Rippa Rugby with Mount Biggs

Yesterday at lunch time our Yr 5&6 rippa rugby teams had a game against Mount Biggs school as practice and in preparation for their tournament next week. They had a great time and did very well showing off their wonderful skills. Thanks Miss Simpson for organising this!

High Jump Highlights

Today we refreshed our techniques in high jump, before we start recording our jump heights next week. We all remembered the scissor kick really well and were able to jump some rather good heights! Check out the great snaps!

Rippa Rugby Training!

Today our rippa rugby players were very lucky to do some rippa rugby training with a Manawatu rugby player ahead of their tournaments next week! He taught them many valuable skills, played some great games and they all had an awesome time! I am sure they will all take tips and skills from this training to tournament! Thank you Manawatu rugby!

                         

Gala Fun!

Well, what a day it was! This year's gala was absolutely outstanding. There was so much fun to be had, amazing performances and we sold lots of great things: waffles, food,  photo booth pictures, plants, rides, second hand and new goods and the list could go on! We really are lucky to have such an awesome supportive community surrounding us that are more than willing to lend a hand or support the school and our children! Thank you to absolutely everyone that made this day possible and got in and helped out. I know the children of Halcombe School really appreciate it and had an fantastic day! Check out some of the great snaps of our day!

Athletics has begun!

This week we started athletics! We made a great start by learning to jump hurdles and jogging our memory of our long jump techniques! Athletics is always fun and we learn so many techniques. This year we are learning to:

• Demonstrate correct technique in shot put
• Demonstrate correct technique in discus
• Demonstrate correct technique in long jump
• Demonstrate correct technique in high jump
• Value healthy competition but also demonstrate good sportsmanship
• Have a positive attitude towards athletic activities

Check out the awesome pictures so far... 

Animal Classification!

This week we started our new science unit. We are looking at the living world and learning skills such as classifying, identifying, observing and comparing. We made a start by brainstorming all that we know about animals, and attempting to map them into any categories that we could identify.

Check it out!

Colourful Pastel Art!

Over the past couple of weeks we have been working on a piece of art. We have been learning about blending, primary colours, contrasting colours, and warm and cool colours. First we had to plan out what patterns we were going to use and what colours would be in each section. We then drew our pattern onto a big piece and began our pastel work where we had to be very careful not to let the colours smudge. We cut them and glued them onto black paper to make the bright colours pop! Don't our finished products look amazing? We are really proud of them!

Fun Swimming Sports!

Yesterday afternoon, we finished off our summer swimming unit with the fun swimming sports and fun it was! What a great afternoon, full of great swimming, funny races, teamwork, chanting and cheering. All the houses competed well and totally enjoyed themselves. Thanks Miss Simpson for organising this awesome event!

Senior Swimming Sports

Yesterday the clouds moved over and the sun shone in allowing our senior swimming sports to go ahead! We had a wonderful afternoon down at the Makino Pool and all the kids did their very best! They all swam in a number of races and enjoyed the afternoon. The teachers and parents were very proud of all that the kids achieved! Thanks parents for coming to support and help out, Miss Simpson for organising, and a special thanks to Mr Blanchard for the excellent photos!

Great afternoon, great swimming, great photos!

People Savers First Aid

Today in Room 5 we have been doing the people savers first aid course with Stacey from Red Cross. We have learnt many new skills today about administering first aid and what do do when some one is hurt. We also did some role play to practice some of the skills Stacey was teaching us. It was a lot of fun and we learnt so much! Thanks for coming Stacey!

Let's be friends!

Yesterday we spent time with out buddy class. They have been learning all about friendships -how to be a good friend, what a good friend does etc, so we helped them and taught them to make friendship bracelets. Our little buddies loved making them and their finished bracelets were very cool!

Level 4 swimming afternoon!

Yesterday all of our year 7 and 8s went to the Makino Pools to complete the level 4 swimming assessment. They all did very well and swam their absolute best. Well done guys. While we were there, we had time to have a little bit of fun jumping off the diving boards. 

Check out the brilliant photos! 

Key Competencies

On Friday afternoon, we watched some short video clips (see videos in our key comp videos page) that highlighted many key messages about relating to others, managing ourselves and participating and contributing . After watching these videos, we worked in buddies to identify all the messages we gained from the clips and things that we learnt. We then shared our ideas back as a class. It was very interesting and wonderful to see all the great learning and messages the children of Room 5 came up with!

Fun Friday!

On Friday we had a great fun class swim. We worked in teams to create human catapults where we had to discuss and trial different techniques. The aim was to get our person as far and as high as possible. We were judged on our technique, our team work and for one, our ability to make a massive splash! It was so much fun and there was an awful lot of giggling!

We finished off our swim with friendly game of flippa ball. It was great to see everyone get involved and have a turn!

Anti Bullying Drama!

This week in Room 5, we learnt and discussed bullying. We looked at what it is, what it looks like, and what we can do about it if we see it happening or are a victim of bullying.

We then went away in small groups and created drama performances to show a bullying situation and a solution to that problem. We were very creative and very dramatic.

Well done Room 5. We are against bullying!

Inter-house Flippa Ball!

This week at lunch times, some of us have been getting involved in an inter-house flippa ball competition. It is loads of fun and a great way to cool off in this wonderful summer heat. Thanks Miss Simpson for organising it for us!

Check out our awesome pictures -we are a competitive bunch but we play fair and smile while we do it!

Life Ed with Tim and Harold!

Last week we had 2 great sessions with Tim and Harold in the life ed caravan learning all about what makes our bodies work, some of the parts of our bodies, body systems, nutrition and energy. Tim was a great educator -he danced around, he was energetic, knowledgeable, a great actor and exciting to learn from.
Thanks Tim, for coming and being involved in our learning and experiences around 'what makes our bodies work' and for getting involved and learning about us in the playground. We really enjoyed your visit, learnt lots and hope we get to cross paths with  you again, soon!