Science fair entry

Well done Garrett. Garrett worked over his school holidays to produce a science fair project-investigating the effect playing video games have on your body. Thanks for sharing your project with the class today...hopefully there will be others taking on the challenge next year!

Timbernook Adventure

What an awesome trip...It was fantastic to see students working as a team, testing their limits and just getting terrifically messy!
We managed to fit a lot into one afternoon - not only the experience itself but the learning we did about one another and ourselves.
Check out the students' individual blog posts...and my photo slide...which isn't as successful as I envisioned (used a new photo slideshow creator- click on the link to view- embedding didn't work this time!)Timbernook photo sensations!

Cycle Two Student Leaders

Congratulations to our second cycle classroom leaders! Garrett and Sophie are our class councillors while Lexi and Max are our sports captains. Tino pai rawa atu! We are looking forward to supporting our new class leaders to be the best they can be.

Healthy bodies, Strong minds-

We have been exploring the concept of Stereotypes - and how we make a judgement about people based on very little information. We looked at a range of photographs and then in groups of 3-4 wrote a profile for each one- with no information other than a photo! We had some interesting outcomes once we shared our thoughts and followed with the actual profiles of the people we were profiling. Check out individual student blog post to find out what they have discovered about human nature and themselves.
I thought this youtube clip was a thought provoking addition to our discussion.

Cross Country training is underway!

Class Novel for Term 3

This funny and poignant novel, by New Zealand author- David Hill, tells the story of Nathan and his best friend, Simon. These are two 14-year-old boys with a passion for girls, soccer, weekends, girls, computers, and girls. Although Simon is confined to a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy, his keen sense of humor and taste for excitement are more than a match for his disability. 
A really nice link to our term inquiry focus- Healthy Bodies, Strong Minds. We've made a start...the aim is to finish by the end of this term!!

Healthy bodies, Strong minds

HAUORA is a Maori belief that explains the concept of well being. We have been exploring this in class, gaining an understanding of how the four areas of Hauora work together and overlap with each other to form total well being in a person's life. The four areas are; Spiritual well being ( Taha wairua), Physical well being ( Taha Tinana), Mental and emotional well being ( Taha hinengaro ) and Social wellbeing ( Taha whanau). We have created some art work in class to illustrate our understanding of this concept....and it's looking beautiful!