Thursday, August 20, 2015
Ukulele Orchestra
Teams Arawai and Roto had the pleasure of listening to the AMAZING ukulele orchestra today. They were amazing! Here's a few snaps. Can you spot the radical Room 6 musicians?
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Carrot Madness!
As part of our technology unit, the tamaraki have constructed their very own carrot cars.
The task was to design and make a wheeled vehicle from the following materials:
The task was to design and make a wheeled vehicle from the following materials:
- scissors - carrot or parsnip
- knife - tooth picks
- straws
- pliers
- wire, 1mm wide
The
vehicle was allowed to have three or more wheels and must be able to ‘run’ down a slope and cross
a line 30cm from the end. A good design
should travel fast and straight and the wheels should not fall off at any stage. I wonder if any of these awesome cars will be able to do just that?
These are just a sample of pictures. I'll post some more when we test them tomorrow!
Ka kite ano
Monday, August 17, 2015
Turbo Touch with Touch Canterbury
Today we started learning about the game of Turbo Touch, a modified touch rugby game, with Kat from Touch Canterbury. It was fab-tactic!
There'll be lots more photos to come over the next few weeks. Here's a few action shots from this afternoon.
There'll be lots more photos to come over the next few weeks. Here's a few action shots from this afternoon.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Class Meeting
Apologies:
Xanthe
This week we enjoyed:
Technology, Science Alive's visit, gymnastics, Mr. Stink, earning money in our bank accounts, spelling and tables testing,
An area we want to improve next week is:
Not calling out when Mr. Ish or Miss. Malzard are teaching/talking/singing/dancing/juggling etc.
We talked about the following things at Class Meeting:
1. OCW
Max talked about OCW. He would like the class to have more opportunities throughout the week to do OCW. Zion agreed and asked if we could do it every Monday too.
The class agreed, and this will now happen every Monday and Friday.
2. Spelling
Oscar would like the Spelling Groups to have different names. He thinks the ones that Mr. Ish has chosen - Red, Green and Blue are boring. The class are very keen for this to happen. Noah and Olivia will work with the people in these groups to come up with some funky, alliteration based names.
3. Shoes, chairs and Room 6 being a mess.
Ava said that the cloakroom and classroom is being left in a really messy state at the end of each day. The class agrees and it was decided to sharpen up. Also, the class are keen to be given Es if they don't push their Chairs in. The Year 4's will take responsibility for monitoring this and letting Mr. Ish and Miss. Malzard know.
4. Magic & Fitness
Ava suggested that some people could do a magic trick at the beginning of each day. The class voted against this.
Ava also asked if students could organise and run daily fitness sessions between reading and maths. She suggested the Noah and Olivia, our Class Chairs, could organise this. The class voted in favour of this.
5. Shared Novel Questions
The class are keen to have eight questions and the end of each day's reading. The class voted in favour of this.
6. Things Not Happening
Zion stated that everyone is getting a bit lazy with their standard of presentation (not using rulers) and the daily riddles are being done. He asked why Olivia and Noah haven't sorted a timetable yet. Noah and Olivia will get onto this with the help of a few arty people.
Xanthe
This week we enjoyed:
Technology, Science Alive's visit, gymnastics, Mr. Stink, earning money in our bank accounts, spelling and tables testing,
An area we want to improve next week is:
Not calling out when Mr. Ish or Miss. Malzard are teaching/talking/singing/dancing/juggling etc.
We talked about the following things at Class Meeting:
1. OCW
Max talked about OCW. He would like the class to have more opportunities throughout the week to do OCW. Zion agreed and asked if we could do it every Monday too.
The class agreed, and this will now happen every Monday and Friday.
2. Spelling
Oscar would like the Spelling Groups to have different names. He thinks the ones that Mr. Ish has chosen - Red, Green and Blue are boring. The class are very keen for this to happen. Noah and Olivia will work with the people in these groups to come up with some funky, alliteration based names.
