3, 2, 1, Fire!

“Catapultam habeo. Isi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane”.

I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

Releasing our inner child...

Today the kapa haka roopu visited the Days Bay Playcentre where we performed a number of items. Then the students interacted with the young kids where it became obvious that kids will be kids, however old they are.  

Bringing inventions and innovations to life...

With so many Year 5/6 students participating today at the Central Zone Athletics we needed a challenge that would involve all the rest of the remaining students. The Rube Goldberg challenge was born.


The task: To put a piece of paper into the rubbish bin. Seemingly a simple task it becomes more complicated when the students start to apply the concepts of a Rube Goldberg machine.

"A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered or overdone to perform a very simple task in a very complicated fashion, usually including a chain reaction."

The challenge: To put a piece of paper into the rubbish bin in the most complicated manner or from the furtherest distance.

 Enjoy watching the results:

Syndicate Assembly Week 6

Athletics certificates

·      Congrats to all those who received a certificate for placing 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd in events at our School Athletics competition

CARE

·      Remember that you are to work really hard to get your CARE certificates and earn your EOTC week ‘Passport to Success’

2015 Road Patrol

·      There will be a meeting on Wednesday for all those who are interested in doing road patrol next year.  Training will take place next Monday

Swimming

·      Swimming begins next week

EOTC week

·      We need ALL EOTC week forms back ASAP

Production DVD

·      If you are keen to have a copy of the, high quality, Production DVD you need to order by Friday

Art Club

·      Year 5 Art Club begins, with Mrs. Borgonje today

Boys Cricket

·      Practice on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes

Water for Life

·      A group of students went on the ‘Water for Life’ trip last week.  By all accounts it was a great experience.

Mr. Chadwick and Mr. McMillan

·      We are sad to say goodbye to Mr. Chadwick and Mr. McMillan at the end of the year. Mr. Chadwick (Wanaka) and Mr. McMillan (Nelson) are moving to the South Island.  However we are excited for their next chapter in their teaching journey.

Writing explanations

This week in writing we have stolen an idea from room 15 and are creating far fetched Rube Goldberg explanations (like the one above) on "how to complete a simple task" in a complicated manner.

Pedal Power

Today Room 13 was the first class in the year 5/6 syndicate to be involved in the Pedal Ready programme. We learnt how to:

Check our helmets are on properly

**Learning our 2 four 1's**

- 2 fingers between eyebrows and the front of the helmet

- 4 fingers on the side

- 1 finger under the strap

Check our bikes are safe 

**Learning our A, B, C, D's**

- A for air: Check there is air in the tyres

- B for brakes: Check that the front and back brakes work

- C for chain: Check that there is no rust and that the chain is oiled

- D for direction: Checking the steering column is fixed

Be a safe rider

- Getting on and off the bike from the left

 - Stopping with both brakes and in the balance position

- Indicating when turning

- Using our gears

Syndicate Assembly Week 4

Pedal Ready

·      We have Pedal Ready beginning today…remember to: listen carefully, follow instructions and be safe

Homework

·      This week you will be given the ‘Inventions and Innovations’ inquiry homework.  This will give you an extra week to prepare.

 

CZ Athletics team

·      The team is to be announced on Wednesday

Art Club

·      It is the second to last session for the Year 6’s

Active Post Cricket

·      Trainings on Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly Thursday

Catapults

·      The construction of the catapults will begin in week 7.  You need to think about the materials you will need e.g. timber, and how you can access it.

Library

·      The library will close at the end of this week.  Make sure you get enough books out to last you for the rest of the term

Library Awards

·      Congratulations to the following students:

BRONZE Award – Lucy D, Emily J, Tilly P

SILVER – Molly

GOLD – Georgie A

Basic facts...

Not quite what I had in mind when I said to the students of my maths class to use the provided resources to show me 8 x 4...Good laugh though!

Syndicate Assembly Week 2

 HOWIE Values

·      This term our focus will be on the following values: Integrity and Resilience

Boys and Girls writing classes

·      This week (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 11.30am-12.30pm) we will be having ‘Boys and Girls’ writing sessions.

Rm 14 & 15 girls with Mr. Chadwick

Rm 13 & 16 girls with Mrs. Borgonje

Rm 13 & 16 boys with Mr. McMillan

Rm 14 & 15 boys with Mr. McKay (Mrs. Niak)

Syndicate SPARKS

·      We continue with our ‘Syndicate SPARKS’ on Thursday.  It was great to see the enthusiasm and passion last week!

Testing

·      We start testing this week.  Make sure you give it your best effort!

Visitors

·      This term we will be having a lot of visitors to enhance your learning e.g. Richie Hackney, Pedal Ready, Rapunzel show, Constable Julie etc.  Make sure you are ‘being the best you can be’ when they are here.

Jellies dance crew

·      Dance practice days and times are as follows: Monday and Wednesday at lunchtime in the hall.

MiSfiTS Tri-Squad (Y6-8)

·      Training days are Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes.  Meet in Room 16 at 12.30pm

Art Club

·      Art Club (Year 6’s) continues today.  Bring your lunch to Room 14 at 12.30pm

W.O.W (World of Waste)

·      The W.O.W trip last week was fantastic.

SPARKS Term 1

·      The Science SPARK group from Term 1 will get an opportunity to use their solar ovens next week.

Active Post Cricket

·      Training on Wednesday at lunchtime

Tennis

·      Y5/6 interschool tennis championship on Tuesday

Production DVD

·      A notice will be coming home soon regarding the purchasing of a ‘Tall Tales’ DVD.

Library

·      The school library will only be open for the next 3 weeks.  If you are working on your library award you need to make sure you are getting everything sorted before it closes.