Speeches

On Tuesday the students of room 13 were provided with the marking criteria and were able to assess Mr Chadwick's speech about teaching.

• "I believe that you (Mr Chadwick) spoke from the heart and were very confident. Great speech. You had a clear voice. You did a good and very interesting speech. You could have made it shorter, used props, been more lively and dressed more on topic.

Yesterday students had the opportunity to further enhance their speeches and create a slideshow using the school laptops.

Today we drew names out of a hat to determine the order of presenting next week.
Speech Order:
Tuesday 3rd June

- Sam

- Lea

- George

- Tim

- Rory

- Saxon

- Millie

- Eliza

Wednesday 4th June

- Cohen

- Roan

- Zoe

- Evie

- Yasmin

- Tom

- Dan

- Henry

Thursday 5th June

- Amy

- Zane

- Francisca

- Ming

- Mia

- Nina

- Sophie

- Charlotte

- Luca

- Zali

Syndicate Assembly Week 4

Welcome

·      We welcome Mrs. McKay to our teaching team.  She will be working in Room 14 and will be with us until the end of the term.

CZ Cross Country

·      Return the slip ASAP

CZ Football tournament

·      This tournament has been postponed.  A new date and time will be confirmed soon.

Futsal tournament

·      There is a training today, with Mr. McMillan, and the festival is tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Civic Centre in Wellington.

HOWIE value awards

·      Excellence awards presented to: Liam Alderson, Jack Evans and Lea Pummer…CONGRATULATIONS!

Kapa Haka

·      There is a practice for the Kapa Haka performance group on Thursday after lunch.

Ms. Berry’s (and Mr. Ray’s) farewell

·      The flash mob and Haka were SUPERB in assembly on Friday…well done!

REMEMBER

·      We need to keep our playground safe…

-no kicking games on the courts

-no tackling games (the only exception is if you are supervised by an adult)

-no running around in the junior courtyard

Out of This World

This year Primary Science Week is focussed on things Astronomical. In room 13 the students are all busy completing their own mini inquiries into the astronomical area of their choice. The choices are varied and exciting; black holes, exoplanets, rockets, pluto, dwarf planets, star systems and constellations to name just a few.  

Syndicate Assembly Week 3

Sports

·      Central Zone soccer: Training for Y5/6 boys – At lunchtime today, Y5/6 Girls – At lunchtime on Thursday

·      Water polo: Competition begins next week (Wednesday’s after school).  If you are still interested in playing there are a few spaces left, see Mr. Chadwick.

'Howie Value awards’

Room 16: Curiosity award – Kai Ferrier

Room 15: Excellence award – William Miller

Room 14: Excellence award – Bennett Parker & Ryan Swift

Room 13: Excellence award – Zoe Inskeep & Dan Walker

Ms. Berry’s last week at Muritai School…

…Lets make it a GOOD ONE! 

Oh what a noise...

Science of Sound
This week we have been looking at how we create sound. Our voice boxes are a remarkable machine. Some of this weeks new learning includes:

• Our voice originates in our voice box. The vocal folds, mouth and nasal spaces, tongue and mouth/lip movements all control what we say and how we say it.
• We only have one voice box
• The vocal folds open up to let air through
• The vocal folds vibrate when you speak
• Our voice is like a fingerprint...unique

We have also been exploring the different sounds that we could make to create a music piece. We explored the popular video "Cups" that showed the use of common items (cups, spoons, clapping, clicking etc.) that could be used to set a beat. We also looked at an a capella video that showed how vocal sounds could be looped together to create a piece of music. Room 13 is now in the process of creating their own musical pieces...can't wait to see the results

Speeches

With speech writing and research now underway it is important that students are managing their time effectively to meet the following deadlines:

Weeks 1
Start thinking about a speech topic.  

Weeks 2
Introduction completed in class. Research and gather information and check they have enough material to help them write a quality speech.

Weeks 3 and 4
Students add content and start to work on delivery/presentation of speech.  Students hand in their body of their speech for feedback.  Students rework content to make their speech better.  If props are being used, students need to get these sorted and ready for use.
Final preparation.  Speeches on cue cards if necessary.  Students to practice in front of a mirror and in front of their family.  All students should have practiced their speech at least 10 times out loud.

Week 5 and 6
Class speeches presented

Week 8
Syndicate speech semi-finals

Week 9
Speech finals with Guest judges 

Spelling Words

head phones

tempo

pitch

tune

beat

vocal cords

tongue

mouth

larynx

oesophagus

Syndicate Assembly Week 1

Values Awards

·      Congratulations to Charlotte McFarlane and Cella Connell for receiving the ‘Excellence Value’ awards today.

Peer Mediators

·      Remember to support the Peer Mediators in the playground and NOT to hinder them.

Turbo

·      The ‘Turbo’ and the playground that it is on are out of bounds for a few days.

Wacky Hair Day

·      On Friday we are having a ‘Wacky Hair Day’ to raise money for the World Vision’ charity.  Bring a gold coin donation.

40-HOUR famine

·      If you are interested in doing the 40-hour famine, see Mrs. Chow today.

Football

·      The CZ foot  The boy’s squad will be announced tomorrow. The girls training session will be held on Wednesday at lunchtime.

ball tournament date has changed and is yet to be finalized.