Hand feeding eels

Long fin eel visit

On Tuesday afternoon, Room 4 had an adventure, visiting and feeding the long fin eels on the Hustlers property.  Students were able to get close enough to feed the eels, some by hand or off a stick or string line and two toes were even nibbled on!

It was an awesome end to our study of endangered species and our learning around the long fin eel.  To see them in their natural habitat and to be able to get so close, left the whole class buzzing.

Did you know you can tell the age of an eel in a similar way to ageing a tree? Examining their 'otolith' or ear bone would show a series of layers or rings that indicates their age. 

I wonder how old the 'enormous' eel was?

Friendship Factor - Attitudes programme

The friendship factor

The year 7-8 students had an amazing day visiting Waerenga-O-Kuri school and participating in the Attitudes programme with Tony O'Rourke.  He delivered important messages around what makes a good friend, tips on friendship and what does not work in friendship.  

Tony was hilarious and the students loved sharing stories and interacting with their peers.

Back at school, students worked on creating a digital image that portrayed a statement around friendship (both positive and negative) using dialogue, body language and facial expressions.

Look at the first picture.  How would it make you feel to be talked about in that way?

Maths quiz

This week in Room 4 we have been learning how to link slides in order to create a Maths quiz for our classmates.

The aim was to link the slides to either progress through the test as you solve the problems or go backwards to try the challenge again.

I enjoyed using 'Animate Gif' to find a moving animation to accompany each slide.  The biggest challenge was adding links to each slide to make the quiz progress accurately.

I am looking forward to sharing our Maths quizzes and challenging each other with a range of maths problems. How many problems you can solve?

Action Selfies

Today Room 4 were learning how to use the 'Remove Background' online tool by taking an Action Selfie of something we enjoy doing in our local environment.

We explored using the timer function on our cameras so we had time to get into our 'action pose'.

We removed the background and placed it on an appropriate background to show something we like to do in Matawai.

Children chose an assortment of hobbies they enjoy doing around the Matawai area.  Do you know where in New Zealand Matawai is?

Check out the class blogs to see Room 4 in action.

I tried this activity as well, trying to capture an action shot doing something I enjoy.  Can you see what it is?