Live Debates!

Over the last two days we have had our live debates.  Students had prepared extremely well and it was just awesome to see everyone involved and getting out of their comfort zone by working with students they don't normally work with and speaking in front of the pod.  Amazing effort team.  Mr Walker and Miss Heaps are very proud of all of you!

Goodbuy Phuc

Phuc and his family have decided to return to Vietnam
We are sorry to see you go Phuc. Keep in touch.

Debating in action!

This weeks 'moots' for debating:

1. Robots are good for humans
2. Technology is more important than trees
3. School should be optional
4. The world needs to slow down and smell the flowers

Students have been assigned to teams and given either affirmative or negative.  We also have students in the chairperson role.  We are looking forward to hearing some live debates over the next few days!

Debating

Today we had our first debate in class.  The moot was 'School holidays should be longer'.  Gabe, Jack and Luke were speaking for the negative and Phuc, Jordan and Xavier were speaking for the affirmative.  Mr Walker was the chairperson.   Well done boys.  An awesome first attempt!!

Poetry Finalists

Congratulations to Luke, Gabe and Marcus for reading their amazing poems at the National Aquarium last night.  We are very proud of you!

Students Collaborating and helping others

Our POD uses Google Classroom to help the collaborative process. Here Suzie has found a great Powhiri website that explains the steps of a Powhiri. She has shared it with the classroom.

Debating

In our pod we are currently looking at debating.  Xavier, Phuc and Jordan are working on the moot 'School holidays should be longer'.  They are preparing their arguments for the affirmative side.

Maths Buddy, an online tutor at home!

Students can really accelerate their learning with Maths Buddy

Students and Teachers can match their progress to the tasks set by their teachers and revision work each week. At a quick glance, gaps can be seen. Students can get multiple attempts to understand and complete work, which is a great way of learning.

Maths Buddy is a students right hand tool for home learning. Anytime, anyplace. Just login and learn!

CURIOSITY HOUR in Rooms 1 and 2

Students are inquiring into strange and curious subject matter in our "CURIOSTY HOUR" 
Some interesting 'hooks' are being used to get students thinking for their presentations.

Topics such as:

1. How has technology changed our classrooms forever? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dZsa1G5o-s

2. Humans are doing as much as they can to reduce pollution in the world. Or are they? Check out these images and videos and make your own mind up!! http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/24/10-powerful-images-that-show-the-effects-of-pollution-around-the-world.html?slide=8

3. The future is an amazing thing, it's happening right in front of our eyes. We could fear it or embrace it. 
This is what we think... https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_424843&feature=iv&src_vid=6Cf7IL_eZ38&v=jZkHpNnXLB0

4. "How are schools around the world dealing with their rubbish and waste? What could Heretaunga Intermediate be doing to reduce our waste to landfill?"

5. Which invention has had the most impact on the way we live???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqfEJbpDDSY

And we are still going!

Mathletics

Room 1 and 2 have recently been working on their Scale Drawings and their Statistical Investigates for Mathletics where only a few of us went through to the actual Mathletics competition. Congratulations to those went through for Scale Drawing as well as Jack, Shona, Sascha and Ruby whose Statistical  Investigations went through.

An update on our Poutama

Well done to all of you who have recently been moved up the Room 1 and 2 Poutama. Keep up the great work!!!

Aquarium poem competition.

Well done to Luke Stewart and Gabriel Barlow for getting a place in the finals of the aquarium poetry competition. They will be reading their poems at the Aquarium they which will be happening at 6.30 on Thursday 8th of June. Great job!

Aquarium poem competition!

Well done to Luke Stewart and Gabriel Barlow for getting a place in the finals of the aquarium poetry competition. They will be reading there poems at the aquarium they will be reading there at 6.30 on Thursday 8th of June. Great job!

Some Maths Starter Questions we work on in class. Do you know the answers?

Students start the Debating unit.

Its all about the words we use and the evidence we provide to back those words up!

