Good Sorts

Every Sunday on TV ONE News at 6pm they have a segment called Good Sorts, which celebrates the good in every community. To see some TV1 examples go to http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/one-good-sorts-2672527. You can also nominate people who you think have done something good in the community and deserve some recognition.

Room 13 decided to create our own fictional 'good sorts'. Check out our creative pieces:

Syndicate Assembly Week 10

Peer Mediators

·      A timetable for the first two terms has been given to each of the Y5/6 teachers.  Make sure you check to see when you have been assigned.

Kapa Haka

·      Thank you to those who have signed up for Kapa Haka.  If there are any more students interested, make sure you see Mr. Chadwick ASAP.

Camp DVD

·      An email will be sent before the end of the term asking for interest in purchasing a DVD of photos and videos (parents and teachers skits) from camp.  Please RSVP the email so that you don’t miss out.

BP Challenge

·      There will be more information about the BP Challenge next term.

Y4-6 Inter Zone Swimming Championships

·      We have a few students who will represent the Central Zone at the Inter-zone championships on held on Wednesday 10th April at Naenae Pool from 10.30-1.30pm:

Y6 Girls 50m Freestyle - Helena Cvitanovich
Y6 Girls 25m Freestyle - Helena Cvitanovich
Y5 Boys 25m Breaststroke - Hamish Dalziel
Y5 Girls 25m Breaststroke - Samantha Woolley
Y4 Girls 25m Backstroke - Emily Jones
Y5 Girls 25m Backstroke - Rachel Vass
Medley relay - Helena Cvitanovich (Freestyle)

Cricket

·      Boys: Game on Thursday v Dyer Street School @ 12pm @ Muritai School

(Training will be on Wednesday)

Boys: Game on next Monday v Waterloo School @ 12pm @ Muritai School

·      Girls: Game next Thursday v Dyer Street School @ 12pm @ Muritai School

(Training will be on Friday)

Teasing Issues

·      It has come to our attention that there have been a few instances of students being ‘teased’ about ‘boyfriends and girlfriends’.   This MUST stop and if there are any more issues surrounding this, further steps will be taken which may include speaking with parents.

Corridor noise

·      We need to remember to show our RESPECT for the students and their learning in the classrooms downstairs by moving around the corridor quietly.

Trees and field

·      There has been another incident on the field where a tree branch has been broken off.   RESPECT our environment by looking after our trees in and around the playground.

Photo Wall

·      There have been a few photos that have been ripped or scratched.  The photo wall is for looking at; it is a celebration wall of photos from camp, let’s look after it!

Responsibility

·      Make sure that when you are given a responsibility for something that needs you leave the class, do it with COMMON SENSE and CONSIDERATION for others.

Syndicate Assembly Week 8

Syndicate Assembly

25.03.13

Camp

·      Camp was AWESOME!  From all accounts it was a fantastic experience for both students and parents.

·      A BIG thank you to all of our fulltime and day parents…you were FAB!

·      An encore performance of ‘On Direction’ can be found on Room 12’s classroom blog

·      A notice will come home, later this week, asking for interest in a camp DVD of photos

·      Camp books and pencil cases need to be returned to school

·      There has been a lot of lost property left at Forest Lakes Camp:

1 pair white puma shoes size 2

Blue Pillowslip (Main Camp)

Lightweight navy blue Mountain Pass raincoat

White and blue American college style jacket/hoodie with ‘68’ logo on it

Size 6 Glassons red and white top

Size 16 axle black and white rash top

Size small green hoodie – Named Pablo on tag

Fluorescent green belt

Blue sneakers Size 44 Marcs brand

Size 7 boys swimming togs black

1 head torch

A couple of pairs of socks

*If of any of these things are yours Forest Lakes Camp are happy to return them if you send a self addressed post paid bag to return them in (Forest Lakes Rd, Otaki North 5581).

Sports

·      CENTRAL ZONE SWIMMING SPORTS 2013

DATE: Wednesday 27 March 2013

TIME: 10.30am -1.30pm (often finish early approx. 1.00pm)

10.30-10.40am Warm up time

10.45 First race

DEPART FROM SCHOOL: 9.30am                     

VENUE: Naenae Swimming Pool        

·      Touch Rugby

The finals will be held on Thursday.  Please contact Mr. Chadwick of you are unable to play on Thursday night.

