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!

Matariki make-it Mondays

We're having fun in 'Make it' sessions on Monday afternoons. We are following a Matariki theme, creating using; hammers, tin cans, soap, harakeke, ice block sticks, balloons, the list goes on!

Sausage Sizzle and Mufti Day

On Thursday 1 June room 12 held a Mufti Day and sausage sizzle raising money for Kaleb and his family who is currently in starship hospital. Village Butcher donated the sausages and we sold all 250 sausages. Initial estimates we have made over 1600 dollars!!!!