Banqer: A great financial tool in Room 1 and 2 to learn about MONEY!

Students are learning all about Finances. Saving money, doing a job, getting paid and making payments for expenses incurred. Even buying property and renting it out.

But wait, one student has also won an art challenge to help Banqer with their Facebook banner.

Well done Joaquin!!

Healthy Sea, Healthy people

I bob up and down in the sea

Waves come crashing over me

I can be on the floor in the depths of the ocean

I can be on the the surface causing a commotion

Thrown carelessly by the men on a boat

The sea is not where I should float

Where should I be?

Not in the sea

In the trash is where I should be!

By Mollie

In room two we have been writing poems for the the national aquarium sea week. The poems that we have been writing have to be along the theme of 'Healthy sea Healthy people'. The class is eagerly awaiting the winners of the challenge which will be announced on the second of June. This poem is what I have submitted into the challenge. It is about the rubbish and pollution in the ocean. It has a nice little message on where we should be putting our rubbish. I have posted my poem to show you what kind of awesome activities we have been doing in our classroom.

Room 1 and 2 aquarium poems!

 

Well done to the following students for fabulous Healthy Seas,Healthy People poems, Luke, Ruby, Mollie, Gabriel, Krystal, Shona!

My aquarium poem!

Healthy seas healthy people

Rubbish rubbish in the sea
Crappy for fish and crappy for me
Poopy water poopy sand
Fish get dried up on the land

Salt and vinegar on my chips
Leave the fish it will make you sick
Water water going brown
Fish get sick and then they drown

So keep the water blue blue blue
Please don’t flush rubbish in the loo
Happy fish healthy seas
Fish and chips? Oh yes please

By Luke

Students are working on a project called "Adopt a Country" where they investigate and research a country that appeals to them and see if it is a better place to live than New Zealand.

A hard task to achieve we all agree, but worthwhile to show how wonderful our country is too!

Aquarium Poetry Compition

Healthy Sea, Healthy people

Intermediate category

Wave-Thrashing

Fish-Bearing

Tsunami-Warnings

That is the rule of the sea

Litter-Within

Polluted-I am

Oil leaked-throughout

This is not what I choose, why does it have to be

Pulled-by rips

Sharks-I hold

People-fear

That is I who causes that, can’t I help, that’s just myself

You who ruins will be without a doubt the one causes the world to pay,

I will not mend myself so help me out,

Take good care of me,

You who are wise shall see,

For that is the rule of the sea.

By Ruby

In Room 1 and 2 we entered a writing competition for the National Aquarium of New Zealand. The theme was Healthy sea, Healthy people. My poem was partly a Kennings poem from the perspective of the sea. The criteria of the poems were that you had to have 400 hundred words or less and you had to reflect the the theme of the competition. The winners will be announced on Friday 2nd June and will read their poem at the reading evening on Thursday 8th June at 7 pm.

National Aquarium of New Zealand, Napier (Sea Week Poetry Competition)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   My name is Shona Jenkinson and this is my poem entry for the Sea Week Poetry Competition being held by The National Aquarium of New Zealand. It's about the impact humans are having on the world, global warming, and pollution. I hope you enjoy it, and thank you for reading. 

Our Poutama

These are room 1 and 2's learning steps. We call it Te Ara Poutama O Tukituki. Everyone strives to move up the steps and are reflecting on what skills they need to improve.

Our learning steps are:
Akonga - Tikanga: (Black) Acknowledgement of Self
Tauira - Tikanga: (Brown) Managment of Self
Kaiako - Tikanga: (Green) Knowledge of Self
Pouako - Tikanga: (Blue)Teacher of Self

Our Identity Crests

Room 1 and 2 Pod learnt about family crests and created one of their own personal crests based around things important to them. Here is a small selection.

Students personalised number plates!!

In Term 1, Room 1 and 2 Pod have spent time thinking about what their personalised number plate would be, if they had a car! Here are some examples.