Thursday 29 October 2015

Agenda, Friday 30 October, Term 4 Week 3

Homework
  • Reading 
  • Research for feature article/editorial. Drafting on Monday

Reminders
  • Next week we are finishing off lessons 8-11 (Monday and Tuesday only) of sexuality road
  • Monday is day 3 (Tech, Library, Poowhiri)

Notices
  • Korero emailed out this week

Signed

Happy Halloween!

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Agenda, Thursday 29 October, Term 4 Week 3

Homework
  • Reading
  • Published News Article due Friday 9am on Doc (See blog post)
  • Who We Are Book completed (to a high standard) by Friday. 

Reminders
  • Tomorrow is day 2 (Teaming)
  • Athletics and sexuality road continue tomorrow
  • Science tomorrow (Covered shoes)
Notices
  • Korero emailed this week

Signed

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Publishing our Articles

We have decided that we want our newspaper articles to be written in different fonts to keep the newspaper looking interesting and to catch readers attention. We are going to all use size 11 for the text and size 36 for the headline. 
All writing should be left-set, black and not italic, bold or underlined. 
No last names should be used, only first names.
Please ensure these are all typed up and added to the doc by Friday at 9am. 

Agenda, Wednesday 28 October, Term 4 Week 3

Homework
  • Set up Who We Are books, Due Friday- See blog post
  • Reading for week 3
  • Drafting, editing, crafting, proofreading of article due tomorrow (We are publishing tomorrow)

Reminders
  • Tomorrow is day 1 (tech)
  • Science on Friday- Covered shoes
  • Sexuality Road lesson 6 and 7 tomorrow
  • Athletics (100m final) continues tomorrow
  • Hat
Notices
  • Korero comes out Thursday this week
  • Parents to sight and sign sexuality road notices 6-11
Signed

Monday 26 October 2015

Agenda, Tuesday 27 October, Term 4 Week 3

Homework
-Reading for week 3, Set up and complete 'Who we are' books- See blog post (no maths, writing, spelling this week)
-Complete draft of article with editing and proofreading (see checklist)

Reminders
-Tomorrow is day 6 (Teaming)
- Relays tomorrow

Notices
-Sexuality road lesson outlines 6-11 (Doing this week and early next). Parents to sign

Signed

Sexuality Road

We are now approaching the last week or so of sexuality road. We have completed lessons 1-5 and this week (and early next week) we are looking at completing lessons 6-11

Here are the outlines of these last lessons. These will also come home in the Agenda book. 


Lesson 6 – Relationships

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will:

1. Recap desirable qualities in friendships and relationships.

2. Identify types of non-sexual activities to do when with boy/girlfriends.

3. Identify the types of activities that can be engaged in when in a romantic relationship.

4. Discuss the discrimination experienced by people who are same-sex attracted.

5. Increase acceptance of diversity in relationships.

6. Begin to identify ways that we can challenge negative or derogatory terms used as put downs.

7. Explore the difficulties that people experience when in a relationship that others do not support or 

approve of.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• There are lots of ways to be in romantic relationships, and sexual activity is not compulsory.

• Good friends and good boy/girlfriends have similar qualities.

• We are all unique and different.

• If we feel pressure to do something we are unsure about, it is OK to say ‘NO’ until we are in a position 

to make our own informed decision.

• Difference is positive and should be respected. We learn from those who live differently to ourselves.

• Feeling different and being in a minority can sometimes lead to isolation and low self-esteem and it Is 

important to have a trusted adult you can talk to.



Lesson 7 – Communication and Decision Making

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will: 

1. Identify the types of activities engaged in when in a romantic relationship.

2. Express themselves clearly and confidently when communicating needs and limits.

3. Explore the difficulties that people experience when in a relationship that others do not support or 

approve of.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• Any kind of pressure is unacceptable.

• If we feel pressure to do something we are unsure about, it is OK to say ‘NO’ until we are in a position 

to make our own informed decision.

• Resisting pressure is not always easy.

• Being true to ourselves is what matters most.

• Difference is positive and should be respected. We learn from those who live differently to ourselves.



Lesson 8 – Communication and Decision Making

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will:

1. Explore the ways in which someone can be influenced.  

2. Discuss what it means to be ‘ready’ and identify individual priorities/preferences.

3. Look forward to the future and realise the importance of setting boundaries when in relationships.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• Communication can be very complex. It involves more than just words: body language, tone of voice 

and our actions

• If someone goes quiet and withdraws from a situation, they are not comfortable. 

• Feeling ready will be different for everyone – it is important to be clear about what you consider to 

be important in a relationship before you think about being intimate with someone.

• The legal age to have sex in NZ is 16.



Lesson 9 – Reproduction

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will:

1. Discuss pregnancy and the ways it can be prevented.

2. Explore the risks associated with unprotected sexual contact and learn that these risks are 

preventable.

3. Consider the kinds of reasons that someone might not want to have a baby.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• The legal age of consent in New Zealand is 16.

• People can choose if and when they are ready to have children.

• The most effective way to not have babies is not to have sexual intercourse. Sex is something that 

should take place later in a person’s life, when they are physically and emotionally ready.

• Sexually Transmissible Infections exist and are preventable.

• You don’t have to have sex in a relationship.




Lesson 10 – Where Can I Go?

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will: 

1. Explore some real life situations that could occur in the lives of young people.

2. Build support in the lives of the students and expose them to the agencies and organisations that are 

available to them.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• It is OK to need support. Everyone needs support at various times in their lives and we all deserve to 

be supported by others.

• It is important to have support people in our lives that we know and trust.

• Sometimes support people need to go to others for help. It is important in this case that the supporter 

asks permission from the person needing support before doing so. (assuming no risk of danger)

• There are many organisations who help and provide confidential support the public.




Lesson 11 – Rounding Up

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will:

1. Consolidate learning that has occurred during the past unit.  

2. Identify whether there are any gaps in knowledge that need to be revisited.

3. Identify how their recent learning can be applied to life.

Home Learning, Term 4 Week 3

This week your home learning is slightly different.
You are only required to do the week 3 reading, not the maths, spelling or writing. This is so you can set up your Who We Are books. The following needs to be completed by Friday of Term 4, Week 3.

UOI Book Set-up Instructions
We need to set up our new books. We have done this 5 times already so a lot of us will be experts at this!

All pages excluding the title page and learning logs need red borders
All Titles are written in blue pen and underlined in red.
All writing is done in blue pen.
Diagrams are done in pencil
All work is ruled off with a red line, using a ruler. Work is continued after the ruling off, and the whole page, of every page (unless instructed otherwise) is used.
The inquiry cycle stage is written in red pen in the top left margin of each piece of work.
The date is written in the top right margin of every page in blue and underlined (with a ruler)in red.
Each page number is written on the bottom line, in the outside corner or in the middle, in red pen.
Reflections are done in red
Teacher comments will be printed or in green

Please read through and action the following:
1. Create a Who We Are 2015 title page. This needs to include the title, the Central Idea, Lines of Inquiry, your name, team and Class, as well as relevant images/pictures/diagrams. This must be colored in!

2. Glue in a 'Who We Are' learning log. This is to be filled out at the end of each lesson and needs to be kept up to date. you can fill this out in blue or red but it must be the same color the whole way through.

3. On the next page, you need to glue in  a unit overview and fill out the bottom box in full.(page A) After reading the Ci and LOI What do you think this unit will be about? What do you think we will be learning about? What does the central idea mean you think?

4. Split the page into 2 equal halves. Top half is learner profiles- You need to write the definition of each LP for this unit and how you can use it in class/how it will help you.
Bottom half is Key concepts with the key associated questions- See wall displays (Page B)
(blue and red pen only- no felts)

5. Again, split the page in half. Top half is attitudes- definition and how you can use them in class.
Bottom half TD skills- Definition and examples of each - See wall displays. (page C)
(blue and red pen only- no felts)

6. Inquiry Cycle page (Page D) FIll out what happens at every stage. - See Inquiry Cycle handout

7. Glossary (page E) Add unknown words as you come across them or words as Miss S instructs

8. Sexuality Road title page. (page 1) Must be colored in

9. Sexuality road class agreement. (Page 2)
In blue and red pen. Cut out and glue in or re-write. Can add images/illustrations  if there is page space left over.

10. Sexulaity Road Pre-test. (See Miss S to staple in) (Page 3)

11. Rule up Red borders for all the pages so far. Also rule up at least 10 more red borders. You can do more if you would like.

