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Tenacity

Tenacity is the quality of not giving up even when things are not going well.Have a look at this video.Did you notice anything? Was there someone who showed tenacity?How have you been tenacious this week?

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Mapping Room 15

Room 5 at Melville have had a go at mapping Room 15. Leave some feedback and feedforward the team on their blog.

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Stop motion Dolly

During our Genius Hour Jono and Nate were using my iPhone to do stop motion. I'm impressed that the boys put together a camera dolly with lego!Why might using a dolly be a good idea when making a stop...

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Welcome Back Room 15

Hi Room 15 Hope you enjoyed the break after all the energy of production. You all did such a fantastic job during it was fabulous to see you all on stage. I think the colour and cool dance moves made...

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Wow look what Room 5 has created!

Room 5 at Melville Intermediate finished their mine craft model of Room 15.Our unusual set up flummoxed their class so I think they have done a superb job of making the model.Please leave Room 5 some...

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The science of stage fright (and how to overcome it) - Mikael Cho

This week we've watched and talked a lot about what makes a good speech. In the next few weeks you will be writing and presenting your own speech.Have you thought about what your topic will be?Have you...

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College Sport

Huia Syndicate has been enjoying going up to Tawa College for coaching sessions with the senior PE students. It's been fantastic for the students to learn about new sports and for our students to get a...

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Being Grateful and showing Courage

 I love this interview with Malala Yousafzai, a girl who was not much older than you, who was shot in by the Taliban for her blogs about the importance of girls education.  "We don't know the...

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Our weekly trip to the library

Tawa Intermediate's library has undergone a massive refurbishment in the last year. The end result has been an amazing learning space for students.

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The importance of lollypop moments

I really love our tradition of Lollypop moments. It's important to take time to show gratitude for those small things that we all do to make our lives a bit better.What effect do you think lollypop...

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The very hungry caterpillar

Room 15 made this movie waaaaaay back in term 1. We hope Marvin's iKids enjoy our movie. Do you think we should do another book iMovie? What book should we choose?

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Fun with MaKey MaKey

As part of our unit on enterprise Room 15 is looking at inventing our own console for an online game. Over the holidays our teacher bought a MaKey MaKey. A MaKey MaKey is a circuit which hooks up to...

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The power of noticing

There's some fascinating science behind the power of memory. Do you know that we actually remember far less than we think we do? Part of lollypop moments is taking the time to notice little things we...

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Lets leave some comment love for the iKids

Room 2 at Maraekakaho school in the Hawkes Bay have been a huge fan of our videos. They have been practicing writing for information and have sent each member of our class an email.Please leave a...

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Giorgi rocks PechaKucha!

During speeches our students were given the opportunity to have a go at presenting in PechaKucha. Japanese for chit chat, PechaKucha has a strict format of slides on auto timer. It's an incredibly hard...

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Tom makes the case for 3D printers

Tom is trying to get his Dad to buy him a 3D printer. Perhaps if Mr Henderson learns more about them, maybe we could get one for the school!

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Cliques - the documentary

Earlier this year our class went to see a documentary called I Am Eleven which followed the story of 11 year olds in different countries across the globe.After skyping with the director of the movie,...

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Finishing the race

I love this story - sometimes showing up is more important than coming first. How have you 'finished the race' this week? What do you think is more important participating or coming first? Why?

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A time capsule - part 1

Over the year Room 15 students have been interviewing each other about how their experiences at school. This first segment is about our experiences on the first few days at TIS. I look at this footage...

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Wellington in 1966

This video promoting Wellington was made almost 60 years ago.  As you watch it think about:The different types of technology you see.The fashion. How are the clothes different from what you see now?How...

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Room 15's money making scheme

Our class came up with a great way to make money - a DVD yearbook. We've had fun putting the yearbook together as well as the publicity.  Some bits still need to be done by hand.Like putting our covers...

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Our year in Room 15

During 2013 Room 15 students have been interviewing each other about their year and life at school. Over the year I've been editing the responses. The film is long at 18 minutes but the students have a...

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TIS Formal

As part of the Year 8 farewell, we have a formal dinner for our Year 8s. Here is a photo of some of the boys goofing around with Stephanie

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Picnic Day

Another tradition we have at Tawa Intermediate is the school picnic. We take the train out to Paekakariki to visit QEII park for a picnic. This year the weather was quite drizzly but the students still...

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Farewell First Fifteen

Today marks some important farewells for the First Fifteen. Firstly our Year 7s created a special farewell for our Year 8s that will be moving on to college for next year.  Good luck at college Year 8s...

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