Technology

Our year 7s began their technology programme today. They are in rotation groups and are going to be doing soft materials (sewing), food technology, hard materials (wood work) and CO2 cars. They have made an excellent start and are having a great time learning lots of new skills!

Week 1 Wonderful Wednesday!

Antarctica Inquiry!

In Room 5, we are kicking off term 3 with inquiring into Antarctica and how/why people live there, and their influence on the environment.

To start off our inquiry, we did some brainstorming of all the curiosities we have and the things we wonder. We played a new sharing game called Give 1, Grab 1 which we used to identify our common wonders/questions and share them each other. Together we collaborated and worked together and came up with all these questions. We will be doing lots of inquiring and using of information skills to learn about life in Antarctica.

Dance is underway!

Term 3 has kicked off well and we are straight into dance for PE. We join with Room 6 and are learning a whopping 20 dances that include line dancing, partner dancing and some modern grooves. It's good fun and we have great dance teachers from Room 6 helping us out!

Buddy class sharing!

It was so lovely on Tuesday afternoon having our little buddies visit us and share their amazing book creator projects! They have been doing some fantastic learning about the blue whale and have presented their learning using a new application, book creator. They have worked so hard and we, their big buddies, are very proud of them! Well done Room 1!

Football skill development!

Yesterday we had our second fantastic session with Debby from central football. We worked on our dribbling skills and played some fun games. The press ups and burpees we had to do when our ball hit the wall were hard work but we became very disciplined.

Disco Fever!

We all had such an awesome time at the disco on Friday night! We all danced and grooved and there was certainly some fantastic moves on display! Thanks to the student council for organising such a fun event!

BLACK DAY!

Today, we all dressed in black to show our support to the All Blacks as they take on the Lions tomorrow night! We always thoroughly enjoy dressing up, especially for such a good cause!

GO THE ALL BLACKS!

Come along and get your groove on!

Egyptian God Art

This week we have been working on a piece of Egyptian God art. We each chose a particular god and sketched them. We then used a new technique where we used special pastels and when you add water to them, they go like water colours.  This has been both challenging and fun! Here is some pictures of us in action. Keep an eye out for pictures of our finished art!

Football with Debby!

Yesterday we had our first football coaching session with Debby from Central Football. We learnt some kicking skills and used these in a new game. It was loads of fun and we really enjoyed our session. Thanks Debby. See you next week.

Ancient Egyptian timeline learning.

Soccer!

On Tuesday this week, for winter sport rotation, we had soccer with Miss Fleet. We had fun playing a number of games and activities and working as a team on some challenges. Shooting goals was awesome and we certainly saw some good wipe outs!

Basketball Training!

Yesterday we had another awesome session with Miles doing basketball. We worked on our dribbling skills and learnt many new tips. We played some fun games and tried some challenging activities. Thanks for teaching us Miles!

Hieroglyphic Treasure Hunt

This afternoon we went on a treasure hunt around the school solving hieroglyphic messages. We had solve hieroglyphics, dig in the sand desert (the sandpit), find a tomb and even got to find some treasure at the end! We had a blast and it certainly challenged our thinking!

Hieroglyphics learning

This week in room 5 as part of our Ancient Egypt unit, we have been learning about hieroglyphics. We have learnt that hieroglyphics was the form of written alphabet that ancient Egyptian used and was made up of hundreds of pictures and symbols that represented specific nouns, letters and some actions. We found out that hieroglyphics originated from the greeks, and was used for thousands of years to communicate the happenings of Ancient Egypt. There were certain people called scribes, who were the only people who wrote in hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics was used as the form of writing until the Roman Empire took over in 324 AD and banned it.

It has been really interesting finding out about the ancient Egyptians writing and we decided to have a go at writing some things in hieroglyphics ourselves. Once we wrote a passage in hieroglyphics we made our paper look really old. These are some of our pieces. 

Winter sport rotation -Netball

Yesterday we began our winter sport rotation with netball. We had a great afternoon learning some skills and getting involved in team games. We learnt how to play netball as a game and the rules and then we had some great games against each other. Thanks Miss Jeynes and Miss Main for teaching us!

Adventurous morning!

This week there has been a lot of tree felling activity going on just down the road from our school, with big crashes of trees hitting the ground and logging trucks going by. This morning they had the big machines out and plenty of trees coming down. We all went for a walk down to check out the action. For some of us, this was a new experience and what a lovely morning it was.

Basketball with Miles

Yesterday we started our basketball lessons with Miles from Manawatu basketball. He was a tough coach and made us think, listen and try lots of new things but we had a great time and learnt what the basketball stance looked like and how important it is. Thanks Miles. See you next week for another fantastic lesson.

Reminder!

Remember you all need you sneakers tomorrow for basketball. I hope you are all having a wonderful long weekend.

Ancient Egypt mapping

Yesterday we completed a mapping exercise to have a look and locate some of the places in and around the Nile River and Ancient Egypt. It was fun learning how to use a map and using our skills to create these maps for our books. Look at these cool examples.