The class are learning about ecosystems through looking at dinosaurs.

We use 3d Virtual goggles to go back in time to...

My Dino Adventure


I saw a tyrannosaurus rex chasing a triceratops. it took place in the forest. the triceratops was the colour yellow-green.the tyrannosaurus didn't open its mouth wide enough for me to get a proper look inside its breath smelt putrid.

to be continued.

We are learning about storms

Its a stormy night and I want to learn about storms

It's been a while.

I'm at school longer now, because I've been very good. I'm on a new pill that me and Mr Betts think is really working for me but the only downside, is that it makes me sleepy throughout the day.
The best thing about being back at school is being with Mr Betts and playing in the playground with the other children.
My goal is to get to go to Flip out or Mega air in the weekend. I will achieve this by doing my work at school and monitoring my behavior. The teachers at school will help me achieve this.

Xavier and Mr Betts.

Xavier is learning about his ancestors. He is distantly related to Kings and Queens.

Life in one Hundred years

Here are some links to what people think the world will be like.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber.htm

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16536598

http://www.americanscientist.org/science/pub/what-will-life-be-like-in-100-years

Sport Abuse

Here is a link to an article on sports abuse

Is abuse a problem in Sport?
Yes
Who does this effect and why?
It effects the players because they are putting them down and abusing them. It makes them feel bad and that you are not important. They don't enjoy playing the game. They might even want to QUIT.
Other articles we found:

Canterbury club rugby players in tears after racial taunts | Stuff.co.nz

Editorial: Identify and shame the rugby racists - Sport - NZ Herald News

Parents urged to curb aggression at junior sports | Stuff.co.nz

Referee a kids' football match? You couldn't pay me enough | Football ...

Game Officials Deserve Respect of Parents, Players, and Coaches ...

What I have been doing today

Today I have been doing some word study and have gone to drama 

We found this on the net

Room 10s experiment

Skittle colours

Today we are doing a Explanation-writing frame.Mr Mitchel put skittles in a bowl and the colours dissolved in to a pattern.

A friend of nature

Xavier being successful during reading

During reading today I did really well.We were writing all the adjectives in a text called Save our sand dunes. I took turns in my reading group and wrote most of the adjectives down.

Boggle words with room11

How many can you put down?

We are participating in the Avail programe where we watch movies and read subtitles.

Today we watched some of this movie.

http://www.digititles.com/animation/meet-the-robinsons-2007/scripts/transcript

This is the book I got out of the library! I will read it this week and tell you about it!

We have read a book about toilets

This is the inventor of modern toilets

This is a modern toilet

My soundscape of the minecraft city

This is my soundscape

Recounting Athletics Day

Something I was pleased with...
I really enjoyed...
Something I found hard was...
Something I want to get better at...

Captian Scotts crew

Capt Lawrence Oates

We found this website about him. Today for writing we have to pretend to be him and write a letter to the crew.

How to be a great writer

Writing today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PyMLx2mv1Qg

Scott's last letter

We are supposed to write a letter to Somebody in your family and we pretend we are the explorer Robert Scott.

Creating a Soundscape!

We are going to make one of these like Chris in Room 8 did. http://esollns.blogspot.co.nz/2016/03/fun-friday-chris-made-another-soundscape.html

This is the background that I am going to use. I am using ipod 13 10 (to remind me).

Sounds of the city

delivery truck
Cars hooting
Cars going past
Cicadas
People yelling
Electric Bicycles
The droning of planes
Rain going pitter patter pitter patter
Trees rustling
Wind howling
Dogs yapping
Sirens blaring

My sickness by Xavier typed by Mr Betts

I think it was because I always said bye to Dad out my window when it was quite cold. I started to feel a bit sick on Friday. I had caught a very bad cold. I was coughing and spluttering I started sleeping late. I was blowing my nose a lot. I played with my lego Sea Force California (S.F.C.) It is an underwater sea base with lots of planes, boats and submarines. We had little battles with half of the staff from the sea base that was turning bad. They might have turned bad because of low oxygen. The good guys were not in the base as they were out hunting treasure. The good guys won as usual.

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Ten things I hate.

Anthony Wilding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Wilding I am in wilding house. This is whom we are named from.

