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Large Ball Skills - Basketball

We had been looking forward to playing some basketball for weeks!  And today we finally had our chance.  We bounced, and dribbled and defended and shot some baskets - and had loads of fun as usual.  Thanks Miss Fleet!

Buddy Class

We had a fantastic time teaching our buddies from Room 4 today - we taught them how to make ROCKETS!  3-2-1 BLAST OFF!

Large Ball Skills - Netball

It was all on today - netball with Mrs Higgie!  Well done to everyone for getting stuck in and giving the game a good go - even those who literally have no idea what they're doing!  Thanks Mrs Higgie!

Kapa Haka

We were blown away by the awesomeness of our Kapa Haka group and their performance in assembly last week!  Good luck for your performance at Matariki this week team!

Large Ball Skills - Football

We had lots of fun - and learnt some new football skills - with Mrs Atkins this afternoon!  Thanks Mrs Atkins!

Photographer:  Rhianna

Rockets!

We've been working away on a wee project over the last couple of weeks - we've been building rockets!  There was a lot of talk leading up to the Big Day:
- did it matter if you had three or four fins?
- what if your fins were 'bung'?
- would it be a disadvantage to have a longer rocket?  shorter?
- would the air pressure be less in a longer rocket?
- how big should the cone be?  
- what if your cone was 'bung'?
- would the angle of release make a difference to how far your rocket would fly?

We had a lot of questions that needed answering!  Everyone decorated their rockets in an ultra cool way, and proudly named their rockets.  Then it was finally time to find out who was the ultimate rocket builder - congratulations to Ashlee H (first), George (second) and Elysia (third).  The rockets that these students made flew well over 30m - AWESOME!

Gender Stereotyping (Sexuality Education)

We had a really important discussion about stereotypes in SE today.  We talked about how we are constantly surrounded by images and advertising and movies and music - and how a lot of what we see reinforces unrealistic stereotypes of what we should be.  After a great discussion, we came up with some helpful information that we've turned into a video.  Check it out:

Mu Torere - The Ultimate Champion... Rhianna!

Crazy Day & Burger Day

The Year 8 students from Matai did an awesome job of organising our day today!  We had a parade so everyone could show off their crazy costumes (well done to the best dressed from our class, George and Rebekah).  We had yummy chicken burgers (with really fancy patties) for lunch too.  What a cool day!

Tech Challenge - Build A Rocket!

Over the past two days, we've been working on building rockets!  In this technology challenge, we were given the usual random pile of equipment (polystyrene cups, straws, newspaper and sellotape), and asked to construct a rocket!  The criteria?
- must be more than 1m tall
- must be freestanding (you can pick it up and move it around)
- must have a seat for the pilot (Marge)
- must be well constructed and look good!

Our team work skills were put to the test as we raced to build our rockets.  In the end, all six teams were able to construct a successful rocket, and they (nearly) all looked really good!  Well done Room 8.

Large Ball Skills - Rippa

We have moved onto our next focus in PE - LARGE BALL SKILLS!  We will have the chance to improve our skills in rippa rugby, netball, football and basketball over the next few weeks.  It should be awesome!  

It was a bit wet for rippa today, but we had heaps of fun sliding around in the mud, getting some great rips, and scoring some even greater tries.