# Gri11 2.0

Dear future self,

Well I'm not really sure what to say to you right now.  Well Shawn or Shawny (whatever your name is) wait hang on my name’s still Shawn/Shawny Rickard right?. Anyway do you have any floating cars or time machines. Oh and by the way if you do could you maybe write me a letter and send it back in time. Tell me about what's happening in the future. Oh or even better come and visit me I would love to see what you look like! I bet your pretty! Oh but don't think you have to. You might not even have a time mosian. Also maybe now that you're older you can write another letter to yourself!

Ok now let's get on with the real deal. So you may not remember this so i’m going to tell you some info.  I’m in Mr R’s and Miss G’s class. Its called GRi11 2.0. G for Gordon, R for Robertson,  The i is for ten because the bottom line is the 1 in 10 and the dot at the top is the 0, Last of all the 2 1’s are 11 because we are rooms 10 and 11. We are a double class if you don't remember.

In Gri11 2.0 I have learned in a very different style that any other class I have been in. I have had one to one devices to use such as: Macbook airs, macbook pros, Ipads and chromebooks. Most people in my class call them “crapbooks”  but I don't think they're all that bad. Although I would prefer a macbook air. By the way I’m only telling you all this boring stuff because if you have all this high tech future stuff you can go “wow that stuffs ancient!”

Being in Gri11 2.0 we have learnt many valuable lessons and tricks that we can take with us our whole life. My teachers have made sure I have tried my very best at everything I do. Miss G was the “musical one” I tried chorale and kids for kids because of her. I would have never done that before.  I even got a small solo in chorale! Mr R was the “sporty one” who made ure we tried everything because it was our last year. Because of him I tried netball touch rugby and interclub tennis. Before I started tennis I sucked. I couldn’t hit the ball. But now I would say i’m alright.

What I am trying to say is Gri11 2.0 has made my life! Get it? Instead of made my day! Haha anyway we have been on camps, fun days, trips and so many more AMAZING things! I am really sad to be leaving school. I remember when I didn’t even what to come but now I don’t want to leave! So now I am here to say

# Gri11 2.0!

Taking action Yoga

In class we have been doing taking action. That means that we take action with something to help. It is usually the school.Sorry if I did not explain this very well i'm not very good at that kind of thing.

 Every term there is a different theme. This years is cultural diversity. I decided to join the sports group to help get the school involved in some other sports.  My friends also joined that group. From there we decided to split into small groups inside the big group to do different sports. My group is My friends Kristy, Siu, Maddi and also someone called Holly. We thought that Yoga would be a great sport because it is from India. 

We have done so much work to get ready for our day when we get to teach them the Yoga. We decided to do a little test class to see if people like it.We asked some people from our class. I liked some of it. Some parts where really good but some where a little of.

In the end we had heps of fun and a good idea on what our later on Yoga classes would be like. It was also really good because we had some things we could do better. I have really loved what we have done with our Yoga so far and I cant wait to see what we can do now!

My Cinderella & Rockofella calendar art!

In my class we are doing some calendar art. Here is my one that I made. We focused on our resent school production. I hope you like mine!

My argument

In GRI11 2.0 we have been doing lots of writing lately. I have selected a piece of writing about polar bears. This piece of writing is an argument. I used things from my inquiry and wrote something with evidence and opinion. Here is my writing.

How are polar bears dying and how can we prevent it?

Our cute fluffy polar bears are dying due to many different things. I believe that doing something is necessary.

Global warming and climate change are changing the environment that Polar Bears live in. They are causing the arctic ice to melt. Polar bears need cold weather so the ocean can freeze and they can walk across the ice to catch their prey. They can not do that if it is too warm because the ocean won't freeze over and there is no ice to walk on. If they don't eat they won't grow enough fat to make them strong and keep them warm.  Some scientists predict that if the ice continues to melt in the arctic, polar bears may die out in 2040!

Because of climate change the polar bears are forced to spend more time off the ice/water, they meet humans more than they used to. This meet can cause harm or even death to both humans and polar bears. There is some things that can be provided from dead polar bears like Polar bear fur or Polar bear rugs. Back in the early 1800s there was lots of polar bear catching and killing which brought their numbers down. Now their numbers have gone up slightly as there is not as much killing, but there is still some going on and that needs to stop. While they may be nice decorations it is not very good for the polar bears.

Polar bears have an important role in keeping marine life healthy so without them the Arctic environment will not be the same. Over thousands of years, polar bears have also been an important part of the cultures and traditions of Arctic people.  

