About PrEP

Winton School year 7 and 8 pupils participated in the PrEP programme (Primary Enterprise Programme).
Miss Brown (year 7 teacher) and Miss Robertson (year 8 teacher) were the bankers and made all the rules. On the day of PrEP Miss Brown and Miss Robertson changed NZ dollars into 'Midlands Moolah' (50c = 1 moolah, etc.,) Each group had up to 5 - 6 people. Each person had to go for a job for on the day. (CEO, Accountant, Marketer, Designer and Employee).

For homework one week we were given a CV to apply for the job we wanted, Then we had to get interviewed for the job to see if we were the right person for that position. There were twelve venture groups and altogether there was from stationary, Food, Car washes, Recipe books, Technology and Fun activities. the groups were mixed and chosen by the teachers.

On the day each class plus the Plunkett Kids and family members came and had a look around the stalls and activities for a while. Overall the day was a great success and then every group paid back their debts and still had heaps of money left over. Some of the groups sold out of the products while others had some left over. All together the groups raised between $600 and $900 and each pupil learned a little bit more about what it is like to own a service or a shop. A huge thanks to Miss Robertson and Miss Brown for making the day a HUGE success!

Homework Term 4 Week 6

Sasa:
 Practice the Sasa for our end of year prizegiving. Look under 'Labels' on the right of our blog.

Unsolved Mysteries:
Research your 4 focus questions for your chosen mystery.
Remember to write the names of books/websites/ readings etc on your recording page in your Draft writing book.
Aim to have all of your information collected by Friday.

Term 4 Week 4

Reading:
You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

·      Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book

Spelling:

You only have spelling if you had errors in your Essential Lists tests.
Practice your words EACH night for success.

·      A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:

·      Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.

·      Practice your words in your Homework book

Dragon Maths:

Book 4 - page 73 - Timetables
Book 5 - page 72 - Rates

Term 4 Week 3

Reading:
You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

·      Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book

Spelling:

You only have spelling if you had errors in your Essential Lists tests.
Practice your words EACH night for success.

·      A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:

·      Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.

·      Practice your words in your Homework book

Dragon Maths:

Book 4 - page 72
Book 5 - page 70



Current Events:
1. Choose an article from either:
The Southland Times
Southland Express/The Eye
Kiwi kids news website (the link is on this blog under 'Great Learning Websites'


2. Write these headings in your Homework Book:
Who:
What:
Where:
When:
Why:
How:


3. Read your chosen article and take the key words and details from the article and place by each heading. Remember you need ALL of the key facts and information.

4. Now write your own article based on the facts you recorded. It needs to be re-written in your own words and must contain enough information so the audience fully understands your article. It should be around 3-4 paragraphs long. (Remember - your opening sentence should introduce the article)


5. Give the article a new headline and include a photo/picture. It can be the one used in the article or you can find a new one that represents the article appropriately.
You may wish to do a draft of your article in your Homework book so you can revise and edit your writing to create an attention grabbing article!

Term 4 Week 2

A revised Homework this week:
You do not have Homework if you are performing in Putangitangi this week. Your only Homework is to represent Winton School with pride and have fun!

Everybody else:
Reading:
You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.
Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book


Dragon Maths:
Book 5 - Page 71 - Time Problems

BBC skillswise Maths website:
Click on the link under 'Great Learning Websites' and play the 'BBC Maths - Time Term 4'. A great challenge on your time knowledge!! Good luck!

Hi Room 10

Hello Room 10. Well we arrived safley in Coolangatter Yesterday. We had a really smooth flight. Once we had gone through all of the passport checks and got our bags we finally got out of the airport and onto our bus. It was about a 20 minute bus drive from Coolangatter airport to our hotel. When we got checked in and everything, to get to our room we had to go past the swimming pool. The pool looked so refreshing in the very hot heat that felt like 38 degrees. Whe we got to our room we basically just dumped our bags got into our sswimming togs and went down to the pool for a well needed swim. The water was so refreshing and I loved it so much. After we had had a swim we came back up to our room we got changed and went to the shopping mall to get some food sshopping for tea tonight and just to have a look around. We had to catch the bus to the mall because we had a bus ticket to just show the bus driver and he would let us on. After we had done our shop we went back to the bus stop to catch another bus home. We unpacked our shopping and went straight back into the pool. Well today Callum and Archie woke up about half past 4 which in NZ time would be 7 o' clock because we are 3 hours behind. They couldn't get back to sleep so they did a bit of reading and colouring. Then they went swimming in the pool again. Today we also had a good walk on the beach were the water was very warm compared to the Riverton water. Then on the way back we walked along the high street. Mum bought us an ice - cream from Baskin Robbins which is a really big ice - cream store. We got to big scoop of ice - cream of our choice of what the had. Tonight we had and are having a big thunder storm. It started South and then has been working it's way up here. It is really scary because we are having forksss of lightning. It started off as just sky lightning but then it turned worse. Archie got really scared and so did I because when we were in England once we took barney ( Our Dog ) out for a walk when it was the start of guyforks night and mum said that they have lots of fireworks to start guyforks ight and to finish so I and Barney haven't been the same since then. Well thats all I have to say for now. Oh and buy the way tomorrow we are hopefully we are going to Wet "N" Wild.

