Enthusiastic 3 rulz !

On the first of May Enthusiastic 3 read an article about why we shouldn’t have a public holiday on Anzac Day.  If we totally agreed with it we would stand on one side of the room and if we disagreed we stood on the other side of the room and if we couldn’t decide we would go in the middle of the room We were asked why we agreed with the article or why we disagreed depending on where we were standing across the room.  We had to give a reason for where we were standing on the continuum.  It was a bit like a debate.  We have started to learn about adopting an opinion and being able to justify that opinion.

by Xinning, Leo, Fletcher and Matt

Welcome back! We hope you have had a lovely Easter break.

Here are the main events for Kakapo Team during the next 10 weeks:

Jets    Players from the Jets basketball team are coming to teach us some skills, each

         Tuesday, for the first 5 weeks of term. Your child will need shorts and a t-shirt

         to wear for these sessions.

SchoolGen   Our first theme is to do with sustainable energy and the SchoolGen

                  solar panels on our school roof.

Book Weeks   Our annual school-wide Book Weeks are in weeks 6 & 7. This will include

                    Kakapo Team’s Lit Quiz, organised by Mrs McTaggart and the children

                   we send to the inter-school Lit Quiz in week 5.

Kia Kaha   In the last 3 weeks of term, the Police will help us teach their programme

                about bullying and keeping safe: “Kia Kaha”.

Red Cross  In week 6, each class will have a day learning first aid skills on a “People

                 Savers” course run by the Red Cross.

P.E.  Our P.E themes this term are orienteering and cross country running.

Maths   Our maths themes are multiplication and division, geometry and

           measurement.

Fund-raising for camp   Our Team camp is at El Rancho, Waikanae in week 1 of term

                                      4 [16-18 October]. We are holding 3 fund-raising events 

                                     this term; a car wash, pie selling and a subway lunch.

Reports/Parent interviews   Mid-year reports come home at the end of term, followed

                                           by parent/teacher conferences to discuss your child’s

                                          progress/next steps.

Thanks for your support,

Cecily, Lynne, Ben and Heather                  

BMX

I want a BMX bike

It has to be one that I like.

It would be handy if it had a brake

Coloured black would be great,

and a very good make.

I’m hoping to find one from the Manawatu.

Second-hand is OK but ideally new.

I look on Trademe, youtube

and eBay

And hope to have one by my birthday.

On Monday Enthusiastic 3 created a landscape with plastic containers and our blue tarpaulin.  It looked like the Tararua and Ruahine Ranges.  It ‘rained’ on our landscape with Mrs H’s garden hose.  We used our scientific thinking to link ideas that we already had in our hypothesis and predictions to our observations when we did the experiment.  We learnt lots about catchment areas.

Enthusiastic 3 are very proud of their creative korowai.

We chose the virtues that had special meaning for us.

We chose the Hokowhitu School star guidelines that we follow in our school life.

We each made a leaf or a feather incorporating symbols of our own lives.

We wove the warp and weft strands of our korowai using the star guidelines.

We decorated the edges of our korowai with our leaves and feathers.

Wow!  What a fabulous event the Kakapo Team triathlon was.  All the students pushed themselves to do their personal best in our triathlon on Wednesday!  The teachers and parents are so proud of you

Jacob’s “I wonder about water …” question got us thinking and so we decided to conduct our own experiment to find out the answer.

Jacob put on his togs and submerged himself in the pool with a laminated sheet of reading material.  He found it difficult to read the printed matter underwater but when he put Jack’s swimming goggles on he could.

We are drawing conclusion from this hands-on experiment.

Please note: No living creatures were harmed in this experiment.

Where’s C.J?

Is he digging a tunnel to the other side of the world.

Where’s C.J?

Is he fighting pirates till his last tether.

Where’s

Is he swimming in the seas being circled by hungry sharks.

Where’s C.J?

Is he hibernating with a family of bears.

Where’s C.J?

Is he defeating evil villains with ‘Agent .P.’ .

Where’s C.J?

Is he time traveling back to the dinosaur age hiding from a Tyrannosaurus.                 Rex.

Where’s C.J?

Is he traveling the universe coming face to face with weird aliens.

Where’s C.J?

Is he climbing Mount Everest to break a record.

Where’s C.J?

Has he gone to the kalahari desert to study the dry sands.

Where’s C.J?

Is he lost in the Arctic Circle tackling mad Polar Bears.

Where’s C.J?

Is he touring the Amazon Jungle trying to find the very very very rare Loopy Doopy Poopy Do!

Where’s C.J?

Is he digging a hole,fighting pirates,swimming in the ocean,hibernating with bears,defeating evil vilians ,time traveling,coming face to face with weird aliens,braking a record,studying dry sands,lost in the Artic Circle,wooping with joy because he found the very very very rare Loopy Doopy Poopy Do!

‘NO’He’s just at home packing his bag to go to all these places!

Where Is My Sister?

Where’s my sister?She’s eating anything she can get her hands on at Candy Island.

Where’s my sister?She is gliding with a glider.

Where’s my sister?She’s in the shop getting a cat women suit.

Where’s my sister?She’s jumping off the Great wall of China and using it as a diving board.

Where’s my sister?She’s riding on a human eating werewolf.

Where’s my sister?She’s in Ireland with a Leprechaun stealing gold.

Where’s my sister?She is in India talking to Indian people

Where’s my sister?She’s in India getting her haircut.

Where’s My sister?She is in the Jungle looking for Nana.

Where’s my sister?She is communicating with animals all around the world.

Where’s my sister?She’s driving in a multi coloured Ferrari and speeding.

WHERE’S MY SISTER?!

Is she eating anything she can get her hands on?

Is she gliding with a glider?

Is she in the shop getting a cat woman suit?

Is she riding on a human eating werewolf?

Is she in Ireland with a leprechaun stealing gold?

Is she in India talking to Indian people?

Is she in India getting her haircut?

Is she in the jungle looking for Nana?

Is she communicating with animals all over the world?

Is she driving a multi coloured Ferrari while speeding?

No she’s at the dinner table with us!

A book that could apply to an 8 year old boy is Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People, by  Dave Pilkey.  An 8 year old boy will like it becuase it is funny and easy to read you can find this book at the series corner.