Monday, June 15, 2009

Ratu 16 Pipiri (Tuesday, 16th of June)


Last week Georgia and Giorgia went to the boiler room to ask Mr Andrews, the school caretaker about how our school is heated in the winter time.

We talked to Mr Andrews about coal, the heating of the school and how he likes working with the boilers.
Giorgia took some photos of the boiler room and me trying to lift the the coal and I took one of her.The coal is very heavy and the cheapest way of heating the school.
Greytown school buys Pea coal because its the cheapest.
We asked Mr Andrews what is it like to work in the boiler room?
He said"it is cool but you have to be careful in there.


Sunday, June 14, 2009

Weekend sports

Over the weekend many of us were involved with sports, here are some results.

Saturday Greytown strikers played Martinbourgh in soccer. Greytown won 5-0. Jordan scored 4 of the goals.

Around the same time, Greytown Fireball (Hockey) faced Hadlow and won 4-1.
Greytown (Netball) won 12-2 with DPS Tactics at Kurinui and Greytown played rugby at the Greytown rugby club.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Rahina 15 o Pipiri (Monday 15th of june)


This term our focus is on Electricity. We have been making circuits and learning about the different sources of energy generation.

Over the last few week, students' have been making new discoveries around the topic of electricity, and have come up with questions about the topic.


They are now currently researching their questions, and finding out new information in their area of interest.


We have groups working on "Which electricity is the best in terms of cost and environmental impact" to "How much electricity is the school using and areas where we can save on power".

In week 10, the students will be sharing their keynote presentation on their findings to the Karaka Syndicate.

Room 11 will also be recording the progress of our inquries and other events happening in our classroom while reflecting on their new learning, daily on our class blog site.


Week 8 is Teacher-Student-Parent conferences, where the students will be able to discuss and showcase their learning from the last two terms.