2014 Final Assembly Songs

The final assembly for 2014 showcased the children's learning in music this year. A big thank you to Pete, Helen, Mrs Allison and Mrs Sandri for teaching music this year.

Year 3- Jingle Bells



The Year 4-6 band- Budapest


The Year 4-6 band- Best day of my life


The Year 4-6 band- Blues


Room 7


Room 4


Room 3

Hawea Flat Food Forest

The whole school went to the Hawea Flat Food Forest today. We planted a tree in our groups of 4 or 5. A huge thanks to all the volunteers who helped us planting.

2nd try at the ship pirate challenge

Room 5 and 6 put their problem solving skills to the test when making a ship out of a 30cm2 piece of tin foil. We noticed that the sides needed to be big. The winning ship was 18cm long and 9cm wide. It was twice as long as it was wide.

Lemonade at the school fair

A great day at the school fair. We sold out of the lemonade. Thanks everyone who helped out.

Animation winners

A huge congratulations to Pippa for winning the 'spread your word' category for the Central Otago animation competition. She is the proud new owner of a chrome book. Kobi got a highly commended. Great work both of you!

Maths is fun!

Room 5 and 6 made some minecraft and Lego men artwork today. We worked out the fractions for each colour, measured the perimeter and area of our people.

Enjoying the sun

We enjoyed the sun with a game of dodgeball.
Our class showed co-operation by...
• Going out when hit
• Working as a team
• Using our words to let others know who to go for

School fair

Room 6 are putting their new sewing skills to the test to sew some cute decorations.

Pirate Ship Maths Challenge

Each person worked in a group of 3 to make a pirate ship out of a 30cm2 piece of tin foil. The challenge was to hold the most marbles which was the treasure.

The maths was measuring the the tin foil accurately.
The challenges were to make the ship big enough to fit heaps of marbles but it needed to be strong.

    

                   

Te Rakau

How tall are children in Room 6 ?

Cricket practice

Learning in Room 5 and 6

Blending colours

Room 6 have practiced blending colours together.

Values Room 6 show...

Room 6 made a comic strip to show the learning we are doing around working with others and the values/skills we need to do this. Check out the pop art inspired comic strip. We worked in groups of 4 to work on one value/skill.

Year 3 recorder group

More fantastic animations

How sound travels

Our independent question was how does sound echo? We already knew that sound travels in vibrations.
We read an article that explained how sound doesn't exist in space because there is nothing for the sound to bounce off. After reading the article we realised that sound echoes on Earth because it bounces off objects.
In the experiment on the video sound is bouncing off the ruler and causing vibrations which is making the sound.

From Jamie and Sam

Animations

A snapshot from the Year 3/4 cross country

Here's a few photos of the Year 3/4 cross country snapped by children in Room 6.

Results in this weeks newsletter.

What is friction?

Printmaking

Check out the other prints in Room 6.

Animations- Due 26th Septemeber

Finn has made a great start to the animation competition with Bryan and Josh. Thanks to Anthony and Sam for their ideas and videoing.


Click on the below link to get more information.

http://www.colc.org.nz/WebSpace/254/

TC mural

Next time you are up at Treble Cone have a look for this Mural. Room 6 have created it with Susie Luca's Mum.

Why Sharks Matter!

Explanations state the facts!

Explanations state the facts. Room 6 have been writing a statement and giving reasons why. Here's a few.

We love Google!

Here's a quick brainstorm to show why we love Hapara.

Do you know the secret to the 9 times tables?

Let Sam share the 9 times tables secret with you. Sorry about the background noise. Building is going on.

Autumn poems

Self portraits

Room 6 have been very busy looking closely at our faces and drawing what we see and notice. Come into class to have a closer look.

 

The recorder group

A fantastic performance on Friday from the recorder group. We couldn't decide which song to play, so, we played three.
Enjoy!

Place Value

We have been learning how many ones, tens and hundreds make each number to 1000.

10 ones make 10

 
10 lots of 10 make 100

 
10 lots of 100 makes 1000

Questions we have about rubbish and recycling

Created with Padlet

Courage Memoirs

Room 6 have been writing about a time they showed bravery or courage.

Capture the flag

I went face first. And I did not talk. If I talked I would cry. It just happened when I ran down the yellow bars off the fort because I knew I would get tug. I have to get up I thought, to get back in the game.

My leg hurt. I keep going. I was focused on the flag that I was going to get from the other team. I was running to it. I got tug. It was Jamie. I froze until Chilli saved me.

George called “Attention!” We ran to line up. Our team had won.

 By Anthony

 Parasailing

 When I saw the boat I got tingly in my hands it was like pins and needles because I saw the big parasail. When they gave me my big harness it felt loose. I fiddled heaps with the buckle. Then my name got called up. I said “what happens if I don’t do it right?” to the guy. The guy said “it’s easy.”

Then before I could take a breath, I was 122 metres high. It was quite lovely. The guy pressed a button which towed me into the boat. I landed on the trampoline. When I got down the guy said “you are my hero,” because I was the youngest kid to do it. I couldn’t stop thinking about the view.

 

By Jack

 

The time I got a big prickle in my foot

“I am not going into the water” I said to Mum. I kept walking away. I didn’t want to go into the water because it would sting. Mum said “please get in the water.” “No” I say. My hands whiten as I hold onto the door. I take a deep breath and let go of the door.

 After a lot of convincing, I dip my toes into the water to check the temperature. I get in hoping it wouldn’t sting. It wasn’t bad after all.

By Jamie

A snapshot of this terms inquiry

What is ANZAC day?
What did the ANZACs do in Gallipoli?

A special surprise

The NZ Airforce helicopter came to school today. All the children got to sit in it.

20,000 views

We did it! 20,000 views in just over 3 years of using this blog. Thanks to all those people who check the blog and share our learning with us. Please write comments. We love hearing from you.

Room 6

Recorder group

A great effort from the recorder group who have only being playing for a few weeks.
We use small cups for notes that are one beat, milk bottles for notes that are two beats and a bucket for notes that are four beats. The notes are written on the cups and they are different colours so we know what note to play if it's a B,A or G.

Being a digital citizen

We have had many chats, watched short video clips and read articles about being a digital citizen. Have a look at the 'Hector's World' website. It has a children's and parent's part too and have a chat together about the expectations when using the internet at home.

Please help us...

Please answer our surveys. This helps us to get more information to sort and create into graphs.

Thanks from Room 6

Sharing how we solve +/- problems

Tennis

Room 6 are learning the forehand in Tennis. We start ready position, start position and then big nose.

All about me masks

We have been flat out the last couple of weeks each doing a paper mache mask for art.
We learnt how to insert photos into PowerPoint and then change the colour and effects of the photos. We also completed a brainstorm with words representing things that are important to us. We then found and photocopied these words from the dictionary.
We will layered on our photos and words all over our masks to each create a mask that represents all that is important to us.

                 

      

Cricket skills

Each day Room 6 play a sport and practice the skills for that particular sport. Last week we played soccer and this week we played cricket. During this time we practise our co-operation skills in the context of sport. Check out our videos to see us helping each other and playing barrel cricket.

4R's

Room 6 worked in randomly sorted groups to share how they use each of the 4's. They are respecting others and property, responsible for learning and ourselves.

Ruler Art

Room 6 practised ruling lines by creating artwork. First we took a photo and drew around the outline of our face. Then we lined up our rulers and ruled the lines.

Room 6's treaty

2013 highlights