Robotics
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
Moa – Year 6 blog
Parera Class 2019
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 course, our residential at Shakespear Camp.
We have chosen the name of our class this year – it is Parera – the NZ grey duck. While you might think you can see (and hear) these birds everywhere, the truth is that they are an endangered breed and may well become extinct, due to cross-breeding with mallards.
Our timetable
We have PE on Mondays (Days 1 and 6) and Thursdays (Days 4 and 9) – please remember your full kits!
Homework is due on Mondays.
Orchestra is on Thursday lunchtime at the College. If you have been playing an instrument for around 6 months, you are very welcome.
Are these the Maki I see before me?
We have been having a wonderfully dramatic time studying the tragedy of “the Scottish Play.”
Video Needed
Run, Maki, run!!!
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 place: Ken and Milla
2nd place: Rory and Annie
3rd place: Leo and Katie
Congratulations to all our competitors – you all did a fantastic job!
At the Interschools Cross-Country Event, Shakespear Park…
D.A.N.C.E.
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 to D.A.N.C.E.
Yo Ho Ho, not to be outdone, our boys became the Kings of the Swingers and Jungle VIPs!
We discovered the Wonderful Thing about Tiggers was that they were bouncy, bouncy,bouncy, bouncy….
Starry, starry night…
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).
We went to the Stardome to learn about the solar system and how Maori myths were used to interpret the stars and as an aid for navigation.
We had time to play before the serious work began and had lots of fun on the tyres and the flying fox. then it was into Stardome, where our students learned all about night, day and the seasons with a workshop led by Vanessa – an expert in Physics.
After that, they split into teams to explore the museum with an interactive I-pad quiz. We finished the day reclining in the Planetarium to investigate the universe through myths.
Video Needed
Music Fest…aka the Talent Crew
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 friends.
We ended the evening with a glimpse of our forthcoming production – Mystery at Magpie Manor, which is a musical whodunnnit, set in the razzle-dazzle of the 1920s.
Video Needed
Spectacular Science!
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 competitive. Our Year 6 joint winners were Rosie and Rory! Well done!
Our Eco Warriors were invited to join the College Environmental Prefects on a clean-up of our local beaches. They visited Army Bay and Manly Beach and were amazed (and disgusted!) to find all sorts of rubbish, including coat hangers, socks, bottles and netting – all of which could prove a danger to wildlife on our shores!
Wellington Wanderers
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 the Rings trilogy and Avatar.
The Treaty of Waitangi and other constitutional documents were investigated at the National Library, with some children able to trace their family history on the interactive exhibits. We were also fortunate to be taken into the basement archives of the Library to see how books, music and other documents are stored and transported via their own railway system. We discovered that the Library holds an ancient receipt, etched into a clay tablet, dating back to Ancient Babylonia and the largest Atlas in the world!
After squeezing in a ride on the iconic Wellington cable cars, we finished our trip with a visit to Te Papa, contrasting historic and modern immigration patterns – realising that no matter what our reasons and where we came from, we are all New Zealanders.
Capture the King
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 different schools and each participant played seven matches. We witnessed many tough battles across the boards and, whatever the outcome of each game, the sporting behaviour displayed was wonderful.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, Stayin’ Alive!
If you are in need of First Aid, our Year 5 and 6 students are the people to help! We learned how to assess an accident scene; how to call for help; and all about DRS ABC.
Have a look at the fun we had when the NZ Red Cross came into school to teach us these lifesaving skills!
Video Needed
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
Video Needed
Where can you kayak, mountainboard, go orienteering, climb, learn to cook pancakes in the outdoors and have fun with all your friends? The YMCA, of course!!
