Mid Winter Splash

Those who were keen enough to hit the water, well done. They were not in there very long and got into warm clothing quickly!!

Here we go!!

We are out of here!!

Room ones Camp to the Bay of Plenty

From Wednesday 11 of June to 13 June Friday Room 1 travelled to Waihi then onto Papamoa and Tauranga. Even though it rained on the Wednesday and Thursday off and on a great time was had by all. We visited a number of places The Waihi Gold Museum, the Martha mine then onto our camp site at the Pacific Camp in Papmoa. On the Thursday we sent the morning at the Classic Flyers, then on to the Salt Pools at the Mount, which of cause were hot! On the Friday we cleaned up then travelled back to Waihi to the Newmont Education Centre were we learnt about mining and gold. A big thanks to the parents who came on the trip and helped out. 

At Waihi Museum

In the mine in the museum

Quiz time testing their knowledge

By the Martha mine

Hot pool at camp

Solving problems and puzzles

Playing games before lights out

Food and planning

The lonely watchman

                    

Enjoying the camp

                                

           

                                                   

Last card is on!!

Making his move

Looking at an airport in operation

Looking through the Classic Flyers museum

What a great place

The hot pools were great!!

Watching the explosion at the Martha mine

Got all our safety gear on

The presenters!!

Mr Quilty and Mr Jefferies showing us their dance moves

Panning for gold

Solving gold problems

The boys plus their children are at it again

Lunch and home!!

Pirate Day

What a great day but the weather decided to bring us showers. The fish and chips went down very well.

All our joyful pirates

Two top pirates from Room1

The pirate sandpit and rope climbing frame are here.

They look great and the students are enjoying the new equipment.

We are doing Bubbledome again.

For terms 2 and 3 we are doing programs from bubble dome in our ICT time each week. The two programs we are doing are:

Graphic Novel: Use creative tools as you write your own texts complete with illustrations in a variety of styles.  It combines 2D and 3D computer drawing.  Tips used by published writers in planning and writing stories.

 Smartphone:

Students will be exposed to the programming, scripting and designing of apps using 3D developments and programming tools.  Students then develop their own website from scratch.

We are looking forward to see what our students can produce.

Term2 for 2014

This term we are looking at communities here in New Zealand for unit. We will be first finishing our work on NZ and the World Wars.

Do not forget homework is out every Monday.This involves a worksheet and spelling words.

We are having a Room 1 trip for 3 days (June 11 to 13) which relates to our studies on communities in NZ. Students have received the information for this trip and the slips need to get back to the office
 We will be looking at gold mining in Waihi, city and rural life in NZ. 

Our New Pirate Sandpit

It has been coming for a while but our pirate ship sandpit is here. Here our workers busy in its construction.