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."

WHANAU REWARDS AFTERNOON

On the last Friday of term the senior students organised heaps of activities as a reward for all the hard work the children had done over the term.
One of the activities was chalk drawing on the back court.

Here are a couple of Pukeko team creations with their fabulous artists.

Lulu and Alice with their colourful rainbow

Charlotte, Hannah and Maisy lying between their life-sized self portraits

Three self portraits form another angle

200 NIGHTS OF READING!

William has managed to get to 200 nights or reading this year recorded in his reading log!
Wow, what a reading star you are, William!

William holding up his reading log with the 200 nights of reading certificate.

MORE PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVING - THE BLINDFOLD SCULPTOR

On Fridays some of us are soling physical problems or doing creative things with our bodies. One of the activities we had to do was creative, fun and tricky!

We were in teams of three. One of us, the sculptor, had to wear a blindfold.  One of us was the artist and one of us was the model.
First, the artist had to place him or herself in a pose of their own  choice. It had to be ab;e to be held still for a whole.
Then the blindfold sculptor had to feel the pose that the artist was holding and move the model's body into the right positions to have an identical pose.

It was very tricky, as the sculptor has to 'see' with their hands to work out what the artist's pose was and where they should move what on the model's body.
Some artists chose quite tricky poses for the blind sculptor to have to follow.

The three people in the group each had a go at doing each role.

Here are some photos from the fun afternoon: