Protest songs/raps/chants/rhymes

Room 6 was given the challenge of turning a popular nursery rhyme into a protest song/chant etc. about the Springbok tour. First we watched a video about the purpose of protest songs so that we knew what would make an effective song. Then, the students were given rhymes which they needed to put into syllables and turn the lyrics into words about the Springbok tour and the ideas behind it. The words had to fit in with the syllables and rhythm of the original rhyme.
Here are some of the fantastic songs the students produced.

Ben, Brian and Pete

Joseph and Adam

Our beat boxers! Thuon, Brook, Stuart

and a wee blooper....

Our amazing poets!!

Wow, we have some very exciting news in room 6 at the moment!!!
Yesterday our four poetry recital finalists (Brian, Tayla, Caleb F and Alyssa) competed against 13 other finalists from the Kakano syndicate to show off their recital skills.
I am very pleased to announce that 2 of these students are going through to the year 7 finals this Friday!!!
Congratulations to Tayla and Alyssa!! Room 6 is very proud of you!

Spongebob in Maori!!!

Who likes Spongebob??
Well if you do I've got a cool we clip for you to watch for Maori language week..... Spongebob has learnt Maori!! Take a look at this video that shows the Maori version of Spongebob squarepants.

Maori Spongebob

Maori language week

Kia ora!!

This week is Maori language week.
As part of this I would like you to have a go at this Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori quiz.
Click on the link below and  get started. There is information to help you on the website and we will learn some things in class.

NZ history quiz

Kia waimarie!!

Ka kite anō :)

Room 6 poetry recital finalists

Over the last week we have been presenting poetry recitals to our class. Miss Keall thinks they have been amazing! Four students were chosen to represent our class at the syndicate finals. These students are.....
Tayla
Caleb F
Alyssa
Brian

Congratulations to these four students, you certainly earnt the opportunity!!

Keep practicing for the syndicate finals in week 10.

Kiwi kids new

Check out this great site for all the recent news...

kiwi kids news

Writing arguments

In writing time we have been learning about argument writing. Today we chose and brainstormed an issue or topic we want to persuade someone about. Here are some of our topics:

Jamie- For school uniforms
Pako- More sport
Caleb F- Why people should come to NZ for the rugby world cup
Julia- Against School being shorter (less days at school)
Blake- We should wear mufti
Britney-Re-open the canteen

We will post some of our arguments soon so watch this space!!

Can you do this...??

Click in the link and give the logic puzzle a go... comment if you can achieve it. It's very tricky!!!
http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/games/peglogic/squaredpegs.html

Brain power game

See if you can beat my score of 294. Use the arrow keys to copy what lights up in the game.

Brain power 2 | Flash game with To14.com

Ben's and Caleb's poetry anthology

Over the last couple of weeks we have been doing poetry.Ben and Caleb were the first people to finish and we are going to share some poems on the blog.


Ben's Limrick

There once was a man,
Who ate out of a pan,
Until he was a old man,
With a beep and a bop he went pop,
So he went to his mate Dan.


Caleb's Limrick

There once was a little young boy
Who was sadly allergic to soy
He drunk some champagne
which gave him a jolly great pain
His allergies he does not enjoy

Caleb's Haiku
My body froze while
Listening to lovely birds
Cheeping all day long

Ben's Haiku

Chirping Birds Flutter,
A Loud Ear Bursting Aeroplane,
Crispy Brown Leaves Fall.


We hoped you liked reading them rather than playing computer games.

Saxton Field trip

On Friday, the Kakano syndicate went to Saxtons Field for some fun and games. Unfortunately Miss Keall was unable to go but Mrs English went along and kindly took some photos of the days events.
Have a look at all the fun the students had....

Word blocks challenge. Give it go!

Word Blocks