Sunday 10 September 2017

Timbernook

Our trip to Timbernook was enjoyed by all with lots of mud to go around for everyone!





















Thursday 24 August 2017

Cross Country

Welldone to everyone who participated in the 2017 Cross country event.  Room 13 had the overall year 7 boys winner: Joel Russell and the overall girls winner:Zoe Elliott.




Monday 29 May 2017


Our trip to Furnware

What a great time we had at Furnware.  It was interesting to see the long history it has had in the Hawkes Bay and where the furniture is exported to.  We had a great tour of the factory and learnt how the furniture was made.  We then designed our own table in groups and we are now holding thumbs that one of Room 13's designs has won the table to made for our room.  Overall we all had a great time.












Monday 8 May 2017

This term we are looking at Invention and Innovation

Some of the questions we will be asking are :
What is creativity?
What is innovation?
What does creativity look like?
what does innovation look like?
How important are they?
How does society value creativity and innovation?
What needs to be in place for people to be creative?
What is the difference between an inventor and an innovator?  
Why is it important to develop creative and innovator skills at school?
What behaviours and skills are required to be a successful innovator?
How can we develop processes to use to develop our ideas?


Wednesday 8 March 2017

on piZap.com
Kiwi DIY it's in our DNA
The task was to create a balloon car using recycled materials.  We first drew our designs, then put them all together.  We ran several tests on them and then changed parts of our car in order to build a car that went the furthest and fastest.  We raced them and then evaluated our design.  We also looked briefly at the science behind our cars - Newton's 3rd law of motion, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Monday 27 February 2017

The Swimming Sports Swimming Sports 2017 on PhotoPeach

A great win from Room 13 in Lunchtime sport - The game: Non stop cricket.  Welldone!

Friday 17 February 2017

Clink on the link to see our Visual Whakapapa - where we come from, where our parents are from and where our grandparents are from.  We have also shared significant places in our lives.

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Thursday 16 February 2017

Welcome Room 13

Welcome to 2017 in Room 13
I am looking forward to this year with all of you and the exciting learning that we can make happen together!!




Thursday 20 October 2016


Math Challenge on Wednesday with Miss Deacon - Create a cube(using a net) with the biggest volume using an A4 sheet of paper.  Some interesting outcomes and thinking - great discussions going on.