20150825

Microgreens

A cute new thing in our class has been the growth of our peas and cress seeds that Nancy the KEGS gardener brought into share three weeks ago. We sowed the seeds and have been caring for the needs. We got to have our first healthy snack on Monday and we hope that the stalks regrow so we can eat them again!




Science Fair

A quick thank you to all of our parents and teachers who came along to a successful Science Fair exhibition yesterday. It was fantastic to have so many of you come along. We are hoping to finalise which children are going through to the next round by the end of the week.




It is Speech season. Make sure you practise reading it aloud using a variety of tones/pitch/add pause etc... to avoid the 'blah, blah, blah' syndrome.

Disco Fever

Lock it in Eddie, the Senior Disco is coming. Theme 'Letter W'.

HSS has talent-no it really does!

 Four amazing children from Room 5 made the Talent Show finals last Friday. Alex B played the cello with his quintet playing the tune 'In Dreams' from the Lord of the Rings. Cherry danced superbly to 'Hey Mickey'. Elly Mae danced passionately and came out second place overall. Ocean came first overall with an immaculate dance she had choreographed herself. We are so proud of them all!

20150814

Genius Hour: Genius Genius Genius....

We are in the throws of our second Genius Hour project for the year. The children seem really engaged and motivated to take bigger risks this term and are trying out some interesting projects. 
Our big focus this term is to make our projects have a purpose and to take what I've called an 'enjoyable risk', ie; have fun but also, take a gamble and be prepared to fail. That's where the best learning occurs. 

Some projects I've been impressed with so far include boat building, documentary making, whakapapa-lineage research and the merging of Vietnamese and modern pop cultures together into a dance routine. 

Included are some photos of the projects on the go today.