This Blog's Journey Has Come to An End

This blog has now finished it's journey. It will remain open for those students and families who wish to look back on 2008.

Note: The Teacher of this class is now teaching a new group of 10 year olds (Year 6 or Grade 5 students). You can find their new website at http://bethlehemcollege.ultranet.school.nz/ClassSpace/6/

Christmas Time!

E3 this is a fun way to count down to Christmas. Click here to go and play the game on the Advent Calendar.

OR

You can click here to visit a Christmas Website setup by a Teacher (Mrs Vesper) in Wellington.

Our Collaborative Dance Video!

Thanks to Mrs K in Nelson for putting together this very cool dance video. It was a combined effort of 11 or more different classes from Canada, Bangkok, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Can you spot the different countries?

Brainer #6: Vegetable People

Week 3 is upon us E3 and it is time to mix up the Homework with a creative Brainer! There is NO maths or spelling this week but you MUST continue with your Memory Verse and Reading Homework.

Your challenge for Homework this week is to bring to school on Friday 31st October:
1) A character made out of vegetables from the Middle Ages.
2) One page of notes about your character. Your notes must include their role in society, the challenges they may have faced and details about the typical clothing they wore.


Potato Man Author: http://www.tintern.org.uk/vpa2005.htm

Our Poems

E3 has just published a stack load of poems on our "Collaborative Wiki" that we share with Room 8. Follow the link below to hear them :+)

E3's Poems


Picture Author: http://schol.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/writing-about-unfamiliar-poetry-in-the-exam/

B.A.R Thinkers Key

Online Maths and Spelling Challenges

Here is a site that enables us to challenge other students from around the world at Maths and Spelling! Very cool! Follow the instructions below to get set up :+)

Read the instructions below then click on "Tutpup".

The first time you play you will need to click on "Join Now". Then follow the instructions in the blox below:


From now on every time you want to play you can just click on "Login".

Drawing Tool

How are the holidays E3? If you are getting bored here is a website where you can draw and then click replay and watch your drawing take shape all over again. Have a play.

Imagination Cubed

I had a go and drew a face. Click here to watch the face been drawn.

Maybe we can use this to teach Room 8 in Nelson how to draw stuff!?

"How Great is Our God?!" DVD

Yesterday we enjoyed watching Louie Giglio's DVD "How Great is Our God?". We were amazed at the many different pictures of space and the sizes of the stars beyond our galaxy.
Many of these pictures have been taken by the Hubble Telescope (click on the words to be taken to it's site).



Image Author:
http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2005/02/01/1107272007_1559.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2005/02/01/hubbles_troubles/&h=290&w=533&sz=66&tbnid=v5bOPHnKffEJ::&tbnh=72&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhubble%2Btelescope%2Bpictures&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image&cd=1

Fundraising Ideas

E3 click on the link below to go to Skrbl and share your ideas for fundraising for our Blue Tongue Lizard!

Maybe your Parents could hop on and help us out with some ideas!

Blue Tongue Lizard Fundraising Ideas


Picture Author: http://www.reptilesweb.com/images/stories/datso_pictures/med_BlueTongueSkink.jpg

Our Visit from the SPCA

Today we had a visit from Nicolle, the SPCA Education Officer. She was most helpful and shared lots of interesting stories.

Below is what we learnt:
SPCA stands for
S ociety (for the)
P revention (of)
C ruelty (to)
A nimals

1. The SPCA started in England in 1822 where Pit Ponies where being abused and also the common practice of " blood sports " in the town square forced animal protection laws.
2. It later started in New Zealand in 1882 in Dunedin.
3. There are 54 SPCA centre’s in NZ.
4. They have mostly dogs and cats but will take ANY animal.
5. Cats can start having kittens at 4 months and every year up to 10 years.
6. You can be prosecuted under the “Animal Welfare Act 1999” for the following reasons:
a.Not providing the following needs; food, water and shelter.
b.Showing inappropriate behaviour to your pet eg: beating it up.
c.Not protecting your pet from harm and allowing it to get sick.

7. In 10 year only 2 convictions (jail sentences) have been made.
8. Greerton SPCA has 3000 animals they take care of each year!
9. Greerton has volunteers that clean up the mess daily.
10. The SPCA has a caravan that de sexes pets.
11. Tape worms come from fleas.
12. You can pay $9 for a tablet that will stop worms.
13. The SPCA is a volunteer organization.

E3 Nicolle said to me in an email that they are in need of kitty litter, old blankets and specialized food for their puppies and kittens. Do you think we can help here?

Humility - What is it?

E3 we have talked a little about "Humility" this term. We have learnt that being humble means thinking of others and their needs, putting them before us. The following verse taught us this:

"Don't do anything only to get ahead. Don't do it because you are proud. Instead, be free of pride. Think of others as better than yourselves.
None of you should look out just for your own good. You should also look out for the good of others."
Philippians 2:3-4


Have a look at the following picture and read John 13:4-15.
What has this scripture got to do with being humble?

Life Education

Yay the Life Education trailer is here!

Check out the new links on the side of the blog. There are some cool activities to do with:
- Food
- The Digestive System
- How the Body Works

Our New Friends!

E3 I would like to introduce you to Mrs Jane and her class of Grade 5 (Yr 6) students in Jarkarta, Indonesia!

Mrs Jane's Class

Place your mouse over the map below and click and drag the map around to find our friends (we are both marked with blue bubbles).

Rules For Being Safe on the Net

2008!

Kia ora E3!
Well I hope that you have had a fantastic holiday and are piping hot to get back into the class ;+)

This is your blog where you get to share and celebrate your learning. It is called "e3eclat" because eclat is a noun and means: "brilliant display or effect". I am sure you will have lots of brilliance to display on this site. :+)

Mrs Giles, Mrs Wilcox and I have some pretty cool things planned for you this year, in fact, I reckon this year will be one of your best yet at Bethlehem College!

My Dad has a simple saying that he would often say to me as I left to catch the bus for school. "Do your best and leave the rest to the Lord." Hey it doesn't rhyme but it works! :+)

My prayer is that this year will be a year of success for you and that you will grow into all God has called YOU to be.