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!

Te Reo Learning - Music Preferences

For the past few weeks for Te Reo, Room 10 have been learning how to ask and respond to questions about their music preferences. The phrases we have been practising are...

He pai ake kiau nga waiata _(type of music)_- I prefer _______ music.
He pai ki a koe nga waiata _(type of music)_? - Do you like _____ music?
He kaiwaiata pai a _(name of singer)_ ki a koe? - Do you like the singer ______?

He pai ki a _(person's name)_ nga waiata _(type of music)_ - _______ likes ______.
Kaore i te pai ki a _(person's name)_ nga waiata _(type of music)_ - ______ dislikes _____.

ae - yes
kao - no

Today the students had 10 minutes to write a script and perform a small skit using some of the phrases. Here are two of the skits...

Banksy Inspired Art

As part of our Art and Change Makers inquiry unit this term we have been looking at the UK artist Banksy. We learnt that his graffiti art often had a social or political message behind it. We then came up with our own designs based on an issue that is current and relevant to us. Some students did their design based on a school issue, some looked at the Olympics, some looked at issues NZ are facing at the moment and some looked at wider world issues. We then made a stencil of our design - this was rather tricky! Finally we spray painted our stencil designs onto our 'brick wall'.

See if you can figure out some of the 'social messages' behind our designs.

Cross Country

Today was Cross Country! After a week of cold weather, this afternoon was a pleasant surprise!
Well done to ALL in Room 10 who took part today:)