Maths Extra

A group of us were the representative team for our school at the Extra Maths Quiz.  Bonnie,Steen,Dominic and Eva answered many different and difficult math questions. Even thought it was hard Dominic said that he really enjoyed. 
They did not win but thought it was a good experience as some had never been apart of this competition.

Dominic

St Johns

Our class was able to practice differents skills to help people who have become hurt or injured.  We practice on each other and learnt the correct way of doing things.
We thought these skills would be helpful when we are on duty as a peer mediator or when we have E.O.T.C week, 

Brodie
Tamahori

Soccer

This term, we have been taking part in inter school soccer.  We get together, having  fun playing the game at each others school.  We haven't had many games due to the poor weather and muddy fields.  Finally we might be able to have our final game on Tuesday , here at school.


Brodie and Tamahori

Kahurangi Dance Group

We were lucky to watch the performance present by the Kahurangi Dance Group.  They shared waiata,haka,poi,rakau and stories with us.

Using the environment

We were lucky to have a crab apple tree that sits outside of the school.  We noticed that the fruit was ripe and that it was being left to rot.  As  a class, we thought it would be wasteful to leave the fruit so we came up with ideas on how we could use this fruit.
Finally we came up with making jam from it and lovely it was.  It took many cooking sessions and glass jar finding but we came out with a sweet reward. 

Art Gallery Visit

Having a chance to go to the Art Gallery was a great opportunity to learning new skills .  Using the knowlege that the children had learnt on their trip to Warrington Beach, they used this in designing their pictures.  Everyone loved the visit and asked when they would be able to go again.

Mussel Time

To help us with understanding how a mussel works we looked carefully at their parts.  It was interesting to learn how it moves and feeds.

Warrington Beach Visit

Working together

Team work and the skills that you need have been some of the learning that we have been finding out about.  This was important too when we were choosing people who were going to be a peer mediator.

Portraits

We have found different ways to practice drawing ourselves.  It has been fun using different styles and materials to show this .  Others have also enjoyed looking at the different ways we have presented ourselves on our classroom walls.

2015 a new year

It's the start of a new school year at North East Valley Normal.  We have all returned with busy minds, ready to discover new things.  There has been a few changes in the school with two new teachers and the re-naming of classes.  We are now Room S4.  We are busy finding out about each other and we are beginning our learning about the beach environment here in Otago.     Keep an eye out on our posts to see what we have been up too.