Y5/6 Syndicate Assembly Week 4

Monday 25^th February

 Peer Mediators

·      Peer mediator application forms have been handed out and these need to be returned to Mr. McKay by Friday

Road Patrol

·      Road Patrollers: Remember to put out the road patrol flags each time you are on duty. 

Camp

·      There are still some forms to be returned.  Please return to your teacher ASAP.

Sport

·      Swimming: Y5/6 swim team for the zone champs on Wednesday 27^th March

Year 6's

Lincoln Moffat
Tom Flynn
Ella Burton-Wood
Helena Cvitanovich
Callan Hughes
Matthew Jones
Grace Olsen
Neve McKay
Phoebe Evans
Emma Beevers

Year 5's

Amy Juriss
Hamish Dalziel
Tom Griffiths
Georgie Allan
Abigail Brownsword
Bennett Parker
Samantha Woolley
Jake Inskeep
Rachel Vass

*There is a meeting at lunchtime on Monday to discuss individual and team events.

EXCITING NEWS:  We have been able to secure another date for our school swimming sports.  This will be on the last day of term 1, April 19^th.

·      Sport Stacking: The Wanganui Sport Stacking Champs is on Saturday 23^rd March in Wanganui.  If you are interested in registering see Mr. McKay for an entry form

·      Cricket: The Y5/6 girls team will have training on Wednesday at lunchtime.  The Y5/6 boys team will have a training on Thursday at lunchtime

·      Touch Rugby:  A strong start to the season…remember to check the sports blog for any updates

General

·      Students need to ensure they are making ‘good choices’ OR there may be consequences that might not just affect them but others as well.

·      Inside corridors and classrooms:  All students need to be outside during morning tea and lunchtimes

·      Hats MUST be worn when outside during morning tea and lunchtime…No Caps!

POST-IT ARTWORK

Post-it note artwork has been popularised in the last decade with many installations appearing in office building windows and even in the windows of Te Papa.

This week during our art session room 11 decided to create their own Post-it note installation to liven up our class windows. 

We began by using a visiting a cool website called 'Post'it art creator'. This website help us to design our creations we then set about arranging our designs in the window panes on both sides of room 11.

POST IT ART CREATOR 

We're pretty sure Arthur Fry would be proud of the results.    

SWIMMING SPORTS

This week the year 5/6 syndicate held its swimming sports competition. It was wonderful to see everyone who participated put in a huge amount of effort to represent Muritai School at the Central Zone Swimming Sports. 

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to room 11 members Amy, Samantha and Emma whose efforts have been recognised by being included in the year 5 and 6 swim squads to compete at the Central Zone Swimming Championship. Good luck girls!

SEARCHING THE INTERNET

Effectively searching the internet for information is a skill many of us need to refine. 

Today room 11 spent some time searching for effective methods to help refine our internet searching abilities. At first we found a variety of methods and recorded those on post-it notes we then collated these methods into a list, here's what we found...

Using our newly acquired skills room 11 then set about researching future predictions on the internet. We first looked at an article on BBC Future about what might happen in 10, 50, 100 and 150 years from now. The list was complied according to predictions from scientists, thinkers and pundits, such predictions include;

MOST LIKELY

• 2017 Your computer has a sense of smell (1/1000)
• 2030 Many commercial flights take place without pilots (3/1)
• 2050 Wealthy people will be able to select elements of their offspring's genetic makeup (1/8)

   LEAST LIKELY

• 2017 People can touch one another through their phones (100/1)
• 2024 You can upload the contents of your brain onto your computer (100/1)
• 2062 The first cloned humans have appeared (33/1)

Check out the web link below

Tomorrow's World 

RECOUNTS

This week room 11 have begun to write recounts about finding something valuable. To begin with room 11 created the above mind map using My Thoughts to record all their ideas about recounts.

We then watched a video clip about Ken Wilman whose dog, Madge, discovered a hard, soccer ball-sized piece of Ambergris on Morecambe beach in northern England. Ambergris, also known as whale vomit, is a valuable substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales that was historically used in perfumery.   

  

Rare whale vomit found

The students then set about planning an experience about an occasion when they found something of worth.