Homework Term 4 Week 1

Reading:
You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.
Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book

Dragon Maths:
Book 4 - page 71 - Using Measurement 2
Book 5 - Page 69 - Scales

PrEP:
Discuss with your parents at home - what CAN YOU contribute to your groups venture? What does your group need? How much is needed? Where can it be brought/located from?
Remember: each person in your group venture may spend up to $5.00 on items but your parents may choose to donate other items.
Your group order to Miss Brown must be in by Wednesday after school - we will talk about this more in class.

Advertising:
Complete this task on one page in your Homework book. No felt pens please. You may use only ONE computer generated image.
Think about:
lettering - size and shape
colour
images
persuasive language
Make the reader want to buy your bike!!

Homework Term 3 Week 9

Reading:

You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.
You  need to keep up to date with the group novel you are reading so this may be an option for reading at home. The novel must be brought back to school each day though.      

Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book
   
Dragon Maths:

Book 4 page 98

Book 5 pages - 96 & 97


Calendar Art:
Complete your calendar art by Friday. Felt tip markers and colour pencils come out the best. Show your parents your work so they know what you are creating.

RWC Fun Day:

Find out some information about your country for Wednesday's RWC Fun day (e.g. the flag, national colours, the continent it is in etc)

camp

Today was the day that us year7's went on camp i woke up with a smile on my face as soon as we were on the road it got a little bit fuzzy on the bus some people started to get head arch's we stopped at a park for a bit of fresh air and morning tea it was good to get off that bus i was just about to herl after we were all finished we were on the road again. Hours and hours later we arrived at the camp site as soon as we unpacked the bus we went to the beach a lot of sandflys though they were really a pain in the neak we had a sand castle comp then one the first night we had some games to play... In the morning we all got our game faces on looking like we were ready for the big day ahead of us

Term 3 Week 8

Reading:

You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

·      Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book

Spelling:

1. Essential List words
2. Topic and camp related words
3. PrEP words and meanings. Write the word and the meaning and then put that word into a sentence to show it's meaning. 

Practice your words EACH night for success.

·      A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:

·      Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.

·      Practice your words in your Homework book

Camp Photo Collage:
Create your collage of photos from Tautuku Camp that you want to use in your Exploding Card.
Use an A4 sheet of paper - place small photos on the page
You can colour print them at home or bring them to school on a pendrive and they can be printed in black and white.
Bring along any ribbon, 'sparkly bits' etc that you may want to use in your card.


Dragon Maths:

Book 4 page 99

Book 5 pages - 99 & 100

PrEP CV writing:

Complete your CV and reference by Friday. Please ask if you are not sure about some of the sections, we will go over it in class. 

These are the 4 positions/roles that can you apply for in your venture group:

You can only apply for 1 position. 

Read the criteria of each position carefully to make sure it suits your personal interests and abilities. Use the criteria to support your application in your CV.
Make sure your CV is professional and neat with NO spelling and grammar errors.
Do a draft in your Homework book may be a good idea!

Buddy Reading

My buddy in Room 6 is Sarah. She is a wonderful reader, she always uses expression in all of her books that she reads. I am really proud of her and she also gets on with the work. She is a really thoughtful reader because when she is stuck she sounds the word out. She will go really far with her reading. She is also a level 17 good on her.

Buddy Reading

Gracie and I are pleased with Sarah's reading its just unbelievable how she reads.

