Challenge Day Out - Thursday 28th Nov

A fantastic day out on the Hills beyond Outram. We had fantastic weather and everyone enjoyed a range of activities throughout the day including Archery, Rifle Shooting, High Ropes, Stream and Cave trek, Escape & Evade, Flying Fox and Cart rides.

Assembly Award - Logan

A great improvement in work ethic and application to your learning this term, keep it up!

Planting For Penguins

Room 4 along with Room 11 spent the day out at Tairoa Heads learning about the Challenges faced by penguins and the human impact on their living habitat. Students worked hard in clearng away lots of "Ice Plant" and putting in around 100 new native plants that will improve the habitat for the Little Blue penguins that nest out at the End of the Otago Harbour. Pics here soon!!

Art Gallery Visit - Impact

Our trip to the Art Gallery on Monday 23rd September had us working on "Island Creations" with John Neumegan as well as looking at the influence of Impact on Artists works displayed there.

Palm Oil Impact - Kelland and Nathan

Water Pollution - Milly, Tamara, Shania & Rooma

Rubbish Runs Riot - Ollie, Kassem, Quinn and Daniel

Week 7 Assembly Award - Christoph

A great effort put into writing and presenting your speech on "Bee Keeping"

Assembly Awards - Emma and Eden

A great motivation shown in getting stuck into your Impact Topic Work!! Great stuff.

Eco Video Assembly Intro

The Piece Of Rubbsh....

Impact Facts

Water Pollution Impact

Week 3 Term 3 Assembly Award - Daniel

Great work in being one of our Open Night Ambassadors - you spoke with clarity and confidence to all of the visitors we had through the classroom!

IMPACT!!

Impact

“What impact do we have on the environment

and can I make a difference?”

This term we will be looking at and investigating the above statement through our topic study. Over the coming weeks we will be looking at many different environmental issues, happenings and information relating to the impact we have on the environment we live in, from the very small and personal issues close to us right through to global issues. Get your thinking cap on and be prepared to bring along ideas and anything you come across to share .

Week 9 Assembly Award - Milly

Great stuff Milly - you are constantly displaying high levels of personal responsibility and self-management during class activities!

Assembly Award Week 8 - Shania

A super effort with your maths and giving everything a great go, keep up the good work Shania!

Week 7 Term 2 Assembly Award Quinn Williams

A great effort put into making sensible choices during a week of wet and cold weather during lunchtimes.

Writing by Giovanni Nitis

He had warned her about the book. Now it was to late. Vines started to grow from the spine of the book. The vines wrapped her up like a spider preserving its prey. The vines grew tighter and tighter, as the vines slowly and viciously sucked her into the book. The book slammed shut. And she didn't even notice because she was fast asleep. And all that was left was an old thick brown book in an empty bed in empty room...

Forensic Science

Our science Focus for the next couple of weeks has us looking into the work of forensic scientists. Students are learning about the many different aspects of science and ways it can be used in solving crimes and mysteries. We have been using the CSI website to carry out a web quest in learning all the different aspects of forensic science. You can go directly to this site by clicking the link below.

CSI FORENSICS SITE

Science Fair Boards

Well with Science Fair getting very close, most students are now (or should be) starting to prepare some of their findings and work to present on their Display Board. Here is a power point presentation of some very useful layout tips and ideas.
How to Do the Display of Your Science Fair Board

Science Fair...

SCIENCE FAIR!!!...things should be coming together nicely with Science Fair - those of you who are testing should be well through this now and hopefully starting to think about some of the results you are getting from the tests you have done. If you are "making/inventing" something you should be well through this now and hopefully testing your model or design out. Earlier this week we looked at ways to bring it all together in order to present what you have done in a fantastic way! The science fair work is due by Monday 1st July

at the latest!!!

Week 6 Assembly Award - Jenn

Jenn - Great focus on Science Fair and getting on with testing and work related to you investigation!! Good score on being the lucky winner of the

Filadelfio's Pizza Voucher!!

The MKR Cats are back in a Gym Movie!!! Lilly & Ashleigh

"The Man on Hanover Street" Logan, Kelland, Quinn & Tim

"Step Up" Milly, Rooma & Tamara

The Movie - Man vs Wild

A creation put together by Jamie, Jake, Christoph & Giovanni - Look out Bear Gryls!

Man vs Wild Trailer - Jamie, Jake, Christoph & Giovanni

A few more Sir Edmund Hillary Pieces of Work

Here are a few slide show presentations around the information gathered and shared about Sir Edmund Hillary and his Climb of Mt Everest!

Sir Edmund Hillary Nathan by Andrew

Sir Edmund Hilary Ayla-Cheyne.pdf by Andrew

Sir Edmund Hillary Tim Christoph Gio Tom by Andrew

Assembly Awards - Weeks 4&5 Term 2 - Shania & Nathan

Nathan - a super organised and motivated approach to your science fair work. Shania - great improvements over the month of May with your basic facts! (photos soon)