We have been learning about myths and legends this term. To tie in with Matariki we focused on retelling the story by creating all the characters using as many natural resources as we could.
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.
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!
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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!!
We had a huge turnout for the Weetbix Tryathlon at Manly Park on Sunday 25th March. Congratulations to all our competitors, who completed an ocean swim, a bike ride and a run before being awarded their gold medals.
Our school also had the largest percentage of participants so won a prize of basketballs, netballs and footballs. Hurray!
During Week 5, we read a book about growing pumpkins and then we decided to make some pumpkin soup to eat at lunchtime.
We cut the pumpkin up,
Mrs Clark took it home and roasted it… then we put the soup all together in a slow cooker the next morning and cooked it until morning tea time.
We are learning how to strip the harakeke to prepare it for weaving.
Mrs King showed the Year 6 girls how to begin the star. It was very tricky, but some of us persevered and succeeded.
This is all of us completing the star with our Year 3 buddies helping.
Our Karearea class went walk-about this week and looked at the signs that
‘TELL US WHAT TO DO’,
‘WARN US TO BE CAREFUL’ and the signs that
‘INVITE US TO SAFELY MOVE THIS WAY’.
We were so surprised to realise that signs give us such a lot of information and they often use few, if any, words. We looked at signs from other countries and delighted in the fact that we understood them.
Have a look at some of the signs we were very interested in and ask us what these mean.
We loved hearing about waiting outside before school, having to sing the national anthem whilst the NZ flag was raised and then marching into class. Very different to our morning!
One of our Karearea class members was delighted to receive a video message and a letter from grandparents whom are overseas. This certainly made a few eyes in the room moisten…….mine definitely!
Thank you to the Karearea families for visiting with us today. We are privileged to have you in our lives and you are such an important part of our learning journey. Thank you for taking the time to share our morning with us and feel free to stop by ANYTIME!
Thomas measures the width of his belly button?
Harper and Tiger try to wrangle an unruly tape measure
Oscar realises that letting go of the tape measure measures gravity, not height.
In groups, the students planned and conducted an experiment in which they changed one factor e.g. “will the chocolate melt faster if it’s cut into smaller pieces?”
Luke and Daniel exploring how different liquids melt at different rates
Ethan, Sienna and Luke wishing the experiment was “how much chocolate can I fit in my mouth?”
Ethan wishing the experiment was “how many marbles can I fit in my mouth?”
Poppy worries about the experiment’s effect on her last manicure.
Aston ponders the metaphysical themes in the great literary piece: “I Want My Potty”.
We had a visitor in our class he was all the way from Doha. His name was Flat Stanley. We were given the task to have some adventures with Flat Stanley.
This is Flat Stanley!
The photos below show us with Flat Stanley weaving our stars.
