Archive for October, 2011

Monday, October 31st, 2011

The Fluros: Learner’s Anthem

Learner’s Anthem by fuse711 Yay! The Fluros won the original song section in the Manawatu Digi Awards! AND… was a runner up in the ‘Supreme Award’ – I’m very proud of them. We are also going to nominate this post for the ‘Best educational use of audio / video / visual / podcast’

Monday, October 31st, 2011

The Manawatu Digi Awards

Congratulations to the Geeky group who took out the title for the best Music Video! I was so proud of all of you tonight! Check out the final video: We are also nominating this for the Edublogs ‘best educational use of audio / video / visual / podcast’!

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Ten out of ten in Spelling

Myspace Generators & Toys

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Jump Start Blog

On a Monday afternoon when I am taking Kapahaka, the children who do not do Kapahaka work with Julie.  She runs a Jump Start program here at RSS for Kindy-aged kids to come and get to know our school and each other before starting school.  Check out some of the awesome creations D3 kids have [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

D3′s PAT Averages: Term 1 to Term 4

This week we have been sitting final PAT’s and I am amazed at our progress!  Wow!  Check out our class results!!! Look for the number under the title ‘Mean’ (a mean is the same as an average) Vocabulary Term 1: And Term 4…Wow! Comprehension Term 1: And Term 4… That’s a massive improvement!! Mathematics Term [...]

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Digital Library: Historical Site

This afternoon we had a look at this Website from the Palmerston North Historical Society Incorporated by Brian Mather.  We also looked through the Russell Street School 50th Jubilee book.  We found out a number of amazing things that some of us might continue to look in to.    Did you know that Russell Street used to [...]

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Wonder Walk

Today we went out for our ‘wonder walk’ to ignite our wonderings about some of Russell Street’s hidden stories.  Here is a slide show I made with some of the pictures we took.  If you know of any hidden stories about one of the photos please share!!

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

SMART Goals

We are learning to write SMART goals for our learning this term. The Goal Areas are Academic (Reading, Writing, Maths etc), Social (being a good friend, manners, behaviour etc.), Physical (Sports, Athletics), and Personal (attitude, something at home etc.). For each goal you need to make sure you have written when you are going to [...]

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Tables Challenge

Myspace Message Generators

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Spelling test

Myspace Generators & Toys

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Welcome to Term 4!

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