Disco!

Congratulations to the Year 8 students from Kauri, who organised a FANTASTIC disco on Friday.  We all had so much fun and busted out our very best dance moves!

Tech Update

Today we were super excited to start our third rotation in Tech - yehaa!  We look forward to learning new skills and making some cool stuff!

Room 6 Kidz Quiz

The students in Room 6 were VERY keen to have a go at the questions that were in the school quiz night last week.  Teams were drawn at random, 'interesting' team names were selected, and we've done a couple of rounds each day this week.  The competition was red-hot!  Congratulations to 'Ocean's 11' (Tommy, Cameron, Ashlee and Rhianna) - the champions!

Large Ball Skills - Basketball

We enjoyed basketball with Miss Jeynes this afternoon!

Photographer:  Finlay

WE LOVE BOOKS!

Reading Groups

We have four reading groups in Room 6 and we have done LOADS of reading this term.  Each group has nearly finished their second book.  Each time the group meets to discuss their reading and what's been happening in the book, everyone has a chance to share their ideas, debate issues and ask questions about things that are a bit tricky to understand.  It is a bit of a mission to keep up with how much has to be a read, and by when.  Lucky we're pretty organised in Room 6!

Reading - Follow Up Questions

Year 7 Kids Only!

The Year 8 students went off to the open day at Feilding High School this afternoon, and the rest of us worked really hard.....

Netball Time

Our journey to become masters of winter sports continued today - it was time for netball with Miss Main.  Even though it took some of us a while to get used to some of the rules, we had loads of fun!  Thanks Miss Main!

Photographer:  Finlay

DISCO TIME!

Science

As our learning about plastic is coming to an end, it was time for us to start thinking about what we can actually do about the problem!  We were divided up into groups, and had to search online to find some great suggestions for how we can reduce plastic.  We had to consider two criteria:  1) what is relevant for us? and 2) what is achievable?  After some fantastic discussion and debate, we finally settled on the Top 3:

RECYCLE PLASTICS

USE CLOTH BAGS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC BAGS

REDUCE OUR USE OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC

eg. straws, plastic cutlery, food packaging

Large Ball Skills - Rippa Rugby

Today we managed to catch up the rippa rugby session we missed last week because of the yucky weather.  Because we have played rippa lots of times before, we didn't need to muck around with learning the rules - we just got stuck into some games!

Photographer:  Finlay

Skipping Challenge

Hopefully the kids in Room 6 will be up for the challenge soon!

All Blacks vs France

Movie Time With Tech Group D

Marble Rolling Championships

This afternoon, we had the annual Room 6 Marble Rolling Championships.  We were divided up into teams, and had to create a ramp using newspaper, straws, plastic cups and sellotape.  The aim was to be able to roll a marble down the ramp, and it would roll for a further 3m.  The closest to the 3m mark would be the winner.  Congratulations to Blake, Lucy, Dylan and Anna - they were only 10cm off!

Wow... Just Wow...

Tech Update

Today we started our second rotation in Tech.  We were all pretty excited to learn new skills and create some cool stuff!