Gymnastics In Assembly

Well done to those gymnasts who showed off their awesome talents in assembly today!

Tech - Rotation 3

We started our third rotation of Tech today.  It's always one of the highlights of the week, so we were excited to get started.  Here are photos of some of the Room 6 kids in action:

The ICT group made some cool online art:

Gymnastics

We have already had our first two sessions of gymnastics - our PE focus for the next three weeks. Some parts of gymnastics are really difficult and challenging, so we have been working really hard to achieve well and do our best.  We are working towards being able to do the following:

Here are some awesome action shots, taken by Te Ata, from our session today:

BEAM

BOX HORSE

HIGH BAR

FAT MAT

Winter Sport

This afternoon we had winter sport, as we start to think ahead to our Interschool matches against Colyton and South Makirikiri School.  Bring it on!  Here are some pictures from the action in football and rugby:

Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award

Congratulations to Greer who received this award in recognition of her leadership skills.  This was presented by Mrs Pemberton from Westpack Bank in Marton.  Earlier in the year, the students in Rooms 4, 5 and 6 voted for who they thought should receive this award.  Well done Greer.

Tech Rotation Two - All Done!

We have all really enjoyed our second rotation of Tech, which finished today.  We have developed a massive range of skills and have made some really cool things.  We'll post our reflections to our blogs after the holidays, so you can read more specific information then.  We are already looking forward to our next rotation, which starts at the end of the first week of Term 3.  Bring it on!

The Tech ICT group had some fun 'dubsmashing' today!

Rubbish Pick Up

We had noticed there was a lot of rubbish along the road side leading up to our school, so today we did something about it.  Great work team!

We also had time to check out the Halcombe Community Walkway.  Earlier in the year, we helped out by painting the back of the grandstand, doing some weeding, and finishing one of the gardens.

And of course, we HAD to jump off the retaining wall at the end....

Stick Challenge: Tamatea Intermediate

Stick Challenge - OH IT'S ON NOW!

PJ and Burger Day

Well, what an awesome day we've had!  First, we were all VERY comfortable in our PJs...

Next, the Student Council started to prepare and cook 154 burgers.  Sinead, Lydia, Leah, Jensen and Jack were a great team, and the did an excellent job of preparing the kai:

Everyone in Room 6 loved their burgers!

As treasurer, Jack had to count all the money:

Stick Challenge

Remember our Stick Challenge?

Well, our friends at Weber School have replied! (they meant to say Room 6)

Interhouse Quiz

This afternoon, we all gathered in the hall for the annual Interhouse Quiz!  We were split into teams and had to answer a whole heap of general knowledge questions about New Zealand, famous faces, famous places, music, movies, sport and books.  Congratulations to Matai, who not only produced the winning team (well done Emma, Brooklyn, Maia and Anna), but were also winners overall!

Playhouse

Over the past two days, Mrs Simpson's maths class has been working on an epic masterpiece - a playhouse!  They built the playhouse using the Imaginz Kit (kind of like giant lego) and it will stay in the library during Term 3.  It was a very challenging task and the students had to use not only their problem solving skills, but also their cooperative skills.  Well done team!

Tech ICT

It was make-a-cool-animation day in Tech ICT today!