CATERPILLAR RUN!

On Friday afternoon the Rimu girls faced the 'Caterpillar Run' challenge. In teams of 8(ish) they worked together to get their strip of paper from one end of the sprint lanes to the other. Each team had 4 metres of paper, a pair of scissors and a stapler - the only rules were to stay on the paper and to staple it back into 'one piece' once all team members had crossed the line. They had to use their creative, communication and collaboration skills to succeed. Ka pai kids - great effort!

KC Effective Communicators

KC Team Players

KC Thinkers

KC Self Believers

What's happening in Ngaio???

The end of last term was an awesome finish to our plays.  The children had practised very hard and we were impressed with how many children managed to remember all their lines.  The classroom was packed with Grandparents, I'm just glad there was no fire alarm.

Science held great interest for the children last term and special thanks to Liz and Natasha for making things happen while I was busy with Alim.  Thanks

What were the mixing?????

 

 

Measurement Made Fun

 

 

Towards the end of last term the Ngaio Community looked at measurement for maths.  One of the activities was to make their own set of working scales.  I think the children did an awesome job.  What do you think?

 







GRANDPARENT'S DAY

Thank You to every Nanna, Poppa, Grandma, Grandpa, Oma, Opa, Kui and Koro that came to visit from near or far for Grandparent's Day - it was an absolutely amazing turn-out and I do believe our school roll doubled for the afternoon session. Some of you came from across the road and some came from across the globe (true story - Grandparents from the UK!) to celebrate our learners!

After a picnic lunch (and coffee for the adults) LC18 welcomed their grandparent's into our Pukeko break-out space 'the Swamp' to cut, glue, saw, hammer, and nail together some exquisite bird habitats. As luck would have it, we had some talented carpentry granddads on hand to show us how it's done...

Marvelous Mathletes!

We are so proud of all the learners who are reaching 1000 points every week for Mathletics!
Our marvelous Mathletes are really demonstrating their Thinking and Self-Management skills.

Over the course of Term 3 the Rimu section of Pukeko team earned a dazzling
520 Bronze certificates, 97 Silver Certificates, and 25 Gold certificates!

Pyjama Day - the largest number of certificates awarded!

So many certificates we needed two photos!

10 Silver and Gold certificates in one week!

5 Gold Certificates awarded!

10 Golds! (Well done to Ngaio teammates!)

From the Mathletics website:

A certificate is awarded to a student once they have earned 1000 points in a single week, then a Silver Certificate once five Bronzes have been earned. Only one certificate is awarded each week. 

20 consistent weeks of work = 1 Gold Certificate!

Points are awarded across Mathletics in a number of ways…

• Live Mathletics – students earn one point per correct answer

• Live Mathletics – students earn two points per correct answers on their bonus level

• Mathletics curriculum – 10 points per correct answer within individual activities*

• Mathletics curriculum – 20 points per correct answer within a “Test”*

*Within the Mathletics curriculum a maximum of 300 points can be earned per week from a single activity (600 points for “Tests”). This is designed to encourage students to attempt a wide range of activities."