3. Shoes, chairs and Room 6 being a mess.
Ava said that the cloakroom and classroom is being left in a really messy state at the end of each day. The class agrees and it was decided to sharpen up. Also, the class are keen to be given Es if they don't push their Chairs in. The Year 4's will take responsibility for monitoring this and letting Mr. Ish and Miss. Malzard know.
4. Magic & Fitness
Ava suggested that some people could do a magic trick at the beginning of each day. The class voted against this.
Ava also asked if students could organise and run daily fitness sessions between reading and maths. She suggested the Noah and Olivia, our Class Chairs, could organise this. The class voted in favour of this.
5. Shared Novel Questions
The class are keen to have eight questions and the end of each day's reading. The class voted in favour of this.
6. Things Not Happening
Zion stated that everyone is getting a bit lazy with their standard of presentation (not using rulers) and the daily riddles are being done. He asked why Olivia and Noah haven't sorted a timetable yet. Noah and Olivia will get onto this with the help of a few arty people.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015
Class Meeting
Apologies:
Josh Collins-Polata
This week we enjoyed:
Mr. Stink, reading with Mrs. Harrison, writing - Four-lined Poems, Countdown Poems, & I Wish Poems, gymnastics at Olympia, fitness - 'Bump', maths, earning money for our bank accounts, not losing money for our bank accounts, Student-Led Conferences, tables and spelling testing, Ms. B teaching on Tuesday, Class Meeting, Principal's Awards (Maddie and Jay),
An area we want to improve next week is:
Not calling out when Mr. Ish or Miss. Mallard are teaching/talking/singing/dancing/juggling etc.
We talked about the following things at Class Meeting:
1. Netball
Ava asked if we could play a game of netball. Mr. Ish said that as Miss. Mallard is here for the next five weeks, it'll be a bit hard to fit in. We'll look at doing this later in the term.
2. Es
Ava thinks that there are too many people wasting time and making poor choices. The class voted that those people who waste time will now get automatic Es.
3. Losing money in our bank accounts
Take thinks that if you call out, you should lose $400 instead of $30. The class voted against this.
4. Riddles
Zion asked why the daily riddles aren't being written up. Noah and Olivia will have a think about a solution and bring this to the next Class Meeting.
100% spellers: Ava, Ruby, Niamh, Take, Olivia, Emily, Cole, Abi, George, Oscar, Max, Riley and Brianna
100% tablers: Ruby and Olivia
Josh Collins-Polata
This week we enjoyed:
Mr. Stink, reading with Mrs. Harrison, writing - Four-lined Poems, Countdown Poems, & I Wish Poems, gymnastics at Olympia, fitness - 'Bump', maths, earning money for our bank accounts, not losing money for our bank accounts, Student-Led Conferences, tables and spelling testing, Ms. B teaching on Tuesday, Class Meeting, Principal's Awards (Maddie and Jay),
An area we want to improve next week is:
Not calling out when Mr. Ish or Miss. Mallard are teaching/talking/singing/dancing/juggling etc.
We talked about the following things at Class Meeting:
1. Netball
Ava asked if we could play a game of netball. Mr. Ish said that as Miss. Mallard is here for the next five weeks, it'll be a bit hard to fit in. We'll look at doing this later in the term.
2. Es
Ava thinks that there are too many people wasting time and making poor choices. The class voted that those people who waste time will now get automatic Es.
3. Losing money in our bank accounts
Take thinks that if you call out, you should lose $400 instead of $30. The class voted against this.
4. Riddles
Zion asked why the daily riddles aren't being written up. Noah and Olivia will have a think about a solution and bring this to the next Class Meeting.
These people will be given some money for their bank account for being awesome at their spelling and times tables:
100% spellers: Ava, Ruby, Niamh, Take, Olivia, Emily, Cole, Abi, George, Oscar, Max, Riley and Brianna
100% tablers: Ruby and Olivia
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