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

Did You Know?

On Monday we were shown a video called "Did you know?" It had an amazing amount of incredible facts about the world.

Today we worked to find as many "Did you know?" facts of our own. Here are our finished results:

Homework Week 1

"Search engines are some of the most useful tools on the planet, but what if you're not sure how to use them? There's a lot more to these amazing tools than what you might think."

Your homework task is to find a video clip or any other information that tells you how to use search engines, like google, effectively.

*If you are a particularly smart cookie then maybe you can give me the link by commenting on this post*

EOTC strikes again

Hiphop, MasterChef and a Sleepover all in one action packed day. See the highlights below.

EOTC

EOTC is well underway and has so far been an amazing experience...heres some of Room 13 showing how its done during todays Amazing Race.

EOTC on a high

 Adrenaline Forest an amazing experience!

Syndicate Assembly Wk7

Notes from the assembly today...

EOTC Week

·      TRIATHLON

There will be a meeting later this week to organize the Triathlon event.  Each student MUST decide whether they will do the triathlon as an individual or in a team.  If students choose to do it as a team they need to arrange this before the meeting OR students will be placed into a team.

All students are expected to participate in this event.

·      MASTER CHEF

A notice was sent home a few weeks ago, which stated all of the things the students would need for their ‘Master Chef’ task.

Group Cooking Task:

EACH GROUP REQUIRES:

·      One parent helper to supervise cooking and group safety.

·      Camping cooker - At least 1 per group (no electrical cookware to be used)

·      All pots/pans/utensils required to cook meals.

·      Plates and cutlery

·      All food needed for their menu.

·      Tea towel

·      Menu, outlining your main course and dessert (to be done in class)

(Preparation of food can be done at home)

Over night stay:

EACH CHILD REQUIRES:

·      Bed roll/mattress/air bed

·      Pillow

·      Sleeping bag

·      Toilet bag- tooth paste, tooth brush, face cloth

·      P.J’s

·      Soft toy- if you need it.

NO LOLLIES OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPTMENT

Road Patrol

·      The first training session for the 2013 road patrollers took place on Monday.  There will be a final training session next Monday where the final selection for the Muritai School road safety team will be made.

·      There is a ‘Pool Party’ being held at Huia pool on the 6^th December for all of the 2012 road patrollers.  This event is organized by the Police to say a BIG thank you.

Sport

·      Athletics

The Central Zone Athletics competition was held last Thursday.  It was a great day for Muritai School, winning the trophy for 1^st overall school.  29 students went on to represent the Central Zone at the Inter-zone competition today at Naenae.  The Regional athletics event will be held on the 4^thDecember at the Hutt Rec.

(See the school sports blog for the Central Zone results)

·      Touch Rugby

This week is finals week.  All those involved have been sent an email regarding the times for their final game.

Hats

·      The school rule, this term, is for all students to wear a full brimmed hat during morning tea and lunchtime.  There are still a number of students who are in the playground without a hat or holding the hat in their hands.  Those students who are found without their hat (or the wrong type of hat e.g. cap) on their heads will be asked to sit in the shade (under the junior shade cloth) for the remainder of the break.

General

·      Let’s look after our environment by…PICKING UP RUBBISH around the playground

·      Bring togs every day!!!

·      Stay out of the corridors during morning tea and lunchtime.

·      As we look to finish our year it is important to remember our school values:RESPECT, KINDNESS, COOPERATION, THINKING POSITIVELY, SELF DISCIPLINE, COMMITMENT and INTEGRITY.

These values MUST guide our thoughts and actions through the rest of the year.  We challenge all students to display these values everyday!

Syndicate Assembly Wk3

TP2W

(The past 2 weeks)

Sport

*The Muritai School Y4-8 Athletics were held on Monday 5^th November

The students that have been selected to represent the school at the Central Zone Athletics meet are:

Y5 Girls	Y5 Boys
Macey Caughley	Andrew Sutcliffe
Grace Olsen	Tom Flynn
Phoebe Evans	Xander Cox-Turk
Helena Cvitanovich	Presley Billington-Williams
Charlotte Goble	Matiu Inwood
Ella Giles	Ben Cass
Milly Sherrif	Lincoln Moffat
Ella Burton-Wood	Tomas Pajo
Emma Olsen	Pablo Montes de Orca
Paige Schroder	Callan Hughes

Y6 Girls	Y6 Boys
Charlotte Wilson	Mathieson Lamb
Georgia Cotter	Ben Grenfell
Mia Treadwell-Burke	James Murdoch-Gibbs
Milly Griffiths	Liam Lamb
Grace Allan	William Langley
Beth Brodie	Euan McLaren
Hannah Moffat	Jack Healy
Emeline Gray	Max Woodnorth
Tatyana Kooznetzoff	Fraser Wilson
Lily Griffiths	Robbie Michael
Ruby Brandwood

Trainings will be held over the next 2 weeks. 

TN2W

(The next 2 weeks)

Sport

*Central Zone Athletics

·      Thursday 22^nd November @ the Hutt Rec from 9.30 till 2.30pm

*Muritai School Triathlon Squad

·      There will be a quick meeting in Room 12 with Mr McKay @ lunchtime (12.30pm).  The Tuesday training session @ school has been postponed due to a NZEI Union meeting. 

*Touch Rugby

·      REMEMBER: The Touch Rugby draws/results will be posted on the Muritai Sports blog each week. 

*Sport Stacking

·      STACKup day!  Room 12 will be taking part in the 2012 World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA) StackUp! Day.  It will be cup crazy on Thursday, 15 November as thousands of participants take part in what Guinness World Records terms the "World's Largest Sport Stacking Event".

·      Hutt Valley Sport Stacking Club.  Just a reminder that the Hutt Valley Sport Stacking Club meets each Thursday, 4.30pm-6.00pm at Randwick School Hall. This is open to everyone! For more details please go to the Hutt Valley Sport Stacking Club facebook page.

General

*LOLLIES!

·      There have been a few students bringing sherbet (that is brought from the shop) to school recently.  There are to be NO lollies (including sherbet) at school.

*Hats

·      The general rule for hats worn in Term 4 is that it MUST be a full brimmed hat.  Caps are not full brimmed!

*ASB Get wise

·      This week the students will learn more about ‘financial literacy’ through the ASB Get Wise programme.  For more information check out this website:http://www.getwise.co.nz/what-do-we-teach/

*Topic/Inquiry

·      This week (and next) the Life Education Trust bus here.  The Y5/6 students will be focusing their study on ’The Body Journey’, which is linked to our inquiry topic, Food and Nutrition. 

Check out the website: http://www.lifeeducation.org.nz/

*EOTC week

·      We need the permission and help slips returned ASAP so that we can continue to make preparations for the week.

*NZEI meeting

·      All of the teachers will be attending an NZEI union meeting on Tuesday @ 1pm (Mr Bird sent an email about this last week).  The students should be picked up or other arrangements made if need be.  The school is open and the hall is being used for students who need to stay at school until 2.55pm.