  

 Here are a couple of the finished recounts...

Cloud Heaven

“I’m just going to look in the cereal aisle”, I said to my mum as I kicked my brother in the shin because he had decided to wear his Barbie bikini to the supermarket.

I ran down the cereal aisle looking for the Taco’s. Tac‘o’s are my favourite type of cereal, each ‘o’ tastes like a taco. Ah, there they are, I said to myself. I reached out and grabbed the plainest box I saw. I ran back to the trolley gave my brother a second kick and handed my mum the cereal box.

When the lady at the checkout scanned the Tac’o’s her pupils grew big as she looked at the computer screen. “You have just won yourself a trip to America!” exclaimed the lady.

I think I was really lucky to have grabbed exactly the right Tac’o’s box. Lastly, my brother now wears a rainbow monkey bikini.

By Samantha Woolley

My Jungle Adventure!

I was exploring in the jungle slashing away at the vines and roots. I wasn’t looking at the ground and before I knew it I was lying face down in the leaves and dirt…

“Ow” I said out loud, I rubbed my nose, I had skidded a bit, my nose hurt as well as my whole face. I slowly looked up and WOW! I exclaimed because right there in front of me was a giant ruby glistening.

Once I had hacked my way out of the jungle, I choose a jeweller, called Joe Pin, and claimed my 5 million dollars in one-dollar notes of course!   

Now I have retired and live in a big house with a pool and everything! Thanks to that rock that made me fall over I have lots and lots and lots of dollar notes! 

By Isla Armstrong

 

 

STRIKE IT OUT

Today during maths room 11 learnt how to play ‘Strike it Out’. Strike it Out is a game where you create equations by adding and/or subtracting two numbers on a number line.

On a number line, labeled from 1-20, you circle the product of your equation then your opponent must add or subtract with the number you circled and then cross it out. 

The object of the game is to leave your opponent with no possible moves.

By Georgia, Emma, Angelina and McKenzie

ADAM PAGE

Adam with his mini electric guitar complete with a furry pink guitar strap

This afternoon room 11 and the year 5/6 syndicate were treated to the musical talents of multi-instrumentalist Adam Page. 

Using everyday objects and some of the student's names Adam spontaneously composed a range of grooves in many different styles into his loop pedals. Adam demonstrated how simple objects such as a toothbrush can be utilised as a musical instrument.

Check out the video below in which Adam turns Bennett Parker's name into a smash hit.

If you want to have a go at creating your own music using loops check out the cool website below.

INCREDIBOX

Syndicate Assembly 

Monday 11th February 2013

Notices 

There will be a lot of notices sent home over the next few weeks e.g. sports and camp notices. It will be important for the students to return any slips as soon as possible.

• Homework The Y5/6 syndicate homework has been sent out today.

• Hats It’s term 1 and each child needs a hat to wear everyday outside. It needs to be a wide brimmed hat, not a cap and ideally should be left at school in their desk for easy access. Thank you to those students who have remembered. Students not wearing hats have to stay in the shade area by the junior rooms.

• PE Shed The PE shed will be open every lunchtime (weather permitting). The PE shed door will be open and the PE shed monitors will work from inside the shed. The equipment needs to be returned by those who took it out, which has been an issue in the past. Students who don't return their gear will be given a chance BUT after they have used it up they will not be able to take PE gear out for a period of time (TBC).

Sport 

• Milo Cricket: Mr McMillan will have a meeting tomorrow for all those who are interested in playing cricket, boys and girls.

• Touch Rugby: Mr Chadwick has asked that all touch rugby notices and money be returned to the office by Thursday this week.

Art

• Art club Ms Berry will run Art Club every Friday lunchtime in Room 14. The Year 6’s are invited to attend for the first five weeks and then the Year 5’s in the second five weeks of the term.

The 4 C's   

• The 4 C’s REMEMBER: Courtesy Consideration Cooperation Common Sense

And so it begins...

The wet weather at the beginning of the week has not dampened room 11's start to the year in fact its been quite the opposite we've got off to a superb start.

With the classroom looking rather bland we set about painting the walls to add a splash of colour to our classroom. 

We started swimming lessons and performing arts today as well as singing with Mrs. Hook.