YOU CAN MAKE A CARTOON OF YOURSELF TOO!

GUESS WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE HOLIDAYS???

GO TO KMKM AT THE TOP OF OUR BLOG AND MAKE A FUNNY CARTOON OF YOURSELF DOING SOMETHING FUN THESE HOLIDAYS.  POST IT ON OUR BLOG AND WE WILL TRY AND GUESS WHAT YOU DID WITH YOUR TIME OFF. HAVE FUN!

This young man is really inspiring.

http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/the-20-year-old-who-plans-to-remove-all-plastic-from-the-ocean/

I thought you would all like this video as keeping our environment clean is an issue most Ngatimoti School students are passionate about. Boyan Slat is no different to any of you. He had an idea and a passion for cleaning our oceans and has worked really hard to make his dream a reality. You can all make a difference to our world just like Boyan is doing.

Feeding Lambs

Debs has got some new lambs. Their names are Biddy and Nibbles. At lunch time some of us get to go to Deb's house to help feed the lambs.

Book Bonaza

Last week we had a book bonanza. We had a shared lunch, stories from around the world, guest readers, loads of competitions and best of all we had to dress up like a book character!

Here are some of the photos we took.

The Great Kereru Count 2014

Check this out. Head to this link to find out more...

http://www.kererucount.org.nz

Insulation and Science

The test

Caleb, Oscar, Pipiri and Harry test out the different insulation in icy water that is only 2 degrees celsius  in temperature. Brrrrrrr!

Animal fat provides excellent insulation against the cold. Must be why animals such as walrus and seals have lots of blubber. Wouldn't want to insulate your house with it though!!

Which insulation is the most effective?

Learning how to read temperature in degrees celsius

Lolly Sculptures

St Johns comes for a visit

Pet Ice Cube: Which insulation works the best?

Science with Mr Dunn

Tumble Books

A new amazing website with lots of e-books to read and activities to do. Click on this link or on 'Tumble Books' in the menu above. Here is a picture of what the homepage looks like. ENJOY!http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

NEWS PRESENTATION HOMEWORK

Just in case you've lost your homework book, here is all the stuff you need for your news presentation.

Project Presentation

Next week you will be presenting your project on _______________. 

Your topic is ‘Where in the World’. 

Here is a checklist to make sure you have included everything in your project and you have taken care to proofread and edit your writing.

• Title (Name of the country)
• A funny picture
• A border
• A picture of the country’s flag.
• A description of it’s location and a map.
• Information about the main language, religion, currency, food, population, customs/ traditions and what makes the country special.
• A bibliography

Please complete this term’s project on A4 paper so we can add it to our class book. Ask Debs for some paper if you don’t have any at home.

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Project Presentation

Next week you will be presenting your project on _______________. 

Your topic is ‘My Hobby’. 

Here is a checklist to make sure you have included everything in your project and you have taken care to proofread and edit your writing.

• Title (Name of your hobby)
• A picture
• A border
• Three interesting facts about your hobby
• Why you find it interesting?
• How did you start your hobby?
• What you have to do for your hobby?
• A bibliography

Please complete this term’s project on A4 paper so we can add it to our class book. Ask Debs for some paper if you don’t have any at home.

Project Presentation

Next week you will be presenting your project on _______________. 

Your topic is ‘Commonwealth Sportsperson’. 

Here is a checklist to make sure you have included everything in your project and you have taken care to proofread and edit your writing.

• Title (name of the person)
• A photo or picture of the person
• A border
• Where they are from, information about his/ her achievements, sport and age?
• Interesting Facts
• A bibliography

Please complete this term’s project on A4 paper so we can add it to our class book. Ask Debs for some paper if you don’t have any at home.

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Project Presentation

Next week you will be presenting your project on _______________. 

Your topic is ‘Movie/ Book Review’. 

Here is a checklist to make sure you have included everything in your project and you have taken care to proofread and edit your writing.

• Title ( Name of the movie/ book)
• A picture
• A border
• The author/ director
• A description telling what the movie is about.
• A list of the main characters. Who is your favourite character and why?
• Rating out of 10. State why you liked/ didn’t like it.
• Genre e.g., animation, comedy, action..

