Congratulations to our SPCA Fundraising Team

As part of our Term 4 inquiry projects, a group of 4 raised funds to help the SPCA.

The team did a fantastic job raising $252.30 for the Wellington SPCA to help feed the animals over the Holiday period.  They raised the money by holding bake sales and mini-garage sales at school.  What a great result for the SPCA and for the students.  Congratulations team!

Whack-a-Barbie. An interesting take on the old favourite.

MINIGOLF

Creative

Cooperating to get the job done.

The cardboard challenge is on!

Mrs. Fox has been doing some awesome art in Room 10. Thanks Mrs. Fox!!! They look great!

Well done Room 10 on your creative work!!!

Our Antarctica Field Trip

This week we have been on a field trip to Antarctica.  We have been participating in an audio-conference being broadcast live from Scott Base.  Kate Sparks has been telling us all about different aspects of live on the ice.  We have also been immersing ourselves in all things Antarctica by: creating reports, asking questions, joining in the back channel, finding out about Antarctic animals, and completing different online activities.

 

School Hangi & Family Day

Don't forget to order your hangi.  The order forms went home today so if you haven't seen it, check in the schoolbag!!

We had a great time with the orchestra!

Look who popped in for a visit with the HVHS Orchestra. Great to see you again boys!

HVHS Orchestra visit. We got to play the cup song...and did pretty well.

Where am I? A little job for Monday.

Just keeping busy these holidays. Conferencing about tech and other awesome things!

We are having a great time at Ulearn14 in Rotorua this week.  Ulearn is a 3-day conference devoted to helping teachers and schools better use computers in the classroom.  We have been talking to and listening to other teachers and professionals about things we can all do to get more connected.  I've got some great ideas for Room 10...so get ready!!!  

Some of our minecraft bridge creations

For Minecraft Club today, the students were given the task of creating a bridge that people can either walk over or under.  We all used a different approach to create something really cool.  Some of us even put fish into our water.  Well done on using your creativity and persistence.

Our calendar art is finished and looks great!

In Room 10 we created 'Tui's in Flax' pictures using a mix of vivids, crayon, and dye.  We worked on getting the lines for the different types of feather in the right place and making sure the flax in the background overlapped its leaves.  We think we did a pretty awesome job and hope you think so too.  Be sure to check out our artwork in the room 10 folder in the library.

Rooms 9 & 10...Skipping Champions

Fast Skips

What a great day we had today.  We got to try out all our tricks.

More Jumping!

Jump Rope For Heart

We all got out today for our Jump Rope For Heart Skip-a-Thon.  We had a lot of fun trying out all our tricks.  Make sure you bring in your envelopes and any money that you raised for the cause.