So now you have heard what I have to say about polar bears, I hope you have had second thoughts about them and are thinking about helping. Some great ways to help the polar bears are to Use Less Energy , Buy Less , Conserving Water , Driving Less and Eating Less Meat. If everybody does these things we will be able to help the polar bears and give them a better life.

Help make a change!

Haiku's!

In class we have been doing Haiku's. A haiku is is a form of poetry. In a Haiku there is three lines. The first and last line have five silibles but the middle one has seven. Here is an example:

Green and speckled legs,

Hop on logs and lily pads

Splash in cool water

Here is my haiku I made it on a site called canva hope you like it !

My name In finger spelling!

In GRI11 2.0 for our week one home learning task we did finger spelling. Finger spelling is your name in sign language. We learnt to our finger spelling by a picture on the Internet I really liked doing finger spelling and it was fun to do. This is my name in sign Language I hope you like it!  

A girl in another world

This is a story I made up for our free choice blog I hope you like it!


One bright sunny day Scarlett, a normal 10 year old was playing with her little sister poppy and her three older brothers James, Ashton and Matt. They were at there weird uncle fords house to stay. He was a scientist and did lots of wacky things.She didn't want to get involved with any of his experiments because she had no idea what she might go through. She went to try find the bathroom but she didn't remember were it was she found a door and decided to take her chances and go through but Scarlett new it wasn't right and left.

All day Scarlett was curios about the room. That night when she went to bed she couldn't resist.She jumped out of bed and wondered down to the room. in her nightie she opened the door and looked inside. She saw that there was a combination. Suddenly she tripped over hitting five tiles. Oh no she said she expected an alarm or something but instead she found out she had done the password.

She walked into a strange lab with lots of cool things in it. She steeped into a hole by accident and found herself swirling down into a another dimension! She closed her eyes swirling down and then when she opened them back up there she was in a funny looking dimension.  She walked through a acrid and into a dessert '' HELP '' she cried ''I don't know were I am'' suddenly a voice came for a distance. '' come, come with me I will help you.''

Scarlett walked Ford to the voice and there in front of her was an old lady. '' I am Ersalamapa'' she said '' you can call me Ersal.'' Over some time Ersal and Scarlett became good friends and she was invited to Ersals house for some super. Ersal told you to sit down'' I have something special prepared tonight I hope you like it, I now I will. Ersal liked her lips and walked away. Scarlett didn't think anything of it through and just stayed sitting down.

  
Scarlett looked over into the kitchen and saw an an arm the fruit bowl, As well as a foot and head! ''Ahhh'' Scarlett screamed. She new exactly what was going on Ersals a cannibal! She quickly ran out back to the acrid and was sucked back up.Scarlett opened her eyes and found herself back in her bed again It was morning now. her mum came in ''did you sleep well honey'' she said ''just fine.''  
   

TTS

TTS stands for Traditional teaching styles.

We did this on Tuesday. There was nothing we had in our usual class.

Only tables and chairs in rows an old projector and a hop that you had to sit in if you were being bad.     

We did a CSI on it 

A CSI is a colour symbol image. You put the colour you were felling the symbol you thought of and the image you think of. We did one on on TTS and one on learning in GRI11 2.0

Adventures in The mansion!

In our class GRI11 2.0 we made something called a Pick A Path.
Were we write a story and there's two options and you have to pick one. I had lots of fun making them and I really hope that you like my Pick A Path!

Sports Rotations!

At my school C.S.N.S We have something called a sports rotation. Every Tuesday we go to the place are sport is being held. We always have two activities to do. My favourite activate is the hokey. The hokey is run on the school turf and couched by our year five and six school sports couches.

I like the hokey because they make it fun and teach us skills we need for a game of hokey. We usually get a hokey stick and we play a game of seaweed except the tagger has to hit the other persons ball out. After that we usually do some skills and then we play a mini game of hokey with our friends.

I really love the the hokey at sports rotations but I also like the other sports as well. The sports I,v had throughout the years are Tennis, football, soccer, badminton, golf, basketball, circuits and cricket. All of these are really run and I love doing all of them. I cant till next Tuesday so I can do more sports rotations.  

The wellington trip!

2/5/16

In the second week of the school holidays after term One, I went to Wellington! I went with my mum and my sister. The first part was the boring car ride. Sitting in a car for three hours waiting to finally to get there. We were going to meet our cousins and auntie down there. We decided to meet them at
Toy world so we can go on the segway.

