Brook Sanctuary Trip

On Tuesday December eighth Room 3 and Room 6 went to the Brook sanctuary to look at the steam there. We had lots of parents with us too. When we got there we were put in groups. The first thing my group did was to measure the flow of the stream by how fast a tennis ball could float over ten metres.
Then we went and caught bugs in the stream. Lochie caught three freshwater crayfish. I caught lots of mayflies and Dobson flies as well.
The range of bugs showed the stream was quite healthy.
Then we went back to school.

School Picnic

On Monday night my family and I went to the school picnic. First I had a Juicey and then played tackle rugby. Then the 3 legged race started and I went with Logan and we won! When I got back to the game the score was 3-2 to my team. Just then the sack race started and I was versing 9 year olds and I won that. Then I had a rest and a bottle of fizzy and I drank it all in ten minutes. Afterwards the tug of war started and I was in that. It was 8 year olds and under and the boys won! Then it was time to go. I can’t wait to do that again next year.

As part of our Clean Stream Inquiry all of Kahikatea Syndicate listened to Mel from the Brook Sanctuary who talked to us about what the importance of looking after our streams. For a stream to be healthy it needs to be cool, clear and flowing so that a number of different species can exist. We are really looking forward to meeting up with Mel again up at the Brook Sanctuary next week for our field study!

Nelson College for Girls Concert

On the 20th of November Central School got to watch a perfomence by Nelson girls College.Some of the songs were really cool such as a Taylor Swift song.Thank you for perfoming for us I hope you guys come again next year.

Calendar Art

Here is Room3's Calendar Art. It can also be viewed in the classroom - remember orders by the end of this week please!

Room 3s camp

This week Room 3 went to camp with Room 6 at Teapot Valley.
We all had an awesome time with impeccable behaviour. EVERYONE HAD FUN!!! Check out our Kidz stuff blog over the next few weeks to see the children's writing about camp.

What is a Kiwi

What is a Kiwi
Stomping stamping fluffy feathered
Strong.


For more of our poems please visit our Kidz stuff blog.

Mask Parade

On Friday evening we went in the Nelson Mask Parade. Earlier in the day we were rather worried because the weather was a bit doubtful but the rain held off and the parade went ahead.The theme was global spirit so each class at Central chose a different country to represent. Room 3 chose Korea and we did our masks all the same design but in different colours.
We has a percussion group accompanying us and lots of parents on guitars and other instruments. We sang the chorus from Bob Marley's song "One love, one heart" It was a great experience.
(Thanks to Frazer Black for the pictures)

Our first Dance session

On Tuesday October 13th Room 3 went to dance. Jo from Drama was teaching it. It was about movement. We played a game where we had to touch each other’s knees and when the music stopped we had to freeze. It was really fun. It was hard when we had to lean on someone. I loved it! I can’t wait until next time.

Our art work inspired by John Bevan Ford

Powhiri

On the 21 of September Nelson Central School went to the quad for a Maori welcome for visitors from the Education Review Office. We sang 2 songs, they sang 1 song. Then the Maori classes sang 2 songs. The Maori class did the traditional hongi. After morning tea one of the people came to our class. We have been on our best behaviour all the week! But some people weren’t on their best behaviour and were talking at the wrong time. It is very nerve raking because you don’t know when the visitors were going to walk in the door.

By Luke

Suter Gallery

Last week we went to the Suter Gallery to look at the works of John Bevan Ford. In his work he uses fine, detailed Maori patterns to fill spaces and create a really interesting effect. Many of his artworks had birds in them so our activity was to create our own patterns on a bird (manu) shape. This week we are going to do our own backgrounds then we will cut out our birds and stick them on. What fun! Thank you Esther, we love going to the Suter!

Masks

For the last couple of weeks we have been working on our masks for the School Mask parade and the Nelson Mask parade. We have chosen to do a Korean mask design that we found on the internet. Our masks are on sticks so we carry then rather than wear them. It will look awesome with every class in the school choosing a different country.

Wacky hair day

Last Friday we had wacky hair day and it was Daffodil day. I had my hair in plaits on the top of my head. When I got to school at morning tea and at lunch time Eugenie, Grace, Charlotte, Isabella and me had our hair sprayed dark blue and light blue. When I saw to my little sister my Mum and my little sister were surprised because they didn't know that my hair was sprayed.

Our school Vision

This week in our work on the school's Strategic Plan we looked at what the Vision means for us. The Vision is "A passion for lifelong learning".

Some of our ideas were:

• School wants us to enjoy learning about new things. It wants us to keep on learning after we leave school. (Paige)


• I like the vision because it will make me enjoy learning for all of my life. (Isabella)


• I think it says we should stick to learning and study.(Baimon)


• It means keep on learning all my life;learning all the time;never stop learning things; trying new experiences; challenging yourself; finding out new things. (Leo)


• The teachers try to get the children to love learning so much they don't want to stop in their entire lives. After they leave school they will still want to learn new things to make their lives more interesting. (Charlotte)

NCS Values

In our class we have ben talking abour our school Strategic Plan. This is a document that is very important to us at Central because it says what is important to us all and tells everyone about the things we are aiming for.
In our homework we had to choose one of our values from the Strategic Plan and write about what that means for us when we are at school.
Our Values are:

• Doing our best,
• Getting along with others,
• Making good choices,
• Looking after the world.

Some of our ideas were:

• Doing our best means trying our hardest in our work. (Grace)
• Doing our best means I try my best at handwriting, to listen in class and at everything at school. (Louie)
• Getting along with others means playing nicely, not hurting others, and trying to sort sort problems out. (Jack)
• Making good choices means not bullying, helping my friends, listening well in class and playing with people who don't have anyone to play with. (Logan)
• Making good choices also means sitting still and listening to the teacher, doing your homework and bringing it back and if a friend asks you to do something and you don't think it is a good idea - don't do it! (Ella)
• Looking after the world means recycling rubbish and not cutting down trees. It means saving animals, looking after each other and people who aren't as lucky as us. (Charlotte)
• Looking after the world also means trying to pick up rubbish around the school and reusing plastic bags. (Baimon)

Tug of war

On Monday all of Kahikatea syndicate tried out the new tug of war rope. The old rope was broken and the Community Group had given the school a new one. The seven year old girls in Rm 3, Rm 14, Rm 5 and Rm 6 went up first and Rms 3, 6 and 5 won.Then the seven year old boys were next. After that was the 8 and 9 year old girls then it was the 8 and 9 year old boys.That was me and we won and I can't wait to do it again!

Dead Precious

Last week we went on a trip to the Museum to see the Dead Precious exhibition. We saw lots of different types of fossils and learnt about how fossils are made and about some of the prehistoric creatures that lived long ago. There was so much to find out and although some of us had been before we didn't seem to have enough time there!

Kelly Sports

Children's Rights

This term, for our Inquiry topic, we are applying our knowledge of children's rights to Nelson Central School and comparing this to other places around the world. As part of Setting the Scene we looked at what was a "need" and what was a "want" and related these to the Articles we know in UNCROC.
For homework last week we were asked to write questions about Children's Rights. Here are just some of them.
What happens if govenments take away children's rights?
How does New Zealand take Children's Rights seriously ?
Do people who violate rights have rights?
What do you think you should do if your rights aren't being respected?
Which countries don't have children's rights?
How many countries respect children's rights?
How did children come to have rights?
Are children's rights different and if so how are they different?