INNOVATION INQUIRIES

Last week we presented the Innovation Inquiries we worked on at home, on our own or with a buddy.
We came up with questions about different innovations that we were interested in.

Miss Falkner was so impressed with what we came up with! If you would like to see them more closely, some of them are on display in Room 27!

Kate and Beth's question was: How have punishments and rewards changed at home since the 1900s?

* The no smacking law came into NZ in 2007

* Punishments have become less cruel

* Punishments now are usually to do with confiscating technology

 James R and Owen's question was: How have pencils changed through time?

* They have changed from lead to graphite

* Pencils are safer because they don't contain lead, which can get into your organs

* They used to be encased in string and now they are encased in wood

Dom's question was: How have computer games changed since the first computer game?

* Pong was the first game, which was a big arcade game

* Now games are a lot smaller

* You used to control them with joysticks and now you use keyboards and mouse controls

 Jordyn and Niamh's question was: How have punishments at home and school changed since 1960?

* Boys were picked on more than girls around the 1960s

* In the 1970s, a common punishment was to sit in the corner on a chair

* Teachers don't slap kids on the hand anymore

 Grace and Triny's question was: How has food and drink changed in the last 75 years?

* In the future, the girls predict that fresh food will become more uncommon

* In the past, there was a lot less processed food

* They used to wrap fish and chips in newspaper.

 Maddie (not pictured), Piper and Issy's question was: How have cars changed since the first car?

* Cars used to be a lot simpler, with not as many flash features

* Changed from horse and cart to cars

* The first cars had pedals and no engines

 Myah and Mia's question was: How have phones changed through time?

* Most phones are now cordless and wireless

* The first phone had a dial and 2 separate pieces

* Now, many phones are touch screen and have a lot of features

 Jackson's question was: How has Nintendo changed through time?

* There have been many different types of Nintendo systems

* The first thing Nintendo invented were cards

* Nintendo has changed from very bulky to slimline

 Bella and Alice's question was: How have punishments and rewards at school since 1930?

* You used to get the cane, which is now illegal

* If you did something good in the 1940s, a common reward was a family picnic

* If you went to Selwyn House in the 1980s, a punishment was sitting in front of the whole school assembly

Tyler and Brad's question was: How have planes changed since the first plane?

* The first plane only stayed in the air for 12 seconds!

* The Wright Brothers invented the first plane and it was made of wood and cloth

* Now, planes are much safer and study as they are made of aluminium

Estella and Aliana's (photo coming soon!) question was: How has medicine changed since 1900?

We are also working on a class inquiry about Modern Learning environments and how they change the way we learn. We will continue to work on this in Term 4!

Slippery skating

On Thursday 4th September the senior school went to alpine ice.Alpine ice is a place where you go ice skating.First of all when we jumped onto the ice we all started skating and most of us slipped over.
We all enjoyed slipping skating and winning prizes.

Some of us found in very tricky but we all gave it a go.At the end we were very excited because we got an extra 10 minutes on the ice ice baby.Over all we had the best day ever.

We had lots of fun at alpine ice and we think you will have fun solving these word problems. The ice has mixed up these letters and we need you to put them back.


p c i i l n e e a

by Isaac and maddie

Week 7: Spectacular!

This week has been very busy. On Monday there was kapa haka festival at Horncastle Arena. In the morning the people in kapa haka went to the arena for a dress rehearsal. Then at five 'o'clock they came back to school, got changed and went to the arena to perform. All the kapa haka people said it was really fun and they had a good time.

On Wednesday we started an inquiry project about modern learning environments. We designed our own classroom based about how we like to learn, some people had lots of desks some people only had a couple of desks. There were certain things that we had to put in like a mat space, the library shelves, the blue shelves, the computer desk,  the long table with the blue cover, the small teacher whiteboard etc. We also wrote a couple of sentences about where we like to work and how many people we like to work with. 

On Thursday for writing we wrote like and dislike lists. We wrote things that we like and dislike some of the options were foods, drinks, numbers, books, movies, animals, places, games, days and month. We will use it to give us ideas when we do free writing.

A couple of weeks ago we started inquiry projects about innovations. Some people will be presenting theirs next Wednesday and Thursday.

Thanks for reading our blog about Week 7 we hope you liked it. See you next week!

by Tyler and Beth

Cultural Festival Performance

18 people from our class performed with Te Mahuri Kapa Haka at the Cultural Festival on Monday. Here's the link if you would like to see it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FjsyhTmne8

Super Mega Fun Ultimate Awesome Epic Week 6 YAY

This week has been very busy. We went to the pop-up library on Monday. Everybody got books out. Keep calm and read on everyone!

We also had skipping for p.e. on Monday and some people did have a bad attitude but they still had fun in the end.We had skipping races a skipping tournament and of course FUN!

We also had a great time at kapa haka even though i wasn't there but I still know a bit they have a recital on Monday. Keep it up kapa haka team.

We had a great time doing are Wacky Wednesday activity on Thursday we had to do a very wacky like page of a book its great fun.

We had winter tournament on Thursday as well the a hockey team came 7th. That's all we know about winter tournament so far.

by Jackson and Jarkwyn 

Innovation Inquiry

As part of this term's focus on 'innovation', your child will be working on an innovation inquiry as part of their home learning. They were VERY keen to do an at-home inquiry, so I have allowed them to do this. We will be working on a different inquiry in class as part of our learning.

They filled out a form in Week 4 which outlines their inquiry, this should have been stuck into their homework book.

At school, we came up with a whole lot of different innovations (e.g. telephone, medicine, vehicles etc), then each student picked something they wanted to learn more about. They then came up with a question that they wanted to find the answer to. Some students have chosen to work alone; some in pairs and others in groups of 3. The expectation is that the more students in the group, the more work that should be there. They can present it in any way they choose.

We have been learning how to summarise information in our own words, by using 'headings' and 'trigger words'. This will enable the students to clearly understand the information they are researching.

As this is a self-directed inquiry the focus is very much on the students managing their time and their resources. We will be doing some work on it in class but the majority of the research needs to be completed at home.

It is really important that this is not a stress at home. It is merely an opportunity for the students to find out more about something they are interested in.

We will be presenting our inquiries to the class on Thursday 11th September (Week 8).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Wicked Week 5!

On Monday the start of our wicked week, we heard about what we were doing for our innovation inquiry. We have started collecting information already but some speedy people have already started a bit of the work!

On Tuesday the pop-up library opened. The real library got pulled down last holidays so we have moved it into a small spot in the hall as a pop-up library. We were going to go to the library on Monday but it was being set up again after the quiz night. So some people decided to to go at lunch time. We also had Mrs Glasson for Tuesday because  Miss Falkner was sick.

On Wednesday we had a relaxing normal day with heaps of the novel! Only a few chapters to go..

The busiest day of the week was definitely yesterday with the poetry competition. There was so much stress on everyone. Everyone did so well but only three or four people got chosen. These people got chosen: Beth, Issy, Estella and Owen but we had lots of runners up. Mrs Allen (our judge) did so well because it was a hard decision. So well done team 27.

We have a exciting Friday ahead of us! Great work team 27.

By PIPER and Ella ;)