Taekwondo

 Kia Ora and welcome to our first blog post of 2021!

This week Miller Class had our first Taekwondo lesson with Miss Crossley. We played some warm up games that really tested our resilience and listening skills.

We can't wait to learn more skills next week!

And the winner's are......

Kia Ora Whanau.

This term we have been fully immersed in film making. We all worked in groups to plan,  create storyboards and scripts, and film our very own short films.

It was a great experience full of challenges and triumphs. We needed to collaborate effectively, be critical of our work and make changes to improve our submissions.

All of our films are worthy of being screened but we had to narrow it down to two amazing groups.

Here are the films that will be screened at the 2019 Ako Hiko Film Festival.

Enjoy.

Helping the Homeless

Kali, Brooklyn, Madiha, Gabby, Yazmine and Lita

and

The Fishy Outcome

Miraj, Mohit, Raden, Tevini, Zion and Vitaraag

A question to get you thinking!

Kia Ora everyone!

Have a think about the following question and post your thoughts below!

What is the difference between adults and children?

We are wondering....

Wonder of the Day

   Today Bixley Class are making predictions about our wonder of the day.

Why are there seven days in a week?

                                   Leave a comment with your prediction but don't Google it!!!

Netball Sessions

Namaste whanau!

For PE this term, we are lucky enough to have weekly netball sessions. We have had an absolute blast with our coaches Georgia and Antonia. they have taught us different types of passes such as chest, overhead and shoulder passes.

We have also learnt that in netball, you cannot move with the ball so it's really important to pivot your feet so you can turn and find someone to pass  the ball to.

Watch out for some of us in the Silver Ferns one day - we are pretty good now!

Lest we forget

Kia ora!

To commemorate ANZAC day on 25th April, we baked some ANZAC cookies with Novak Class. Did you know that women baked biscuits out of oats, butter, flour and sugar and sent them al the way across the world to the soldier who were fighting in the war? Back then it would have taken months for the biscuits to arrive and they were still edible!

When our ANZAC biscuits were ready to eat, we made some trenches out of our desks. We sat in really tight, cramped conditions and ate our cookies while we listened to sounds that you might hear if you were sitting in the trenches. It was a great to experience wha it might have been like to be at war. It really helped us understand how much our soldiers sacrificed for us.

Our Trip to New World

Aloha whanau!

Today we took a bus to New World where we met Adele. She challenged us to find a wide range of food items in the supermarket and read the nutritional information label on the back of the packet. We recorded the amount of sugar, sodium, fat and energy that each product had. 

When we got back to school, we talked about the different ways that companies advertise their products. We found it really interesting that sometimes a product looks healthy or has a reduced fat sticker on it but this doesn't necessarily mean it is a good choice for our bodies.

Food For Thought

Hi everyone.

Today we had a very special visit from Adele. She came to talk to us about healthy eating how important it is to make good decisions about what we choose to eat and drink. Adele taught us how to read food labels so that we can get more information about whats in the food. we we surprised at how much sugar and fat some breakfast cereals have!

We then looked at drinks and had to line them up according to the amount of sugar we thought they might have per 100g.

We can't wait to put this into practice when we visit Adele at the supermarket next week!

Kia Ora bloggers!

On Saturday, Hay Park School will be selling lots of baked goodies at the Molley Green Festival. Today we made a healthy version of honey crackle. We worked in groups to read and follow the instructions. When we had measured all of the ingredients into a pot, we had to melt the butter and honey together. And... of course we had to taste the final product!

Hauora.

Bula Whanau!

We have been busy beavers in Bixley Class! This week we have been learning about how important our well-being or hauora is. We have been looking at our physical, mental and emotional, spiritual and social hauora. It is really important that we take care of all of these dimensions because if one is not working to well, it effects our whole body.

Today Miss Huys gave us a pack of examples of things we do everyday. We working in groups to try and decide which dimension they should be placed under. It was actually really challenging because the more we discussed each example as a group, the more we realised that some could actually fit in all four dimensions!

This was really interesting because it helped us to discover how much the four dimensions of hauora are connected. 

Unboxing day!

Hi everyone. 

This week our Year 4's had a very special delivery! We had so much fun seeing them open their brand new Chrome books.

Our Year 5 and 6 learners were great at helping our Year 4's log in and learn to drive their new devices. They were very patient, encouraging and gave fabulous instructions!

