Mountain Valley Camp

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Get NZ Writing - Room 26

Get NZ Writing - Room 26 

A few weeks ago our Get NZ Writing activity kit arrived. We were paired with another school in NZ - Ngaio School in Wellington. 

We each completed a postcard with some awesome poetry inspired by the book - If I was a Banana, written by Alexandra Tylee. The postcards fitted together to make the sentence - 'Talk to people who help you see the world differently.'

We also filled out a large poster with interesting things about Havelock North Primary and Room 26.

We have just received Ngaio School Room 10's postcards and poster. It has been great to find out about another class and to share in this fun experience together.

Here are some pictures of our postcards, writing and poster.

Orienteering fun!

This week, Year 6 have been practising our orienteering skills!

Epro8 Masters!

Epro8 Challenge

Congratulations to our four Epro8 teams. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th in today's competition. All top 3 teams will head to the finals.

The EPro8 Challenge is a competition, an engineering and problem solving race.

In 2017 over 8000 students from nearly 700 schools from throughout the New Zealand are taking part.

Teams compete to:

• build large sized structures
• solve practical problems
• engineer using pulleys, motors, gears, wheels and axles
• invent machines that can complete simple tasks
• undertake unusual and fun experiments. 
• construct basic electronic circuits.
• solve interesting problems using practical maths

Go HNPS!!! If you want to learn more about Epro8 click on the link below!
http://www.epro8challenge.co.nz/

Room 26 and 27 -Modern Learning Environments

Rooms 26 & 27 have quickly adapted to their co-operative, modern learning environment and are planning how to best use their space.

Māhuri

Last year a lot of thought went into the changing of the team names we have at HNPS. This was both a result of ERO's recommendation for the school to embrace Maori culture to a greater degree and the recognition we needed a strong framework for our learners to connect with. Historically at HNPS we had the Year 1 team, the Year 2 team, the Middle team and the Senior team. The new concept is around growth and we will deliver this theme through the growth phases of a tree, or more specifically a Kowhai tree.

The Year 1 team will be known as Te Kākano signifying the seed which we recognise has the potential to grow.    

The Year 2 team will be known as Pakiaka which is the root system which continues to grow and flourish once a solid foundation has been laid.

The middle team will be known as Te Rito which is the shoots. These represent new growth and the search to branch out and find new light.

The senior team will be known as Māhuri - this is the young sapling which will continue to grow and go forward into the world with confidence.