Passion Projects Started

The students are started to teach other students something that they feel passionate about. Here are some photos from yesterday...

Maia and Paris teaching some dribbling skills

Liam teaching some squash skills

Jesse giving directions to make an origami crane

Seth helping his students to make a paper creation

Summer teaching her students how to pronounce their own mihi

Charlie showing his students the cords for a Green Day song

Max and Sam leading their teams in a game of football

Emily, Brooke and Olivia showing the girls some netball skills

Lit Quiz Winners

On Thursday, Olivia, Annameika, Lilly and Charlotte participated in the class Literature Quiz. They had to answer questions about lots of different books. Congratulations to the girls as they won!!
Annameika and Olivia had fantastic scores and will now represent the school in the interschool Lit Quiz next term. Well done girls.

Passion Projects

Finally next week you will be teaching your passion to a small group of students, so be prepared!!
You may select the from the choices of the passion projects, and I will try and give you at least 1-2 of your choices.
Complete the survey below and don't forget to write your name correctly in the first question

Stimela ‘The Gumboot’ Musical

Today we were lucky enough to watch a performance from Stimela.

"Gumboot dancing was born out of the oppressive gold mines of South Africa. Forbidden to speak and in almost complete darkness, the slave laborers developed their own language by slapping their gumboots and rattling their ankle chains. In time it has developed into a truly unique dance form …"
Theatre Royal Nelson






Here is what our students had to say about the show...

Week 10 Reading Choice

Complete the reading form to choose a reading for next week.

Volcanic eruptions

Find out more information about Volcanoes in the following video

Swimming Sports

Yesterday Room 10 took part in the annual school swimming sports. Dressing up in GREEN Nikau colours was definitely a highlight for many.

Here are some comments about what the students thought was positive about the day...
"Getting first in my freestyle heat" Paris
"Coming 3rd in freestyle" Clay
"Coming 1st in my backstroke heat" Seth
"Seeing everyone dress up" Sky
"Swimming with friends" Josh
"Going for my first swim this year" Jess

Look at the photos and vote who you think put alot of effort into their costume. Don't forget to add your name to your comment.

Here is our awesome NIKAU syndicate!!!

"Come on NIKAU we can do it, just gotta put some power to it"

Capital Letters

We are learning to use capital letters in the correct places.

Try out these games to test your learning..

Play your caps right

Try beginner then advanced

Tahunanui Syndicate Trip

The deepest hole I have seen

Mateo chose this boat as the BEST!!

Comment below what was the highlight of your day was. Don't forget to write your name before posting.

Technical Art project

To make our classroom look awesome, we will be creating some amazing artwork to put up on the walls. To start off with we are going to use a site called www.tagul.com to create some awesome images and word clouds.

1. 1.Brainstorm as many words that describe you, your likes and interests, hobbies and qualities.
2. 2.Use this list to add to the word list, change the size to emphasis your favourite ones.
3. 3.Add your class photo to the shapes.
4. 4.Experiment with colours, size, font etc until you are happy to print your masterpiece.