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.

Technology Challenge

We have learnt about technology this term. We have learnt technology isn't just about electrical things, it is about being creative and innovative. it is about thinking of ideas to solve problems and putting that into action.

Smarties

We are the Maths Smart group. Look at what we created with all our clever thinking skills and problem solving skills...

Parent Catch Up

Kia Ora Koutou,

Well...another busy term has almost passed. I am so impressed with the effort your children have been putting in this term. They erally are very tired and will enjoy the 2 weeks break, I'm sure.

Just a heads up...
We will NOT be going to the library next Friday, so all the Mapua Library books need to be returned before the due date, which is stamped on the back inside cover of each book.

I am out of class on Tuesday next week and Anne Askin will be in for me. She has relieved for me bfore and knows the class.

We are testing this week, so please ensure your child is at school. Thanks.

Our last Smarties day for this term is on Thursday. Another successful programme to promote the amazing talents, skills and knowledge of the Middle Syndicate. I personally have loved creating a marble run with the Logic Smarties this term.

We have the opening of the Coastal Walkway on the last day of term. You are all welcome to come.

No home learning this week.

Thanks for another wonderful term.

Aroha

Making gifts in Room 6.

In room 6 we are learning about Technology. One of the challenges was to make a gift for someone spacial to you. We did lots of planning and thinking. We also had to tell Whaea Aroha why we were giving this gift to this person.


Then we had to do a Decision Making Matrix to help us make our decision for what we are making. We started making our gifts on Wednesday the 15 of September but some people had to start on Thursday the 16 of September because they had to wait for the clay to arrive so they ended up helping other people with there gift.

Soon we get to give our gifts to our spacial person. It will be a huge surprise when we reveal our gift to our special person.

By Brooke and Venka.

Smarties

Once upon a time in a land far far away ok ok on thrsday's we have smarties. Smarties is a thing when we make stuff like a box. There are 8 groups; Word Smart, Music Smart, Picture Smart, Body Smart, Self Smart, People Smart, Nature Smart and Maths Smart. I am in Self Smart and I am making a special box finished no that's not how you end it!!! ok okthe end.

Izaak

"Once upon a time in a land far far away... Ok! Ok! On Thursdays we have Smarties. There are 8 groups; Word Smart, Music Smart, Picture Smart, Body Smart, Self Smart, People Smart, Nature Smart and Maths Smart. I am in Self Smart and I am making a special box. Finished! No that's not how you end it! Ok, Ok.. The end."

Izaak

Technology Challenge: Design and Make a Gift.

This term fantastic Room 6 have a topic about giving gifts.
First we needed to make a list or a bubble map about who we can give gifts to.
Then we choose who to make it for why and what type of gift it is. For example, a thank you gift.
Later we had to write eight things they would like and choose the best four and write them down on a Decision Making Matrix.
The DMM had criteria for each gift and we had to rate (marking) from 1 to 3.
The one with the highest mark is the one we got to make for our special person.
Then we needed to make a design of what we were making.
Soon we get to make our gift. yyiippiiee!!!

Sasha

Changing the World

We are doing a change the world progect we are doing cool cristsmas tree deckeirashins to make the world be more happy and to celebrait more
about cristmas we thiger that the world needs more peace and happynes

George

We are trying to change the world in a good way. We are doing cool Christmas tree decorations to make the world more happy and to celebrate more about Christmas. We figure that the world needs to celebrate more about the the people we love.

Happy Father's Day

Basic facts test

Every Monday we do a Basic facts test. If you get 6 hundreds in a row, you get a treat. We are all hoping to improve on our last test. Well done Sasha for getting 100 out of 100, 12 times in a row.

KAPAHAKA

Every week we are doing Kapahaka. We are the only little kids in the Kapahaka group and it's really fun.

Marco and James

P.J Day

On Friday the 10th of September, the school is having a pajama day. We come to school in our p.jays and bring a donation for the Salvation Army. All the money raised will be given to the Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army started in New Zealand in 1883. They help homeless people find a safe place to live, they can help in emergencies like earthquakes, they help people who are poor, they help with missing people, they provide food parcels for people who need it, they help you find hope...


Here is their web page if you want to find out more.

http://www.salvationarmy.org.nz/

Library Visit

Today we went to the Mapua Library for our first class visit this term. We will be going every alternate Friday, starting today, from 10.30am-11.30am.


Friday September 10th
Friday September 24th

Your child has been issued 2 books and needs to bring these back to school on Friday September 10th, when we will be revisiting the library. The date on the books allows 3 weeks, however we will be visiting fortnightly, so try to have them read in that time.

The school has paid for individual cards, so the books are under your child's name if you want to return them earlier.

If you have lost a book or accidentally damaged one, please let the librarians know, so they can work through that with you.


The Mapua Library is a great resource and we really enjoyed our time there. If you want to join us, you are more than welcome.

Thanks.

Sports

This term we are doing winter sport. We are doing basketball, netball and rippa rugby.
In rugby we are lerning to pass and to hold the ball properly. In basketball we are
learning to bounce pass, chest pass and to bounce the ball under your waist.
In netball we lernt to pass and catch.