*You may color in/decorate the outside of borders (in felt if you wish)
From here on will be our work throughout the unit. All pages MUST have titles, dates, inquiry cycle stages, RED BORDERS, page numbers and be ruled off.

Thursday 22 October 2015

Agenda, Friday 23 October, Term 4 Week 2

Homework
  • This weeks Maths, Reading, Spelling due Tuesday- See HL on blog
  • Introductory sentence, and all research completed by Tuesday 
  • Who we are book up-tp-date
Reminders
  • Hat
  • Tuesday is day 5 (Tech, Rm 13)
  • No School Monday
  • Athletics continues Monday (See blog for timetable)
  • Sexuality road lesson 5 Monday 
Signed

Agenda, Thursday 22 October, Term 4 Week 2

Homework
  • This weeks Maths, Reading, Spelling due Tuesday- See HL on blog
  • Introductory sentence, all research completed by tomorrow for article
Reminders
  • Hat
  • Tomorrow is day 4
  • Athletics continues tomorrow (100m)
  • Sexuality road lesson 5 tomorrow and video 'what's happening to me?'
Signed

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Agenda, Tuesday 20 October, Term 4 Week 2

Homework
Reading,maths, spelling (Monday)
Who We are title pages
Newspaper article 

Reminders
Hat
Tomorrow 200m semis
Tomorrow is day 2
Sexuality road lesson 4  tom\ZXCBV
Sign

Monday 19 October 2015

Class Newspaper, Week 2, News Article



Within the pages of a newspaper, the reader will find a wide variety of writing styles. These styles vary depending on the type of information and the purpose of the message. This week each student in Room 20 will be choosing a topic/event/focus and writing a News Article.


News articles cover the basics of current events. They answer the questions: who, what, where, how, and when?

Hard news stories/articles - Term 4 Week 2 List of Possible Stories

The following is a brief summary of the major characteristics of this.



  • Inverted pyramid structure; 5 Ws and H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) in lead, other details in descending order of importance
  • Adheres to accepted grammatical conventions
  • Written by reporters
  • Objective, facts-only reporting (No I's)
  • Purpose is to inform
  • can be local, national or international
  • Uses quotes
  • A local news article focuses on what's going on in your neighborhood. An example of a local news story would be an article on a city council meeting or news at Berkley e.g. new principal or news happening at Berkley.
  • A national news article focuses on what's happening in the United States. An example of a national news article would be an article on the U.S. Senate passing a new bill.
  • An international news article focuses on news that's happening outside the United States. A story on an influenza outbreak in Chile would be considered an international news story.

You will need to:


Read several newspaper articles and identify/describe the common conventions of this writing genre.

Create and ask questions in an interview to gather information and detail for a newspaper article.

Write a simple newspaper article with paragraphs to separate the main ideas.



      *See the Room 13 page for your task today

Sunday 18 October 2015

Agenda, Monday 19th October, Term 4 Week 2

Homework
  • This weeks Maths, Reading, Spelling due Monday- See HL on blog
  • Thinking about the class Newspaper. Talk to your parents- do they have any ideas? does anyone know much about writing/running a newspaper. Do you have any newspapers you can bring in for us to look at?
Reminders
  • Bring hat to school
  • Tomorrow is day 5(but no tech)
  • Athletics continues tomorrow (1000m)
  • Production tickets are on sale now (Tuesday-Thursday next week)
  • Sexuality road lessons 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be carried out next week.
Signed


Thursday 15 October 2015

Setting up our new 'Who We Are' books

We need to set up our new books. We have done this 5 times already so a lot of us will be experts at this!

All pages excluding the title page and learning logs need red borders
All Titles are written in blue pen and underlined in red.
All writing is done in blue pen.
Diagrams are done in pencil
All work is ruled off with a red line, using a ruler. Work is continued after the ruling off, and the whole page, of every page (unless instructed otherwise) is used.
The inquiry cycle stage is written in red pen in the top left margin of each piece of work.
The date is written in the top right margin of every page in blue and underlined (with a ruler) in red. 
Each page number is written on the bottom line, in the outside corner or in the middle, in red pen.
Reflections are done in red
Teacher comments will be printed or in green


Please read through and action the following:
1. Create a Who We Are 2015 title page. This needs to include the title, the Central Idea, Lines of Inquiry, your name, team and Class, as well as relevant images/pictures/diagrams. This must be colored in!

