Science Fair Awards

Well the Science and Technology Fair was a great display of student achievement and hard. It is fantastic to say that Room 13 students made excellent efforts with their work, in addition many students from room 13 were recognised by the judges and awarded for their work as listed below. Absent from photo - Zach
Prizewinners

• Nic Anderson - Hover Magic
• Karl Bjornerud - Earthquake

Highly Commended

• Dione Barratt - K9P
• Bailee Porter - Fun Fog Facts
• Clayton Woods - Otago Harbour
• Zach Perkins - Stepin' Up
• Grace Perry - Eggs or no eggs (Prize Outstanding Presentation)
• Zoe Noble - Sniffex
• Georgia De Raad - Breakfast Boost
• Tayler Stewart - Agar the Horrible

All very deserving recipients, great efforts and pleasing results!

More Science Fair Pics..

Well almost everyone has had the chance to share their Science Fair Inquiry work with the class and explain what they did. It has been great to see students' thinking about what they have found out and thinking about what they could do to improve their work if they were to do it again. There are some very good reflective thinkers in the class! Parents are invited to come along and view all the work in the school hall. Viewing times are as follows; Wednesday 24th June 1.30pm-7pm, Thursday 25th June 9am-7pm, Friday 26th June 9am-10.30am. Come and check out all the wonderful work if you have a chance!

Science Fair..

Assembly Awards

Well Done to the following Room 13 students who have received Principals' Assembly Awards over the last 3 weeks;

Week 6 - Bailee Porter

Week 7 - Zach Perkins

Week 8 - Tayler Stewart

Great efforts with your learning!

The Eternal Question - Why?...

A few questions to think about...

Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a 'Broker'?

Who tastes dog food when it has a 'new & improved' flavour?

Why do they call the airport 'the terminal' if flying is so safe?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

Why isn't there mouse-flavoured cat food?

Almost here...

Science Fair.......Well the School Science Fair is almost here and it is great to see so many people talking about and asking questions about how to add those final touches to their work. Students will start presenting their work to the class this Thursday, we will have all presentations completed by Wednesday next week. All Science Fair Investigations will go on display in the school hall from Wednesday. Parents are welcome to come along and view these pieces of work from Wednesday through to Friday, I will let people know of the times asap.

For the remaing weeks of the term we are going to be learning about the relationships between the Earth Moon and Sun and will make a special focus on the celebration and occurance of "Matariki" which is on June 24th this year. Your child will be able to tell you all they know about their learning over the coming weeks.

School reports will be sent home on the last day of term and these will be followed up with parent interviews in Week 1 of next term, I will have a notice out regarding this soon.

Keep up all the great efforts in all that you do, and most importantly keep warm and healthy!

Science Fair .....

Well the School Science Fair is getting close now. It is great to see and hear about all the investigations that are going on and being carried out by students. By now most of the testing should be complete and students should be starting to make some conclusions from what they have found out. Remember that the "Log Book" is an important part of the Science Fair and this should include notes of everything students have done in relation to their inquiry. It is great to see students getting their display boards and taking these away to start presenting their findings. We will start presenting pieces of work tot he class atht eend of next week for those who are complete by then. The last date for all work due is Monday 22nd June - no extensions on this as Science Fair is Wednesday - get organised and give your self some time to spare!!

The picture above shows a typical display board layout. Any issues with your work come and see me asap - do not come to me on Friday 19th and tell me your issues. I am really looking forward to seeing some wonderful Science Fair Inquiry work.

Stream Report form Karl - Week 6 Term 2

We went back to the Kaikorai Stream on Tuesday for our regular monitoring of the stream and it’s water quality. It was a very nice day, and the water was much warmer than last week. Some of the girls were even spraying people with stream water from one of the containers. Anyway, here are the results: The average pH level was 7.5, which is perfect for plants and animals to thrive in. The average dissolved oxygen level (mg/L) was 10.60. The average water temperature was 8.2. All of these are good. Yay!
By Karl Bjornerud

"Y7 Freshman Shield" Challenge

Today room 13 managed to win a game of stopball against room 11 the current shield holders, well done on the great game everyone, I wonder who our next challenge will come from...