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 total of 1112 km (remember to count the dogs steps twice), plus some donated steps. This gets us to Paraparaumu in the North Island. A fine effort everyone.

Grateful thanks to Mel Kreft (and Max) Bradley Walsh (and Star) and Bridget Gentle for their help. 

Mr Cosgrove from the Clutha Leader came and took some photos, so watch out for next weeks' edition of the Leader.
8 km is a long way. This is what we looked like by the time we staggered back into school.

This week we continued looking at distances and measurement. We made trundle wheels out of cardboard, which involved learning that D x  pi = circumference. But we already knew the circumference we needed (100 cm), so we had to invert the operation. Well done Room 8 - clever work.

Have a great holiday everyone! See you back on 14th October.

Week 9

Watch out for our Walk the Length of NZ day on Thursday 26 September - next week. We would love to have you join us - either by coming along on our walk, or by donating your steps from wherever you are.
In preparation for this we have been learning to calculate the speed of walking by measuring the perimeter of the field (about 0.5 km), working out how long it takes to walk the perimeter twice (about 14 minutes) and dividing that by 60 minutes. We walk at about 4 km per hour.

Wacky Hair and Bad Taste Day was fun on Friday. 

Some people went to a lot of trouble to look Wacky. Some people went to the 'salon' in the hall to get a hair do from the Student Council. Thanks team!

Sadly we fare-welled Hamish this week, as he and Rosemary have returned to Japan. We look forward to seeing them again, early next year. 

Week 8 in Room 8

With only two weeks to go this term, we are still cramming in plenty of fun activities and learning.
On Thursday we had a visit from Sophie White of the University of Otago Dentistry Department. She is helping with research into the growth of children and their teeth and has given our year 5 and 6 students the chance to participate. Did you know that NZ kids loose their teeth at an earlier age than in other countries? This is one of the many questions they hope to answer in the study.

Also on Thursday, Jarred from Otago Touch gave us some touch coaching - in the howling gale! It was lots of fun.

Then on Friday afternoon we had the fantastic opportunity to see Mr Swallow's science lab at the high school. Mr Swallow and Mrs Murdoch had prepared a number of experiments for us to do, which involved fizzing and banging! We loved it.

Thank you Mr Swallow and Mrs Murdoch!

Next week we will start our maths and health unit about Walk the Length of New Zealand. This will culminate with a walk along the river bank on Thursday 26 September.