The Beatles - Twist and Shout

Room 6 made this on Tuesday we are hoping that it'll cause an Internet sensation. Check out everybody's dance moves! Big thanks to Ms Whitwell, Mrs Derby and Mrs Dawson.

By Penny the Kiwi

Road Patrol Movie

Our world famous Road Patrol Movie. We made this a few weeks ago but it had it's world premier on November 30th 2012 at the Carlton School Assembly. View it here:

By
Penny the Kiwi

STOP PRESS: Sophie C win's Photo Competition

Sophie C. has taken out the Peruser's Photo Competition. Her photo of a closeup of daisies at Carlton School was clearly a fan favourite with no less than 16 likes on Room 6's Facebook page.  Well done Sophie.

Check out the results and each entry in this video.

By
Penny the Kiwi

Staple City

On Friday, Room 6 built some world famous cities using staples.  We worked in groups of 4 or 5 for 2 and a half hours to create a city that had skyscrapers made from staples.  We had to use teamwork, the computer and the materials provided to create our cities, watch the video to see the results.

By Penny the Kiwi

Room 6 at the Supermarket

Last week, Room 6 travelled to the supermarket to complete their Food for Thought programme.  We put what we had learnt about label reading into practice.  After we had looked at labelling of packaged food we then went to the Fruit and Vegetable aisle where we put all the fruit and veges into their colour groups. 

At the completion of the programme New World gave us a $50 voucher to spend on making a healthy lunch. Yum!

By
Penny the Kiwi

Magical Mathex Magicians

Carlton School's Year 5 Mathex achieved something special on Wednesday, by placing third in the Wanganui Mathex competition.  The team of Mikayla, Natalie (R4) Kahu (R15) and Room 6's very own Blake answered 13 questions before another school stopped the clock.

Very few teachers at the school can remember a better placing for Carlton School at Mathex proving this team is very special indeed. Watch out Year 6's in 2013!

The team just before competing.

By Penny the Kiwi

Food For Thought

Room 6 has been taking part in the Food for Thought programme.

Food for Thought is a free nutrition education programme that assists Year 5 and 6 students to make healthier food and lifestyle choices.

Nova has visited our class this week as our Food for Thought nutritionist.

We are heading off to the supermarket on Friday.

By Penny the Kiwi

Two more Gold medallists at the Room 6 Games

Zoe and Corey have each received Gold Medals in this passed week across two different sports. Zoe received her Gold for completing Maths work without being asked, while other children had a break.
Corey meanwhile was the first person to get all his Maths questions correct when multiplying decimals.

Congratulations to both competitors, the games will continue for 5 more weeks.

By Penny the Kiwi

Nothing complex about Grace's Gold!

Grace S added to her medal tally by writing a great complex sentence about Monkeys.  Grace edged out Joshua O and Corey for the title.  Her winning sentence was: "Monkeys are hairy and come in lots of different colours, they also have opposable thumbs."

Grace proudly displays her first Gold Medal.

By Penny The Kiwi

Handball

Room 6 has been learning about the sport of Handball as part of their P.E focus. We have been learning about the rules and today we learnt how to throw a handball correctly, this teaches us speed and accuracy.  Watch the video!

By,
Penny

Charith wins Gold for Sri Lanka

Charith has received the latest Gold Medal of the Room 6 Olympics. Charith won his medal for finding the most facts on Monkeys using the Internet.  Sophie, Joshua O and Georgia also gained medals of varying colours in the same event.

Charith proudly displays his medal.

By Penny the Kiwi

A River of Gold flows at the Room 6 Olympics

Another two days of competition has heralded 3 more medals at the Carlton Olympics with Damien, Sophia and Kavindu all picking up Gold Medals.

Damien and Sophia achieved their Gold for choosing to set and complete some of their own homework on fractions and multiplication. Kavindu received his Gold Medal for achieving another writing level.

The games continue tomorrow.

Palma Non Sine Pulvere - No Reward Without Effort

Sophia, Damien and Kavindu proudly display their Gold Medals.

By Penny the Kiwi

Brierley Wins Gold

The Room 6 Olympics have started and the first medal of the games has gone to Brierley for achieving another writing level.

