Developing Research Skills

We all enjoyed the holidays and are now keen to extend our skills and knowledge.  This term we are learning how to locate and interpret information about Space. This week we have found out about the layers of earth's atmosphere. Our next challenge is to learn about the moon.

Autobiographies

This term we have focussed on the skills required to write an autobiography. We have now created our own. You are very welcome to come in and learn more about who we are and the experiences that make us unique.

Leadership Day

We enjoyed a fantastic day with the instructors from Horizons Unlimited learning about leadership skills.

New Zealand Promotional Videos

This week we have been creating videos to promote places in New Zealand.  In groups we selected towns throughout the country and then researched to find out what was unique to each place. Our final steps were to write a script and create a video using green screen technology.  We hope to complete this next week. In the process we have learnt a lot about our country.

STEM Challenge

Today we undertook a STEM challenge. We were given 20 pieces of dry spaghetti, a metre of string, a metre of tape and one marshmallow. Our challenge was to build the tallest structure that we could and place the marshmallow on top. We only had 18 minutes to complete our structure.  It was important that we communicated and worked together. Take a look at what we achieved.......

New Zealand Geography

This term we are working on extending our knowledge of New Zealand. We have to plan a route to travel up and down New Zealand visiting at least 32 towns or cities as we go. At each place we visit we have to research information and record facts and images to share with the class. Today we had some help from a new kid.

Water Safety Skills

We had a visit from a Water Safety New Zealand tutor who took us through a number of exercises to teach us skills to help us stay safe around water.