Room+8-+Mon+8-12-08

Good Morning Room 8 I am not in school for most of the day- please connect a data projector to one of the class desktops and this wikipage contains everything you need for Monday's learning.

 **REMEMBER Year 7 Fun Day TOMORROW; Have you planned your shared lunch? Remembered swimming togs? Returned your reply slip? Arranged parent help?

Assembly practice at 9.00am in Hall ** (possibly until 9.30?)

Ensure spellings are copied into both spelling books and begin the 'ch' wordsearch. ** There is a hidden message once you have found all 22 words. ** (TIP- the 22 words appear in this week's spellings). Click to link to wordsearch Click to link to spelling list for Week 9
 * Spelling**- 8.40am to 9.00 (then at 12 to 12.40pm)

__3 main goals for this session__ ; - Review your Term 4 goals in your ePortfolio and begin adding your reflections and thoughts about how you have gone towards achieving them. You will need to reflect in detail and **give evidence** of your achievements. - Create a new page, and link it to My Learning. Copy and paste the Y7 Puberty reflection template you will see in the 'School Resources'. Reflect on your learning in this unit using the symbols and text boxes. Make sure this is placed in your ePortfolio and named //Puberty Term 4 2008// - Create another new page, and link it to My Learning. Copy the Y7 Social Sciences evaluation template you can find in 'School Resources'. Reflect on your learning, and use your wiki/ evidence of your learning to **PROVE** how //informed, critical, active and responsible// you were. Make sure this is also placed in your ePortfolio in My Learning and named //Social Sciences Evaluation- Term 4 2008.//
 * ICT Centre**- 9.30 to 10.20


 * 10.20 Team B Specialist to 12.00**

If time try a spelling activity online (as a class) at this BBC Spelling site for [|confusing words]. AND you could try solving this [|confusing words crossword]. (See if you can solve the crossword as a class in under 10 minutes- dictionaries at the ready!!) Please check your portfolios and any returned test papers before you choose today's tests. Many of you are now almost complete on stage 1- maybe an afternoon test will help you achieve even more success!//(Jackson Harvey is a very good helper with giving out tests and collecting them in.)// Play this [|interactive negative numbers game]as a class- select 'Play Against a Friend' and play boys versus girls. Play best of 3!
 * 12.00 Spelling-** Continue with the spelling wordsearch and hidden secret code message.
 * 1.40 Maths**
 * Start-** Numeracy Certificate Testing (x2 tests please)
 * To use negative numbers**

Activities; Negative Group A- An investigation (Open up on desktops or pod computers). Make sure you show clear calculations- you will need to come up with your own problems to test your ideas and theories. Negative Group B- (Display using data projector) Some problems using negative numbers- adding and subtracting them- please show your working out- neat number lines are a good idea too. (Lukas, Nalisha, Rachel, Victoria, Jackson, Jina, Ria, Pranavan, Tammy, Emma, Casey)


 * Follow Up Learning (to try at home)**- Try the [|Negative Number]timed games on our Student Resources page.

**REMEMBER Year 7 Fun Day TOMORROW; Have you planned your shared lunch? Remembered swimming togs? Returned your reply slip? Arranged parent help? Assembly at 8.40am in Hall**