Brierley embodies Room 6's Term 3 motto of "No Reward without Effort."

Here is a photo of her proudly showing off her Gold Medal.

By Penny the Kiwi

PGA Championship Golf

We have been practising our golf swings.  But not outside! We've been hitting the links in our free-time, taking on each other at this great game.

When the weather is better we'll be taking our skills out to the 'school' golf course (thanks in advance Mr McPhun).

In the meantime we'll be shooting birdies and bogies and designing our own courses.

By Penny

Facebook

Room 6 has a facebook page. This is another way in which we want to connect with the world. So far we have  a small, core group of friends. If you would like to be our friend just click on the picture above.

By,
Penny the Kiwi

Racecourse Recounts

We've all been writing Racecourse recounts and posting them on our blogs.

The following can be viewed on Damien's blog: http://csdamienwi.blogspot.co.nz/

On Thursday Room 6 went to the Races. First we watched a race then went downstairs to ride a pony. We got to learn what the race horses eat and got to try some of the food. Next  we got to pat the ponies and brush them. After that we  got to ride a pony. That was cool! Next we went upstairs and Bret gave us a book and a plastic horse. I know we had a good time.  

Damien has also made some great posts about other school events.

Election Results 2012

Here are the CONFIRMED Election results from the 2012 Room 6 Elections:

Purple People Leader's - 18 votes (75%)
Penny Party - 4 votes
Burning Stars - 2 votes

Members of Parliament 6 seats:
Electorate 1 Winner: Sophie C (Purple People Leader's)

Electorate 2 Winner: Jasfer DSM (Purple People Leader's)

Electorate 3 Winner: Grace S (Purple People Leader's)

Elected Member's Based on the Party Vote: Charith DS, Leticha R-A (Purple People Leader's) Kavindu F (Burning Stars) & Georgia M (Penny Party)

 By,

The Electoral Officer (Tim Waite)

Room 6 Goes To The Polls

Today Room 6 took part in their own elections. We elected a Parliament and a Prime-Minister. Here are some of the key moments of the voting process. The voter turnout for Election day was 96%.

By
The Electoral Officer (Tim Waite)

Grace S (Penny Party) casts her vote

Purple People Leader's Leader, Sophie C votes.

Priya of the Penny Party Votes

High Voter Turnout Marked the Day.

Wellington Trip

On Friday 23rd March, Room 6 went to Wellington to further extend their learning around their Inquiry Topic of ROLES, RULES & LAWS, we had also hoped to get our Treaty signed. We went to the Police College and Museum, then Archives NZ where we saw the real Treaty. Finally we went to Parliament where we took part in a tour.

Enjoy the photos.

Room 6 Stars on IXL Maths

Look how great we are! Have you tried IXL.com?

Have you seen me?

Have you seen Penny around town? Post your comments about where and when you saw her.

ROOM 6

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Picasso Head

On Friday, we checked out a great website that helps you re-create and re-interpret the art of Pablo Picaaso. Here are some of the best ones that we made. If you want to check out the site - follow our link on the right hand side of the page.

The Amazing Races

On Thursday 3^rd February, Room 6 went to the races, it was awesome. Bret, the manager, showed us around.

First we went to the celebrity lounge and that’s where Bret introduced himself. He told us some information about the racecourse, then we watched the first race. “And away they go,” everyone shouted. Number seven took the lead, no wait, number six is catching up. Six was now in the lead heading towards the finish line. Number 6 known as Dashing Dottie has won, announced race commentator Mike O’Sullivan. “Hooray for Number Six,” we all shouted.

by Corey O

Art in Room 5

This term we are swapping teachers for 45 minutes every Tuesday and Thursday. Mr Waite takes Room 5 for sport while Ms Whitwell takes Room 6 for Art, this plays to each teachers individual strengths.  Here is the fruits of our labour with Ms Whitwell!

 

Buddy Class

On February 3rd, Room 3 came to Room 6 and we spent some time getting to know each other.  We took Room 3 on to the computer and showed them how to copy and paste information and how to open and save a document in MSWord. After we had finished we spent some time on Knowledge Adventure.