He waiata! (Let's Sing!)

We enjoy singing this song in class! Use this to practise the parts you find tricky :) 

Athletics

FACING THE PACK

Hesitatingly, I trek to the line,

My feet grip in the itchy grass.

I was nervous to complete the 200 metres,

I catch a glance at my eager contestants.

I seek the finish line far away, BANG!

Just then the race had started we were off.

Sprinting,speedily,heart racing,

I scampered past the others,

I dropped down to third place with my very last lap to go.

Getting close to the finish line

I sprint my heart out hoping to get a place.

THIRD!

By Megan Lind

Rowing machine

Striding up to the rowing machine

Crouching onto it.

My hands clutch onto the rope,

Staring at the screen.

GO!

Pumping, stretching, pushing, sliding,

Hands shaking like a rattle.

Arms stretching across again,

Puffing

Sweat drips down like a drink bottle leaking down my face

Legs wobbling, mouth gasping for air.

100metre comes onto the screen

Yay!

Feeling fatigued, I stumble away back to my seat.

By Emily Tapper 

Athletics

Tentatively, I crawled out of the shadows.

Shuffled up to the line.

Then clutched my vortex.

"When you’re ready," encouraged Mrs Hollier.

Sturdily, I swung my arm back

Then all of a sudden the vortex whistled through the air

4th place…

Once again I clutched another vortex.

This time, the vortex whistled like a bullet from a gun

First place.

Proud.

The winner.

By Sarah Lock

Kai Hauora

We are going to be learning all about kai hauora (healthy eating), so what better way than to learn to grow and care for plants? We all know veges are nutritious and tasty and even better when you can say you grew them yourselves. Mini Gardens have hit K7- watch this space!

Challenge: Find out the Te Reo kupu (word) for the vege you are growing :) 

Term 4

Welcome back to Term 4! We still have loads of learning and growing to do before the end of the year!
What are you all looking forward to? What are you hoping to achieve this term?

Recorder with Mrs Gribble

We were the lucky class that learnt to play the recorder during music. We sound pretty good don't you think?!

Ag Day 2016

It was pretty cute to see you all with your animals on Ag Day. Well done to those who cared for and trained for a goat, calf or lamb! Also well done to those who successfully grew a spud!

See some of this cuteness in this video made by Grace and Sarah

Art/ Te Reo

During Te Reo we have been learning to ask and answer about mokai (pets) and kararehi (animals). 

He aha tenei kararehe?

(What animal is this?)

He _____ tenei karahehe.

(This animal is a _____.)

Interschool Cross Country

Thankfully, the rain held out for cross country this afternoon and boy were there were some awesome runners!

How many of you managed to push on to the top of that big hill without stopping?! 

Book Fair

After weeks of hard work, it was pretty exciting to see our Book Fair displays come together! Well done to those who received commended or highly commended ribbons for your effort! 

Ka pai to mahi Kahikatea! 

 Reading and peer assessing one another's work!

Book Character Day

Great effort Kahikatea! Your costumes all looked fantastical! We had Book Character day as part of our book week to not only celebrate the wonderful world of books, but  also to fundraise for our sponsor children Navin, from Cambodia and Michael and Tanzania. Who can you spot in our class picture? 

Visit from Dawn McMillan

We were lucky to have a visit from a wonderful NZ author, Dawn McMillan. She has written fun books such as Why do Dog's Sniff Bottoms? and Woolly Wally and more serious books such as Holy Socks and The Harmonica

Dawn read to us, answered our many questions and shared some extremely useful tips for writing. 

Comment below with the helpful tips you remember!

First Aid with Rachel from Red Cross

Room 7 & 8 students are officially People Savers after completing a First Aid course on Monday! We completed lots of different hands on activities to practise skills that could be useful if we were ever faced with an emergency. We learnt about DRSABC(d) and what to do with burns, breaks and poisons. What useful tips do you remember?

Rio Olympics 2016!

We are all enjoying the watching and discussing the Olympic Games at the moment! We have heard some amazing stories of incredible athletes who push their limits and in doing so, inspire us to be our very best too. This clip was produced in support of the NZ Olympics team for this years Rio Olympics. Which NZ athletes can you spot training in this clip? What values do you think they would need to display in order for them to reach this level of skill? List your thoughts in the comments below...

Emily T's Paradise

My Paradise

Seagulls chirp boisterously flying over the bay.

Kids appreciate the fun they are having leaping around on the fresh grass.

Parents unwind on the decks of the beach houses in their snug bean bags.

Beach houses watch everyone have a great time in the water and out.

The grass screams “Ouch, ouch” as people dash across it having fun.

My new made friends and I explore above our beach house in the long grass.

Fresh, green, grass

Waikauri Bay

My Paradise

By Emily T

Emma's Paradise

My Paradise 

Calves moo loudly, hiding in the corners of the shed.

Spiders jump into action, crawling into the dark.

Sunlight shines through the dirty glass window.

Tiny bits of shattered bark fly pass me as the strong wind carry them away.

Leaves scatter over the damp ground making it very slippery.

The slightest wind whispers “Come and play with me…”

A family of calves block the entrance energetically as I try and rush my way in.

Hollow fences covered with moss holding the cows in.

Every second a new calf is being born.

Water slams down to the ground making big puddles to jump into.

Lush, quiet, enjoyable.

My paradise.

By Emma .

Ranfurly Shield!

The Ranfurly Shield came to visit yesterday! Who is going to the Waikato vs King Country game this weekend?? 

Market Day!

