After many class meetings, sharing of ideas and two great presentations, the decision was made to have a hamster as our class pet. Well done to the hamster group who showed their great research on the presentation which is embedded below and on their wiki. This was all student led action and they should be complemented on their commitment and quality of inquiry.

The next stage is to take the idea and make it reality. We discussed all of the things that need to be done and came up with a list that is embedded below. We will use this list to organise us and make sure we all know what our responsibilities are.

The students have been thinking careful about the money and the questions that we asked. One idea is to have a sale and raise money from that for the class pet. Stay tuned for more details.
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Grade 6 Band
Today we were treated to a great music performance on the rooftop by the grade 6 student band. All of the students have been in HKA for a few years and the hard work that they put into practicing showed today. Well done to the grade 6 students you had my foot tapping and students clapping!

Class Meeting
We continued with our class meeting today discussing many different issues and coming up with some solutions. We now have a class meeting box where students can add things to be discussed during a meeting. Many thanks to Jocelyn for bringing it in. You can see the class meeting minutes here.
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Our new class meeting box
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Class Meeting

Today we had our first class meeting run by the students. Well done to Roberto for coordinating the agenda, running the discussion and Andy for taking notes. You can find what happened in the notes on the class meeting page.



6 Traits of Writing

We begun a wider discussion about the 6 Traits of writing, Ideas and Content, Organisation, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency and Conventions. These traits form the backbone of the class writing program and the students are busy thinking about their writing voice.
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The New Dynamite Newspaper Logo by Thomas
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Class Newspaper 02/09/2010
 
Class Newspaper
Students will be writing and publishing their own newspaper for the 5AB community. Today we brainstormed possible names for the newspaper. You can vote for your top three choices by clicking on the link below.

Furry Friends
Today we had a visit from Emily's hamsters who were going on a play date with some other hamsters in 5JN. Emily shared her knowledge about the hamsters and students had a chance to get to know them better.
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Say cheese!
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Feeding Time
Class Meetings
Each week students will be running their own class meetings. Today we decided on our objectives, guidelines and roles. Well done to everyone for some great ideas.
Objective
To come up with solutions for problems
To discuss ideas 
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Class Meeting
Class Meeting Guidelines
1. Respect everybody's ideas
2. Be fair
3. Be honest
4. Listen to others
5. Be sensible
6. Be part of the solution not the problem
7. Stay on topic
8. Be realistic
9. Don't name names
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