When she mucks up on her reading she goes back and reads it again. We are very proud of Sarah's reading she can even say big words which is pretty good shes even helped me with my reading its just amazing.

buddy Reading

Me and Caleb's buddy Callum is overall awesome in reading. We have to help with some words but really not many. When We first started with Callum We didn't have to do anything really he just started to read and We only needed to help him with one or two words through the whole book. picture Callum in the middle Me and Caleb on side.

buddy reading

My wonderful buddy is Hope she is a great reader and is getting better each week.She is getting better at speaking a a nice clear voice .She loves reading books and is beginning to understand what she is reading to me.She is going to get really far in life with her reading.

My first buddy I had was Lilly she is a fantastic young reader and loves to tell jokes.I hope they both keep it up later on in life.

Every friday we go to room 6 to do buddy reading. All of room 10 get a great reader to share stories and any writing we have done. Sometimes we also bring them into our class to look at the topic we have been working on or artwork. My buddy is Alyssa she is a excellent reader. She loves to read stories that she has done herself. She is very good at sounding out words that she does not know. She could work on being a bit more slow but she is awesome and I am glad she is my buddy.

HOMEWORK TERM 3 WEEK 7

Reading:

You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

·      Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book

Spelling:
You only have spelling if you had errors in your Essential Lists tests.
Practice your words EACH night for success.

·      A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:

·      Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.

·      Practice your words in your Homework book

Dragon Maths:
Book 4 pages - 96 & 97
Book 5 pages - 95 & 98


Rugby World Cup 2011:
Using your copy of the sheet below - complete all of the information about your adopted country.
Write the answers to the Focus Questions Level 1-3 in your Homework book. (Full answers and detail required of course!)
Check out the RWC 2011 website listed in the LABELS section of our blog. There is information that can help you with your adopted country. Also checkout the awesome videos of the RWC values!

Buddy Reading

I have had two buddies in the last three terms.The first one I had was Sarah.She was a great reader who loved horse and her cat Tigger. She was also great at sounding out words too. She would read her story then tell me what it was about after she had finished.The buddy I have right now is Loralye. She is an awesome reader who loves all her friend including her best friend Maddison. I have had so much fun with these girls just by reading with them every friday. Thanks Girls.

Tautuku Camp

On Tuesday 6th September year 7 are going to camp Tautuku. We are going for two days and three nights. On the first day we are just going go down to the beach for a bit, the second day Adventure Southland are coming and they are taking an Adventure Course, Kayaking and a bush walk. Good luck year 7 and have fun! :-)

Camp Tautuku!

On Tuesday 6th of September room 10 are going to camp Tautuku for two nights and three days. We will be arriving back at school approximately around 2:00 o'clock on Thursday. I hope we all have fun.

Buddy reading

This is Amy and I reading with Brooklyn at buddy reading. Every friday room 10 goes to room 6 to buddy read and to help them become fabulous reader. Brooklyn is getting way better at reading and is improving her listening skills , but she lacks to pay attention when I ask her to read on of her stories . But she is still a great buddy to read to .

Buddy Reading With Owen

My buddy Owen is a very good reader. He is very confident about his reading and concentrates on the book he is reading. He likes to challenge himself at his reading and is always ready to learn something new. He is always looking forward to buddy reading. Owen has very good manners and is very helpful. Owen could work on just listening to his partner read and not looking around all the time and listening to other peoples books. Great reading Owen.

On Fridays room 10 goes to buddy reading it is great fun. I have been with different buddy's and they were all great readers they always offered to read first, they had great manners and they also improved alot.

On Friday room 10 go to room 6 for buddy reading. My buddy is madison she is a great reader but can get a little bit out of control. She has improved so much in her reading past this few weeks. I really enjoy going to buddy reading and helping room 6 improve in there reading. Great work madison KEEP up the GREAT work

Cole and I first started reading with Ryan but then we had to change to Callum. They are both great readers, but something they could improve on could be expression.

Chloe's buddy

This is Bailey and I...

Every friday room 10 goes to room 6 to do buddy reading. My buddy is Bailey, she is an amazing buddy, she reads well and never complains and is always asking to read a book first. Bailey is always determined to read books that challenge her.

Georgia's buddy

Every Friday afternoon, Room 10 has buddy reading with Room 6. I enjoy having buddy reading with my buddy Lily because she is a really good reader. She never complains and she always wants to read my books. I have really enjoyed listening to my buddy lilly read and I think she has really improved these past few weeks.

This is lilly and I ...

