Feb 25, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
We learned to program facial expressions on the EV3 robots!
Feb 25, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
No, not bring a reptile to school day – but mathematical problem-solving in the Parera Class! Objective: Make the frogs and toads swap places. Move all the green frogs so they swap places with all the brown toads. Use the fewest number of moves possible. Rules:...
Feb 25, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Year 6 have been learning how to begin programming the Lego EV3 . Before we could begin, however, we had to follow instructions to construct a robot. Completed EV3 robots
Feb 3, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Hello, Year 6, and welcome to our new class for 2019! It’s going to be a lot of fun – we have so many things lined up for Term 1, including School Captain elections; a visit from Life Ed (featuring Harold the Giraffe); school swimming sports; and, of...
Sep 2, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
We have been having a wonderfully dramatic time studying the tragedy of “the Scottish Play.” Video Needed
Sep 2, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
As always, the school cross-country event is a major fixture in the Wentworth Primary calendar. Our children have been in training – working on stamina, technique and strategy. All our students completed the gruelling course with the results as follows: 1st...
Jun 28, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Princesses, heroes, pirates and even a tiger partied away at the annual WW disco. This year’s theme was Disney and our WW students certainly Let it Go on the dance floor! With Hair Up, our collection of princesses showed their True Colours and Moved their Feet...
Jun 21, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter and for many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the ‘eyes of god’ (mata ariki) or ‘little eyes’ (mata riki)....
Jun 18, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Wow! Wow! Wow! For the first time,Wentworth Primary went solo at the Music Festival…and what a success it was! Our talented students performed songs (which they had composed themselves), dances, raps and instrumental pieces to a sell-out crowd of families and...
Jun 18, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Science week got off to a roaring start with the STEMania roadshow. We discovered how we use science, technology, engineering and maths in our everyday lives and just how much fun these things could be! We also had a Science quiz – which was tough and...
Jun 15, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Year 6 had an incredibly busy schedule for their Wellington trip. As well as witnessing lively debate in Parliament, they also spent time behind the scenes at Weta Workshops, discovering how weapons, armour and prosthetics were created for movies such as the Lord of...
Jun 14, 2018 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Seventeen Wentworth Primary students took part in the annual Hibiscus Coast Chess Tournament held in Silverdale last week. Students ranged from Years 2 to 6 with varying degrees of chess experience but all were keen players. There were almost 100 competitors from six...
