Great Meet the Teacher Evening at Shakespear!

Thanks to everyone who attended the 'Meet the Teacher' evening on Wednesday evening. It was perfect weather and a great time was had by all!

First Day of Free Milk!

Today we had our first drink of milk. It was cold and yummy. We learnt how to fold the milk containers. You need to make sure there is no milk left when you fold it up! 

The video we watched says...

'Drink it dry!' 
'Fold it Flat,' 
'Send it back!' 

We can't wait until tomorrow when we get another milk!
Room 16

Some First Day Photos!

A big welcome back to everyone!

The 'Pad Mobile' designed by Room 13 and Kyle Pickerill

Room 13 worked hard designing a new iPad mover as a learning inquiry this year. I was so thrilled to see it finished and it will make my job so much easier as I move from class to class with the devices. A big thank needs to go to Kyrie Pickerill from Quest Fabrication Limited who took the ideas and made them into a reality. What a talented person. Thank you so much Kyrie. It is fantastic!
Mr Brown

The Latest Kids Snippets!

Check out the latest Kids Snippets GHS. Well done to Mr Wesbonk and everyone involved. Merry Christmas!

Mathletics Triumphs

Check Out The Mathletics Scores. Go Room 13 and 14!

The Stadium Fly at Hobbs Wharf!

What a great day at Hobbs Wharf. Well done to the Stadium and everyone involved!

Room 6's Amazing Bird Feeder Prototypes

Motu Aotea (Room 6) have made some great prototype bird feeders. The next step is to review the designs and then make the real ones. Go Motu Aotea!

Year 8 Students at Tongariro Camp

Our Year 8 students headed off on Sunday for their big Tongariro camp. Everyone is very excited! You can follow them on facebook... 'The Stadium'.

Number One in Mathletics!

George from Room 26 came running up to me this morning absolutely beaming that he was number one in NZ on Mathletics!  He should be beaming go George!

Mrs Kiata

Winners of The Hibiscus Coast Writers Competition 2013

We have the winners!!

But, first some feedback from the judges:

Thank you to ALL the children who gave it a go!  Our task as judges was extremely difficult this year as there were many excellent entries. 

-          However, some very well written Fiction pieces were incomplete, ie: great intro and body, but no ending.

-          A few of the Non Fiction pieces were more like reports and not personal experiences, as the rules stipulated.

-          The standard of the Poetry was very good.

Overall winner, and winner of the Val Shearer Trophy

SASKIA WIGMAN - Warkworth Primary School

‘Wish’

‘Leaf Boat Race’

‘By the River’

Poetry Winner

ABIGAIL DALZIELLE-FROUDE - Whangaparaoa Primary School

‘Imagine’

Non-Fiction Winner

KATE DE BEER - Red Beach School

‘Sutton Hoo, Out to Boo You’

Fiction Winner

DANIEL McMURRAY - HBC Homeschooler

‘The Slave Trader’s Boy’

Congratulations and well done, Guys!!!                

All those being published are:-

GULF HARBOUR SCHOOL

Bella Bullivant

The Trip to Aussie

The Stormy Night

Terror in the Amazon

Blake Wood

The Wave

Camping on Pirongia

Erin Johnson

Coming to New Zealand

HBS HOMESCHOOLER

Daniel McMurray

The Slave Trader’s Boy

A Guide to the Sky Tower

KINGSWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Ashleigh Davies

Love

Charlotte Duncan

My Blank Piece of Paper

Danielle Dixon

Car Crash

Cross Country

Nancy Xu

Cross Country

Up in the Trees

Thomas Bennett

Dogfight

RED BEACH SCHOOL

Aiden Allen

Volcano

Alissa Gibbs

For I Am (A Road)

Rats

Camille Bennett

For I Am (A Pyramid)

Emperor Penguins

Earth is Out

Charlotte Gobbie

Meatball

The School Swim Carnival

Imogen McIntyre

For I Am (Aborigine)

Diary of Dorothy Wenslec

Kate de Beer

Sutton Hoo, Out to Boo You

The Dirt on Red Beach School

Nina Harris

A Christmas Memory

For I Am (Mud Pool)

Sophie Shannon

For I Am (A Geyser)

Cut the Congestion

WARKWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL

Saskia Wigman

Wish

Leaf Boat Race

By the River

Talia Bentley

Speck

WHANGAPARAOA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Abigail Dalzielle-Froude

Imagine

Nightmare Flight

Che McKennan Mahon

Mansion House

Ice Cream

The House

Stella Beatie

Cross Country

I’m Different

Hearty congratulations once again! 

Kindest regards,

HCW Judges

Tanya Gouws, Gillian Henderson and Marion Duncan

Hibiscus Coast Writers

www.HibiscusCoastWriters.weebly.com

If you are interested in illustration competition for the booklet to be published look here...
http://gulfharbourschoolnews.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/hibiscus-coast-writers-illustration.html

Technology Term

This term we are having a school wide technology focus and following what we call the 'Tech Think' process. It involves students working to solve a particular technology based problem. How can this fly?  How do I create a container for something? Already classes are immersing themselves in challenges...

Amazing Room 14 Mosaic

My class Room14 have worked hard on this mosaic and we have finally got it up. It is looking amazing! We have chosen to put it up above the student centre because it makes the place brighter and it lets people know where the student centre is. 

Each symbol has a special meaning. The koru means new growth. The stairs are the stairway of knowledge. The infinity sign means to never stop learning and the school logo represents our school. 

To make the mosaic we first had to cut the wood, we cut it into to separate triangles. Colin did that for us. We then had to smash up all the tiles. To smash the tiles we put one big tile in a pillow case. Then we hit them with a big hammer into small bits. 

The next step was to draw the design on the wood. We had to measure it all correctly and it took a long time. Next it was time to glue all the pieces on to the wood and that took us all to term 3!!! It was a big job and luckily we had FANTASTIC parent help. Special thanks to Sharon Booth, Kerry Law, Simone Scott, Robert Carter, Colin, Wayne, Soren Bock, Tanja Bock, Heritage Tiles and Mark Barrow.

When we were finished glueing we had to put up the mosaic. Finally it was up and we grouted it. It took awhile but we did it in the end. It was also a very messy job. The last step was polishing the mosaic you had to wipe it down with water until it shone. When it was done it looked amazing. We all took a picture under it. We are all very proud of it.

By Sarah 

Room14

Wow !! The mosaic is finally done after all of that time and effort everybody put in to make it. Room 14 loved creating the mosaic. Before they created the mosaic they had to find a place to put it after thinking about the place they wanted we finally choose the top of the student centre. It took two terms to complete the mosaic, everyone is very proud of their work. 

By Saphire and Olivia