♣ CAITLIN ♣ ♣ROOM 1♣

Habits Of Mind- Manage Impulsivity

2009-09-01T14:46:00.000-07:00

Often students blurt the first answer that comes to mind. Sometimes they shout out an answer, start to work without fully understanding the directions, lack an organized plan or strategy for approaching a problem or make immediate value judgments about an idea- criticizing or praising it- before fully understanding it. They may take the first suggestion given or operate on the first idea that comes to mind rather than considering alternatives and consequences of several possible directions...

1: Think before you act.

2: Think about an answer, before you say it aloud.

3: When someone gives you a suggestion or an idea, don't just do that one because it was the first, get some more suggestions and ideas then see what ones the best.

Science Roadshow!!!

2009-08-10T15:07:00.000-07:00

Science Roadshow was a successful way to learn all about the different areas of science because it was fun! Other schools came to Science Roadshow. A few year 8`s from the accelerate academy were helped to unload and load up the truck and they were also presenters standing at the exibits telling the students how to use the exibits. A few of the activities at Science Roadshow were a fake cow and you put your thumb in the thing were it sucks the cows milk on a dairy farm, in a milk shed...IT FELT WEIRD!!! There was this thing with a cone like top and a thin tube at the bottom so it stood very tall, you throw a ping pong ball in the top and it slowly went down the tube and then you would pull up this handle in a plastic container up then push it down very fast, the air in the plastice container would be enough to push the ping pong ball out out of the tube and fall on the ground!!! It cost $4 but it was well worth it!!!

TERM 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-07-19T16:09:00.000-07:00

WOW! Almost the end of the year. First day back and already having fun... Been to ICT, level 2 french and library and then later on we have an assembly. Term 3 is going to be fun with kaitaos got talent and fashionj show etc. So term 3 here i come!

Science Fair

2009-06-29T14:23:00.000-07:00

Wow! It's finally complete and in the hall on display. Celene and I made edible candles as our science fair project, the category it was under was technology design. I liked our project because it wasn't something that was in a book or on the internet we got the idea for edible candles from our imaginations. It came out really good I'll still be pleased with our work even if we don't win!

Kaitao Poem

2009-06-08T14:05:00.000-07:00

When you see blue and yellow
You know Kaitao's near
Keep walking up the school path
At the front of the school a teacher is there

Year 7's and 8's
Go to kaitao school
They enjoy there time here
Kaitao is there choice because it is very cool

There's the principal and deputies
School leaders and more
Student love it here
And they all have a ball

Mr. Dyke

2009-06-04T16:28:00.000-07:00

Well i probably have to say something nice about him because he'll probably read this later...

Na! He's a cool teacher and he teaches in Room 1 Accelerate Academy,
Mr. Dyke takes us out for games like the other day we played ripper rugby and i SCORED A TRY!!! (how amazing).

When i started at kaitao he just started too. He let's us come and blog and gives us time to do Kaitao Radio. He understands i have a lot of responsibilities and that means i get a little bit of leeway or should i say a lot.

Mr. Dyke's an awesome teacher and i'm glad i'm in his class!!!

Stage Challenge Is Over !

2009-06-01T13:58:00.000-07:00

Stage Challenge 2009 what a night, the music, the preformances and the fun we had. It so was a day and night to remember...

This video is of the JAZZ preformance in the KMS, I was in the JAZZ group and it was a lot of hard work getting to this stage!

Stage Challenge!

2009-05-18T14:04:00.000-07:00

This years Stage Challenge is going to be sooo coool because the students made up the dances, but that can be a bad thing because no one or everyone has ideas to put it together. Our theme is good☺ and bad☻ energy. I'm in the jazz group and we are bad☻ energy so we think we are so awesome (Which by the way we are).

Our costume is so cool because it's fluro pink, sparkly pink and hot pink. We are wearing a pink top and fluro pink gloves and a sparkly pink hat.

We are preforming on Tuesday 26th May, at the convention centre, Rotorua.

I'm looking forward to preforming infront of an audience and my family...

Car Wash!

2009-05-12T16:11:00.000-07:00

Saturday 9 May we had a car wash down at Super Cheap Auto, raising money for our New Caledoina trip at the end of the year. The car wash started at 8:00-8:30 and finished at about 1:00-1:30.

My favourite job was to hold up signs and get attention so that cars would come to the car wash. Car washes cost $5 dollars a car and we also had a sausage sizzle costing $1. I did wash cars though but not as much as the parents that came down and helped.

Even Mr.Apperley came to the Kaitao car wash and his car came out sparkling clean!!!

We raised about$506.60 including the sausage sizzle. Even though it was hard work and i almost lost my voice it was fun working together and co-operating with my pairs.

Slideshow Of Mufti Day

2009-04-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

Celene, Eleanor And Me In The New Hall.

2009-04-26T15:25:00.001-07:00

Reflection On Term 1

2009-04-07T17:14:00.000-07:00

Term 1 has been an awesome start to the year starting with our fitness groups which are chosen by the starting letter of our name. My group are the C's and the R's. We do a fitness programme that should improve our cardiovascular but most students try to improve on their beep test result(I'm glad I improved).

The next main point this term was the beginning of year tests, the tests include,
Reading...
Spelling...
Maths...
IKAN (different maths test)...
P.A.T test.
I was pleased with most of my results I could have done better in maths though.

Tech/arts:
Tech/arts are another cool and fun add to our curriculum system.
YEAR 8 TECH/ARTS:
Art...
I.C.T (information computer technology)...
cooking...
Electronics...
YEAR 7 TECH/ARTS:
Health...
Music...
Biotechnology...
Fabrics/Soft Material...

Noho Marae was a fun camp where we also visited Te Puia and Burried Village.
We were welcomed into the marae by Mr.Ken Kennedy and 2 other female teachers, the boyz sat on seats and girls sat on the floor. Ken Kennedy spoke (he spoke in maori
until the official welcoming was over), Then our Komatua (Mr. Boyd) spoke in maori and English.

The museum trip was cool where we learn't about the baths and how they help relax and help heal enjuries such as sprains and broken bones. But the main reason for our trip was the focus of Earth Science (volcanoes and earthquakes).

That was the main highlight of TERM 1.

My friends

2009-04-05T19:57:00.000-07:00

This is Eleanor, MOI!, Celene and Kaitlyn we are good friends and this picture was taken when i was in art during our technology/art session and Savarna took the picture.
I have many friends and i think it's because i'm head girl.

BOSSON!!! TERM 1

2009-03-31T16:13:00.001-07:00

Bosson is a house at Kaitao Middle School the colour is jade but mostly just blue.
The other houses are Morrison (purple), Solomon (orange)and Reid (lime green).

But I like Bosson because we are currently in the lead and i am in Bosson house.

The competition(s) we have won include:
Mufti when we raised money for the Victorian bushfires...
House chant...
Which has put us at the top!

GO BOSSON!!!

♥ Caitlin ♥

Caitlin

2009-03-31T15:36:00.000-07:00

Hi i'm Caitlin. I am in the accelerate academy which means that we excel in all areas. My role here at Kaitao Middle School is head girl, school leader and house captain.

My hobbies include dancing, hanging out with friends and my sports.

My sports are:
Tennis at the Rotorua Tennis Club...
Waterpolo at the Rotorua Aquatics Centre...
But i also enjoy:
Badminton...
swimming...

I like pizza and spiders (a mix between coke and ice-cream) and something else what was it again um yeah that's right curry and spicy/hot stuff.

From Caitlin♥