How much fun was Market Day today?! Ka pai to mahi everybody, I was so impressed by how you worked together as a team (or as business partners!) to create a product or service to sell to people! Loads of Hinni Dollars were made and lots of treats were enjoyed!

Market Day

How much fun was Market Day today?! Ka pai to mahi everybody, I was so impressed by how you worked together as a team (or as business partners!) to create a product or service to sell to people! Loads of Hinni Dollars were made and lots of treats were enjoyed!

Pepi's Health Check

Elephant Toothpaste

Yesterday K7 became LAB 7- the scientific laboratory of Animal Dental Hygiene Scientists!  We received a and letter and package from the zoo asking for our help.... 

Some of the ingredients they included was yeast, dishing washing liquid, hydrogen peroxide and blue food colouring! Watch the video to see what we came up with...

Why did this happen?! Why did it fizz and foam?? Do you think the elephants will be happy with our recipe?

K7 Drummers

We are enjoying music with Mrs Gribble so far this term and have learnt about keeping beats and rhythms going. We have our own drum kit each week and love banging away. Has anyone made their own drum kit at home??

20 Things We Should Say More Often

The value of the week is Caring and Kid President is a wise wee thing with some simple messages about this! They really are simple, but if we all tried to say these things more often, the world would be a better place! 

What are some things you think we could say more of? 

Comment below

Elgregoe Magician

Elgregoe Show 

We had special visit from Elgregoe the Magician. He shared with us some amazing magic tricks that left us all feeling really puzzled. He made a bunny appear from a box of money, made fire turn in to bird, and we even saw the illusion of him being elevated! He also had lots of beautiful birds, a Tom the Cheeter (a puppet!) and other neat things to share with us. 

Aside from the incredible tricks he shared with us, he also had a very important message- to treat others how we want to be treated, and to show respect to others and to be a kind and tolerant friend. It was fantastic to hear these messages again, as this is the same as all things we have been talking about in class!

What was your favorite trick?

What is one of the messages that really stuck with you?

Teach someone Te Reo!

We love our mums!

My Mum

Impatiently, my wonderful mum gazed at the hot oven. She was leaping up and down. She  asked me enthusiastically “When is this banana cake going to be finished? My tummy is grumbling!” Carefully she opens the beaming hot oven. It's finally ready. I was surprised at how good of a job we had done. We sat together and enjoyed the sweet bananary banana cake, it was delicious.

By Regan‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Carefully, Mum was setting up my ag day course in the paddock for Rosie and I to practise. Mum stood in the dark green grass helping me with my friendly calf. At last we got the blue small holder on Rosey’s big cute head. I pushed but Rosie would not go. “Mum l need a little bit of help.” She looked up slowly “l guess so...” I laughed “Mum hurry up!” We got Rosie in finally. Mum got the soft brush and I carefully brushed her. Mum’s eyes glanced up to the bright blue sky. Mum clambered over the gate. Thoughtful I jumped over too. Mum was laughing so hard she fell in the long green grass. Accidently mum got up and said “I’m all good!” I was glad Mum was not hurt. I love you being with me on the farm, Mum.

By Skyla

Hinni Kid Awards!

We LOVE celebrating success in our class so I thought what better way to celebrate than to share our Hinni Kid Awards on our blog!


This weeks Hinni Kid Award recievers were...
Amelia-Rose- for being focused in class
Summer- for working hard to learn new maths strategies
Grace- for being a kind and hardworking member of our class
Skyla- for being resilient and pushing herself to complete the school triathlon

Kate- for always being a focused and hardworking learner

Tino pai tamariki!

Thank You Camp Parents!

A big huge thank you to all the parents that came on our Ohope School Camp back in early March! It wouldn't have been possible without you and we are so very grateful to have such a supportive and fun team of helpers this year.

Senior Poetry Comp

Congratulations to the people that got up and presented their poems at the Senior Poetry Competition today- there was some real tough competition and we certainly noticed your efforts in practicing and polishing your piece over the weekend. A special mention to our Room 7 class mates who got placings- Sarah was first for the Year 4's. Roy took out the Year 5 competition, but was closely followed by Jack E! 

Ka pai to mahi! 

Hinuera School Triathlon

It was fantastic to see the effort that every Hinni Kid put in to our School Triathlon on Friday! Well done everybody!

Wacky Water Day!

Splashing around on Wacky Water Day this afternoon was a lot of fun! 

What activity did you enjoy and why!?

Senior Swimming Sports

Well done to everyone for making our Senior School Swimming Sports a fantastic day. It was a successful day because everyone got involved and gave 100% in their races! The town pool is a long way but you can all be proud of your efforts. What were you most proud of? What did you find tricky? Comment below!

This is us in our school pool in between our training for the big day. 

Year 4's projects!

While the Year 5’s and 6’s were at camp the Year 4’s worked super hard on posters about native animals . We had to gather information about the animal that we chose, like information about thier predators, what it eats and also do a big description about the animal too. Also, while the Year 6’s were away the Year 4’s had a big responsibility of doing all the jobs around Hinuera School.

By Megan L

Sorry can't flip the pictures!

Ohope Camp

Our Year 5 & 6 Ohope Beach Camp was a real success again this year with loads of exciting beach, water and bush activities being a hit. We were pleased to see our Hinni Kids getting involved and giving new things a try. A big thank you to parents who volunteered their time to be with us and of course thank you to Mrs Harrison, our amazing camp cook! Don't worry Year 4's, it's your turn next year!

Kahikatea 2016

Welcome back to Kahikatea 7's blog for 2016! 

It has been great getting to know one another over the past 3 weeks.We have already been very busy and look forward to sharing our learning with you soon!