Well done to Zackery from Room 13 who made this awesome animation. Room 16 and 13 are going to be learning more about animations over the next few weeks.
Thursday 22 May 2014
Pioneer Village
Pioneer Village
Our junior school visited Pioneer Village to learn more about our past. Students had a great day learning about the past through many hands on experiences. Some of the things that they learnt about will be shared at our next "Open Days" on the 2nd to the 5th July
Puke Ariki Museum
Puke Ariki Museum
Senior classes visited Puke Ariki Museum to learn more about our past. Students were fortunate enough to look through the exhibits in the museum Education Centre as well as working with the museum teachers, to find out more about New Zealand history. Students also tried their hand at some novel pieces of abstract art after visiting the Art gallery and having an art lesson. They also visited Richmond Cottage
Friday 9 May 2014
Mad Scientists!!!
Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment
Monday 5 May 2014
We enjoyed our Traditional Games Day. All the teachers organised an activity that children have played in the school yards since the olden days. The games included four square, roll the hoop, egg and spoon races, knuckle bones, marbles and tiddlywinks. The time went by quickly and everyone was involved in the games, we had a great time. Check out our photos below.
Four Square
Hoop Rolling
Hoop rolling, also called hoop trundling, is both a sport and a child's game in which a large hoop is rolled along the ground, generally by means of an implement wielded by the player. The aim of the game is to keep the hoop upright for long periods of time or to do various tricks.
Egg and Spoon Race
An egg-and-spoon race is a sporting event in which participants must balance an egg or similarly shaped item upon a spoon and race with it to the finishing line. At many primary schools an egg-and-spoon race is staged as part of the annual sports day, alongside other events such as the sack races and the three legged races.
Knuckle Bones
Knucklebones, or Jacks, is a game of very ancient origin, played with usually five small objects, originally the "knucklebones" (actually the astragalus: a bone in the ankle, or hock) of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways. The simplest consists in tossing up one stone, the jack, and picking up one or more from the table while it is in the air; and so on until all five stones have been picked up.
Tiddlywinks
Tiddlywinks is an indoor game played on a flat felt mat with sets of small discs called "winks", and a pot, which is the target. Players use a "squidger": a disk (nowadays made of plastic) used to propel a wink into flight by pressing down on the edge of a wink, thereby flicking it into the air. The objective of the game is to score points by sending your own winks into the pot.
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