Sunday 30 June 2013
MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK
This week is Maori Language Week!
Get ready to use as much Te Reo Maori as you can. We will be doing fun Te Reo activities to start each day of this week to celebrate the maori language we have in Aotearoa.
Friday 28 June 2013
SHAPE ART
We’ve been working on some Shape Art with Miss Simpson. Here is the process we went through:
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Drew our shapes
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Traced over the shapes using vivid
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Rubbed out the pencil lines
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Chose three bright colours
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Coloured the shapes, being careful not to go
over the vivid lines
We are so proud of our finished work!
Thursday 27 June 2013
GEOLOGIST VISIT
This morning we had a special visit from Jon and Natalia the geologists from
Massey University. They taught us lots about volcanoes and earthquakes. We are
so excited to get stuck into our science learning after having them tell us
about their experiences and sharing their knowledge.
Things we learnt about included:
-The different types of eruptions like a Caldera
-That the rocks that come from the volcanoes can tell us what
type of eruption it was
-A lahar is the overflow of liquid (water) and rock just like
wet concrete. It is like an overflow of a bath. These can be very dangerous.
- There are many more volcanoes in New Zealand than we expected
-Volcanoes helped shape New Zealand. For example, the Taranaki
eruption shaped the West coast peak
We were so lucky to have an expert to learn from!
SCIENCE
WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
VOLCANOES & EARTHQUAKES
Big Ideas
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The Earth is very old and
continuously changing
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Landforms are continuously
being built up and broken down through the process of tectonics and volcanism
Monday 24 June 2013
SURPRISE VISIT
Straight after lunch we assembled on the field. No one told
us what was going on. We got a big surprise when a helicopter landed on our
school field. It was a rescue helicopter.
When it was landing we sat nervously as many of us thought it
was coming to land on us!
During the student council events Halcombe School has been
fundraising for the rescue helicopter fund. Alexander from Room 6 presented the
money and gave a short speech.
The men answered many questions we had. We learnt the
government provides half of the money needed to operate the rescue helicopter,
while the community contributes the rest of the money.
Once we had finished asking questions we walked around the
helicopter and had a closer look.
Saturday 22 June 2013
THEME BOOK SHARING
Today was the end of our inquiry topic “On the Move- Learning
about the Past”. We proudly shared our learning through our theme book with the
rest of the senior school. We got to learn about Ancient Egypt which Room 5 and
6 have been learning about by listening and asking questions.
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Tuesday 18 June 2013
INTERESTING INTERESTS BEFORE SCHOOL
Azriella loves her double denim. Today she arrived in triple denim!
She loves denim so much she can
never go a day without a little bit here and there.
She even has a fact to share
about denim:
-denim is used for jeans with a
copper rivet to strengthen the pockets
Keep rocking the denim Azi!
Jason loves history and
interesting facts. Today before school he shared his Gladiators book with Miss
Campbell. He was surprised to see that there were girl gladiators too. We all
agreed that Miss Campbell wouldn’t make the best gladiator especially with high
heels.
-the name ‘Provocator’ means
‘challenger’
-some gladiators had to fight
blind by wearing a helmet with no eye holes. To work out where his opponents
are he needs to rely on his listening skills.
Thank you for sharing your interesting interests today
Monday 17 June 2013
RELATING TO OTHERS
Today Room 4 were given social scenarios that they discussed in their peers and respond to.
Respond to the last two scenaries by posting on this post.
Scenario: You and your mates love playing rugby on the field at lunch.
Sometimes they say that you are a stink tackler and this hurts your feelings. You
want to be a better tackler. What could you do?
Your responses:
Respond to the last two scenaries by posting on this post.
Your responses:
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Say to them “how would you feel if I said that
to you?”
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Say in a big voice “Stop saying that. I don’t
like it!”
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Stand up for yourself
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Take a ball home to practice with
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Ask your coach for some rugby tricks to practice
with your family
Scenario: The teacher gives a lot of instructions at the beginning of
the day. Josh, who sits next to you, often whispers to you during this time and
sometimes you can’t hear the instructions. What could you do?
Your responses:
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Say “Please stop that”
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Say “I need to listen to the teacher”
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Say “Please stop, I’m listening to the teacher”
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Tell him to be quite
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Say “Please stop or I will have to tell the
teacher and you’ll have to be moved”
Blog scenario 1:
You have lots of friends. Sarah says you should stop being
friends with Grace. What could you do?
Blog scenario 2:
You are showing your cousin Room 4’s blog. He sometimes thinks he is
really ‘cool’ and tonight is one of those times. He starts typing an inappropriate comment on a post. What could
you do?
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