Maths Multiplication

It is time to sharpen up our maths multiplication facts!!! We will be focusing on imporving the speed fo recall and knowledge of times tables over the next few weeks, these are the building blocks for further development and knowledge of multiplication and division, listed on the side bar of this page are links to some web sites which have some great interactive activities stuents can use to improve their basic multiplication facts.

Young Leaders Conference - Malcolm McIver

On the 25th of May, I, a class councillor, went to a young leaders conference. It was all about leaders talking to us, future leaders, about being a better leader. The leaders were world champion cyclist, Alison Shanks,
former policeman, Nick Tuitasi, Highlanders, Steven Setaphano & Alando Soakai, Justin Jones, who kayaked from Australia to New Zealand and more. Alison taught us to believe in ourselves, Nick taught us to choose our friends carefully, Steven & Alando taught us that a good leader needs a good reputation and Justin taught us that you have to plan it before you do it. Other things that we learned are never give up, be prepared for everything and pay attention to what other people have to say. All in all it was a fun day.

By Malcolm McIver

Assembly Award

Well done Hanna Ott for receiving this weeks assembly award for - A positive approach to all your learning, and for being a great member of room13!

Slammed... Tim Tam Slammed!!

Yesterday we did a Tim Tam Slam!! Recently we've been doing procedual writing looking at rules and methods to help us with our up coming science fair! Lately we have been doing a procedual writing on how to make the ultimate milo and how to do a tim tam slam. Mr Sloan decided to take some to the next step which was making them, which had also mean't the fun part of procedual writing!

Each person brought a coffee cup for their milo to be poured in so we could all carry out the tim tam slam!!

Check out the Photos Below

By Deanna and Caitlin

Slammed!!!!...

Netball - Benchball

Yesterday we played a new game using our catching and throwing skills we have been learing and practising relating to netball. We had to learn some new skills for throwing like chest passing and a bounce pass. The aim of the game was, like in benchball, to get all our team on the bench by throwing to others on the team. FUN!!!

We didn't have any places like WD and C we just had to stay in our zone. We had to play girls vs boys and that was a weeeeeee bit unfair. We had one person on the bench who we had to throw the ball to. It was a lot of fun. I think that we should pass it round more just my thought. We're almost ready to play another class. We would win!!!

The first game we played the boys won (boo), but they had more people (UNFAIR!!!)

But we all had fun and got to practise our skills that's what counts.

By Caitlin and Hanna!

Harry's floating teabag

Is it a bird? No! Is it a plane? No! Its a floating teabag!!!!!! Room 13 has been incinerating teabags. We have been carrying out some awesome science experiments like making Hokey Pokey, Yum. And making a really weird gooey substance called an "oobleck" that felt hard when you punched it with your finger. And we made margarine blobs. But now we have been making teabags fly! Of course with the supervision of mr.Sloan in case you parents were worried. The procedure. First Mr.Sloan gave us a Dilmah teabag. Then we had to carefully take the string and staple out of the bag and then pour out the contents of the bag. Then we had to carefully shape the teabag into a tube and make it stand on aluminum foil. Mr.Sloan then came with a match and lit the tube and burnt it and then when the flame was nearly at the bottom it flew like Mary Poppins on a sugar high! Natasha's ,Caitlin's and Deanna's flew the highest as it touched the roof but Tayler's group's one got stuck on the rafters! But Daymon's group didn't work because it was a different brand of tea!? The reason the Tea Bag floated up was because Warm air is less dense than cool air and the burning of the tube made the air hot and rise as the cooler air moved down on it. By Tayler,Caitlin and Clayton.

Art Certificates

Well Done to Georgia, Clayton and Dione for receiving award certificates for your recent efforts and work produced in the art room.

Science Fair......

Well there are lots of good ideas floating around and most students are well underway with their science fair work, remember to keep talking with people and sharing your thoughts and ideas, any questions about the suitability of your idea just ask me... Looking forward to seeing all of your progress in the weeks to come.

Kaikorai stream results by Clayton and Karl

Today was very cold and wet! Emphasis on the wet part. Only a few of us went down to the stream. :( (sad) The groups brought back some water samples from the stream to test in the room. In lighter news, Zoe dropped a lid in the stream. Anyways, the results: 8.1 degrees, dropping from 9.4 degrees last week. The clarity of the water was 33 cm, 32 cm, 35 cm. (That means you can see up to 35 cm before you can't see the bottom) Karl and Clayton rock! Go rm. 13!


By Karl Bjornerud and Clayton Woods Bye! :)