Xavier's new flag

The blue stands for water and the orange stands for Lava.The red stands for fire.This  flag is to warn creepers about danger.

Creating a flag.

Flag Creation

With the NZ flag in the news this week I thought it was a good time to have a go at creating a new flag. Have a go at this website.
http://flag-designer.appspot.com/#d=3&c1=4&c2=3&c3=4&o=1&c4=5&s=14&c5=2

Editing our Recount

• Re read
• Edit a minimum of five words; this means choosing a better, more interesting or more descriptive word.
• Check spelling and punctuation.

My new school hall

This is what my new school hall will look like.

Draft recount of the ground breaking ceremony

Making a password passport

Minions

Today  we were writing about minions .

My creation with oil pastels

I used pastel crayons to make this Name Banner.

Xavier update by Mr Betts

Xavier is at school two hours a day at the moment.He starts at nine and finishes at eleven am. He is now staying for morning tea till eleven twenty and he is very happy that he is allowed to play in the playground. I have him from ten thirty till eleven and sometimes I work with him in the class while at other times I take him out of class to help him focus on the task at hand. This is usually class work that we need to work on. He often says he is tired but I repeat to him often that he is only at school two hours a day for work and so he needs to try and focus at these times and try and get as much use out of his brain as possible. He needs to show he can work well and follow instructions for that amount of time, getting his work done in the time he has. If he can show this then the school will be able to extend his time at school. Which is something he wants to do. He is very easily distracted and finds it very hard to stay on task for any more than a minute or so. He has to be constantly refocused back on the task at hand.

Today we are learning about thinking questions

Mr Mitchell read us a poem. It is about a girl and her mother arguing about dress's, her mum wants her to wear a different dress than her blue dress.

Reading questions

Xavier's next reading is about a bird

http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/General/waimaki-zc-ashley-rakahuri-rivercare-preso-071111.pdf

We are letter writing in class

I am writing to Dan Carter,

we are learning to...

write letters to people, using open questions with words like how, when, where

Mr Betts said that if I write a good letter he will try and give it to one of the Crusaders or Richie Macaw to pass on to Dan who we think is in France at the moment. Mr Betts lives in the neighborhood where they all train and he sees them about quite often.

Our draft letter so far:

Xavier O'Brien
Linwood North School
Christchurch

10 February

Dear Dan Carter

My name is Xavier. I am 9 years old. I am a student at Linwood North School. We are learning to write letters with open and closed questions. Can I please ask you some questions about yourself?

When did you first start playing rugby?

What sort of training did you do?

Who was your best friend at school and what did you do with them?

What do you do in your spare time?

What is it like to be a dad?

Thank you for reading my letter. Please write back because if you do I would be the most popular boy at school.

Yours sincerely
Xavier O'Brien

Goals for the Term

Be able to play in the playground.

To succeed at this I need to:

*be responsible and respectful

What does this look like in the classroom?

I would be sitting up straight with my arms folded.
I would be doing what the teacher said.
I should use my WITS
 I need to find out what WITS stands for.

W could stand for... watch the clouds, wave, wiggle wiggle wiggle.
Walking away!
I could stand for... ice cream, ice skating,
Ignore!
T could stand for tickle, travel to Triton (moon of Neptune),
Talk!
S could be for sitting down, shaking, swimming, Sudan, Sweden, Swaziland
But S IS FOR SEEK HELP!

What Fills peoples Bucket?

Xavier's
People giving me compliments
People playing with me

Teacher
students listen to the teacher

Today in class!

We were listening to Mr Mitchell read us a story. There was a series of stories in the one book. The story we listened to was called "Maui asked his grandmother for fire"

http://eng.mataurangamaori.tki.org.nz/Support-materials/Te-Reo-Maori/Maori-Myths-Legends-and-Contemporary-Stories/How-Maui-brought-fire-to-the-world

We watched a video of how full is your bucket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5R6-2m_qHk



It is not about a bucket, it is about feelings. When our bucket is full we are happy. When it is half full we are tired.

Hello 2016!

This year I am in room 10 . Mr Mitchell is my new teacher. I also went to the pool in New 

Brighton and the beach.