A google a Day

"An 11-foot bird lives less than two miles from 30.891383,-102.885032. What's his name?"

Show not Tell

Slytherin and Ravenclaw writing groups are learning how to show not tell in our writing. These are our practice sentences. See if you can guess what we are feeling....

Name	Show not tell….
Penny	My mouth is moving like I want to say something but I can't. I  can't wait till we land my Dad will be happy to see me ! I look through the window to see if we are there yet but we have still
savana	My tummy feels like I'm going to puke. I look around to see if I can see mum but I can't.
ollie	I hope we land soon because I am getting butterflies in tummy I can feel them fluttering around. I need a vomiting bag NOW!!! Finally the
Sam	My heart is pounding. No one was around me that I know . I was by myself I am FREAKING OUT!!!
Harry	My eyes are watery and my head is down. I am crossing my arms and I am looking around for

Name	Show not tell….
Cate	I smiled as I was biking on the footpath. My hands were shaking as I peddled away. My cheeks went red.
Gemma	My face lit up, my cheeks were red. Some tears come through my eyes as I peddled away.
Jake	My face with beginning to turn into a big grin. As I was walking I didn't feel to good.
Cam	I was smiling because I found a bigger hamlet. I didn't have a big enough helmet and I didn't like it.
Ben	As my legs were pushing the pedals my legs were pushing the pedals slowerer. My face was going red

Cross Country Form

Fill in your time and name for cross country training.
If you can't see the form (maybe you're on an ipad) click here: http://goo.gl/forms/b1uHzwFmxV 

If you want to see the progress you are making, click here.

HP Rural Women's Technology Competition

Happy Holidays Tawhai Team! Some very exciting news!

Our video for the Rural Women's Technology Competition has made it to the top 25!! Go us!
Hopefully we make it through to the finish line as winners!

The One and Only Ivan

We have just finished the class novel: The One and Only Ivan. 

It is an abosoliutly amazing book, and we would recommend it to anyone! 

If you want to find out more about Ivan, visit http://theoneandonlyivan.com/

Read about the real Ivan that the book is based on. 

Museum Visit

On Monday the 15th Tawhai, Manatu, Kowhai and Kanuka went to the Otago Museum. We learnt about forces and got to make predictions and have discussions about force and the catapult.

We loved playing in discovery world! Getting hands on and finding stuff out is a fantastic way for us to learn. We loved the marble run. It gave us some fantastic ideas to create our own.

The giant Moa:

A tarantula!

We found a giant turtle shell. We have been writing explanations about the turtle life cycle. 

 And we found a gorilla! Our class novel is "The One and Only Ivan" a story about a gorilla in a circus. This is not like the Silverback Gorilla that is in our book though.

We finally went around the museum on a scavenger hunt to find clues. This was so much fun! We went right through the museum and had to really figure out the clues and find the answers inside exhibitions.


The final question was we had to answer with all of our clues was:
How did the Moai from Easter Island get to where they stand?

Only some of us figured it out....

Do you know?

Museum

Museum trip tomorrow! Don't forget your uniform, vest, and a packed lunch. 

How exiting! We are going to learn about forces. 

See you all tomorrow.