Room10 and the vegie garden

Room10s vegetable garden

Room10 is going to make a vegetable garden.
Because of the rising food prices.
We will show you videos and pictures to keep you updated on how it is going but only on Monday.

Daniel Vettori

On Thursday 28th February, Daniel Vettori came to Riverdale School. One of the junior classes had entered a competition and they had won; the prize being a visit by Daniel. Many of us got autographs from him and played cricket with him. He even came and spent some time with us in the classroom.

We thought this was amazing!

Cna yuo raed tihs?i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht Iwas rdanieg. Thephaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to arscheearch at CmabrigdeUinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in awrod are, theolny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be inthe rghitpclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raedit whotuit apboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed erveylteter byistlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and Iawlyas tghuhotslpeling was ipmorantt!

Homefun, Week 4, Term 1

Welcome to Week 4, Term 1
Congratulations
Firstly congratulations to all of you who participated in the Duathlon on Thursday evening. It was wonderful to see so many Room 10 students giving it a go. Special congratulations to Jack and Zia for winning their 8 year old age group race and to Kelly for coming 2nd and Emily for coming 3rd in the 9 year old girls.

Congratulations also go to Gina for being voted in as our Room 10 Student Councillor and to Madison P for being voted the deputy. We know you will represent us well and share our thoughts and ideas with the Student Council. You will also get opportunities this year to help organise events and take on leadership roles in the school.

Room 10 Blog Site.
This year we have our very own Room 10 Blog site. The address is: riverdaleschoolroom10.blogspot.com.

It is a very exciting new way of sharing with our families some of the many things we do, and family and friends from overseas can even see us in action! For Homefun this week I want you to log onto the site and read through what is there, also try and introduce it to family at home. Please make a comment using the “comment” link.

Also this week I want you to link to the site: Brainpop.com It's an educational site with lots of videos and activities about school subjects. This link takes you to a writing process video. Watch the video and take the 'pop-quiz'. You can write the answers on a piece on paper and we will share this on Friday. If you don’t have access to the internet at home feel free to come in the morning and use the class computers. Remember to ask me first before you use the internet at school.

Also remember to read for 15 minutes and record what you have read. We have 10 new words to learn for spelling. Try and aim for 10/10 for the test on Friday. Basic facts are to be completed each night and ready for marking the next day. Are you getting quicker?

Have a wonderful week everyone.
Kind regards….Mrs Tamatea

Team Building with our Buddies

Our buddy class is Room 3. We meet every Thursday and do a variety of activities. Here we are developing our cooperative and leadership skills. We are presented with a problem and we have to come up with a solution, working together as a group.

Bike safety Programme

On Tuesday and Wednesday Constable Emily McMellon worked with Room 10 to develop our ability to ride safely on our bikes. We completed a bike obstacle course including turning left and right using hand signals. We discovered it was very difficult to ride straight while looking over our shoulder or doing a hand signal. We need to practise this!!