2. Glue in a 'Who We Are' learning log. This is to be filled out at the end of each lesson and needs to be kept up to date. you can fill this out in blue or red but it must be the same color the whole way through.

3. On the next page, you need to glue in  a unit overview and fill out the bottom box in full.(page A)

4. Split the page into 2 equal halves. Top half is learner profiles- definition of each and how you can use it in class.
Bottom half is Key concepts with the key associated questions (Page B)

5. Again, split the page in half. Top half is attitudes- definition and how you can use them in class.
Bottom half TD skills- Definition and how you can use them in class. (page C)

6. Inquiry Cyle page (Page D)

7. Glossary (page E)

8. Sexuality Road title page. (page 1)

9. Sexuality road class agreement. (Page 2)

10. Pre-test. (See Miss S to staple in) (Page 3)

From here on will be our work throughout the unit. All pages MUST have titles, dates, inquiry cycle stages, RED BORDERS, page numbers and be ruled off.

Lunch Time Literacy Battles

Each week on a Thursday there is a lunch time literacy battle in the LC.
This is yet another way to take up the Challenge at Berkley and try something new!

The programme is as follows:
Week One- Artemis Fowl
Week Two- Harry Potter
Week Three- Dr Seuss
Week Four- Food/Drink
Week Five- Graphic Novels
Week Six- Occupations
Week Seven- Families
Week Eight- Animals
Week Nine- Dystopian

Agenda, Friday 16 October, Term 4 Week 1

Homework
  • Maths, Reading, Spelling due Monday- See HL on blog
  • UOI books up to date - including reflection (Due Friday)
  • Thinking about the class Newspaper. Talk to your parents- do they have any ideas? does anyone know much about writing/running a newspaper. Do you have any newspapers you can bring in for us to look at?
Reminders
  • Monday is a day 0 acting as a day 4 (We will have teaming), Tuesday is day 0 acting as a day 5 (we will have Room 13 but no tech)
  • Athletics continues Monday (200m heats)
  • Production tickets are on sale now (Tuesday-Thursday next week)
  • Sexuality road lessons 3, 4 and 5 will be carried out next week.
Notices
  • Our class blog now will have the daily agenda and weekly homework on it. The web address has changed http://room20bnms.blogspot.co.nz
Signed


Have a Great Weekend!!

Athletics Term 4

RUN, JUMP, THROW!

In PE, we are completing rotations of athletics in order to prepare to compete in our athlete competitions. 

Instead of one athletics day, athletic events are run over the first 5 weeks of Term 4. Each day there will be an event at lunchtime for students to compete in should they wish to. 
I highly encourage all students to take up the challenge and participate in as many events as they feel comfortable doing. 

Below is a rough timetable of events. Please note: If we have one day of rain (or some event) where the events are postponed then the timetable will change. 

Students will be kept up to date on the events through the daily informer and agenda. 

High jump will take place on a wet lunchtime.


2015 Athletics Timetable  - Outline

Week One:

Friday 1500m – All year groups


Week Two

Monday 200m Heat – All year groups

Tuesday 1000m – All year groups

Wednesday 200m Semi – All year groups

Thursday 200m Final

Friday 100m Heats– All year groups


Week Three:

Tuesday 100m - Semi

Wednesday  - Class Relays

Thursday 100m – Semi

Friday  100m Final


Week Four:

Field Rotations – SP.D, CBT, & LJ.


Week Five:

Super 6 (Relays)– Monday Nov 9th  Block 3

Weather Catch ups


Week Six – Seven

Training


Week Eight:

Athletics Inter School - Dec 1st

Here is a quick demo video on sprint starts (note we start in a crouch, but without the blocks)



School Newspaper

Extra, extra, read all about it!
Room 20 has decided to create an annual school Newspaper! This term from week 2 onwards we are going to transform our room into a newsroom and develop our very own Berkley Newspaper for 2015. As a class we decided we would like to create a newspaper for the whole school to enjoy, as a memento for the wonderful year 2015 has been. In the newspaper we will include a wide range of writing, from conventional newspaper articles, breaking news, to reviews, horoscopes, comics, interviews, gossip columns and opinion pieces, all centered around Berkley 2015 and the interest of those in our community.
We are still deciding about our end vision in terms of how we will distribute it, who to, and the printing, but as our work develops we will get a clearer idea of the end result.

