Smarties Science: Earthquakes

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We are learning about, Force. A force is a push or a pull. We created different types of earthquakes in the sandpit to help learn about the different forces they create.

Rebecca and Sophie

Smarties

Room 6,4 and 1 had a Smarties Day on Wednesday the 17th of November. Our topic for Smarties was force. Force is push and pull. We did lots of activities about push and pull. We went around in groups. My favourite activity was eathquakes in the sandpit. The steps to make an eathquake were...
Make a flat surface.
Put two boards beside each other.
Then put some sand on top.
Next build a town on it.
Choose an earthquak you want to make.

There where 7 activities throughout the day. Now we know what force is and how to use it. It was really,really fun! But we were very tired after that! Is that a good thing or a bad thing parents?

Venka

Kapa Haka - Here it is!

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Sophie and Rebecca

Tennis

Today we played tennis with Vanessa. There were lots of different coloured racquets. We played Bobsled where you have take turns hitting the ball. We also played Terminator where Whaea Aroha and Vanessa got to throw balls at us.

What we have been doing

Today we have been preparing for our Remember Me Day. This is a special day to remember people you love and to celebrate them.

Marco and Georgina rang the newspapers and the radio to try and advertise this day.
We went on garageband to record an ad for the radio. (Fergus)
We decided what lights we needed and how we can get help to set it up. (Sophie)
We planned the signs for the night. (Brooke)
The music group listened to CDs to create a playlist for the night. (Sasha)
We made an invitation on Printshop to send to all the schools. (Jamie)
We asked for help by writing in the school newsletter and gathered some glass jars. (Ethan)

We feel...
awesome
fantastic
proud
famous
amazed
great
pro
magnificent
unbelievable...


We can't believe we are actually doing it by oursleves. (Hamish)

Remember Me Day

First Day of the Last Term for 2010

We had a great holiday and are ready to rip into this term. We have lots on....

Art Rotation on Mondays
Grasshopper Tennis on Wednesdays
Touch Rugby at Motueka on Tuesdays (after school)
Cricket on Saturdays
Red Square 20th October: Ukulele, Kapahaka, Choir, Band
The Minstrel performs October 21
Smarties starting Thursdays on 28 October (Can you help with this? Let us know:)
World Teachers Day 29 October
Kapahaka Fun Day November 3
Athletics at Upper Moutere Saturday 13 November
Disco 18 November
Remember Me Day 22 November (TBC)
Pet Day 24 November (The children voted and Pet Day was the winner. This will alternate with the Talent Quest) (TBC)
Parent Helpers Breakfast 25 November
Jump Rope for Heart 26 November
Aquatics Trip December 2
Last Day of Term December 14

There are also end of year assemblies to celebrate our children. Please keep an eye on the newsletter for confirmed dates.