Term 3 Week 5

Maths: Dragon Maths 4 - page 94 & 95 Dragon Maths 5 - page 93 & 94 Reading: You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book. PrEP Currency design: See your PrEP currency sheet for all of the information you need to know.  Your designs are due on Friday

Celebration of Cultural Events Day

On the 12 of August Winton School had a Cultural Celebration day. It was a day to show off the new Kapa Haka uniforms, the kapa Haka group, yr 7&8 Samoan Sasa, Junior Kapa Haka and the Room 5&6 Kapa Haka. Not only did we have Winton School kids performing but we also had a Filipino Dance group. And the Central Southland College Kapa Haka group. Then to end the day we had a Hangi! The food was delicious and some of us had never tried hangi food so it was a good learning experience. Room 10 had a bake sale to raise money for camp, it went really well with just about everything selling! Over all it was a great day!

Buddy Reading

Every Friday Room 10 has buddy reading with room 6. We have all had different buddy's that are all great readers. My first buddy was Hope who was an awesome reader. Her favourite types of books to read were fairy tales and books about princesses. My second buddy was Zoe who loved reading to me and listened really well when I read to her. She made lots of progress over term 2 and 3 and I was proud of her. My buddy now is Maddison who is a fantastic reader and loves to read books together.


Chloe, my buddy Zoe and I.

Every Friday Room 10 go to Room 6 for buddy reading. I have had two buddies since the start of the year. In term 1 I had Owen who has gone up levels since the start of the year. He also started to read chapter books. My other buddy Allysia is a great reader who likes reading big books. She can read big words without me helping her and is also moving up levels. My favourite part of buddy reading is listening to my buddies read.They are both great readers and I hope I have another great reader this term.

This is Owen reading his stories to me.

On Friday we have buddy reading, each week Teira and I have a buddy named Kayden. He has improved a lot in reading, when we first started reading with him he was on level 6, now he has moved all the way up level 13 Teira and I were so impressed with him. My favourite part in buddy reading is listening to my buddy read. Also I like to see that he is enjoying himself with us there helping him, also another part I like is getting out of school work.  

My buddy Is an amazing reader and loves to have fun. his name is Josh Gill. he loves playing i spy with me and reading lots of different books. He needs to concentrate a little more when he is reading though. Well done Josh keep it up.

This is Kate and I reading.

My buddy's name is Kate, she is an amazing reader. One day she read me the whole book of Green Eggs And Ham. She has improved heaps in reading and is even reading big chapter books. She loves to read plays with her friend Sarah, who is also a good reader. Kate is still improving on learning to slow down a bit more when she is reading. Kate is an awesome reader and an awesome buddy.

On Fridays room 10 goes to buddy reading with room 6, We each have a partner as there is not enough kids to have one each, every now and again we change our buddy's. Room 10 goes to buddy reading to help the little kids read, it is fun watching and helping the kids learn.

My buddy and I {Matariki} read books that are interesting and are a challenge. I have seen a huge improvement over the last few weeks which is great, and now because of that improvement we can go onto harder books like big chapters. AWESOME! She is still working on going a little slower with her reading. Matariki is an amazing reader and I am so lucky to have her as a buddy.

SNOW DAY!!

Hi Room 10!
I am hoping you will get onto our blog and write about your snow day adventures!! We would love to see some photos if you have taken some...

Homework Week 2 Term 3

Kia ora team -
Your main focus this week is your persuasive argument speech:

1. Decide on what stance you are going to take in your speech - for or against?
2. Decide on 3-4 main points that you are going to talk about
3. Start collecting facts and points of views - write where they come from (e.g. www.the factsite.com) this website looks great if you want to include unusual facts in your speech!
4. Write an introduction that captures the audiences attention. Use a rhetorical question or a fact or humour and persuasive language to achieve this.
5. Group our information into paragraphs
6. Start to gather ideas for your conclsion

Be prepared to share your information on Friday.

ALSO don't forget your items for our camp fundraising stall on Friday!

Homework Term 3 Week 1

Maths:
Dragon Maths 4 - page 89 - Rotation
Dragon Maths 5 - page 87 - Reflection

Reading:

You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book.


Speech competition:
We begin working on our speeches in class this week but it will also be our Homework over the next few weeks so begin thinking of a speech topic that will PERSUADE your audience. Let your imagination flow.


Polyfest practice:
Keep up regular practice of the Sasa for our up-coming performances!!

Week 11 notices

Some notices for the last week of Term 2:

• Shared lunch on Friday for Nadine's last day - we will sort out what food we are bringing in class (No potato chips or Dorrito's this time please!)
• Class treat of a DVD on Friday.
• Red Nose Day/mufti day on Friday. Please bring a gold coin for Cure Kids and dress in red if you can!

