Practice Makes Us Better...

We are continuing to focus on developing our basketball skill so we will be able to play an awesome game of basketball by then end of the term.

Mrs Breuss-McBride came and shared some awesome ideas for skill building:

Sharing what we are getting better at with each other
at the end of the session.

Room 10 Swimming Stars!

We had a great time on Thursday down at Cannons Creek Pool for our syndicate swimming sports.

All the kids who participated were amazing and gave it all they had.  

Here are the kids who were placed in the top 3.....

Technology Challenge.... Group 1 & 2

Our Hong Kong Buddy Class challenged us to complete this technology challenge.  Read on to see what we needed and watch our videos to show if we were successful.

The goal was to make a structure that could launch a marble towards 3 containers and hit the middle one for the maximum score.

We needed per group:
4 sheets of A4 paper
2 pieces of A4 card
1m of sellotape
1 pair of scissors
1 marble
3 containers

Time:
Planning 5 mins.  Building 20 mins.

Group One!

Group Two!

Unfortunately the first attempt wasn't videoed for Group 2.

Cook Island Language Week...

Cook Island Language Week:

The theme for this year is:

"Kia ariki au i toku tupuranga, ka ora uatu rai toku reo"

"To embrace my heritage, my language lives on" 

We ended our week with a wonderful assembly where students and parents came together to share their beautiful culture.  

Below are some photos and videos 

from the assembly.  

If you are on our school Facebook Page you can watch the teachers attempt to dance Cook Island style.... it was a blast!

To join the Cook Island Community on
Facebook click this link.

Basketball Skills Continued....

Every Monday morning we have our Physical Education slot and we are continuing to build on our Basketball skills.   

This week Mrs Bruess-McBride came and shared her knowledge with us.  She gave us a four different skill based activities we can use to practise our basketball skills.

Kia Kaha Keisha!

On Friday we said good bye to one of our students in Room 10.  

Keisha is moving away so we wanted her to know how much we love her and will miss her.   The kids made her cards and we each shared at least one thing we loved about her.  We then shared a cake that Miriam had baked before giving her loads of hugs.

We will miss you Keisha xxxxxx

Olympic Discovery Time....

In Room 10 we are beginning our journey into the exciting arena of 'Excellence in Sport' with the upcoming Rio Olympics only days away.

During this term our general class focus we will be around:

1.  International sporting events can bring communities together.
2.  Rules and laws affect sporting events.
3.  People from different cultures have the same sporting aims. 

Students will also be given the opportunity to follow their own interests and nearly all have identified 3 key areas using this as a guide:

This afternoon we began diving into different websites that shared information about the Olympics.  It was fun to see them so excited and sharing their thoughts with each other.  

Rio Olympics!

Nau mai, Maliu mai, Ulu tonu mai, Aere mai
and Welcome back to Term 3 in Room 10!

This term our Home Learning will focus around the
Rio Olympics!

Your child gets to choose what they want to focus on.  Each of the tasks below are designed to develop their skills.  For example Task 1 is developing their research and comprehension skills, and Task 2 is asking students to use key words and use their layout skills in a way that makes their word choice easy to read.

One task is to be completed by the end of each week.  Students can record their tasks in their Home Learning Book or they can use the various Google Apps in their student Drive.  

Tasks 1 2 & 3

Tasks 4 5 & 6

Tasks 7 8 & 9

Tasks 10 11 & 12

This term spelling will focus on homophones:  words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

Please continue helping your child to learn their basic facts and times tables up to 12.  Math tasks will also be coming home to provide another opportunity for your child to practise the strategies they are learning in class. 

If you have any queries, please drop by or email me on:

charlotteh@rangikura.school.nz

Visit from Hari!

Haritina (Hari) is a horticultural engineer who works in biosecurity at MPI and has a passion for Space science.  She came to speak to Room 10 about the Solar System.  

Choosing the next question to ask..... 

Haritina Mogosanu
Education

Haritina is a science communicator, passionate about astronomy, biology and space sciences.
She has a scientific background in biological sciences, environmental management and communication and public relations.

Haritina was awarded the “International Year of Astronomy 2009 Certificate of appreciation” by the International Astronomical Union in recognition of the commitment and outstanding contribution to the success of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

• Manager of Educational Relations, World Space Week Association 
• Publicity Officer, Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
• Astronomy Outreach Team Member for Mars Society

Booked through:

Susan Weekes - Futureintech Facilitator

Porirua/Wellington/Hutt cities & Manawatu region

M +64 21 479 891   

www.futureintech.org.nz

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Improved Dribbling...

2016 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

The theme for this year is ākina te reo – behind you all the way which is about using te reo Māori to support people, to inspire and to cheer on.

Here is Room 9 & 10 using te reo Māori to cheer people on: