http://ncschildrensrights.wikispaces.com/
9.12.09
HUMAN RIGHTS WIKI
http://ncschildrensrights.wikispaces.com/
3.12.09
SUTER ART GALLERY - LANDSCAPES
Dear Esther,
Thank you for showing us the exhibitions at the Suter Art Gallery. My favourite exhibition was ‘Find It’. My favourite thing was finding all of the animals. My favourite painting was The Three Swans. I liked drawing a picture of Mrs Suter and I gave her a dog, cat and a fantail.
I love the Art Gallery!
From Arjuna
Thank you for teaching us at the Suter Art Gallery. My favourite exhibition was ‘White Gold’. This was my favourite because we got to make a cow. We had to finish the cows at school. I made a sightful cow. I really liked the sculptures of cows and I also enjoyed drawing the cows.
I can not wait until we can go again. I will see you on a Saturday.
From Lucy
Thank you for showing us the exhibitions at the Suter Art Gallery. My favourite exhibition was ‘Bing Dawe’. It was fun because we got to make clay birds in the theatre. It was cold in the theatre.
We scraped the sides of the birds. We also made the beak on the birds. Then you took the birds to your home and fired them in the kiln. When the birds came back to school Room 14 painted the birds.
Thanks you Esther. I will see you next year.
From Ana
Thank you for all of the fantastic exhibitions. My favourite exhibition was ‘Bing Dawe’. I liked this exhibition because we got to learn about shags. I always stop and look at the shags in Queens Gardens. It was fun when we made our own clay birds. Then we painted our birds at school. That was so cool!
I can’t wait to go again next year!
From Ellie
26.11.09
19.11.09
CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEMS
3.11.09
TEAPOT VALLEY CAMP
Dear Brian,
Thank you for taking us to Teapot Valley Camp and back to school I had fun!
My favourite part of camp was going on the mini jeep. It was the best think because we got to have 10 rounds on it. It was awesome.
I also enjoyed the Ed’s Alley trampoline. It was the best because we went really high and could go upstairs to the bowling part.
I had the best time. I can not wait until I go to camp again.
From Lucy
Dear Andrea,
Thank you for driving me to Teapot Valley Camp. I had a super-duper time.
My favourite activity at camp was the giant trampoline. I liked the giant trampoline because it was bouncy and we bounced high.
I also enjoyed the Burma Trail. We got blindfolded and had to follow a rope, it was very muddy!
I had a fantastic time and I can’t wait to go next year.
From Eva
Dear Chris,
Thank you for taking me out to Teapot Valley Camp. I had a great time.
My favourite part of camp was sleeping in my cabin bunk bed because it was cosy and warm.
I also really enjoyed Ed’s Alley. I liked it because bowling balls is extreme fun.
I had the most spectacular time this year. I can’t wait to do it again!
From William
28.10.09
MASKED PARADE: POETIC WRITING
19.10.09
24.9.09
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
Oscar
CHECK OUT THE GREAT WEBSITE FOR FOOTAGE OF ROOM 14 AND OTHER RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS:
17.9.09
11.9.09
TRASH AND TREASURE
2.9.09
WE VALUE...
NELSON CENTRAL SCHOOL:
VISION: A passion for life-long learning
MISSION: To inspire excellence in everyone
VALUES: Doing our best
Getting along with others
Looking after our world
Making good choices
We think all of these ideas are really important. Here are what we think the 'VALUES' should look like in the classroom: What else do you think should be added?
26.8.09
TRIP TO THE QUEEN'S GARDENS
THE TRIP TO THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:
On Friday 21st of August room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens. We walked there for a reward because we filled up the Kotahitanga jar. I walked there with Oscar, Arjuna and Desiah. When we got to the Queen’s Gardens we unpacked and we had our lunch. After lunch we played finding bugs. Oscar found a centipede and Jay found a snail. Oscar called his Centy and Jay called his Trailly. I wanted to find one but I couldn’t.
After that we packed up and went to the Japanese garden. At the garden Oscar lost Centy. I also tried to find a worm but I couldn’t.
On the way back to school we went a different way. When we got back we watched Prehistoric Park. I had an awesome day!
Toby
LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:
On Friday room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens because it was Kiri’s last day at school. Our class got together and started walking. I walked with Toby, Arjuna and Arjuna’s mum. When we got there we all had lunch I sat on a big tree with Toby and Jay.
After lunch we had a play. I played tag, climbed trees and found a centipede. I called the centipede Centey. Jay found a snail and called it Trailly. Then we packed up and walked to the Japanese garden. When we were there I dropped my Centey. After that we walked back to room 14 and watched some of Prehistoric Park. It was a great day. I can’t wait to do it again.
Oscar
LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:
On Friday 21st of August room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens because it was Kiri’s last day. Some parents came too but only two. When we got to the Queen’s Gardens we got set up and had lunch. I sat next to Eva and Ana, they’re my two best friends. After lunch we played lots of games like tag, bubbles and climbing trees.
After we had played some games and did all the stuff we needed to do we packed up and walked to the Japanese garden. It was amazing, there were lots of things made of concrete. Then it was time to go so we lined up and walked back to school. We saw shags nests and water wheels. It was so much fun. I can’t wait until next time.
Yasmina
14.8.09
BOOK CHARACTER DAY
13.8.09
7.8.09
DEAD PRECIOUS
We saw a VERY VERY BIG ammonite. Mosasaurs ate them, they were much bigger than the ammonites.
We saw a video of the mosasaurs attacking an ammonite.
BY JAY
29.7.09
28.7.09
Inquiry: Children's Rights
Compare how children’s rights are observed at Nelson Central School with those at another school in a different time or place.
We are looking at how children in Kroo Bay live. Kroo Bay is in Sierra Leone, Africa. The people there live in a slum community surrounded by rubbish. The conditions they live in are poor, struggling to find clean water and healthy homes. We are discussing children's rights and comparing our rights to those of the children in Kroo Bay.
SETTING THE SCENE:
We looked at the Save the Children website that has special interviews and videos of the children that live in Kroo Bay.
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/kroobay/whats_new.php
We brainstormed what we already know about children's rights.
ACQUIRE INFORMATION:
We wrote questions that we could research to find out more about the children in Kroo Bay.
A GOOD QUESTION:
* Uses the seven servants
* Has KEY WORDS and KEY PHRASES
* Has punctuation
What type of medicine to people have in Kroo Bay and is there enough medicine for everybody? Oscar
Where do the children in Kroo Bay get their water to drink and survive and is it clean water? Quanah
How do people in Kroo Bay build their houses, what do they build their houses from and are they safe? Krystal
Where do the people in Kroo Bay get their toys from and do all the children have toys? Ellie
3.7.09
KATH BEE VISITS
At the end we asked Kath Bee some questions and she took our ideas for some new songs that she could write. We sang a ‘Goodbye Song’ which was really nice.
It was amazing and really fun to have Kath Bee at our school. We are very lucky!
Shared writing by Room 14
29.6.09
SKYPE
BY WILLIAM F