·      Cricket

Training will be on Wednesday for the boy’s team and Thursday for the girl’s team.

On Direction

On the final night of camp, Thursday night, we had the 'Camp Concert'. All of the students performed their skits, which were brilliant, and then the parents did their skit 'Eastbourne Style' (based on the Gangnam Style song). 



We, the teachers, provided the finale for the concert with our 'On Direction' skit/video...'Live While We're Young'. We had so much fun making it.  

You might need to watch One Direction's original video for the song to really appreciate our video.  ENJOY!!!

Check out the video here: On Direction

Syndicate Assembly Week 6

 Rubbish

There seems to be a lot of rubbish being left on the field.  Make sure you put YOUR rubbish in the bin and pick any rubbish you see lying around the playground/field even if it’s not YOURS.

Trees around the field

Please look after the trees around the field!  Be the GAURDIANS!

 Capital E Arts Festival

The Y5-8 students will be going to 3 performances at the Capital E Arts Festival this Friday.  Check out the website: capital e

Fri 15 Mar 2013 10:00 AM

Sky Dancer

Fri 15 Mar 2013 11:30 AM

Down Beneath Below

Fri 15 Mar 2013 01:15 PM

The Man the Sea Saw

We will be traveling by bus to the festival.   The 3 parent helpers are Linda Monrad, Jane Woolley and Jane Humphries.

 Peer Mediators

Peer Mediation will begin the week after camp. 

Touch Rugby

There will be practices this week.  Listen out for the notices informing you of your training time during the week.

Cricket

The girls and boys team training days and times for this week are yet to be confirmed.

Camp

An email, containing the gear list, will be sent to all families this week.  It’s time to start preparations for camp.

Cleanest class competition

The competition will run over the school term and at the end of each week Danish and Aijita (the cleaners) will check each classroom to see which room is the tidiest.  The tidiest classroom for that week will receive a certificate and the classroom with the most certificates over the competition period will win the school award for overall best cleaned classroom.

NZEI Union Meeting

There is a meeting for the teachers on Wednesday afternoon.  Make sure you know whether you are going home with your parents or if you need to stay at school until 2.55pm.

CARE certificate

Congratulations Ben Cass!  Ben received a ‘Citizenship' award for being a great support to another student during lunchtime.

Homework Week 5

Camp is almost here and it is going to require everyone to be brave, caring, determined etc. All of these are characteristics of being a hero.

Challenge:
What are you going to do at camp that could make you "a hero"? 
Post your answers on the comments below.

Syndicate Assembly Week 5

REMINDERS!!!

·      Inside @ morning tea and lunchtime

No one is to be inside without permission from a teacher!

·      Scooters and bikes

Scooters and bikes MUST be parked before school.  No riding around on the school grounds before OR after school.

·      Hats

A BIG thank you to all those who are their wearing hats in the playground.  Keep those ‘full brimmed hats” on!

·      Tidy classrooms and cloak bay

It is our responsibility to keep our classroom clean and tidy as well as our class cloak bay area.  Make sure you hang up your bags and things in the cloak bay AND pick up any rubbish on the floor.

·      Stealing

Some food has been going missing from people’s lunchboxes recently.  Make sure you respect other people’s property.

·      Trees around the edge of the field

There have been some issues with students who spend their time hanging out in the trees around the edges of the field.  If this persists we will have to ban certain students from these areas.

SPORT

·      Milo Cricket

Cricket practice this week:

Y5/6 Girls @ lunchtime on Wednesday

Y5/6 Boys @ lunchtime on Friday

*Mr. McMillan has asked that you bring any cricket gear you have at home to the training

·      Touch Rugby

Touch trainings for the Y5/6 teams will be on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Art

·      Art club

Ms. Berry said that there has been some stunning art work from our Y5/6 students this term.

