Nearly there!!

More sleeps until school starts!!

A new year about to start!

Not long until the term starts for 2019!!  Hope you all had a great holiday.  The weather sure was fab.
Don't forget to have all you need for the start of the year.

The Skeletal System

Another interesting part of our bodies.....we are getting quite good at naming the bones of our skeleton.  We have loads of questions to answer during this study!

Blood!

We have been looking at blood.....fascinating!  We have learnt that it is made up of 4 components: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
You can see we mixed our own type of 'blood' to get an idea of the make up of blood.
We had a great informative visit from Kelly from NZ Blood Service.

Production

Time is zooming by.....we are rehearsing regularly, dancing up a storm in preparation for the school production.
Keep your eyes peeled for info!!

STEM

We looked at how to work co-operatively, making a plan.....generally listening to each other to reach a common goal.
We had the challenge of making the tallest tower from a single sheet of paper and making a structure that would hold the weight of a textbook.  We only had newspaper and sellotape!

Next we looked at corn......what a fascinating vegetable it is too.  

The end product is jolly tasty too!!

Bread Making

What better way to see yeast in action than making some bread!  Year 6s mixed, kneaded and baked a delicious batch of bread.....crusts tasty and reasonably light and fluffy in the middle (thanks to the co2 released).
A tasty way to spend in food tech!

'Walk n Wheel Week'

Don't forget to try and walk, wheel (scooter, skateboard or ride) to school this week!

After 2 hours!

Is It Alive? Part 2

Hi five!!!  This is what happens when yeast/sugar is added to beakers containing either hot or cold water.

Is It Alive?!
Organisms need some things to survive: H2O, O2, warmth, a food source.  Our science today investigated what happens when a food source (sugar) is added to yeast/omitted from the yeast water mixture.
Yeast is amazing!!

It's 2018!!

Where did the holidays go?!!
Welcome to Term 1, it's going to be a busy one, hopefully the weather will stay fab for awhile longer.

Don't forget swimming starts on FRIDAY!

Year 7s at Camp

What an amazing week long camp the year 7-8s went on.  The destination was beautiful Stewart Island.  The campers visited Invercargill museum, travelled by ferry, visited Ulva Island, went on a fishing charter (and caught blue cod!), camped overnight in tents - cooking a one pot meal, hiked for hours, travelled by water taxi, went for a swim, watched a local movie....sounds like loads of fun!!!!

A BIG thank you to Mr Meads for organising, Ms Blackwood and all the parents who accompanied the students.

Welcome to Term 4!

Wow the holidays whizzed by!  Looking forward to a busy term with loads of things going on.....athletic sports, year 7-8 camp, sports activator, swimming for all, loads of learning, end of year celebrations.........and fabulous weather!!

All things in moderation!

It's (nearly) the holidays!

Have fun, stock on your school stationery, keep revising your times tables and get ready for the summer term....don't forget your sunhat and swimming things for the first Monday back!

Art Auction

What a fantastic evening with so many of the school community coming along to look at and bid for some great pieces of art.
Thanks to all those who made a bid (and won!) in the Silent Auction.
Check out the photos from the evening.

ART AUCTION

Don't forget our ART AUCTION on the 22nd September 5:30-7:30pm in the school hall.  Loads of art to be auctioned for our school EOTC programmes.

Science Observation - observing like a scientist!

In class we spent time looking at a candle.......very relaxing and there's alot going on!
We noted down what we saw, some observed at least 25 things.

Hidato

In maths we have been looking Hidato puzzles(Hebrew: חידאתו‎‎, originating Hebrew Hida = Riddle). These are logic puzzles game invented by Dr. Gyora M. Benedek, an Israeli mathematician.

STEM

A busy week looking at STEM challenges.....with a focus on working as a group, all contributing, problem and thinking outside the square!
We also had a giggle at Beaker and Dr Bunsen Honeydew - pros and cons of such things as 'Banana Sharpeners' and 'Edible Paperclips'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mggl7cC8iys