Okay Room 24, we need to make ourselves known to everyone at TIS (and the rest of the world) - as the FANTASTIC & WONDERFUL class that we are! This includes having a class name, a class motto, perhaps a class mascot and/or a class handshake, as well as team names for our softball team and our quicket team.
Post a note on the Wall Wisher below and share your ideas (you need to double-click on the wall to do this). I can't wait to read your creative suggestions!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Subway Softball
School has started for the year and even though we’re only into the second week our first inter-class sports’ competition has started.
Our first competition is Subway Softball. You can see some pictures above of our class trialling and practising to get ready for our first game tomorrow.
We call this sport Subway Softball because if your team is the overall winner, you and your class receive prize money to buy Subway for lunch. Subway Softball is played in three pools. There are 12 students to a team and each team represents a class.
Do you have inter-class sports competitions at your
school? If so, what are they?
Does your school have house/team/syndicate competitions?
Does your school have house/team/syndicate competitions?
Are there any original or unique games that are played at
your school?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Quad Blogging Round One
Quad blogging provides a fantastic opportunity for four classes from around the world to connect with each other. We'll collaborate with each other through our class blogs.
Quad blogging works on a rotation. Each week one class takes the spotlight and they will have a large audience viewing and responding to learning they've shared and activities they've posted on their blog. For the three weeks a class isn't the focus blog they'll be looking at a different class blog each week and commenting on and responding to that class's learning.
The great thing about quad blogging is that we can improve our literacy skills and our thinking skills, share our learning with a global audience, and make new friends. This term we will be blogging with The International School of Toulouse in France, Texas and World Discoveries in Texas, USA, and another class in the United Kingdom.
Quad blogging works on a rotation. Each week one class takes the spotlight and they will have a large audience viewing and responding to learning they've shared and activities they've posted on their blog. For the three weeks a class isn't the focus blog they'll be looking at a different class blog each week and commenting on and responding to that class's learning.
The great thing about quad blogging is that we can improve our literacy skills and our thinking skills, share our learning with a global audience, and make new friends. This term we will be blogging with The International School of Toulouse in France, Texas and World Discoveries in Texas, USA, and another class in the United Kingdom.
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| Highlands, UK |
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You can see quad blogging at it's very best by checking out these 2011 quad blog classes below (click on the name under each picture). In the short time that I've been exploring blogging, I've learned so much from how these classes blog and the way they interact with each other. They didn't just quad blog - they also worked on global projects together. Some of the teachers in this quad have even collaborated through blogging for several years now!
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| Mr Salsich's class |
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| Mrs Yollis' class |
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| Mrs McKenzie's class |
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| Mrs Morris' & Miss Jordan's class |
We will be learning about blogging by looking at these and other quality blogs more closely.
What do you think of quad blogging?
What do you think we can share from our class, Hawke's Bay and New Zealand?
Did you find out how old the students from the 2011 quad are?
How can we ensure we reach the high standards they consistently display?
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