Strike Workshop

Today started with a whole lot of  noise - the Wellington percussion group STRIKE performed to the school. They began by imitating a tropical rainforest - ably helped by HNI and continued to entertain us with 'fire" music,  drum solos from staff and students and original and creative pieces.
That wasn't the end for the Year 8's though.
Each class had an hour's workshop. As a group we learnt to perform an original piece. There were many rhythms to follow and sticks to watch but loads of fun! Well done to Molly  - whose stick work we had to follow on several occasions!

Mandarin in Room 15!

HNI are lucky enough to have a Mandarin teacher this term! Today Room 15 had their first lesson and loved it! We learnt basic greetings and a bit about China...

Swimming Sports

Here are a few images from today. Well done Nepia - "1st" overall - and well done Room 15 swimmers!!

Waitangi Day Instagram Post

For our first week of school, the homework set in Room 15 was to describe what Waitangi Day means to them, or how they spend their Waitangi Day. Students presented their homework in the form of an Instagram Post. Check out the cool things some of the students in Room 15 got up to this Waitangi Day...

Welcome to Room 15 and 2017!

Welcome to Room 15! We are a Year 8 class in Nepia house.

Some Christmas Drama!

The boys took some inspiration from all the Christmas advertisements on TV and gave us their own version this afternoon!!

Another PE blog :)

Basketball today! Thanks to Grace for some drills.

Tuesday PE

It was a small group today for PE. After a discussion we decided on Line tag for a warm up and Rippa Rugby for our game!!

Recycled Art

As part of our sustainability unit Room 10 started a recycled art project today! Keep your eyes peeled to find out what these creative people are making from recycled egg cartons!

PE on a Tuesday afternoon!

It was a hot afternoon and after a bit of discussion Room 10 decided to have a few different sports up and going today  - Padder Tennis, Basketball and Netball, as well as Skipping!
Whilst looking for gear in the PE shed a set of "elastics" was uncovered and with the help of YOUTUBE some of the girls started to play ... Poppy and Livia!

Athletics Day 2016

We had a great day out on the field today for our HNI Athletics 2016. Nepia house and room 10 students did a great job, coming in the top 4 for many of the events. We look forward to next week's assembly where they announce which house won and who the Athletics Champs are!

Origami Cranes

Today for Art, and as part of our change makers unit, we did something a little bit different. A couple of students had mentioned they really wanted to do some origami. We have a couple of origami 'experts' in the class so today Leo (with the help of James) taught the class how to make an origami Crane. 

We also read about the Crane and learnt that traditionally, it was believed that if one folded 1000 origami cranes, one's wish would come true. It has also become a symbol of hope and healing during challenging times. As a result, it has become popular to fold 1000 cranes (in Japanese, called “senbazuru”). We didn't quite make 1000, but it was a good first attempt!

What Makes Our Community Special

Last week for homework Room 10 students were asked to present in some way 'what made their community special'. Jack made an awesome video for his presentation, check it out by clicking on the link below!

Havelock North Art

Picasso Faces

This afternoon students in Room 10 worked on some Picasso face ideas. Picasso was certainly a change maker in the art world and the class certainly changed up their faces!!

EIT Science Fair/Quiz

Miss Hawtin sent through these photos from Friday of Joe and Jack; congratulations to you both.
Well done Jena too, for your project, and also to all of the Room 10's science quiz teams' members - Max, Leo and Joe!