Our Audience

It is quite cool on blogger.com that you can see where your audience comes from. While most of our views are from New Zealand (as you would expect...), we also have had views from some very interesting places as well. Here are the percentage of viewers from each country:

NZ - 75.7%
Russia - 12%
Germany - 7%
USA - 3.4%
China - 0.8%
South Korea - 0.6%
Brazil - 0.2%

I wonder why the highest view count after New Zealand is Russia? 

Have a wonderful holiday! Remember that BYOD officially starts on the first Monday back and that our trip to the Maritime Museum is the second day back.

See you next term :D.

Miss Williams

The Change of Room 5

 The Change of Room 5

In Room 5 we have moved all our furniture around. First we talked about were things should go and we came up with this:  

We had a fun time moving the furniture. We put the Teacher's desk in the middle, so that she could see everyone and conference with people more easily. We created the different subject areas to help our learning by working collaboratively with people who are working on the same subject as we are. The tote trays are at the back of room to keep them out of the way, but so they are still easy to get to. We used the tote trays to create a little separate area where people can work on devices that need to be plugged in. We are proud of what we created and we think it will help our learning - we'll let you know!

I hope you like how we designed our room.

By Rose

The Change Of Room 5

 Room 5’s Amazing Classroom

On Wednesday 19 April, Miss Williams told us to pull all of the furniture to the front of the room. We were very confused, but we did it. She then told us that we were responsible for designing the layout of the room to help us with our learning. When we first found out that we were changing the classroom’s look, some people were so amazed.

After lunch we made a plan of where we wanted each space to be and how to set out the furniture.

Here’s a picture of what our plan looked like:

Then this is the end result. Do you like how our new classroom looks?

By Maddy

BYOD Begins!!

On Monday 16 April, the children from Room 5 brought their own devices to school for the first time! We are going to be bringing our own devices from the beginning of term two and Monday was just a chance to try it out. We had an awesome time. Here is what some of students thought about the day.

           

Yuan said BYOD (bring your own device) is a good way to learn new things. He said that it was hard to connect to the internet, but from now on it will be easier. Yuan is disappointed because he cannot play games. He is looking forward to getting new creation apps. Yuan says that not all schools should have BYOD.

Luke says it is cool to have BYOD but it is scary thinking that it could get broken. He says BYOD is easy because it is your own device and there are no log on passwords. Luke says if he could not have an Ipad he would have an Ipod Touch.

  

Maddy said Room 5 and Room 7 were lucky to be able to bring their own device. She would like a Ipad instead of an Ipod. Maddy also said that she thinks all schools should bring their own device.

By Alex David, Michael and Fisher