Procedural Writing

Room 13 are currently learning to write procedural texts. We have been looking at using bossy verbs. Here are some that we came up with. 

Come back and visit our blogs later this week to check out how we used them in our procedural texts!

Food for Thought - Session 1

Today we had a visit from Adele who is from the Heart Foundation. 

We learnt that we there are 2 really important reasons for why we need to eat good food:

• For our learning - so we can concentrate
• Gives us energy - especially of we do lots of physical activity

We also learnt that there are 4 food groups:

1. FATS
There are some foods that are high in sugar, salt and fats. When we eat too much salt this causes the blood in our veins to stiffen up. When we eat too much fat, it sticks to our arteries and clogs them. This makes it hard for the blood to pump around your body. When the arteries become totally blocked, we can have a heart attack or stroke.



2. FRUITS & VEGETABLES
We should try and eat 5+ a day (3 vegetables + 2 fruit, because fruit has sugar in it). This means 5 servings. A serving size is the size of your palm. 

These give us vitamins and minerals. Citrus fruits (like lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit) are high in vitamin C, which helps us to fight off bugs & germs.

They also give us fibre which helps us go to the toilet!

If you can't get fresh fruit and vegetables, you can have other types like canned, frozen, juice (without added sugar) or dried.

3. BREADS & CEREALS

Sandwiches, grains and starches, bread (brown is better than white), weetbix, oats, rice, noodles, pasta, crackers, bagel, wraps

These contain carbohydrates which is energy food. They also contain fibre, which fills you up fibre.


4. LEGUMES, MEAT, SEAFOOD, POULTRY (Legumes are chickpeas, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds, hummus, falafel)

We should eat 1-2 servings a day.

Serving sizes:

• Red meat (lamb, beef, pork) - palm size
• Poultry - knuckle to palm
• Fish - whole hand

Don't forget to cut the fat off the meat!

We get iron from these foods which is good for our muscles. If you play sport, you need this to help repair your muscles!

5. MILK & MILK PRODUCTS (Cow’s milk, soy milk, milk, yoghurt, cheese, ice cream)

2-3 servings

These foods contain calcium which is good for our bones. You need calcium to develop your bones.

Caffeine is the ENEMY of coffee.

On our dinner plate we should have:

1/2 salad or vegetables

¼ carbohydrates

¼ protein

To have a healthy lunch, we need something from each group.

What's in your lunchbox today?

Welcome to Term 4!

Welcome back to Term 4! 

This term we have 6 awesome students joining us! Lavinia, Wynta, Marley, Mustafa & Rigg have moved from Room 11 and into the Kauri Team. We also welcome back Peter to May Road School. 

We are super pleased to have them all! They are learning how to cope in a digital class very quickly, and it is fantastic to see so many students offer to help these new team members and include them in our Room 13 whanau. I am so proud of everyone! 

If you're keen to check out what else is happening in Room 13 this term, you can read our class newsletter by clicking here. 

Duffy Assembly & Show

Duffy loves to read and so do we! We are super grateful that we get Duffy books at May Road School!

Jeneba & Farhad received their Duffy books at assembly, along with a special certificate. Jeneba recieved her award for persevering with her reading and completing her online reading log. Farhad received his award for always having a positive attitude towards reading.

We also love it when Duffy and his friends come to visit!

Fun Run

In case you missed it, check out the highlights from our Fun Run/ Cross Country Races!

A huge congratulations to everyone who competed and gave it their very best effort! 

It was awesome to see so many Room 13 students get a place! 

Year 4 Girls:

1st place: Lorilei

2nd place: Vaisioa

Year 4 Boys

1st place: Ausage

2nd place: Sione

3rd place: Anthem