Ski Day - YAY!

Ski Day dawned gray and wet! Oh no, please don't let it be cancelled! Everyone was dreading the phone call from the phone tree list. But the ski field was open and our worst fears were wiped away.
After the parent and student briefing at 7:20 am we embarked on our journey to the Rainbow Ski Field.
Once we got to the ski field we dumped our bags, listened to the instructor and then rushed out of the Day Room to get our hired gear. Level 1 and 2 had their lessons straight away while Level 3 - 5 were free to roam the ski field according to their level in groups of 2 or 3. Everyone was so hooked on skiing that hardly anyone remembered to stop for lunch. Some students were forced to leave the slopes because the teachers caught up with them and reminded them that they needed food and drink!

We think that ski day was the best day this Term. Check out our photos for some of the action.


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Learning about values

We have been checking out Voicethread as a learning tool. We are learning to share our ideas ensuring we speak clearly and expressively to make sure our listeners understand us and don't switch off.
We discussed what values are. We came up with a brief definition - values are things we think are special, things that we need for our well being and we believe they are important to us. What do you think? We would love to hear more about other people's ideas about values.

Vote on our poll - what do you think about the amount of money countries are spending to host the games? Is it money well spent or should it be spent on other things?
Listen to our Voicethread to find out about our values in regard to the Olympic games and sports and add your thoughts.

Mini Olympics

What a fantastic way to end the week. The House Leaders and Mrs Bibby-Smith spent time planning and organising a fun way to celebrate the Olympics. Check out our photos of the event.

Challenge on!

Today our timetable was rearranged so we could select two teams of 'McGivers' from our Intermediate classes. We needed 8 Year 7/8 students to represent us at the Motueka inter schools' BP Technology Challenge next week. We managed to choose four students from each class.

We were given a 2m space to work in, a bag of materials and a challenge. The challenge was to design and make a structure to guide a marble to hit a target 3m away. There were different scores for the speed, distance from the target and robustness of the structure. It was funny to see some of them fall over before they could be used.

The criteria to choose our 'McGivers' were well designed and successful structure plus ability to work cooperatively with others.

Congratulations to Laura, Adam, Kurtis and Ben E from Room 6, and Barbra, Libby, Haydn and George from Room 5, for their success in winning the McGiver challenge.