Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival

Tu mai ra ngā tamariki o te kura ō Wainui ...

Today we performed at the Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival.  We have been preparing for this event for the past few terms.

Turanganui Kapa Haka Festival

We looked and sounded AWESOME!!

Room 1 Students ready to take the stage!

Take your marks, get set, GO!!!!!!!!

Wainui Beach Schools' Athletics Day - 

1. the sun is shining - check!
2. sun block and hat - check!!
3. water bottle - check!
4. positive mind frame - check!
5. Ready to have FUN - check!!!!!

We are ready!!!!!    Something new this year - 

                     HOUSES:  Kowhai, Kahurangi, Kākāriki, Whero.

                   We came to school donned in our House colours.

The day started with track events - 50m, 75m, 100m & 200m sprints; heats then finals.  After lunch NUI syndicate rotated through field events - high jump, ball throw and long jump.                                                                                          We all had a great day - awesome participation and heaps of smiles:-)

Open Day at Hamanatua - Actions Speak Louder than Words!

We are off to a rolling start for term 4!!  The weather was spot on for us as we headed down to Hamanatua for our Open Day.  It was great to see whanau and friends come along to share our Learning Journey.

Each work team stood and shared their part in the Hamanatua Inquiry - everyone did a fantastic job of sharing their journey with this project.  Ka mau te wehi!!!

It was wonderful to receive so much positive feedback from visitors.  Here is an e-mail from Koka Sue ...

Kia ora Koka Jo and Room 1!

I was so glad that I came down to the Hamanatua Stream yesterday and that I caught most of your presentation. WOW - I was absolutely blown away by your confidence and the knowledge you had acquired from your Inquiry learning. I loved the way you had obviously engaged with the community and that your voices are being heard not just locally but at regional council level too. 

You spoke as experts and it seemed like everyone was involved. Walking around the area I thought Hamanatua looks great! The pamphlet was fantastic as it made me think back to what it was like before...you must feel very proud of the difference you have made!

Actions really do speak louder than words. 

Tino pai - all of you! 

Koka Sue

From Nellie & Leilani

"Yeah Boi!!" "Yeah Breather!" Team YELLOW Rock WBS!!!

The 'Gizzy Hard' Duo, Amy and Stu,  stopped in at WBS this morning - 

Woohoo Team Yellow!!!!

Room 4 students have been making miniature houses and invited Stu and Amy along to judge them. Nui syndicate classes gathered in the hall for the announcement of the winning house and for a Q and A time with Amy & Stu.

A Surprise Visitor to Room 1 MAYOR Meng Foon!!!

As you already know, from previous posts, our Inquiry focus has been Actions Speak Louder than Words and our class has been planting native trees, weeding, mulching, water testing Hamanatua and making signs for our plants down at Hamanatua.

Today was supposed to be our Open Day down at Hamanatua to showcase all our mahi we had done there BUT due to the rain, sadly, we had to postpone - so we were quite disappointed.
We had settled in to our daily routine getting on with maths when Koka Nolian arrived at the door with a visitor.
To our surprise Mayor Meng Foon was standing in our classroom!  He had gone down to Hamanatua to attend our Open Day and when he saw there were no kids there he thought he would pay us a visit.
Mayor Meng stayed and talked with us about our mahi down at Hamanatua.  He was very interested in our project and shared his thoughts about why our project was so important for the environment and for future generations.  He is looking forward to attending our Open Day next term:-)
What a great start to the day after all!

WBS Talent Quest 2018 . Wow! Amazing! Talented! A few words to describe the performers at our talent show today!

The annual Wainui Beach School Talent Quest was held yesterday. There were .21 performances and they were all great!!  There were gymnastics routines, band performances, soloists - singing, pianists, dancers (Can't Touch This!!), Jump Jammers and Motorcross Movies.

Below are the Room 1 performers...

Buddy Classes Weave Together.

