Throughout 2011 room five members will be focusing on the journey that we go through when working to develop our knowledge base of academics, the world around us and our spiritual selves.  Because we are looking at journeys the following whakatauki is very appropriate for us;

"Whaia te iti kahuranga ki te tuahu koe me he maunga teitei"

This whakatauki reminds us to aim for the highest cloud for if we miss we will still achieve great heights (lofty mountains).  This is a mantra that Ms McFarlane and Mrs Edwards would like all room five students to keep in mind as the year progresses. 

If we are to be strong as a class unit we must work for one another to ensure that we are all successful in 2011.  WWJD (what would Jesus do?) is something that we must keep in mind as we interact with one another throughout the days and weeks ahead.  Our expectation is that all students in room five will work towards success in academic, spiritual, cultural and sporting endeavours. 

Term One Happenings

Statistics and financial literacy start the year off in mathematics.  We will be looking at how to design and carry out a statistical investigation based around our favourite holiday places.  To compliment this we are focusing on how money works and what it would take to pay for the planned holiday.

Swimming lessons at Water World as well as two swimming meets, our school swimming champs and The Fairfield Cluster inter school swimming meet is on 22 March at the Fairfield College pool.

Oceans 11 is a unit that will look at the water ways around us and the impact that man has on sea creature habitats.  We will stay at Kelly Tarltons on 23-24 March.  The organisation will come out for this trip in week five. 

 Chinese and Te Reo will be taught in room five on Friday mornings.  This will begin in week four.  One of the first things that we will focus on in Te Reo is a pepeha.  The students will learn about this in class and then require parent support at home through discussion about where they come from and where their roots/whakapapa connects them to.  Both the Chinese and Maori cultures greatly value this knowledge, as it is a way of passing on the stories of a whanau.