Tawa House

Teachers in Tawa House

MRS SLATER

What is the best thing about Tawa?

The students

Do you enjoy being a teacher in Tawa house?

yes because the teachers and students are great to work with.

What would you like to see improve on in tawa? to see more computers, academic levels lift and for homework to be handed in on time.

What would you be doing if you were not teaching? I would be an famous artist.

MRS CARLTON

What do you like most about Tawa house?

I like the way everyone gets along and the great staff members and students.

Do you enjoy being a teacher in tawa house?

Yes i enjoy seeing the kids everyday i come to school and seeing the kids have fun.

What would you like to see improve in tawa house?

To continue to support others so that we don’t  have any conflicts.

MRS FLYNN 

What do you like the most about Tawa House?

 The children are a lot of fun and we have a lot of ‘S’ for sense of humor in this house. Also the other teachers in tawa  house are awesome, we all get a long well, have fun and work well as a team.

Do you enjoy being a teacher in tawa?

Yes I like the way that no day is the same. Life as a teacher is always exciting and unpredictable. I also like to see students achieve and reach their goals.

What would you do if you weren't a teacher?

Traveling around the world and learning about other cultures.

What would you like to see improve in Tawa house?

I would like to see us move to the TOP of the  spirit trophy,  WIN cross country and 12 hour relay!! 

Tawa Yr 8 camp 2011

In week three on a early monday morning,Tawa year eights went to ngamuwaihine camp up in the kaimai rangers. We had a big  ride over there we sang songs and also played hand games we all went in separate  cars.When finally we arrived to the outdoor education lodge otherwise the short version camp. The first thing we did was discuss what activities we were to do first so we sat down and he explained what we were doing we found out and we were going to do and we went to go get changed into some hiking gear. we were going for a long walk through the Kaimai rangers. I think everybody agreed that paint ball was the best game of all. the boys especsially the night games were fun and how we would make our own dinner that was yuuuuuuuumy i loved the part that was the pudding I think everybody will miss camp.

Technology In Room 27

At Tauranga Intermediate School there are amazing oportunities and things to get involved in and one of them is TECHNOLOGY. There are many types of tech at T.I.S like Art, Music, Hard materials, Cooking etc.. This term, Room 27 are doing Music and Digital Creations. Our class is split up into two groups and then each group gets 5 lessons in each tech. We attend our tech every week on Wednesday, Block 2. In Digital Creations we are learning how to use Comic Life 2 to create an imaginary super hero comic book cover. In music we are learning to play 'Hey soul sister' and 'Yellow' on the ukulele and record it on garage band to add effects. Mrs Story says that her favourite part of teaching music is working with lots of talented children. Whaea Kim says that her favourite part of teaching digital creations is working on computers all day every day! 

Fitness in Tawa house

Fitness


In Tawa house this term, we are doing cross country training as we prepare for the big day. we have been doing the full course on Tuesdays. On Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, we have been doing a short run around the field and around the Tawa house area twice. The teachers have been timing us for both courses. The fastest year 8 boy is George and the fastest year 8 girl is Olivia. The fastest year 7 girl is Eden and the fastest year 7 boy is Brynn. We  are not going to let you know the times until we win the cross country! 

Hockey - Gemma talking to class


On the 23rd of May Mrs Flynn's daughter, Gemma came into our class to talk about nutrition, Fitness and her hockey career. Gemma is in the New Zealand black sticks hockey team, and is an elite athlete. Before she came to talk to us, we played a game of in door soccer in the gym. We asked her what was the game that stood out she responded with the final at the Commonwealth games in Deli against Australia. They lost the match in a penalty shoot out but she was pleased with the silver medal.


These are some of our questions we are going to ask Gemma to answer. Add more to the comments if you want to.


Questions:


* What is it like being in front of thousands of people while you play hockey?


* Where was your first game playing for the Black sticks?


* Why did you choose to play hockey over the other sports you played?






Published by Jacob!!! Matt!!! Hiranya!!!

Crazy Science Week

Last week was Science week. Room 27 went to the science lab to have fun by trying practical science experiments. We really enjoyed not having to write any thing and just doing the activities.
Sosaia learnt that if you don't close the lid on the jar of rice when shaking it, it goes everywhere!
But seriously, there were lots of cool experiments like the one that you had a piece of card and on one side was a fish and the other side was a bowl. When you spun it, it looked like the fish was swimming in the bowl!
We learnt that the illusion was caused because the brain can't keep up with the speed so it puts it all together creating the illusion that we saw.

Another experiment that was interesting was when you put one hand into a hot bowl of water and at the same time the other one in a cold bowl of water for 30 seconds. Then you had to take them both out and put them both into the tepid or warm water together. Guess what?  The interesting thing was that the hand that was originally in the cold water felt warmer than the hand that was in the hot! This is also a trick of the brain!
Thanks Mr Marsh and Mrs Jensen for letting us use the science lab for these fun science experiments and we learnt a lot too!
Posted by Kowhai Reading Group - Sosaia, Briahnne, Abbey, Olivia, Tama, Jessica and Kennedy.

Blogging

Today we have been learning all the features of a Blog and learning how to use it.

Welcome to Room 27's blog

Welcome to  Room 27, Tawa House!  Our house motto is ' We lead, others follow' so come along with us and share our learning experiences this year.

Each week Room 27 students will be keeping you up to date with our learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. Please share this link with family and friends who can enjoy our journey with us... We are looking forward to hearing your comments and feedback on our blog.