Sports, Sports, Coding and up coming trips!

 This term is super busy. Technology is still on every Wednesday and we have already been involved in five sports tournaments. The girl’s volleyball team was extraordinary, winning 3 out 4 games! The boy’s team was just as amazing, also winning 3 out of 4 games. Huge thanks to Komene for giving his time to our skills development and to Matekino for taking the players and Mr. Cook for his support.   

We have also been involved in rippa (winning every game) and touch. Davalamayne and Kuini went to a Year 9-10 badminton tournament.

Our out of class activities are not all sports based. We have participated in a digital technologies curriculum too.  The class learned to program using code blocks and text-based programming on micro:bit. We are blessed to have this free experience. It is an introduction to computer science and engineering. Ms Toi, who has been running a successful Coding Club, came along too.

Important dates:

• Rippa Thursday12th November Year 7-8 Taylah, Ocian, Mahina, Atlanta, Davalamayne, Tai, Tumu, Taylah, Neil, Hawaiki, Khody (Nathan, Hilda, Kuini are in the Year 9-10 tournament, Tuesday 10th)

• Mixed volleyball tournament (Okaihau College) 19th November Sarn Daniel Neil Davalamayne, Kuini, Atlanta

• Touch 20th A Team Hawaiki, Nathan, Neil, Tumu, Khody, Sarn, Kuini, Davalamayne, Ocian, Mahina, Ataahua, Taylah

• Teacher Only Day Tuesday  27th November

• Year 7 & 8 Survival Night-  7th - 8th December 

• Beach Day  Final week - Date 9th December 

• Kaikohe Christian School Prizegiving 11th December (our play!)

 

How are our bodies created to fight off viruses and infections?

 Last term the class learned about how the body's defense systems protect us and fight off sickness. 

The students had the task of creating a model to help explain an aspect that they were interested in.

Here are some photos and a short description of some of the models.

 Khody, Addison and Nathan created models of different viruses. A virus needs a host cell to survive and multiply. They are parasites and up to ten times smaller than bacteria cells. This is part of the reason why they are transmitted so easily and can be airborne. 

Let the Challenges Begin!

Yay for Thursdays - the day of lunchtime inter-house challenges! As we have been learning about writing newspaper reports, I thought I'd share this one that went into the school's newsletter.

This is written by Kuini and Taylah. I look forward to reading the rest of the reports. The learning focus this time around is 'variety is the spice of sentence life'.

Thanks for the free lunch, class!

Today we had our House Cross Country race. Before the race Mr Prickett made a bet that his class would have more in the top ten than our class. He bet his lunch on it. I'm glad to report, out class gave it their all. Khody finished his 2 km under ten minutes! Mahina was our top girl.

Te Reo Maori Trip 2020

Here are photos of the Year 7-10 field trip to the newly opened museum, Te Rau Aroha This trip was organised by Matua Te Rangi as he had been teaching history of the 28th Maori Battalion last term. The Price of Citizenship exhibition is a highly informative and sobering display.  Many of the children have tupuna who payed the highest price in their quest to obtain freedom and equality.

I'm back...

It's great to be back!
 Teaching in a Year 7 & 8 class is something new for me. However, I am excited about the challenge and the fact that I know most of my class already! Getting to know Khody, Chloe, Addison, Mikaere, TeAtaahua, Hawaiki and Nathan has been great. We're going to have a wonderful second half of 2020.

Technology has started. Here are a couple of photos of our first day.

Cross Country 2019 winners!

Well done to all our students who braved the cold weather and gave it their best at the Kaikohe & Districts Cross Country Competition! The race is in age and gender groups.

A special shout out to our students who placed in the top ten.

Room 5 standouts students: Maurice 11th, Elijah 10th
Room 4 standout students: Aiden 1st, Pana 3rd, Anaherea 3rd, Kayden 3rd
Room 6 standout students: Taylah 6th, Mahina 3rd, Kayden 3rd
Room 7 standout students: Ocian 3rd, Kaine 1st, Davalamayne, Marc, Aisha 4th, Sydney Jo 2nd, Amoron, Naz