Innovators and Inventors - Richard Pearse

In our reading group, our learning has focussed on New Zealand innovators and inventors.

I chose to learn about Richard Pearse, who was arguably the first person in the world to invent a machine that could fly.

Check out the presentation I made using Canva!

Invention Presentation by Raquel Parsons

Hari rā Pāpā - Happy Father's Day

 

Online Assembly - Term 3, Week 6, 2021

 

Online Assembly - Term 3, Week 5, 2021

 

Ormond TV - Our First Episode!

Lots of new learning was involved in making this - using WeVideo, filming, interviewing and editing to name a few.

Ka pai tō mahi Braiden M, Izaac, James, Libby, Huia, Brooke, Tom, Mason, Matthew L and Hunter!

NB - Tom's interview is a bit quiet, so you need to turn your volume up!

2021 - Term 1, Week 7

Check out our Weetbix DIY Tryathlon video!

Ka pai tō mahi tamariki mā!

Term 1, Week 6

Another busy week of learning in Rimu Learning Hub at Ormond School.

Miss Humphreys and Miss Hyland have been on full control and have been running the class with support from Mrs Thompson and Mrs Parsons.

Brooke, Mekah, Angus, Matthew L, Matthew M, Cole, Luke, Charlie K and Libby represented Ormond School at the Interschool Swimming Sports at Enterprise Pool. They all showed confidence, determination and perseverance and we are so proud of how well they all swam! Ka mau te wehi!

Congratulations also to Luke for reaching the finals and placing 2nd in freestyle, 3rd in backstroke and 1st in breaststroke - a fantastic achievement!

Term 1, Week 5

It was all about our School Swimming Sports this week!

Ka pai tō mahi tamariki mā!

Summer Learning Journey Sampler

Kick Start  Art Colouring Book: choose an image to colour. Dig Deeper  Watch: colouring time lapse Share  Upload your Art and a screenshot of the original and label each image. Describe why you chose a different colour for one of the objects in the painting. Watch: create your blog post.

Step It Up  Art Colouring Book: choose an image to colour. Use the Zoom Tool Look closely at the original image you chose to colour. What do you see? Dig Deeper  Watch: Elements of Art Read: Elements of Art Share Upload your Art and a screenshot of the original and label each image. Describe the image using as much detail as you can. Watch: create your blog post.

Term 3, Week 9

 

Term 3, Week 8

 Another busy week of learning in Rimu this week!

* We performed our speeches in front of our judges - Mrs McKibbin, Mr Poole and Mrs Dodds.

* Our Aurora learners had great days out at Digital Explorers and the Farm Field Day.

* Underwater fun at Swim for Life!

* Our rugby team played Awapuni, only just missing out on a win.

* Learning - Workshops, STEM Challenge, skipping, Maths Whizz, Steps, Quick Writes... phew!

Check out our Online Assembly...

Term 3, Week 7

 Week 7 has been busy! Here are some highlights...

• Getting our speeches ready for judging next week.
• Swimming with flippers in Swim for Life.
• Braiden and Izaac went to Aurora Digital Explorers at Tonui Collab.
• River, Kaylee and Charlotte went to Aurora Creative Writing at Eastwood Hill Arboretum.
• We made 'Fireworks in a Test Tube' for our STEM Challenge.
• We had lots of fun skipping for fitness.
• Mrs Parsons and Mrs Thompson had Jo in for Assessment for Learning.

Check out our Online Assembly!

Our Learning - Term 3, Week 2

We have had a really busy week this week in Rimu Learning Hub. Our focus has been on Friendships and Harold and the Life Education truck came to visit us. We talked about being an upstander, what makes a good friend and that it is ok to have more than one group of friends. In our learning, we have had a Friendship Choice Board which has included songs, making friendship bracelets and making biscuits for our friends.

Term 3 - We're Back!

Great to see most of our class back at School today!

We have started off with a bang, with Swim for Life lessons at Enterprise Pool.  These lessons are to help us become stronger swimmers and learn some valuable skills that could be used in survival situations around water. We will continue these lessons for the whole term.

The Great Egg Drop Challenge!

Our last STEM Challenge of the term was the Great Egg Drop Challenge! Our aim was to protect our egg when it was dropped from a big height - we didn't want any Humpty Dumptys! We worked in pairs to plan our design, work out what we needed and who was going to bring it and then we made our designs at school.

Finally on Friday, we tested our designs out with Mr Poole's help.  Check out the video to find out the fate of our eggs...

Online Assembly - Week 12

Online Assembly - Term 2, Week 11

Online Assembly - Term 2, Week 10

Online Assembly - Week 9

Online Assembly - Week 8