For a bit fun we got dressed up for the Melbourne Cup. We all enjoyed the dressing up for the day.
Welcome to the 'Trailblazers' Classroom blog. We are made up of year 5/6 students. We enjoy a mix of ICT and interactive learning. There are 25 of us and we are looking forward to 2016. Mrs Hickey and Mr Rosendaal are our teachers and we look forward to the challenges that this year brings!
Saturday 7 December 2013
Friday 25 October 2013
Group Day
Calf Club for the Room 1 Students
On Friday 18 of October we had our school calf club. We were lucky as the weather was good and we had a great turn out of parents, friends and grandparents supporting the day.
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Danielle, Brianna and Kimberly taking ribbons |
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Molly and Briar with their calves |
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Judging is on |
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Poppy relaxing with her calf |
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Some of the winners on the day |
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Jacob, Cooper and Delvin enjoying some goat time |
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Nick, Ewen and Kian with their lambs |
Monday 14 October 2013
Term4 is here
Welcome back to the last term for 2013. In terms 1 and 4 we have sunhats we have to wear while outdoors. Homework and spelling is handed out on a Monday to be in by the end of the week. The term is going to be a busy one again with calf club, group day, book fair, flower show, athletics and life education visiting for 2 days.
Our Speech Champions
Georgia and Kimberly went to the Hauraki regional speech competition. They both put on a great performance in the Year 5 an 6 group with Kimberly taking second place. Well done to both of you.
We had the Ranfurly shield here.
House Construction
After completing our bridge project we worked in pairs constructing a house. We had to have a roof that could open, at least 2 bedrooms and basic items you would find in a house. The top houses were made by Nganehu, Kimberly, Georgia and Emily.
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Emma cutting up her pieces |
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Georgia and Emily showing their house so far |
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Molly putting her house together |
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Briar and Lucy constructing |
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Andrew using the glue gun |
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Nick showing his 2 stories |
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Nganehu with a split roof |
Monday 23 September 2013
Term 3 ICT
This term for ICT we have been designing houses as part of the Bubbledome programme.
Part of the brief was to design a futuristic home for a family and their robot.
Each house had to have a home cinema, 4 bedrooms with a plasma tv in each room, and a room for the robot.
Part of the brief was to design a futuristic home for a family and their robot.
Each house had to have a home cinema, 4 bedrooms with a plasma tv in each room, and a room for the robot.
Monday 16 September 2013
Working with Wool in Room1
Over the term we have been using and studying about wool. As you can see below we have been developing our our skills with wool in our art programme.
Construction of Bridges in Room1
For this term Room 1 has been looking at different types of structures and then had to build a bridge. It would be tested for car ease of getting on and off, strength and then the students had to explain about the key features of their bridge. Below are the students showing off their bridges.
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On the right Emma, Leah and Rhiana with the winning bridge. |
Waerenga School Gymnastics For Room 1
The students have been involved in gymnastics over the term leading to a day for the girls to compete then a day for the boys. They all enjoyed learning the skills that Mrs Howells set up. Mr Thomas was the judge for the 2 days. Below are Rooms 1 students who took part.
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Our champions,1st boys Ewen, 2nd Cree, 3rd Nick. 1st Girls Leah, 2nd Rhiana, 3rd Kimberly |
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