Room 6

Room 6
soaking up the HB sunshine

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Speeches

Congratulations to the Year 5 speech finalists - James, Laura, Will and Oscar.
Wesley filmed the speeches on the evening so check out their videos.
 
 
 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Weekly Habits of Mind Certificate

Last Friday (7/9) it was Oscar who had been caught working interdependently as he used his ICT skills and his lunch break to help Sophie with her speech.

Congrats Oscar!

ASB MATHLETICS RESULTS

The results are up. . .

In the Hawke's Bay region

1st  - Will T
3rd - Tessa B

Room 6 - Top class in NZ
Haumoana School - Top school in NZ

Congratulations children!  What a fantastic effort!!!

Speech Finals

Wednesday evening from 6.00pm

Most Room 6 children were highly motivated to succeed in the class speech competition.  The speeches were of a very high standard and scores were very close.  The finalists have been chosen and will be presenting their speeches on Wednesday evening.

Finalists - Laura, Oscar, Will and James

Come along and support your classmates!

The Planetarium - part 2

The planetarium.

Jazae - the sun is the biggest planet.

Patrick - we learned about stars and watched a video of,lots of planets.

George - you cant land on Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and neptune because they are made of gas.

Lars - Pluto is a dwarf planet.

Anthony - the sun is the second hottest planet or star in the Solar system.

Lauren - Neptune is the coldest planet.

Barney - the sun is hotter than the sun itself.

Madeline - the moon is closest planet to the earth.

Noah - jupiter has 65 moons.

By Aimee
What room 6 learnt
at the Planetarium
James- Mars has the largest canopy.
Wiremu - Venus is the closest planet to the sun.
Dhylan - The volcano from mars is as big as the north island.
Will-there is a big crack in Mars.
Wesley- saturn has moons cirling it.
Sophie-neptune is the coldest planet.
Reif-earth is a millions times smaller then the sun.
Maisie-  that whenever you journey through the stars you always start at the southern cross.
Zavanah- where the cross was in the stars.
Ana- that there are no spikes in the sun its just your eyes.
Reid- that a million earths can fit in the sun.
Mya- that there are nno spikes on the sun its just our eyes messing with us.
Noah- jupiter has 65 moons.
Grace- neptune uis the coldest planet.
Laura- the most sars we can see in the night are 3,000 although there are actually billions.
Aimee- that pluto is not a planet.
Frances -pluto is a dwarf planet.
Tessa- the closest star to us is the brightest pointer star.



Monday, September 10, 2012

Mathletics - Week Ending 9th Sept

The children had permission to give Mathletics a rest after their fantastic effort of the previous week.  Most did. . . except for Reid and Reif who continued their battle! They have moved on to the next curriculum level and are going from strength to strength.

1st  - Reid - 23032pts

2nd - Reif - 20182pts

3rd - Aimee - 6814pts

CHB Primary School Cycle Championships

Earlier this year, students from Room 6 competed in the inaugral CHB CC with great results.  The format has changed to a 3 race series.  This is ideal preparation for Taupo or to check out your fitness against others of your age.

Check out the flyer for dates.

http://www.cyclingchb.co.nz/events/88-chb-primary-school-cycling-championship

IRONKIDZ #2

Another successful Sunday at Ocean Spa for the Ironkidz Duathlon.  Haumoana School dominated the podium.

BOYS
Wesley - 2nd
Noah - 3rd
George 4th


GIRLS
Siena  - 1st
Frances - 3rd

Wesley battling for the lead.

Noah entering transition at speed.
I am sure there would have been personal bests among the other competitiors as well. Congratulations to Maisie, Oscar, Katelyn and Jessie.  If parents have photos to add, please email me at david.haumoana.school.nz

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Rugby Reps

Congratulations and good luck to Wesley who has been selected for the Napier East Rugby Rep team.