                    A whatu pōkeka is a baby blanket.  Feathers are carefully woven into the inside to provide warmth, comfort, security and refuge from the elements.
The pōkeka takes the shape of the child as they learn and grow.

With our buddy class, we shared our thoughts about how we know we belong at school and what makes us feel valued at school.  We recorded our responses on the feathers and together wove our whatu pōkeka.

Harakeke Planting at Hamanatua .

Thankfully the weather was great today as we headed down to Hamanatua to plant 48 Harakeke plants that had been donated to us by the Native Tree Project.    

The harakeke were planted as a safety net for people who use the pathway - cyclists, skateboarders and scooter riders.  The pathway is quite steep and runs alongside Hamanatua Stream.  The harakeke will allow for a soft landing and not a SPLASH should anyone get the speed-wobbles.    

Check out our day of mahi.

Capital-E . "Story Studio Live"

Capital-E 'Story Studio Live' team came to visit and perform for Nui Syndicate today.  Story Studio Live is a live performance experience where actors and musicians bring to life the tales written by young people for young people!   We learnt how sound was added into movies and TV shows - sounds made from everyday items!! The audience actively participated in some of the Foley sound effects and helped to create the ambience for a story that was presented - very cool!!

"Colour Day" at Wainui Beach School Room 1 - PURPLE PEOPLE!!!!!

"Colour Day" was a fundraiser day.  Money raised is to  go towards a new playground for children at our local hospital.

Wainui Beach Students came to school wearing "their class colour".  Colours were chosen out of a hat and given to each class.

Room 1 - PURPLE!!!!! as in grapes, plums, aubergines, blueberries, boysenberries, lavender  and BARNEY the dinosaur to name a few purples!

Here we are .....

Cross Country Training has begun!! Okitu, here we come, Nui Syndicate on the Run!!!

Ko tatou tenei ... This is Us! Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu

Kia ora Room 4 of Blaketown School! He mihi nui, he mihi mahana ki a koutou.

We also have been learning about Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu and we are really excited to be sharing our learning journey with you all. We really enjoyed meeting you all through your class slide share, so, we have put together our introduction for you. Enjoy:-)

Action Stations Day - 'Actions Speak Louder then Words' - Weeding and Mulching at Hamanatua Stream with Room 5

Room 1 Shade House Club

Room 1 Students are responsible for looking after WBS Shade House.

We keep seedlings in our shade house: Ti Kouka (cabbage tree), Kowhai, Pohutukawa, Harakeke, Griselinia, Taupata, Korokio, Karo, Ringringa, AkeAke, Hebes.  The seedlings we have in our shade house started their lives at the beginning of 2018 school year - we think they are coming along awesomely well!!!!

We are very fortunate to have Kauri (Ocean and  Swish - the dogs) come in and support us with the development of our school shade house and seedlings.  Thank you Kauri:-)

We have also been planting lavender bushes in the back gardens.

Buddy Writing - Room 1 & Room 7

Buddy Writing

Writing Instructions

 How to Make Crystals ...Making Crystals . Harry & Israel

Room 7 students have been learning about procedural writing.

As a part of their Science Inquiry focus, they made crystals.

The students then wrote instructions for making crystals.

Their buddy class mates in Room 1 helped with proof-reading, editing and publishing

Making Crystals - India & Sofia

Lab-Coat Day in Room 1

EUREKA!!
We are scientists using scientific method to explore our scientific wonderings......... 

We put on our lab coats, asked some questions, spent time researching some of our BIG ideas and explored our wonderings by investigating using the thinking of scientists......

What are the BIG scientific ideas we investigated? HOW?

                     

                 Equipment

                  Method

                   

  INDEPENDENT VARIABLE: ( An independent variable is the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable.) WHAT HAS BEEN CHANGED?

                    

  DEPENDENT  VARIABLE:

A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment. The dependent variable is 'dependent' on the independent variable. WHAT IS BEING MEASURED?