbers beside each answer.

1. Where on your body would you find your "Hamstring" Muscle?
2. What triggers the start of Puberty in hte human body?
3. Your cardio-vascular system refers to what organ/system?
4. Obesity and lifestyle choices are a major contributor to an increasing health condition. What is the name of this condition?
5. Everyone goes through puberty at the same rate, is this true or false?

Book Review: Dark Secret by Lisa Vasil

I’m Adelaide and I just read an exciting book called “ Dark Secret” from the Room 11 Library Corner.

Here’s the blurb: At last! Someone’s Connie’s age has moved in next door. But when Amanda doesn’t return a friendly wave, Connie thinks they’ll never become friends. In fact Connie soon realises that it’s Amanda who’s friendly and her twin sister is always rude. Rachel seems to hate Connie. Could she be jelous? Why can’t Connie be friends with both twins? Then Amanda has to go to hospital for a serious operation and Rachel is worse than ever. What is Rachel’s dark secret? Connie decides to find out even if it means losing Amanda's friendship....

Here’s an extract: “I don’t believe you!” Rachel screamed. “Get out of here, go away!” “ Allright!” I yelled. “ I will it’s the simple truth but if you if you want to be sulky and hurt people, because of something you think you did, then go ahead! Just listen, no matter how much it hurts it’s the truth!”

A book of Truth, Friendship and Confession.

A nailbiting drama.

Year 7 Super Hero Rotations

During the last 2 weeks we have been rotating around the year 7 classrooms. The activities you have been doing relate to different learning styles and intelligences. What have you enjoyed about these rotations? What do you think your learning style strengths are? Your comments please...

School Cross Country

How did the School Cross Country go for you? Did you enjoy it? Do you think our fitness training has improved your running ability? Your comments please...

Simon's book review

DRACULA

By Bram Stoker

Illustrated by Tudor Humphries

This book is shortened story of Bram Stokers spine-chilling story, Dracula. It all starts when Jonathan Harker is asked to go to Transylvania to do business with Count Dracula. But what he dose not know is that Count Dracula is not who he thinks he is. The count is a vampire who plans to move to London and suck the blood of innocent victims. The ways of killing a vampire are a silver bullet, a stake in the heart or there head chopped off and there body burned. This is a great book for people who love a bit of scare. I will rate this book 8 out of 10 and it is for ages 8-13. This book can be found in our School Library.

Question to Comment on this week...

What are some of the biggest challenges today's youth (People your age) face in growing up and getting along in society and at school?

You may also like to think about and compare NZ youth to other countries and cultures in the world. You could comment on similarities and differences the young people are faced with in relation to challenges in day to day life in NZ.

Please feel free to comment, add thoughts and also comment on other peoples thoughts.

Book Review by Ben

My name is Ben and recently I read this book from the school library

This book is called “The Chickens are Restless” by Gary Larson

I liked the bit with the wolves in Monday night in the woods and the bunny and the donkey .This book is a good for a laugh and it’s a good picture book. It is for a person with a good sense of humour .Its from the far side collection. I would give it a 8 out of 10.These cartoons are famous and made by Gary Larson.

Michael Fox Otago Science Fair

For the Balmacewen Science fair I conducted an experiment on the Kaikorai Stream to see if the water standards were suitable for the plants and animals living in it. I conducted 5 tests, temperature, resistance, conductivity , level of PH and visible clarity they all were suitable which was good.
My project was chosen to go to the Otago Science fair!!!!

I went to the Otago Museum on 20th of August for the Otago Science Fair. We took the bus and got there at 10:10am and had to wait to get judged it took about an hour and a half to get judged and they asked me lots of questions I was nervous. After the show and questions we had to wait for another 20 minutes till we left in the bus.

Then on 22nd of August my Mum got me a message at school saying I had won 4 awards I was so excited can’t wait for Prize giving on 26th of august!

By Michael Fox

Philip's Eye Exam

Hi my name is Philip and I'm from room 11 as working on my project on the brain and eye I came across a eye exam that is really quite fun hope you enjoy.

Quick Eye Exam...

This will blow your mind...!

Try this its actually quite good.

Count the number of F's in the following text while you read it quietly to yourself

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS

Managed it? to see the answer go into the comments part of this posting.

feel free to leave comments or thoughts about this test

Post Puberty Questions here!!

Our topic of discussion at the moment relates to physical, emotional and social changes that take place during puberty.

If you have any questions you would like to ask you can post your questions here. Please make sure your questions are sensible and appropriate.

You can sign with your name or anonymous if you like.

Longbeach - What did you think???

So you all had a go at some Rockclimbing, Sandsculpting and spent some time in the caves hunting for money to make sense of your clues and cryptic messages!!

What did you find:

FUN? CHALLENGING? SCARY?

Any thoughts at all about our day, make a comment on what you thought??

A Big thankyou to all our Parent helpers for the day, your help was fantastic!

Our Day at Longbeach

On the 7th August Room 11 spent the day out at Longbeach. We split into three groups and with the wonderful help of Parents and Dave the rockclimbing instructor we had a fantastic day at the beach. The activities we had a go at were - ROCKCLIMBING, SAND SCULPTING & THE CAVE CHALLENGE!!!

What a great day, lots of positive expereinces and fun had by all!!!

Room 11 Ready to go!!!

Welcome to our blog site, there will be regular updates of learning and happenings in Room 11 posted here.

Some posts will involve your input into commenting and giving your opinions on things happening in and around Room 11