Them bones!

A great time is being had study the skeletal system.  Year 6s have been involved in researching the function of the skeletal system, finding out the common and scientific names for bones, observing and making notes on different types of bones.
This study has great links to PE,  measurement, literacy and science!

 

Buddy Reading

It's always great fun having the junior classes come to us for Buddy Reading.  They are super readers and very enthusiastic!

'Walk and Wheel'

It was great to see everyone at Jubilee Park yesterday.....what a fab way to start the school day - walking/wheeling to school with the Mayor, Sport Otago, More FM and loads of parents!
Walk and Wheel Week is a great initiative to encourage sustainable ways to get to school.  It's worth thinking about as walking/wheeling to school helps to reduce traffic at the school gate, clears your head, is a chance to catch up with friends and is cheap!

 

Walk n Wheel Week

Dust off your 'wheels' and get ready for the week!  However, remember you don't have to have wheels, you can walk to school/or some of the way if possible.  This week is about finding alternative ways of getting to school (if possible!).  It might be that mum or dad drop you (and your friends) off and you walk the rest of the way to school.

As we have been chosen as a 'focus school' for the week a reminder that we are meeting as a school at Jubilee Park (on Maori Road) on Wednesday drop-off from 8:15-8:30am then we are walking/wheeling with the Mayor, police, Sport Otago and MORE FM to school where we will then have an assembly.  At school there will be a bike/scooter/skateboard circuit set up during the day. Just remember your safety gear!  Parents are very welcome to walk with us from Jubilee Park.

Have a think..........

Have a go at these questions....

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2.  

What has no content yet you can see it?

3.

Having 2 sand-glasses: one 7-minute and the second one 4-minute. How can you time correctly 9 minutes.

The first week

A great start to the year......and with a long weekend to enjoy too!
Great to see everyone back in room 8.
A big thanks to the PTA for the funds that have purchased apple televisions that have been installed in each classroom.  We have regularly made use of them during the first week.
We have been looking at goal setting and have used some endurance athletes as inspiration to follow our goals and aspirations.
Diana Nyad was the first swimmer to swim from Cuba to the USA without the protection of a shark cage.  She first attempted this amazing challenge in 1978 aged 28 , she failed a total of 4 times before being successful in 2013 aged 63!

In room 8 we are going to .....  

To achieve our individual goals, they won't be as exhausting as swimming for 53 hours but they will be things we want to aspire to achieve!

Welcome to 2017!!

The days are galloping by.......soon it will be the start of the school year and probably the start of the most fabulous weather!!  Enjoy the last week and a bit of the holidays.