Athletics Day

We have been doing athletics all term and have learned lots about the technique used for each event. We only have a few snaps of Hinuer School athletics day, but it was a great day and everyone gave it their best shot. Good luck to those who compete at inter-schools next week! 

Book Track Classroom

If you haven't already had a go, you have got to check out Book Track Classroom!! It is a really neat website that has a load of books that you can read. But they aren't just any type of book- these books have music and sound effects, which helps brings the story to life, kind of like a movie! 
What's even cooler is you can put in your very own writing in and add music and sound effects to make your writing come to life too!  I am so pleased to see you are all as excited about it as I am and lots of you have already published your own writing- keep it coming! 
Check the website by getting your log in details from Miss Dagg and copying this address- www.booktrackclassroom.com into a Google Chrome or Safari window! 
Can't wait to see/ hear what you come up with :) 

Excellence

The Value of the Week is Excellence...

We don't always have a blog post dedicated to the value of the week, but striving for excellence and being the best we can be is something to be encouraged and celebrated. Why would you only want to be average when you can be EXCELLENT!? Sometimes the only thing holding us back from excellence is our attitude, so make sure you have a good one! 

How do you work towards excellence every day??

Senior Science Day- Physical World

We had another successful science day in the senior school, with Mr Cordery doing elastic band energy to make catapults, Mrs Warrender doing Static Electricity with Balloons, Mrs Clements doing how things move using inclined planes, wheels and screws and in my class we used levers to make a catapult, pulleys and wheel and axle to power little milk carton boats. (Sorry the video won't load so pictures will have to do this time!)

What I loved seeing was how people were thinking outside the box (or the fish bowl!) and thinking of other ways to solve problems and make things work. Science day really was a great way to show our value of the week, creativity!

What other ways do you show creativity?? 

Check out our Cameo writing!

Whakarewarewa Marae 

Sensitive music makes a tear roll down my thoughtful face.

Steam flying into the bright blue air like smoke from a chimney.

Rotten eggs flow into my nose trying to make me spew.

Boiling rocks warm my freezing cold hands.

By Le Roy 

Whakarewarewa

Geysers attack each other fighting to get the highest, so that they can be leader, the loser laughed at.

Mud pools splurt and splat, wailing in disgust.

Sulphur stinks as we quickly but quietly slink past.

Delighted when watching the entertainment and then joining in, for the Hokey Tokey, for the fun of it.    

By Caitlyn

Listening to soulful songs gives me the goose bumps.

Water starting to warm my feet right up.

Mud pools boiling as hot as a hot jug.

Shimmering clean water showing my reflection.

By Jaskeerat  

Visit to Whakawerawera Village

What a neat day we had in Rotorua checking out Whakarewarewa Thermal Village. We managed to dodge the rain and saw and heard some really interesting things, that will spark our learning back at school. A big thank you to our parents who provided transport and made the trip possible! 

 How fast can you say that tongue twister of a name?!

Enjoying the warmth coming off the rocks

Are you not too sure about the smell of Rotorua Lilly? ;)

 The pools were steaming hot- just what we needed on a cool spring morning

 Learning about the history of the village wharenui

The village vege gardens are raised, with pipes that run underneath so the air flows through. This allows the soil to cool down, otherwise the plants don't grow properly! 

This Maori Microwave or also known as a Hangi is used all year round. It cooks enough food for 12 families! 

Boiling hot water cooks the corn for the locals and the tourist

Doing the Hokey Pokey Maori styles! 

Final photo before saying ka kite ano!

What other interesting things did you learn??

Ag Day

I just LOVE Ag Day and it was always one of my favourite days when I went to school! Seeing you all with your pets reminded me of just how much time I spent preparing my lambs for Ag Day. I know it is no different for you now, so well done to those that took the responsibility of having a pet this year! I was busy on the spuds which was lots of fun- a big thank you to those helpers that made such a big job much easier :) 

Book Fair

Term 3 was super busy and one major focus in our class was analysing a novel for our book fair project. I was impressed with how you were all motivated- you all worked hard to complete your project and thought carefully about the plot, characters, setting and themes of your novels. It is safe to say that putting the boards together and using spray paint was the fun part! Overall it was a big job, so you can all be proud of how professional your boards came together. Well done K7 kids!