Swimming in our warm solar heated pool

Swimming at 9am has never been so warm - thanks to our solar heated pool!

Social Dancing - Graduation this Tuesday

Our Year 7 and 8's enjoying their last few lessons of Social Dancing before our graduation next Tuesday.

WAIHI beach day

A great day was had today at Waihi beach.  Big thank you to the Surf Lifesaving team at Waihi Beach.

Graduation 2015

It is that time of the year again - our graduation for Year 7 and 8's!  This year we are having it slightly early on the 8th December.  It is a evening where you and your parents come along to have a dance or few!
This year the girls need to bring a plate that is savoury - sausage rolls, sandwiches, cheese and crackers etc   and boys need to bring a sweet plate - cakes, slices, chocolate treats etc.
Any questions around the night please come and see Miss Wilson, Mr Spicer, Mrs Horan or Mrs Corrigan.

Friday - Make A Wish day

Well done Room 1 - for your imaginations in Make A Wish day.

MAKE A WISH DAY 23RD OCT

This Friday we are participating in Make A Wish day.  We get to dress up in anything we want to be..maybe a fairy, an astronaut, a nurse  or a superhero.  Your gold coin donation will go toward the MAKE-A-WISH foundation that grant wishes for Kiwi kids who are living with life threatening medical conditions.
I look forward to seeing what we are dressed like

SHAKE OUT TOMORROW

Odd Shoe Day

Last Friday it was Odd Shoe Day at Stanley Ave.  We were raising money for Camp Quality and the school raised a total of $350.  We had some great looking odd shoes as well as ODD clothing - onesies were a popular item of clothing.

The New Playground - our first experience

On Friday, the orange tape came down and we were allowed to have our first experience on the brand new playground.  We all had a go, even the teachers!

The Room1 Simpsons

Below is Room 1 as Simpsons characters, thanks to Mr Hale for taking this lesson :) 

Our parachute challenge!!

Room one have been working hard over the past week creating parachutes which reduce the effects of gravity. The challenge was to design and create a parachute that would bring their lego man slowly to the ground. 

Today each group tested their finished parachutes and we timed their fall to see which group created the most efficient parachute!

Here is our winning group! Hayley, Freya and Kaitlyn's parachute fell to the ground in 2.64 seconds!

Reducing Gravity

This term we are learning about what makes thing move, we have started looking at Newton's Laws of Motion and gravity.

Our rich task over the last few Inquiry sessions has been making parachutes to reduce gravity.  We were allowed to use plastic bags and string.  We are all using lego men so our 'people' are the same.  On Wednesday we will have a class challenge to see which group's parachute work the best.

BandSlam 2015

Congratulations to our school band who performed last night to a huge  crowd in Hamilton.
Awesome work Freya, Brodie, Regan, Kurtis, Roxanne, Ollie and Kyle.
Thanks to Mr Spicer for his expertise!

Milk bottle Tops

The Senior syndicate are in need of MILK BOTTLE tops.
Can families please save them, wash them and bring them in to Room 1.
Thanks heaps

Another famous Room 1 member

From Piako Post.

Check out Ashleigh in a recent article in the Piako Post.  

Our famous student!

Assembly Item Week 9

Perspective Art

This term for ART we have been learning about perspective photography.  How to create optical illusions in photos.
WE are presenting some of them at assembly on Friday and will print out our best ones before the end of the term.
Here are some examples:

ANZAC biscuits

Last week Room 1 made ANZAC biscuits with Mrs Paterson.  Check out the link to Iona's blog to watch an awesome video from their groups biscuit making.
http://sas-ionam.blogspot.co.nz/

MYtime

In Room 1 every Wednesday we have MYtime - this is a time where Room 1 students get to learn what they want to learn about.  They plan out how to spend their time, there is a outcome at the end and they monitor how they are going against the outcome.
This term we have outcomes like: learning to code, sewing a dress from scratch, baking, building a model car from recycled materials, becoming better soccer players, improved basketball skills and photography to name a few.
We will share our outcomes in our blogs later on this term.

TO MINE OR NOT TO MINE? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

Last Friday the Senior Syndicate spend the day in Waihi exploring into mining.  We spend time at the Newmont Education centre with Phillip panning for gold, making slide shows, finding facts and learning about underground mining.
We also went on a bus tour with Murray learning about tailing, the future of the mine and looking down at the open pit mine.
Our third activity was at the new Gold Discovery Centre where some students experienced drilling, entered the ghost theatre and spent time at the different displays around the centre.

CHOCOLATE TIME AGAIN!

Winter Olympics fundraising time has rolled around again!  All Winter Olympic students have two boxes to sell in the next month.  Look out for them around the community chocolate lovers!

Class Photo Term 2

This term for Art - we are learning about forced perspective. We will be taking photos based around a theme of our choice. This class photo is our first attempt.

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done to the School Leaders of 2015, from Room 1: Freya, Kaitlyn, Ra, Regan and Katelyn Also well done to the House Captains from Room 1: Manaaki - Kaimai, Thomas - Tuhi and Katelyn - Waiorongamai

Regan WW1

This term for Inquiry we have been focusing on " What does Anzac day have to do with me." Today Regan brought in medals, and an actual hat. Tomorrow Regan will share this with the class and we will update what he has talked about. Thanks Regan and family

Singing Assembly

Last Friday we had our first performance assembly for the year. It gives our students a chance to perform and become better performers! Well done to the Senior syndicate for their performance singing Demons by Imagine Dragons and well done to Senior students in our Kapahaka and Choir groups.

Foyer Display

When you come into the school foyer you will see Room 1's Art work on display. It is only a selection of our Art work - we can't fit everybody's in the space. We took two photos of the same pose and put them together. Around the outside of our photos are things that we like!