Classmates in Year 8

Hello hello Room 5!

We Year 7 teachers are starting to put together your Year 8 class groups for next year.
This is your chance to let me know which other students you would really like to be in a class with.  I can't promise that you will get any of your choices, but we do our best to take them into consideration.

SO:

• If you are not already, log in to your Balmoral School Google account.
• Click on the link below to go to a new page where you can tell me the names of 2 or 3 current Year 7 students (any classroom) that you would ideally like to be in a class with next year.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW:

• Do this by yourself.  
• You only get to do this once, email me if you have any problems - joannao@balmoral.school.nz.
• Only I will see your answers; they will not be shared with any other students.
• You need to do this by midnight on Wednesday 29th October.

The link: http://goo.gl/forms/RNcwwoh6fs

Seeing beyond...

The Giver is going to do a test to see how Jonas is starting to 'see beyond', but what might that mean?  What is this 'seeing beyond' thing, do you think?

Dance Sport Round 1

We had our first session of Dance Sport today and you guys ROCKED it!  Great to see everyone giving it a go, focusing on learning the new moves and listening to our lovely instructor, Anitra.



What did you think?  Favourite dance so far?

'You are allowed to lie.'

With every chapter we read of 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry, we are gaining more and more insight into Jonas' world and his Community.

Today he read his instructions for becoming the new Receiver of Memory.  His last instruction is simple: 'You may lie.'

What questions or thoughts do you have about lying (in the meaning of 'telling an untruth')?  What do you think of this rule being specified in his instructions?

Jonas is to be the Receiver of Memory

What might that be?  How is he feeling?  How do you think his parents might be feeling?

Tell me about tech!

I'm always aware that I don't know much about what you do with the tech teachers.  So tell me:

What was something you learned in specialisation today?

Mini-debates

What a great set of mini-debates we had today!  Well done on all of you for giving it a go and using that persuasive language to debate the statement "Contemporary music is socially harmful."

What was a highlight for you?  Was there a particularly good point made in your debate?