We would love any ideas for the context- What do you think we should write about? What would you like to read? Are there any major news stories or events we need to cover?
Let us know in the comments below. Also, if anyone has any experience in any areas relating to this or have a news story we could interview them for let us know!

We look forward to sharing our wonderful work with everyone!

Wednesday 14 October 2015

How We Express Ourselves Self Reflection

Write a self-reflection on the summative task in your UOI book.

Answer the following questions with full, detailed, specific sentences
What is/are something/s
  1. You could improve on and why
  2. You did well and why
  3. You enjoyed and why
  4. You learned. can be knowledge, skill, something about yourself, etc
  5. You would change if you could and how

Agenda, Thursday 15th October, Term 4 Week 1

Homework
  • Maths, Reading, Spelling due Monday- See HL on blog
  • UOI books up to date - including reflection (Due Friday)
  • Thinking about the class Newspaper. Talk to your parents- do they have any ideas? does anyone know much about writing/running a newspaper. 
Reminders
  • Tomorrow is day 1 (Tech)
  • Athletics starts tomorrow (1500m)
  • Production tickets are on sale now (Tuesday-Thursday next week)
Notices
  • Our class blog now will have the daily agenda and weekly homework on it. The web address has changed http://room20bnms.blogspot.co.nz
  • Sexuality road lesson 2 tomorrow, lessons 3,4,5 next week. 
Signed

Sexuality Road Lesson Two. Friday 16 October

Lesson 2 – Setting The Scene
Continuing On the Road

LESSON CONTENT:
Learners will:
1. Discover what will be covered during the unit and clarify the definition of sexuality education.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• Sexuality education is a lifelong process. Our sexuality encompasses all that we are spiritually,

physically, intellectually and emotionally. It is a natural part of us all and is present from the day we

are born – we often need help to own it and use it in positive ways.

• Puberty is a natural process whereby our bodies change from that of a child to an adult.

• Everybody goes through puberty and it is a natural, normal process.

• Changes at puberty will happen at a different time for everyone.

• As we go through adolescence, our bodies, feelings and emotions change.

• People have a large number of thoughts and opinions when it comes to sexuality. Listening to and

being exposed to a range of opinions helps us to form our own.

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Speeches

Well done to the 6 competitors from Te Aroha who entered the speech competition. A special mention to Richlyn who came 3rd in the school-wide competition.


Agenda, Wednesday 14th October, Term 4 Week 1

Homework
  • Maths, Reading, Spelling due Monday- See HL on blog
  • UOI books up to date - including reflection(Due Friday)
Reminders
  • Tomorrow is day 6 (Teaming)
  • Athletics starts Friday (1500m)
Notices
  • Our class blog now will have the daily agenda and weekly homework on it. The web address has changed http://room20bnms.blogspot.co.nz/ 
Signed

Sexuality Road Class Agreement

We want our trip to be safe. Before starting our journey, we need to ensure that the class environment is safe and everyone feels comfortable in a supportive environment. The following are guidelines we have agreed upon as a class to help us monitor our behaviour and ensure we are supportive of each other.


  • Be Respectful. Respect everyone's opinions, ideas, questions, values and confidentiality.
  • NO Put-downs.
  • What happens in Room 20 stays in Room 20.
  • One person only talking at a time.
  • Everyone has the right to pass.

Agenda, Tuesday 13 October, Term 4 Week1

Homework
  • Student comments due tomorrow (Written into doc)
  • Maths, Reading, Spelling due Monday
  • UOI books up to date - inclluding reflection(Due Friday)
Reminders
  • Tomorrow is day 5 (Tech)
  • Athletics starts Friday (1500m)
  • Sexuality Road starts Tomorrow
Notices
  • Our class blog now will have the daily agenda and weekly homework on it. The web address has changed http://room20bnms.blogspot.co.nz/ 
Signed

Sunday 11 October 2015

Agenda, Monday 12 October, Term 4 Week 1

Homework
  • Student comments due Wednesday (Written into doc)
  • Maths, Reading, Spelling. 
Reminders
  • Tomorrow is day 4 (Teaming)
  • Athletics starts Friday (1500m)
  • Sexuality Road starts Wednesday
Notices
  • Our class blog now will have the daily agenda and weekly homework on it. The web address has changed http://room20bnms.blogspot.co.nz/ 
Signed