We're Baaaaaack!!!

Term 3 has begun and we are a week down already! This week has been hectic, we are going to be in for a busy Term with Cross Country, Rippa Tournament, Netball Tournament, Teacher Only Day (next Friday) and the Year 7/8 Social towards the end of term. All students will begin to learn the dances for the Social and it is always a great night!

Firstly, thanks to those parents who came along this week to chat about their child's learning. It is always really great to touch base with you all. Please do not just wait for Parent/Teacher interviews to have a chat, pop in whenever you can, read our writing wall, enjoy the art work and just have a chat. You are always welcome! For those few parents who didn't make it this week, please get in touch and make a time to catch up, I am available before and after school most days.

Science Fair projects are in - and I am impressed by the effort the students have made! It was proud teacher moments as they all came in on Monday morning, with the exception of just a couple. Great work and I will let those know who are going through to Dunedin early next week.

We have worked on Symmetrical Art this week, using the age old art of Origami. Students used three folds and made some amazing pieces of mathematical art. Scroll down and check them out!!

At the very end of last Term we welcomed a new Year 8 student, Malachi, who is a fantastic edition to our class. He is fitting in very well and it seems like he has been here a lot longer than a few days. We have a class of 26 now, 13 Year 7 students and 13 Year 8 students!

Our focus for the first few weeks of Term is the annual speech competition. We are working hard on persuasive writing and formatting for speeches. Students have all chosen their topics and are sharing their work with me so I can offer feedback throughout the process. I love this activity and I make no apology for that. We will have the Room 5 Speech competition running between 22-24th August, so we have a lot of time to get these speeches tuned up and rehearsed. From there the class winners will compete with Mr Tuhou's class winners, and from those we will choose the students to go through to South Otago on September 3rd. Stay tuned!

Okay.... Week One - Done and Dusted!!! What a great week we've had too.