Monday - 3 classes and 3 teachers

On Monday we had Room 10, 11 & 12 in Room 4 altogether.  We started the day together for the roll and went through the plan for the day ahead.
For Maths we had 2 problems to solve, and children were allowed to work on their own or with a buddy or in a small group.
For Literacy Mrs Jack, Mr Bootten and Mrs Jones all explained the shared book and activity that they were going to do, and the children chose which teacher they wanted to work with.
We organised ourselves the same way for the afternoon when each teacher did a different Christmas craft activity.
Here are a few photos of us working on our problem solving at Maths time.

Sandpit time with the Green Screen

On Friday we had some time to try the green screen out.  We used an iPad app called Green Screen by Ink.
We took some photos and made some videos. (Although the sound didn't work for some reason on one of the videos, but you get the idea of the possibilities of using the Green Screen.)
We can put a photo of anything in the background and add our photo on the front.

Or we can put a photo in the background and add our video in the front.
Videos to come - trouble uploading them.

Room 11 & 12 - Day 5 - PMI

Today in our groups we made a list of our Positives/Negatives/Interesting from our time in Room 4.

POSITIVES

• Working with new people
• Getting my work done faster
• Working with Room 11 and 12
• Having maths groups with birds names
• Working in the tent
• Having Mr B
• Working with another class
• More children helping me
• Working in the pigeon holes
• Mr B and Mrs Jones not growling
• Working with different people
• Reading with Room 11 children in my group
• Making friends with Room 12 kids
• Working with new friends
• Having a wider working space
• Working with Mrs Jones or Mr B
• Working in a different maths group
• Working with Chelsea
• Working with a mix of Room 11 and 12 kids together
• Writing a recount about being in Room 4
• I enjoyed working with Mrs Jones and Room 12 (Mr B)

NEGATIVES

• Having more work
• Not using the Green Screen
• Some children not being able to co-operate
• Having no desk to put our stuff
• Having Mr B and Mrs Jones checking up on me all the time
• Co-operating with Room 12 boys
• Not being in Room 12
• Having small groups going out to the cloakroom to get our lunch and morning tea
• Having to be careful of the Juniors in the cloakroom
• Having free time
• Room 12 missed using the chrome books
• It was difficult to find a space to work
• Having to walk all the way to Room 2’s cloakroom
• I didn’t have any negatives (Mr B)

INTERESTING

• Using Must Do’s and Can Do’s
• Having a tent in the room
• Knowing that Mr B was nice
• Matua hugging Mr B
• Working with Room 11
• Having Mr B as a teacher
• Working in different groups
• Having the Nissan Skyline seats in the class
• Having Mrs Jones as a teacher
• Having a change of classrooms
• Having extra helpers in the room
• Having 2 different teachers

Room 4

This week we have been in room 4 with room 12 and with Mr B. Mrs Jones and Chelsea. Room 4 is made out of the old library and the computer room and is a big working space .  Kade and Kaiden also had  Mrs Jones ,Chelsea chasing them for work instead of just Mr B.  I enjoyed being in the room .By Robbie.


I have enjoyed being in room 4 because i have been able to work with room 12 in my reading group.I have made new friends from room 12.The team work has been good.  Sahana                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I have  enjoyed being in room 4  because  we got to work as  a team . I have enjoyed working with room 12 because I got to meet new people that I did not know except when I saw them outside.      .By Josiah

Room 11 & 12 - Day 2 - Reflection

It was a much busier day today, as we had swimming to fit in our programme.  We continued with our morning programme after lunch but we still had time to fit in a jig-saw activity about "Learn, Create, Share".
Here are our highs and lows of Day 2.

Highs:

• I got used to working with Room 12 children.
• I enjoyed working in the individual spaces.
• I enjoyed working with Room 11 children.
• I made some new friends since yesterday.
• I enjoyed seeing my brother getting told off.
• I enjoyed following the literacy taskboard.

Lows:

• I haven't been allowed to play with any toys.
• It was difficult to co-operate in my group.
• I don't like my brother watching everything I do.

More highs than lows!!  Wahoo!

As teachers, today we noticed that children mixed well, and differently than Day 1.  Some children found it difficult to have 2 teachers checking up on them, as they couldn't "fly under the radar" as they usually do.  We are also appreciating the extra help when we have Teacher Aides in Room 4 to rove around or work with small groups, and Chelsea has been a great help this week too.

Room 11 & 12 - Day 1 - Reflection

Wow!  What a busy day!
Today, at the end of the day, we reflected on our first day in Room 4.  In our groups we talked about our high-lights and low-lights of our first day.
Here's what the children came up with...

Highs:

• I enjoyed working with my friends.
• Having a bigger learning space.
• Sharing with Room 11.
• Meeting new people.
• Working in different places.
• No teachers growling.
• Collaborative learning.
• Communicating with others.
• I enjoyed every activity.
• I liked doing Inquiry.

Lows:

• There were some naughty people.
• Having to eat inside.
• Lots of people.
• I couldn't hear the story.
• Having to walk around Room 2 and 3.
• People not finishing work that still needs to be done.

Room 11 & 12 - Day 1 - morning

This morning Room 11 and Room 12 have been enjoying working in a variety of different places.
There are places for individuals to work, places for groups to work, places to work with the Teacher and places a different levels and heights.  We have a tent to work in, and even Nissan Skyline seats!!
Here are a few photos of us busy working.