School Magazine

·      This term there will be an opportunity for students to be involved in the creation of a school magazine.  Mr. Chadwick and Ms. Berry will lead the project.  There will be a variety of roles for students to engage in as well as a chance for our writers to shine.  Watch this space!

Homework Week 4

After lasts weeks questionings homework two questions really got me thinking:

"Can there be a cruel but generous hero?"

and 

"Would Richie McCaw make a good Prime Minister?"

So my challenge to you this week is to see if there is an answer or answers to these questions. 

You can post your opinion or constructively argue against someone else's opinion below. 

Researching up a storm

In Room 13 over the last few days we have been gathering information and preparing vocabulary to help us in our Music report that we started after the amazing performance by Adam Page. With the help of a pod of iPads today we researched the history of music and quotes about music from famous people.





Some of our favourite pieces of information:

• Electric guitars debuted in 1936
• The word Music comes from the Greek word "Mousiki" which means the science of composing melodies
• Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 in Graceland 1977
• An electric guitar uses a pickup to change the vibration of the guitar into sound
• The first studies of Western Musical history date back to the middle of the 18th Century
• Apple computer introduced Apple iTunes Music store which allows people to download songs for 99cents in 2003
• 1970 The Beatles break up and release solo albums
• MTV goes on the air running around the clock Music Videos debuting "Video killed the radio star"

Some of our favourite quotes:
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have music, It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music"
~ George Eliot (Poet and writer)

"The good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain"
~ Bob Marley (Artist)

"Music is enough for lifetime but lifetime is not enough for music"
~ Sergei Rachmaninov (Composer)

"Music is a fluid art form that picks up echos of the past and weaves them into a new sound"
~ Ryan Lewis (Singer)

Homework Week 3

"The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth."

~ Peter Abelard

Challenge: 

• What "fat" question do you have that you are interested in finding out about? 
• What is the most difficult to answer question that you can think of to do with our Heroes inquiry?

Post your questions below or email me your reply.

Feeling the groove

After yesterdays amazing performance Room 13 felt inspired to take on our own musical looping project. With a quick instructional session on how to use Garageband the students were away creating their pieces of music using the sounds their voices, body parts and other completely ordinary things made. 

See if you can pick the different layers of music that have created these final pieces. 

An amazing opportunity!

Adam Page, a Capital E performer, visited Muritai School today to perform his musical show for the Y3-6's.  He was AMAZING!!!  He used a variety of traditional and non-traditional musical instruments throughout his show.  The most important piece of equipment that he used in the show was a 'looping machine', which enabled him to create some really cool sounds.

Check out this song he made up using Grace's name...he's very talented!

Homework Week 2

What is a Hero? These are the qualities that we identified as being those of a heroic nature:

Discussion question: which of these is the most important characteristic of a hero? Explain your answer by commenting on this post below or emailing me your reply.

Syndicate Assembly Week 2

Notices 

There will be a lot of notices sent home over the next few weeks e.g. sports and camp notices. It will be important for the students to return any slips as soon as possible.

Homework 

The Y5/6 syndicate homework has been sent out today.

Hats 

It’s term 1 and each child needs a hat to wear everyday outside. It needs to be a wide brimmed hat, not a cap and ideally should be left at school in their desk for easy access. Thank you to those students who have remembered. Students not wearing hats have to stay in the shade area by the junior rooms.

PE Shed 

The PE shed will be open every lunchtime (weather permitting). The PE shed door will be open and the PE shed monitors will work from inside the shed. The equipment needs to be returned by those who took it out, which has been an issue in the past. Students who don't return their gear will be given a chance BUT after they have used it up they will not be able to take PE gear out for a period of time (TBC).

Sport 

Milo Cricket: Mr McMillan will have a meeting tomorrow for all those who are interested in playing cricket, boys and girls.

Touch Rugby: Mr Chadwick has asked that all touch rugby notices and money be returned to the office by Thursday this week.

Art club 

Ms Berry will run Art Club every Friday lunchtime in Room 14. The Year 6’s are invited to attend for the first five weeks and then the Year 5’s in the second five weeks of the term.

The 4 C’s 

REMEMBER: Courtesy Consideration Cooperation Common Sense