Yay! It's the holidays!

What have you been up to over the holidays?   Would like to do a little bit of school work?

What if it meant you got an Ice Cream Sundae, during the first week back at school?

Then check out your email and make sure you parent or caregiver has check their email.  

1. Look for the subject: HOLIDAY HOMEWORK SUNDAE

2. Read email

3. Watch YouTube clip

4. Complete the activities by 4th May and have a fun holiday

5. Come back to school and enjoy a delicious ice cream sundae during the first week!

Maths in Room 2

60 second video competition

To vote, visit the Ross Intermediate Facebook page

Special Mufti Day - Friday 19th April

On Friday wear mufti and bring a gold coin donation to support Quinn and her family, during their time of need. 

Self management time

Term 2 Fundraising!!

Who wants chocolate??? Who wants some new technology for our class???? an iPod Touch or two???

Charlotte's Story

Congratulations Charlotte from Room 18! Well done on winning the Magical Tales by Kiwi Kids 2012 writing competition.

A Choice Award will be given to the first person who can answer this question. Answers to the comment box.

What was the title and first line of Charlotte's winning entry?

Flag Counter

Check out the flag counter on the left of the blog.  First person to name all the countries of the flags shown, will get a Choice Award. Please name the countries using the comments box below.

Homework

After a two week break from homework, it's back!

Set - Tuesday 9th April

Due - Tuesday 16th April (last week of the term)

Check the homework link for more information.

Postcard

Has your child received the Ross Intermediate Postcard?
Postcards are sent to parents of children who have done something exceptional during the week.

Postcard are also worth 5 credits!

Keep a close eye on your mail box and if you move house, make sure the school has you new address!

If you have received a postcard this term, write in the comment box below what you received it for. If you haven't received one, write a comment explaining what you think you might get a postcard for...

We are going international with our Translator Gadget

This week we welcomed a new student to our class - Ryujiro from Japan. We are very excited about having another student from another country join our class.  To help Ryujiro and his family learn a bit about our class we had added the google translate gadget to our blog.
NB: translations using 'Google Translate' are usually literal, therefore may not be as accurate as one might expect.

What is your talent?

Cyber Bullying in Schools

What are your thoughts on schools taking students own phones and laptops if they have been used for cyber bullying.  Read this article and vote. 

Add any 'non-bullying' comments below.

Art with Miss A

Twice a term we get to do Art with Miss A, during our first lesson we worked on shading.

Weetbix Tryathalon Competitor Charlotte

Last week Wednesday Charlotte competed in the Weetbix Tryathalon, check out photos of her in action and anticipation.

What awesome things do you participate or contribute in, outside of school?  

Send your photos with some additional information - awards, achievements or why you enjoy being a part of a community to pbradshaw@rossintermediate.school.nz 

Catching Fire - How much do you remember from the book?

For all of you who have read The Hunger Games series and have loved the movie....Catching Fire is on it's way...but before you book your tickets, how much do you remember from reading the book?  Is it time to read the book again?  check out the quiz on Teen.com and find out!

Let's hope you can do better than Mrs Bradshaw's score of 6/15!! Time for a re-read, I think!