Friday 23 September 2016

Monday 19 September 2016

Writing Task

Remember the writing task due this week.
If you want to check the task out again go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU4oA3kkAW

A really inspirational clip showing a great deal of resourcefulness!


Thursday 15 September 2016

Angle questions

Be the first to tell me the answers!!

1.  What is x?



2.  



Angle update


We have been looking at angles this week.....fascinating things that they are!



Polyfest

What a fantastic effort at the 'Polyfest' this afternoon, it was great to see you all giving it 100%!
Ka pai!
The stage!

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Brain Visit

Today we had a visit from a large inflatable brain from the Brain Health Research Centre, University of Otago.  Irene talked us through the importance of keeping our brains healthy, how information is transmitted, the role of neurones and the different parts of our brain.
Also the meaning of sphenopalatineganglion (ice cream headache/brainfreeze!)







Monday 12 September 2016

Rio Paralympics

Over the past week there have been some incredible athletes competing at the Rio Paralympics.  They are inspirational and show amazing skill.  We can all learn something from them about perseverance over adversity and never giving up.

Monday 5 September 2016

Writers' Workshops

It's great to see the enthusiasm and development of writing in the senior school.  We continue into week 7 offering 4 workshops each week over a variety of text types and topics.