Stepping up with Leadership

Friday Winter Sports at Hornby High School

One of our new Whakarua class members is playing hockey for the very first time. Erika, from Punui-o-toka, took the time to show Joanne how to hold her stick and hit the ball. It was fantastic to see her taking the initiative to be there for a new South Hornby Hero!

My Audience

Being Cybersmart is COOL!

We often share personal information when we are online. The people we share with could be our friends and family or people we don't know. We need to make smart decisions about what personal information we share online.

S.T.E.M. Bridges

For the last 2 weeks our task was to design a bridge that would hold 340g of weight for 20 seconds. The materials allowed were - 30 straws per group and a teacher’s (Mrs Jack’s) handful of playdough. Scissors, a metre of string, 4 paper clips and masking tape.

We had to remember what a bridge was and work together collaboratively to complete the task. First we designed 3 different types of bridges. We picked one to create and test.

We were very successful. Nearly all of the designs worked and held the weight for the amount of time.

Working With Mr Maddren

Working With Mr Maddren

We are learning to create a positive digital footprint.
We often share personal information when we are on line. The people we share with could be our friends, our family or people we don't know. We need to make smart decisions about what personal information about what we share on line.

We are also learning to identify our audience when we are creating blog posts.

STEM - Toothpick Tower

For STEM we learnt about what a tower is. We found out that a tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide and it is a self-supporting structure. 

This weeks challenge was to design a free standing tower with the greatest height using only play dough and toothpicks. They were only allowed to use 100 toothpicks per group and a teacher’s (Mrs Jack’s) handful of play dough. The Success Criteria was - your tower must be able to stand up off the ground by itself only using the supplies you were given.

STEM - Newspaper Tower

During our STEM programme our Learners who are a mix of Year 4/ 5 / 6 children are working on communication and collaboration skills. The task was to  design a tower that can support a basketball. Materials they were allowed to use was newspaper and masking tape. The Success Criteria was- your tower must support a basketball for at least 20 seconds. Bonus Points were awarded if they constructed the tallest tower possible.

Spencer Park

This is my Spencer Park writing. We learned how to write a recount and to put our ideas into paragraphs  - Lily

Spencer Park

On the 10th of March 2017 the year 4,5 and 6  Learning Community went to the amazing Spencer Park with some parents.  We went there to bond and get to know each other better.

When we got there we had morning tea under the big tree . Mrs Dinnington put out the blue tarp because the grass was wet. After we ate we had a wee play on the playground.  It had three flying foxes you sit on. Layla and I found a secret meeting spot at  the bridge that we had found.

After that we went to the amazing beach that had nice blue water. We were not allowed to swim because is was not safe. What a bummer! We made some towers  and unfortunately my team did not win but congratulations for the team that won. Then it was beach races.

Soon it was time to have lunch.  We put out the blue tarp again and ate till the teachers told us it was time to play. We were allowed to play sports or play on the playground First I played a small passing game with Layla then we went off and played. I went on the longest and biggest flying fox there. Then after I finished I went and played volleyball with Mrs McGuinniety and Logan.

Soon it  was time to go back to school and then home. I wish I could go back there again with my family and friends because it was a spectacular day there at Spencer Park. - By Lily