It was really fun I had a go and I went around whole store! my cousins weren't really interested in the segway the were more excited about all the Lego. When my sister had a go she wasn't as good as me. She went ford and crashed into the Lego friends shelf then she wanted to get off but the segway started spinning round and she didn't know how to get off. She finally got off and then we went to the park.

At the park there was a big white slide everyone wanted to go on. My cousins,sister and I all rushed up the slide.My auntie had meet a friend so she was talking and my mum had a work meeting with someone so she wasn't here for Toy world or the park. We had all got to the top of the slide and were waiting to go down. I went down second. It was so fun after that I went on the swings then we left we case were all hungry!

We all went went to Starbucks and had a great time and then we went home and we played some games. We played The game of life, a game with some toys and tag on the tramp. I really loved my day in Wellington and I cant wait till next time!

This is the park we went to!

Swimming Sports!

It was time. We all gathered our stuff and piled onto the buses. It was Tuesday the 12th of April, 2016, the day of Senior Syndicate Swimming Sports. We all got off the bus, one by one and walked into the Lido. Everyone sat down. Some were finding places to put there stuff, some were getting into there togs and some were just sitting and talking. I could sense the nerves in everyone waiting for the first race to start. 

Finally the first race started - Boys Freestyle. There were some people who stood beside the pool and they handed out blokes to the people who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd. We had to put it in the box that had our house colour on it.

I did two races - Girls Freestyle and Girls Backstroke. On my first one I was so nervous. I jumped into the pool and got ready for the loud bang. "On your marks, get set, go!" "BANG". I kicked of the wall and raced down the pool. To my excitement I came third! For my second race I was a bit more used to it and I came second!

I sat waiting. It seemed like a really long time. They announced that there were now championships raes. I sat and watched the championships and then after that we had some relays. My team (Kea) came third and we also came third for how many points we got. When we got back to school I was so tired! I loved swimming sports and I think nearly everyone else did to! 

       

GRI11 2.0 fast track!

GRI11 2.0 Fast Track!

In GRI11 2.0 we have something called a Fast track. Fast track is a digital way to keep track of our learning. It's called fast track because its fast to track. It has all our learning activities on it for the week and where to find them. When we've done the task we put a shortened URL link of our learning in to show we've done it next to our name, under the right task. 

In fast track the black bit tells us the task, the grey is where it's found (like GC is Google Classroom) and the white is where you put your links to show you have done the task. 

Fast track is found on Google classroom on the GRi11 Home Page, which is the new way we do our learning. We have a Google Classroom for each learning area. The tasks are put in the classroom related to their topic. 

Fast track is a great way to access your learning and to know what you have and haven't done.

 I would recommend other schools to use fast track for their learning. That's the GRI11 2.0 Fast track.             

GRI11 2.0 at Sixtus Lodge Camp

This week GRI11 2.0 went to Sixtus Lodge for camp and we got to have the optunity to go horse riding. I got to ride a brown horse called hercules (herc for short) it was hard for me to ride herc because he was tired and run down,though i made it. The horses were amazing the were so pretty and handsome i wanted one of my own (I still do). The horse riding was amazing we went around a field with the horses then did some challenges by ourself we had to go in a circle then we had to weave around some barrels and grab a can of one stick then put it on another stick and then walk over a bridge and done! We learnt some awesome horse riding skills and we did many many more fun filled awesome activates with

GRI11 2.0 at Sixtus Lodge!

ME AND IVY WAITING FOR OUR HORSES TO TAKE OF! 

My Favourite Classroom Space

My favourite Learning space!   

My favourite classroom space is the called the Hub. I like the Hub because its the biggest space in the class. The hub is two classrooms together with a big sliding door in the middle of them. The hub is good for me because I like big spaces to work in. In the hub your aloud to talk as much as you want, I like to talk with my friends while I learn so the hub is a good space for me.

In the hub there is lots cool stuff and spaces to learn in the Hub we have lots of tables and chairs we even have some ottomans (there like little couches.) We have a mini fridge, foos ball, ping pong and the normal classroom stuff.
        
The Hub is just one of the four classroom spaces its hauora colour is all of them mixed together. Its red for phisacal, its yellow for inperational, its blue for relaxation and its green for sosail. One of the other spaces is called the hang out. Its were you go to talk and hang out its colour is green. Another space is called is the hide out the hide out is were you can go for some peice and quiet its coulors are blue and yellow. The last space is called the hall of fame its a small hall sortof and a long table stuck to wall with seats along it its coulors are blue and yellow.    

my favourite classroom space in GRI11 2.0

The Hub my favourite classroom space