Top Team Challenge 2016

Top Team Challenge 2016

This term we had a school Top Team Challenge as part of our Play day we were celebrate being able to play and have fun.  Sport Canterbury brought their gear down and we worked in teams made up of junior and senior participants.  The weather was great for us and we had a fun afternoon.  

Here are a few pictures of our day.

Stacking high

Together we are one pair of feet

Dabbing high

So many skills needed here

Blocking holes in the holey pipe

These two are off task

Hour of Code

Khan Academy Hour of Code

Today we are learning about coding through Khan Academy.  Students worked through a range of tutorials and experimented with creating snowmen and other pictures.  

Here are  couple of examples from the early stages of our coding.

The main part of Hannah N's Snowman

Milan's start to a face.

Sita's duck.

We will share more as we explore coding.

Rimu Class students explore and enjoy Coding.

Update...We can add colour-

What do you mean the teacher doesn't know how to use coding?

Nathan on code:  Keen to code for more than an hour.  It keeps my brain working hard.

Caleb:  It is really good because it gets our brains switched on and working.  It gets us frustrated but it's fun figuring out what you can do.
Callum:  I really like it because you can work at it as a team to figure out the codes.

Nathan's code creation

Hannah O's portrait of Amelia

The 'Hour of Code' is a nationwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming. Created by Pamela Fox.

Farewell to Dave

Our Last Bible in Schools Lesson

Today we had our last Bible in Schools session with our lovely teacher Dave.  Dave has come to see us each Friday and shared stories from the Bible.  

Today we made Christmas cake to send to the people of Kaikoura as they deal with the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes.  

We will miss Dave and hope that we will see him again.

Many hands make light work.

Happy mixing.

A sneaky shot of Dave.

Rimu Class say see you again to Dave.

Uru Mānuka Kapa Haka Festival

Uru Mānuka Kapa Haka Festival

Our Senior Kapa Haka group took part in the Hornby Cluster Kapa Haka Festival.  Check out some of our photos from the night.

Flaaasshhhh!!!

New Look Uniforms

Exciting times.  Today the first shipment of our new sport uniforms arrived.  We are looking forward to our next sports event.

Check out the backs of these two models.

Diwali Treats

Diwali Celebration

We had a lovely surprise today when Siyona's mum brought in some treats to celebrate Diwali.  Some of our Reading groups have been reading and learning about this festival and are in the process of creating digital learning objects to share their learning.

Canvas Art

Fun Friday Canvas Art

This week we enjoyed another afternoon of Fun Friday activities.  Today in Rimu Class we did canvas art.  We used black canvas to create artworks using paint, metallic markers, paua and feathers.  Check out some of our creations.

Term Four

Our Year is Coming to an End

Term Four has started and so far we have been busy, busy, busy.  The Senior Hub at Gilberthorpe School have been humming away as we continue on our pathway for success. Our topic for this term is Our Dreams and Inspirations so we look forward to sharing our work around this.  Be sure to check out our individual student blogs to see how our student Learn, Create and Share their learning.

House of Bricks

House of Bricks Visit

"Building for Fun Exploring to Learn"

Who doesn't love Lego?  Today the Senior Hub have had fun building and exploring with Lego thanks to Rachel and Jason from House of Bricks.  This company was started after Rachel had saved for years and while recuperating from pneumonia, thought of the idea. She then spent all of her savings on Lego.  Her sister who is a teacher, helped develop the programmes and linked the activities to the New Zealand Curriculum.  

Working to create gardens.

Creating buildings from around the world.

House of Bricks do birthday parties, holiday programmes and fundraising events.  Check them out and get creating.

Click here to visit the House of Bricks Website

Our Duffy Heroes

Our Duffy School Leaders

What a great surprise to see Anaru and Savannah back on Gilberthorpe territory.  They came back to their old school to speak with the Senior Hub about why reading is important to them.  We were so impressed with how well they spoke and the positive messages they shared.  Our Caught Being Good award recipients were handed their awards by Savannah and Anaru.
Ka mau te wehi!

Our award recipients with Anaru and Savannah.

We had to get a quick selfie with their old teacher...(not old like she's old).

Our Trip to Pak n Save

Food for Thought

Following on from our class lessons with Chloe from the Heart Foundation, we had a visit to Pak n Save to explore the different sections of the supermarket and looked closely at food labels to help inform influence our choices and what food to eat.  Here are a few shots of us studying labels.

Check out our individual blogs to see more about what we learned.

A Very happy Birthday Surprise

Tamara's Birthday Surprise

Wow!  What a very lucky class Rimu are.  Today Tamara turns 11 and her mum brought in some birthday treats to help celebrate with the class.  We had pizza, fizzy, treats, cheese balls, crackers and of course scrumptious birthday cake.  We all felt very lucky to be able to have this birthday surprise treat.  Thank you Kyla!!!

The birthday girl and teacher selfie...always got to have at least one.

Glad Tamara's mum didn't over order pizza like somebody else we know.

Enjoying the special birthday surprise.