Samoan Art - Fatu Feu'u panels

As part of our inquiry unit - we studied the Samoan artist - Fatu Feu'u. His work is inspired by symbols and features important to Samoan people - especially respect and belonging. We designed and created our own panels in response to Fetu's work.

Our Sasa performance!

Hello Room 10

Hello Room 10. How has school been so far. I just wanted to say good luck on doing the Samon Sasa in Assembly on Friday. I hope you have got it very good and have been practising alot. Well good luck to you all and have fun at school.

Hi Room 10

Hi room 10 it's Katy. I have been having some good flights so far and are missing school terribly as when we are on the plane I get a bit bored after watching TV all the time. We had a good flight to Christchurch from Invercargill on Saturday. We also arrived safely in Singapore from Christchurch. It was a very long flight. Today we are flying to England on about an eleven hour flight. I am going to be bored. The plane food was alright but not the best plane food. On one of the meals we got a Kit - Kat which I scoffed and so did my brothers, on the other meal we got some MnM's. They were delicious. That is all I have time for now. Here it is about 6:13 in the morning. Talk to you soon
Katy

Ps: have a look on our cool blog for our trip at bryansuk2011.blogspot.com you don't have to put www ok. Bye

Homework Week 10

Narrative Story:
Complete your narrative story by Friday.
It should be proofread and edit by you and then checked by an adult (or older sibling) at home.
It can be typed or handwritten.

Maths:
Dragon Maths Book 5 page 88 - Rotation
Dragon Maths Book 4 - page 89 - Rotation

There is NO spelling this week.
Reading as usual - recorded in the back of your Homework.

Homework Week 9

Activity 1:      READING

You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book.

Activity 2:  SPELLING

You have 10 words to learn for Friday’s test. Practice your words EACH night for success.

A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.·      

Practice your words in your Homework book 

Activity 3:  DRAGON MATHS

Book 4 - Page 90 - Symmetry

Book 5 - Page 89 - Symmetry

Activity 4: NARRATIVE READING

Read the story 'Survivor' and complete the questions on the sheet


Activity 5: SASA 
Practice our Sasa. We are performing this NEXT Friday

Homework Week 8

Activity 1:      READING
You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.
Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book.

Activity 2:  SPELLING
You have 10 words to learn for Friday’s test. Practice your words EACH night for success.
A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.·      
Practice your words in your Homework book 


Activity 3:  DRAGON MATHS
Book 4 - Page 85
Book 5 - Page 84 - 'Solids'. Tasks A & C. HAve a try at B for a challenge!

Activity 4:  INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
Complete the set task that you have been given from Miss Brown, either
1.    Otago Maths Problem Solving – remember you can bring your sheet in before Friday and I can check it and return it to you if they are not all correct – give yourself a challenge!  
2.    Reading comprehension 
3.    Maths basic facts patterns 

Activity 5: SAMOAN SASA
Use our blog to practice the Sasa at least twice 

Social Studies Fair- check out these impressive entries!

 Hao yan & Teira - 'Ghostly'

 Katy  - 'Wedding of the Century'

 Bradley & Connor - 'The Green Lady'

 Henry & Adam - 'World War 2 Planes'

 Year 8: Bailey & Taylor - 'The Eiffel Tower'

Year 8: Hannah & Fiona - 'Minnie Dean'

 Year 8 :Taylah & Amy - 'The Northern Lights'

Year 8: Amanda - 'Sign Language'

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what up room 10 Im going to limehills school hope your having a good time at school and keep on keep'n from your friend PHATHISA P.S hi

Homework Week 7

Activity 1:      READING

·      You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.

·      Record your nightly reading in your reading log in the back of your book.

Activity 2:  SPELLING

·      You have 10 words to learn for Friday’s test. Practice your words EACH night for success.

·      A good way to learn your words is the following for each word:

·      Copy the word – Read – Cover – Spell – Check if correct.

·      Practice your words in your Homework book 

Activity 3:  INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Complete the set task that you have been given from Miss Brown, either

1.    Otago Maths Problem Solving – remember you can bring your sheet in before Friday and I can check it and return it to you if they are not all correct – give yourself a challenge! 

2.    Reading comprehension

3.    Maths basic facts patterns 

Activity 4: SAMOAN SASA

Use our blog to practice the Sasa at least twice