Watch this space to see what amazing things we learn to do in Bixley Class this year!

Ka Kite!

Leading the way with orienteering!

Namaste everyone!

Every Thursday at Hay Park School this term we have been learning about orienteering with Leon. Last week we learn about all of the symbols that can be found on a map and what these mean. This was really tricky because while the symbol may be the same, the colour may be different. For example, a blue 'X' represents a water fountain or feature but a black 'X' represents a man made object such as a seat or rubbish bin.

This week Leon gave us each a map of our school and he challenged us to locate things. It is really important when you are using an orienteering map that it is always positioned so that the arrows point north.

We are really excited to use our maps next week to locate all of the controls! Watch this space to see how we did.

Swimming at Cameron Pools

Kia Ora Bloggers,

This term we have swimming lessons every Tuesday and Thursday. During the first lesson, we got split into our groups. Our instructors are Yash, Conor, Courtney and sometimes Rachell.

Our first lesson was all about water safety and how to be safe in water. On Thursday, our second lesson, we learned how to float on our backs and glide without kicking. We also learned to swim on our backs and kick during gliding. After that we had to glide through a hula hoop and try to find some rubber rings. We had lots of fun and we can't wait until our next lesson!

Blog you later!

Hansen Class

The Human Chain!

Kia Ora Everyone!

This week in Hansen class we moved the stuff from our old resource room to our new resource room. The clever teachers came up with an idea to put all the books and things to our new resource room. The brilliant idea they came up with was a…. Human chain! First the senior classes met up in the hall. Mrs Archer explained what we were going to do. Then we walked down class by class forming a line from the old resource room to the new one. After that we passed all of the boxes of books down the line until it came to the new resource room. Some of the children were tired but we were still eager to put all the stuff into the resource room. The only hard thing was the stuff came so fast that some people dropped it! Overall I think the idea of a human chain was great and I think the most efficient way.

Thank you for reading this. Feel free to comment.

Blog you later,

Joseph  

Bacteria Investigation!

Hi Everyone!

This term we have been learning about oral hygiene and how important it is to brush our teeth! Many people think that brushing your teeth twice a day is enough to combat bacteria so we decided to put this theory to the test!

We worked in teams to take a swab of someones mouth, and added the swab to a petrie dish. The same person then brushed their teeth and took another sample to add to the dish.

When this was done, we talked about other places around the school and collected some more samples - some people even swabbed the toilet seat!
Our samples are tucked away in a warm spot so that the bacteria can grow - stay tuned to see the results....

MERC Camp - 2017

Kia ora!
Last week our year 5 and 6 students travelled to the Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre (MERC) in Long Bay for three days.

While at camp we were lucky enough to participate in activities such as a rocky shore exploration, dune planting, sailing, raft building, archery, the giant's ladder and stack'em. 

We all had an amazing time and have developed lots of new leadership, communication and cooperation skills. Some of us faced challenges when participating in the activities but with lots of perseverance and resilience, we achieved some pretty amazing things!

This trip wouldn't have been possible without the help of our parents and whanau - Thank you all for your support.

Permablitz

Some of the children in Hansen Class are part of the Permablitz gardening team. This week, The team bent to Wesley Primary with Miss Wilson and Mrs Archer to help plant some vegetables.

   

  

 

Today, Constable Rob came to talk to us about the hazards we might find on our way to school. We went for a walk around the block and worked in groups to identify hazards and mark these on a map. We were really surprised to find so many things that could hurt us or other people walking down the street. 

One of the biggest hazards we found were sneaky driveways. It is really important that we stop and check before walking past these driveways because if a car is reversing too fast, the driver may not have time to stop.

We also talked about how we can be really responsible citizens by either removing or reporting any hazards we see.

Hansen Class checking a sneaky driveway for cars.

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Our inquiry topic this term is identity. We have been learning lots about ourselves and we have learnt that even though we are all different and unique, we make a pretty great team.

Yesterday, we played a game called headbands and worked in teams to try and help each other guess them name of the famous person that was stuck to our heads.

It was really challenging because we were only aloud to answer questions that require a 'yes' or 'no' answer.

   

                                  (JD - AKA Steven Adams)             (Prisha - AKA Richie McCaw)

   

                              (Laycen - AKA Ariana Grande)               (Fatima - AKA Batman)