The Great Box Car Race

Because Mr O'C looks after PE at Tawa Intermediate Room 14 always gets to sort and label new PE gear when it arrives. This week Noodle (a.k.a. Nikki) and Hiren took a close interest in the two empty boxes. At lunch they were quickly turned into cars complete with a wing mirror on the girl's vehicle.

Before assembly on Wednesday we decided to have a bit of fun with the cars so headed over to the corridors for some racing.

Team Noodle line up
against Team Hirenator.

The power of Matai pushes Rhys to a win















The Hirenator has a go as engine and pushes Finn so fast the camera can't keep up









Morgan likes the idea of being pushed by Goergina's strength.

Room 14 couch rights

As shown room 14 holds a very special activity, rewarding our behaviour and work. Each week 2-4 students get the rights to sit on the couch during class time.

If someone sits on the couch, without

permission, they will have to do 5 belly-ups!

Room 14's Show Not Tell.

In room 14 we have been learning a writing technique called Show Not tell. It means that when telling a story you not going straight to the point but describing it so you get a picture in your mind. Here are a few of our Show Not Tell samples.


As I limp into the public toilets everyone was in them. As I wait and wait a toilet becomes free. Finally as I put my bum on the smooth lid, a hurricane of poo slid out. Oh that felt good. Oh no! Everyone was watching.

By Zandrea Burdan

As I waddled to the toilet feeling my bladder rumbling, squeezing my massive grey wrinkly cheeks together. I place my bum onto the smooth surface. My bladder starts to empty. Poo oozing out of me, sloppy and runny. I grabbed some white rough patterned toilet paper, I wipe the splattered mess off my cheeks. I proudly look at it and then drop it with a plop! I put pressure on the button and then walk out. “That’s so much better.” But then ... the stench fills the air.

By Bex McAlister

I was on the start line, across from me was Usain bolt from Jamaica. On the other side was Aidan Ritchie from New Zealand. ‘BLAM’ we were off. Soon the only two people in front of me were Usain and Aidan. The finishing line was in touching distance, but then one of my spikes came loose. The ground rushing towards me , ‘Crack’ my wrist , ‘Crack ‘ my spine , ‘Crack ‘ my ankle , ‘Crack ‘ my knee cap . I wasn’t in pain at the moment but I knew the pain would come soon enough.

By Aidan Ritchie


As the strong stench of mud fills my snout, I snort towards it. Caplonk! Sludgy, pongey, gooey mud covers my pink skin. The warm salty taste of mud fills my mouth. I slide across as fast as a bullet. Mud flicks across like a sprinkler. My ears flop up and down as i jump into piles of mud. I love mud.

By Nikki Devine

Room 14's home learning tasks

Room 14 has to do at least 4 home learning unit tasks each term. Quite a lot of people have handed their tasks in already. This is Finn's completed fitness circuit. It looks amazing doesn't it?

Blogged by Nikki, Bex, Rhys and Jess

Adding Detail to our Writing using Show not Tell

In Room 14 we have been working on making our writing more interesting by letting the reader know what is happening by creating a picture with words rather than simply telling them. This is called writing with Show not Tell. We have taken boring sentences and rewritten them in an interesting way. Here is a couple of samples.

Original Boring Sentence: It was cold on the beach.

Nikki’s Show not Tell Sentence:

As the wind furiously blew, I fought against it to finally reach the car park. Sand blew into my face, waves rumbled with terror as they rose and clapped back into the ocean. As I reached the car I opened the door, it flung back like a gun that back fired. I quickly jumped in the car. As I struggled to close the door, the wind changed direction and slammed it for me. “Maybe tomorrow”, I said to myself as I drove away from the beach.

Original Boring Sentence: Dad was angry.

Georgina’s Show not Tell Sentence:

Dad’s face was as red as a traffic light, his jaw clenched as if a lion ready to pounce. Steam was exploding out of his ears like a volcano and his veins were popping. I think dad is mad.

Enlargements

We have been looking at enlargements in maths where we have taken small pictures and enlarged them by a scale factor of three. Here is Josh’s Dog Face and Alex’s Pointing Finger.