Sunday, July 29, 2018

Term 3 week 1

It is great to be back in Room 8 for Term 3. Everyone seems refreshed and excited to be back together.
We managed to pack quite a bit into the week - including meeting some of Mrs Reid's family. Sam, Kari, Otto and Theo Reid visited on Tuesday morning. Sam gave us a careers talk about being an Air Traffic Controller, and Kari talked to us about growing up in South Africa. Otto (aged 2) showed us some sign language.


We were able to see the Science Fair projects which the year 7 and 8 students completed over term 2 and the holidays. It was very interesting to see what they have discovered and to have the students explain their results to us. It gave us some ideas for when it's our turn! 





We enjoyed a visit from Patch, Nathan's new rabbit. We conducted a wee experiment about animal behaviour, and we found that even when Nathan shifted places, Patch still found him in the circle and went to him. He's very cute! 





Saturday, July 7, 2018

Week 10

Happy Holidays everyone!
I'm sure you have always wondered what it's like inside Harold's classroom. Well, here is a sneaky look around the door of the Life Education truck.





This week we had another day of Samoan culture. We chose between drumming, dancing and ukulele.




Follow these links for a better taste of the experience!

Samoan culture

Last week the year 6 students did a very good job of covering for the year 7 and 8s who were away at hockey and couldn't fulfill their assembly obligations.



There were some treats on offer at Room 7's bake sale, and Room 5's Enterprise market this week.





We had a fascinating careers talk on Thursday, from Kimberlie's brother Ryvan Singh, who is an armament technician with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. 


He even had us proving our armed forces requirement fitness levels, with a press up competition, which Shakera won!


Friday pancakes by Gabriel, Ulysses, Ashley and Zacch.


Have a great holiday everyone! See you in term 3. 



Last week of term 3

We are over half way! Our walk on Friday was lots of fun. We had 118 students, 15 adults and 3 dogs, and we all walked 8 km. That's a to...