Please complete this term’s project on A4 paper so we can add it to our class book. Ask Debs for some paper if you don’t have any at home.

Resurrection!!!

One day Mr and Miss Blue had a son called Fred. Fred was a realy good reader like his older brother Georgie but he died when Fred was a baby. Mr and Miss Blue are sad still. Was it a murder? They will never know. One day an old man came to their doorstep and said they had found the body of their son...



He was found in a cellar of an old man who died years ago..


14 years later... The Son Fred started asking questions. They said it was a murder of an old man called Zack! Fred was destined to see his brother so he asked if he could see the coffin of his brother. Mr and Mrs Blue stared at Fred amazed, but they did let him. They took him there the next day. He was in his coffin breathing. They shocked him back to life. They were so happy but....


2 years later the son was gone!! He  died on the spot. He had blood down his back and a knife next to him. He was gone.
BY JASMINE PHILLIPS!!!

save the sharks

milk in school

I loving having milk in school.

Having milk in school motivates me to do all my work so I can have a refreshing drink to cool me down. Milk is full of calcium which is good for your teeth. For example my little sister has bad teeth but she is getting better at drinking milk because she knows that it is good for her.

Milk strengthens your bones and gives you lots of energy.
Normally I don't get enough sleep so I drink lots of milk to give me lots of energy.

I enjoy having milk in school.

By Samantha

SLACKLINE INSPIRATION

Room 3 and Room 1 bought a slackline with their class money this term. It is very popular at break times and it is great to see kids helping each other and persevering. Here is a link to some slackline inspiration. Enjoy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzdqBKRMM-M

Ashton in Oz

Hi there everybody. It's Ashton here from Oz. I am having a good time here. I have done a lot of things so far. I have been to an Aussie Rules Football game - I even got to meet the players who signed my top and Payton's.

I went to the aquarium to see a very big crocodile. Scary stuff.

I have also done some exercise with dad. Yesterday I ran in a 5 kilometre race with Eli. Here are some pictures of my trip so far.

 Just about finished my race.

Spiderman and me at the end of the race.

Scary Crocodile

Crocodile dinosaur.

At the stadium, before the foot ball starts.

Happy Football Family

Having fun in Oz. Your classmate, Ashton Blake Blackman.

SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES

We were lucky enough to have a visit from Oliver who is part of Sustainable Coastlines. He showed us some pretty shocking photographs of litter they had found on beaches around the world . Some of the photos were of dead wildlife whose stomachs were full of plastic rubbish. Oliver and his friends are doing a fantastic job of cleaning up beaches all around the world.  As people living next to a main river which flows into the sea, we can help too! The message is simple...If you see rubbish on the ground, pick it up! Every little bit counts. Here is a link to the Sustainable Coastlines website for more information.http://sustainablecoastlines.org

 TUI'S SIMILES 

Bananas like a rowboat striving to reach the top of the waves.

Cherries like two red googly eyes staring back at you.

Pineapples like naughty glow in the dark ghosts that wear crazy fluro hats.

BY TUI
  

Student Voice

Maori New Year
Aotearoa
Time to reflect back
Aroha is happining
Reflect back to last year
I think about what happened last year like that time I stuffed lots of
Kumara in my mouth
Imagine what I'm going to do this year!

By: Inca

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ALL ABOUT ME!!!!

NAME:JASMINE

SCHOOL:NGATIMOTI SCHOOL

AGE:8

FAV FOOD:CHICKEN NIBLES

LAST NAME: PHILLIPS

FRENDS: INCA AND MORE :)

Look what some of our students made....A wind turbine!!!

Wind Powered Cars with Room 5

For our wind topic we have decided to team up with Room 5. Yesterday we designed our balloon powered cars and today we started making them.

 Check out Ruby and Hero's design!!!

Hard at work.

WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE WIND?

Here is a great website to explore! Did you know that warm air goes up and cool air goes down? Find out more by clicking on the linkhttp://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm

Solar Energy

This is my solar model. I made it out of cardboard. First the sun’s rays travel from the sun to the solar panel. From the solar panels the electricity goes to the inverter to turn the DC electricity into AC electricity .The person can use the electricity in lots of different ways such as on her i pad and her television.

By Tui