On
                                Tuesday a team of
                                              students went to Hanson park for athletics.
                                The sports were high jump, distance,  sprints,  shot pot,
                      discuss, long jump and relays.  Miss Wilson and Lina were amazing and
            tooks the team there. Hoani came 1st on 50 metre sprints and Chris came 2nd on 50 metre sprints.  Davinia came 6th on long distance. 
              

The work this term has been so much fun with Digital Ignition.We have enjoyed Lyn coming and finshing our lessons.We have been learning how to code words into the M Bots.If your wondering what a M Bot is its a little robot that can code letters into words.Also we learned to decode words.


Swimming has been fun.We have been learning how to swim 200 meters also known as 8 lenths.We get to swim for two weeks at Aquagym.At the last day of swimming we can choose between doing the princibels swim challenge or just swim normally in the little pool.At the very end we do a werl pool in the little pool.


On Friday we had to dress up for book week. We found lots of Wheres Wally characters. Lots of genius ideas were roaming around the school. There was super heros, witches, fairies of death, pirates and lots more. We had a parade and winners were picked it was an awesome day.

From Hannah.

Aquagym

Students have enjoyed aquagym for the past two weeks and many of them have achieved some swimming goals. 

Science Experiments

As part of our Science topic, students went through a process of making papier mache volcanoes and painting them. The final product looked amazing. We then made the volcanoes erupt - I wonder if you know what we used to do this?

Science Investigations

This week, Room 10 has been working on some super science experiments. We are looking at physical and chemical changes. Students enjoyed making sherbert on Wednesday and they will be able to replicate this at home. On Friday, students observed what happens to skittles when they are placed in water - and we watched the difference between normal and sour skittles.

Have a Go Day at Bromley School

On Wednesday, Year 5 and 6 students enjoyed a day at Bromley school 'having a go' at a range of different summer sports! It was a day enjoyed by all

Room Ten Pounamu Art

In Room Ten, We have been learning and making Pounamu or Greenstones. Some of us are currently working on drawing their's and some of us are practicing making our Pounamu with Play-Doh. We are all making different designs of Greenstones. Some are making the Swirl design (Koru), Fish Hook (Hei Matau), Adze (Toki) and more! After we practice and draw our designs we will make it with plasticine or clay. We have been having so much fun while researching and learning about Pounamu and Greenstones


By Zoe and Mahalia

Rakau

At the beginning of the year, teachers were asked to set some goals and I set a goal to learn to use Rakau! Last term, and into the start of this term, I have had the pleasure of learning rakau alongside some fantastic Room 10 students! Ka Pai Room 10...

He waka eke noa

Week 1 Term 3

This week has been an exciting week as students have been preparing for the Opening Ceremony for the new school hall next week. Students have enjoyed being part of the cultural performance groups and choir and I hope everyone has purchased their tickets ready to attend the opening next week.

Literacy

Students are nearly ready with their presentations on 100 years ago and Mrs Walters and I are looking forward to watching these next week. Students have put so much effort into them and it will be great to see!

Numeracy 

This term, we are doing a unit on Area and Perimeter and students have enjoyed discovering what area and perimeter is.

KiwiCan

Room 10 won the Kiwican prize this term and were treat to a morning of treats and games. Kiwican gives students a score out of 15 every lesson, and the class from the Kokari block who has the most total points is rewarded at the end of each term. Well done Room 10!

Matariki Breakfast

Last week students had the opportunity to participate in Matariki breakfast - this was a great morning had by all and students enjoyed sharing food with other members across the Kokari block. They then had time to reflect on Matariki and share their knowledge in Room 11.

World Record Setting

For the last few weeks, Room 10 has had the privilege of receiving a kit from schoolkit.co.nz in order to complete their own world records. This tied in extremely well with our measurement unit and students were able to use their intuitive minds to figure out how they would make a world record of their own using the secret formula that school kit provided us with. We then managed to compete against each other to see who could get the world record.

PB4l Look after your belongings

Across the school this week, we have been focusing on looking after our belongings. Students have identified what this means to them and as a class - we conducted a drama role play to identify what might happen if we do not look after our belongings. Students have also enjoyed singing Lost Property Box which you can access here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22PC9csR7FE

Swimming

This week we have been to Aquagym to complete our swimming sessions. All students have thoroughly enjoyed their swimming and for the final today, students joined in to create a whirlpool in the small pool. On Thursday, some students competed in the Principals Swim Challenge - to swim 200m, which is 8 laps of the big pool. Many students were successful in doing so. 200m is the amount that is recommended to be able to save your own life.

Maths

In maths this week, we have been learning all about measurement. Students enjoyed taking part in a paper plane making competition and then they had to measure the distance their plane had flown. Some planes landed on the roof - and we couldn't measure that!!

PJ's night

Last week, students across the school enjoyed a bedtime story and PJ night. It was great to see many students turn up in their pyjamas enjoying cookies and listening to bedtime stories. We also liked to meet families and it was lovely to see some younger students come and share in our room. This was the conclusion of our sleep inquiry which has been extremely interesting for many students! Ka Pai on all of the effort put into your sleep inquiry.

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games 

For the remainder of the term, Room 10 will be looking at our new inquiry of Commonwealth Games. This is in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games which is being held on the Gold Coast. Students will begin to inquire about a country of their choice and be creating some big questions about athletes, sport and the world. I encourage you to discuss some of these subjects with your child at home, and where possible, watch the Commonwealth Games after April 4th when it will be live.

Kapahaka

Students in Room 10 and 11 had their first Kapahaka lesson today. All students learnt a traditional song and eventually put actions to their beautiful singing. They also had the privilege of Whaea Jo playing guitar whilst they sang! A great afternoon in Kokari block.

Pasifika

Yesterday, Room 10 and 11 had their first taste of the new cultural classes that are happening in school. Students will have alternate weeks of Kapa Haka and Pasifika led by our amazing teacher aides Lina and Whaea Jo. We started the first Pasifika session learning a song which was led and sang beautifully by some of our Samoan students.

Sleep Habits

This afternoon, as part of our sleep inquiry, students completed some informal graphic organisers to display some information about how they sleep. Many students were so proud of their work - they chose to use the selfie stick to show off their awesome efforts. See some of the amazing work below:

Kiwi Sport

This week in Kiwi Sport, students were learning throwing and aiming at a target. They enjoyed using the school wall to play some bowling games with a difference. This will all become useful in the upcoming athletics later this term.

KiwiCan Lesson 3

Today in KiwiCan, Room 10 learnt all about RESPECT and what it means to them and their community. After a really fun energiser to start, students began creating raps and poems about respect at Linwood North School. Check them out:

Welcome back to 2018!

Our term has started with a bang! With students in Room 10 starting their Reading, Writing and Maths straight away. Students have enjoyed learning about their classmates using surveys and tally charts and presenting their work in bar charts. We also enjoyed a class game of bingo whereby students had to find out new things about their peers. In Reading, we have been learning about summarising and how to pick out key words in sentences. It would be great if you could continue to do this at home with your students.
I look forward to more fun next week.