Flippaball - Halcombe vs Halcombe

It was all out war when Halcombe Black faced Halcombe White in flippaball on Friday!  After a very physical game, where lots of awesome goals were scored, the Black team came out on top.  Well done!

Totally Vets Photo Competition

Earlier in the year, some students entered a photo into the Totally Vets Photo Competition.  The winning photos are put together to make a special calendar each year.  Well done to Sophie who made it to the Top 13, out of more than 140 entries!

10 Photo Challenge

We had heaps of fun completing the 10 Photo Challenge this afternoon.  Using the ipads, we had to take photos of all sorts of things, before using Pic Collage to display our photos in a funky way!

• an animal
• something funny
• a group selfie
• a jumping OR handstand pic with at least two people
• something yellow
• #awesome
• an extreme close up of a flower
• an action shot of one of your group members doing a sporting activity
• one group member giving another group member a shoulder/piggy back ride
• a photo of your choice :)

Flippaball

We have two teams entered in the the local flippaball competition, which started tonight.  Our White team had a bye, while the Black team faced FIS 1.  Our team raced out to an early lead, then FIS fought back.  Lucky we were able to hold on, and eventually won 11-5.  Great start team!

Club 100

Congratulations to Ffion and Shane - our Club 100 champions for 2015!

Tech Challenge - Marble Rolling Competition

Today we worked in teams to try to build a ramp that would send a marble shooting off across the floor!  The team who could make their marble roll the furthest would win.  We were able to use newspaper, straws, sellotape and cardboard to make our ramps.  Well done to Grace, Bradley and Jade who managed to make their marble roll about one metre further than everyone else!

Yummy Stickers = Free Sports Gear

Thank you very much to all those who helped to collect Yummy Stickers this year!  We were able to exchange these for some sports gear that will be put to good use by all the kids at our school.

Here is a photo of our Top 5 collectors: Paige, Jay, Jade, Caleb and Brooke.

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Rubbish Pick Up

We had noticed there was a lot of rubbish along the road side leading up to Halcombe School so today we did something about it!  Two full rubbish bags - great work team!

Firewise!

Today we had a special visit from Mr Darling, one of our local fireman (and member of our school Board of Trustees!)  He showed us a video of a fire that happened at a soccer stadium in the UK in 1985, where 56 people sadly died.  We talked about radiant heat and about the different ways people react to a fire or emergency.  The key message is that if you see a fire, GET OUT FAST, and warn as many people as you can on the way.

Go All Blacks!

We're all looking forward to the Rugby World Cup final on Sunday.  GO ALL BLACKS!

Here are our score predictions:

Hunterville Cross Country

We had 13 students from our class represent our school in the Interschool Cross Country race at Hunterville.  This was a really challenging event, but everyone went hard and did their very best.  Congratulations to those who made it into the Top 20 - an awesome achievement!

Year 6/7 Girls:  Greer 8th, Emma 10th and Mya 18th
Year 6/7 Boys:  Seth 9th and Cody 13th
Year 8 Girls:  Bethany 15th
Year 8 Boys:  Jed 8th

Cross Country Top 3

Congratulations to the Top 3 place getters in each race - you did good!

Pet Day

Today was Pet Day!  The pets were awesome.  The indoor exhibits were amazing.  The sausages were yummy.  The weather was perfect.  It was another great day at Halcombe School!

Here are some of the Room 6 students with pets in action:

We also had a Country Kids Challenge, where four students from each house competed in a series of challenges.  It was very entertaining!  Congratulations to Totara who just bet Rimu to come first.  Check out the action shots!

Pet Day Indoor Exhibits

Here is a sneak peak of our rural photos and scarecrow masks.  If you want a close up look, come along to Pet Day - our work will be on display in the hall.

Scarecrow Masks

Last week we put the finishing touches on our scarecrow masks, all ready to show off on Pet Day.  We used vivids to touch up our painting, added eyes, and finally varnished our masks with spray paint.  They look pretty cool!

Cross Country

On Friday, we held our cross country!  After raining all morning, it was a bit 50/50 about what the weather was going to do, but luckily for us, we had perfect running conditions.  Everyone pushed themselves hard and tried their very best - congratulations to all the Room 6 students on an outstanding effort.  A special congratulations to the top three place getters in each race:

Year 6/7 Girls:  1st: Greer, 2nd: Emma, 3rd: Mya

Year 6/7 Boys:  1st: Seth, 2nd: Cody, 3rd: Jack

Year 8 Girls:  1st: Ffion, 2nd: Jade, 3rd: Bethany

Year 8 Boys:  1st: Jed, 2nd: Isaac, 3rd: Shane

Here we are, pre race... feeling nervous!

A Bit Of A Bang... That's For Sure!

