CHINDOGU

Recently in room 15 the students have been writing instructions for an gadget that they have each created based on Chindogu: The Japanese Art of making Unuseless Inventions.

Toast Glasses  

Chindogu means unusual tool. They are everyday gadgets that are ideal for solving very specific problems. However, Chindogu have no use at all because the gadgets would either cause new problems, be embarrassing to use, or just plain not be practical. They are often described as “unuseless” as they really do solve a problem but there’s something else that prevents them from being put into practical use.

Year 5/6 Syndicate Assembly

Week 6 Term 4

Athletics certificates

·      Congrats to all those who received a certificate for placing 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd in events at our School Athletics competition

CARE

·      Remember that you are to work really hard to get your CARE certificates and earn your EOTC week ‘Passport to Success’

2015 Road Patrol

·      There will be a meeting on Wednesday for all those who are interested in doing road patrol next year.  Training will take place next Monday

Swimming

·      Swimming begins next week

EOTC week

·      We need ALL EOTC week forms back ASAP

Production DVD

·      If you are keen to have a copy of the, high quality, Production DVD you need to order by Friday

Art Club

·      Year 5 Art Club begins, with Mrs. Borgonje today

Boys Cricket

·      Practice on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes

Water for Life

·      A group of students went on the ‘Water for Life’ trip last week.  By all accounts it was a great experience.

Mr. Chadwick and Mr. McMillan

·      We are sad to say goodbye to Mr. Chadwick and Mr. McMillan at the end of the year. Mr. Chadwick (Wanaka) and Mr. McMillan (Nelson) are moving to the South Island.  However we are excited for their next chapter in their teaching journey.

Pedal Ready

PEDAL READY

On Tuesday room 15 participated in the Pedal Ready programme. Pedal Ready is an organisation that teaches children how to cycle safely on the road.

We practiced a variety of cycling techniques that included indicating, emergency stopping, avoiding obstacles and using gears properly.

Everybody enjoyed the day and we now know how to cycle safely on the road.

By Abigail & Laura

RUBE GOLDBERG EXPLANATIONS

During literacy room 15 have been learning how to write explanations. To inspire us we looked at the wacky explanations created by the American cartoonist Rube Goldberg

After creating a success criteria for writing an explanation, we talked about how Rube Goldberg's explanations explained how to do an easy everyday activity in a very complicated manner. With this in mind everyone set about selecting a simple activity and complicating it through a series of different steps.

CATAPULT MODELS

Recently room 15 have been building model catapults as part of their inquiry into catapult systems.

The catapults we built were made out of popsicle sticks, masking tape and paper. The catapults were purposefully built to launch marshmallows.

After we had finished constructing our catapults we went outside and tested their effectiveness with some marshmallows.

CATAPULT TESTING

Last week room 15 tested the modifications they had made to their model catapults.

First we decided upon the main variables of a catapult that effect the distance a projectile travels. These variables are lever length, mass of projectile and the angle of the lever arm.

Each group chose one variable to modify on their catapults and then tested the modifications to see whether it made a difference to the distance their projectile fired. The results of the testing were mapped on a graph.

Year 5/6 Syndicate Assembly

Week 4 Term 4

Pedal Ready

·      We have Pedal Ready beginning today…remember to: listen carefully, follow instructions and be safe

Homework

·      This week you will be given the ‘Inventions and Innovations’ inquiry homework.  This will give you an extra week to prepare.

CZ Athletics team

·      The team is to be announced on Wednesday

Art Club

·      It is the second to last session for the Year 6’s

Active Post Cricket

·      Trainings on Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly Thursday

Catapults

·      The construction of the catapults will begin in week 7.  You need to think about the materials you will need e.g. timber, and how you can access it.

Library

·      The library will close at the end of this week.  Make sure you get enough books out to last you for the rest of the term

Library Awards

·      Congratulations to the following students:

BRONZE Award – Lucy. D, Emily. J, Tilly. P

SILVER – Molly. M

GOLD – Georgie. A