Science Fair

We've done it! We have all completed a science fair project and now you can view them in the hall.  Parents can sign in at the main desk just inside the school foyer.

Come in and take a look at some of the supercool questions students asked and the scientific method they undertook to answer their question.

From Algae Bloom to absorbent toilet paper, you have until Wednesday next week to see that no stone was left unturned in a quest for the scientific truth!

My Dad Drives Indy Cars for a Hobby...

During a Monday morning discussion we wandered across the topic of fast cars.  Paige, unlike many of the other girls began to show a similar level of interest that the boys were, of course, enjoying.  Paige then put her hand up and shared, "My Dad drives Indy cars for a hobby".  This, as you can imagine stopped the class silent leaving some boys, as well as our teacher 'gobsmacked'.  "Sorry Paige, can you please repeat that?", inquired Mr Luke.

We discovered that Paige's family have a devoted family history with motorbike and car racing!

Progressing from motorbikes (after too many injuries) Paige's Dad raced cars such as the BMW 2002 series, Lotus Super 7, GT1 (like  Holden/Ford V8 series) and then the famous Indy cars.

Paige can be seen here in one of two 3.5 litre V8 indy cars that produces 730hp at 10,500 rpm!  Top speed......... 330kph! That's OVER 3 TIMES New Zealand's current legal road speed limit!

If you would like to know more (we have more cool facts and pics from Paige's parents), come in for chat and a look.  After we discovered this we found out that there are also many more gifted and talented parents in the room.  If this is what the parents are doing, could you imagine where we will all be in just a few years time..........?

Rm2 goes down by a single point!

Lunchtime games.  It was a great challenge but we could not sink those vital shots losing but just one point to Rm7......we'll be back.  

Next lunchtime games:  Landmines.

Lunchtime Games 2

So we made the final and play Rm7 next.  Yay!

Lunchtime Games

We finally won a round during lunchtime games!  It's been hardwork and we have faced challenging competition in past lunchtime games but this time we made it through to the next round.   Erika dropped a couple of 'bombs' which put the team in this basketball shooting competition.  Other players also stepped up to the challenge which was finished off with style by Jacob Pellowe who knew to throw a rebound, catch it himself and sink the final shot for a winning score of 21!  Well done team: Hayley Smith, Jacob Pellowe, Erika Sturgess, Raina Masters, Riley Hames, Jonas Kale.

Milo Cricket Cup Win!

Jonas Kale, Jacob Pellowe and Matthew Soper played in the Milo Criket Series earlier on in the year and they WON the cup!  I'm not sure of the absolute details but wanted to acknowledge their effort on the pitch.  Well done guys we're all proud of you.

Note:Maybe someone could send in some details so I can edit this post with a little more accuracy.

Ditch that Homework! Latest poll is clearly definitive.

The results of our latest poll show that a whopping 74% of voters chose to DITCH homework, while just 4% thought that homework is a quality learning tool.

Quite clearly we can see that the voters on this blog do not want to see homework happening.  Out with homework and in with extra-curricula activity......or maybe some couch potatoe sessions?......