Around 1800 years ago, there was a MASSIVE volcanic eruption in the central North Island.  The fact that Lake Taupo was created in this explosion, gives us a clue about just how big it was.  We've been reading all about this event and then used Coggle to display facts about what happened.  Have a read of these examples by Bethany and Isaac:

1080 Poison - Good Or Bad?

We've been learning all about 1080, which is a poison used by DOC to kill pests such as possums, rats and stoats.  We have read a lot of information, and had to show our thinking using the yellow (positives), black (negatives) and red (our opinion) hats.  Here are some of the ideas that some of us came up with today:

Next we had to display our learning using this cool presentation site called Haiku Deck.  Check out these great presentations made by Leah and Grace:

Basketball

The basketball season has finished!  It has been a long season, running since the beginning of T2.  We've had heaps of fun, even though some of the games have been pretty tough!  It has been awesome to see everyone's skills develop too.  Thank you to our coaches: Mrs Alcock, Mrs Mudgway, Mrs Tai and Mr Henderson.

The White team made it into the final against Saint Josephs.  The score was tied 2-2 at full time, so extra time was played.  The team to score first would win.  Both teams tried very hard to score in a very physical game, and eventually Saint Josephs scored first.  Well done to Jade, Isaac, Jed and Greer - you almost had it!  

Fitness Circuit

Our training for cross country looked a bit different today; instead of running, we did a fitness circuit in the hall.  We rotated around 12 different activities - everything from push ups to skipping to arm weights (shotputs), to hurdles to step ups to sit ups to sprinting.  We had one minute at each activity, with 20 seconds between each.  It was hard going, and we definitely got a real sweat up!

Cross Country Training

Today we had the opportunity to scope out our cross country track in preparation for the real race on Friday.  The good news is that there were hardly any prickles, and the bad news... the bog was very boggy!

Photographer:  Mr Ricketts

Interschool Speech Competition

Catherine and Jorja were chosen to represent our school at the annual Interschool Speech Competition, with North Street School and Saint Josephs.  Both girls performed their speeches very well and should be proud of their achievements.  A special congratulations to Jorja, who won the Year 8 competition!  Thank you to Saint Josephs School, who hosted this event this year.

DISCO! DISCO! DISCO!

The disco was AWESOME!  There was dancing and competitions and food and fun and music and laughing - what a great night!  Thank you to the Student Council for hosting the disco, you did a great job.  We also managed to raise $589!  Check out the photos:

Touch

Some of the students in our class will be playing touch on Thursday afternoons this term.  They had their first games today and even though they were pretty tired after cross country training, they did really well!  With a bit more practice, they'll be even better!

Cross Country Training

We've been training really hard every day this week.  It was hot work in the sun today!  If you'd like to read about our individual goals, check out our blogs!

Mask Painting

We're well underway with the painting of our scarecrow masks for Pet Day.  It is going to take a lot of coats of paint before they look 100% awesome, but we're on the right track!

Shake Out

At 9.15am this morning, our school participated in Shake Out, a nationwide earthquake drill.  We did all the right things in Room 6 - DROP, COVER, HOLD!

Following this drill, we all moved to our evacuation point for a roll call.  It is really good to practice these things, so that we don't have to think what to do in a real emergency - we'll just know.

Cross Country Training

We had an awesome first training session for the cross country today.  We ran laps of the gravel road behind the school, with most people running at least 5km.  Well done and keep up the great work!

DISCO TIME!

Doodle For Google Update

Unfortunately Jade didn't win the Doodle For Google competition, but we're still really proud of her for making into the Top 5 for Year 7 & 8 students in New Zealand.  Congratulations to Caleb from Breens Intermediate in Christchurch who won with this doodle:

Cross Country Training

Important Message:  We will be training for the cross country every day when school starts back after the holidays.  Don't forget your running gear!  The cross country is being held on Friday 23 October.  The length of your race will be approx. 2.6km.

Training Track:

One lap = 1.6km (to the end of the road and back)

Doodle For Google - JADE IS IN THE TOP 5

AWESOME NEWS!  At the end of last term, some students entered the annual Doodle For Google competition.  The challenge was to redesign the Google logo under the criteria, 'If I could travel back in time...'  Google received more than 4500 entries, and we're thrilled that Jade has made it through to the final round - the Top 5 for Year 7 & 8 students. Congratulations Jade!

There are some incredible prizes up for grabs, so now our job is to spread the word and get people voting for Jade (you can only vote once on each device).

TO VOTE - CLICK HERE

Here is Jade's design:

If I could travel back in time, I would go to the 70's and see what life was like in the days of the flower power.
I would like to wear bright clothing and have a fun time!

Potato Project

Today we topped up our potato buckets with compost - this should help them to grow like crazy over the school holidays!

Let Us Entertain You Show

Well, what an awesome night!  Congratulations to all everyone involved in our show - it was awesome!  Check out the video of our class items:

All Blacks Art