Maggi Cookoff dates

Below are the dates that The Maggi Kitchen Showdown will be aired on The Erin Simpson Show…


Thursday 9th September ­ Upper North Regionals
Thursday 16th September ­ Lower North Regionals
Thursday 23rd September ­ South Island Regionals
Friday 24th September ­ Special Maggi Final
Wed 29th September ­ Winning Maggi item

Long beach here we come!

Room 24 will be rock climbing today! Yahoo! Remember to pack: warm layers, raincoat, a hearty lunch, a large drink bottle of water, torch, named trowel and if we're lucky it could even be sunny - so pack a sunhat just in case. I'm looking very forward to it! (Gerard, we have a few more students to travel in your car). See you all at school in good time.

Hever Castle

The wedding was held close by to this magnificent castle! There was a jousting tournament held here the day after the wedding. The castle was Anne Boleyn's childhood residence. Who was she??? What facts can you find out about her or her husband. Find out and leave your answer in the comment box.

Term 3 Week 1 Homework

Ohhh, exciting - the first part of this term we will be learning all about the human body. You homework this week is to check out the BRAINPOP website and complete an activity on the human skeleton.
Check out the BRAINPOP link on the right hand side of the page. You will need to login when you open the site. Our class user name for this week is balmac24 and password balmac24.
First of all have a little explore - there are many many cool things to learn here. Once you have finished browsing check out the HEALTH section. Next click on BODY SYSTEMS, then SKELETON.
Watch the video, then complete the ACTIVITY section link. You can either print out the activity and glue it into your book, or simply write the words and their definitions straight into your homework book. If you like you can complete the quiz section too.
Good work team!

LONDON!

Holidays and Term 3

Wow wee!! School holidays are almost over! What have you all been up to? How was Central Otago, Wellington, Australia, Ashburton, Christchurch, Moana pool, football watching (go Spain! Olivia, your team 'the Netherlands' was so close) and the movies??? Have you been getting fit ready for the cross country? I have had the most lovely time in London! I have caught up with many friends and been running in all my favourite places. It has been hot hot hot over here! I popped in to visit the old school that I used to teach at and happened to stumble upon their Sports day. It was great fun catching up with them all.
I'm now looking forward to heading home and seeing you all on Thursday. Term 3 will be a great term! We will start the term by learning about the human body, focusing on the skeletal, muscular and respiratory system to begin with. Ukulele and marimba are also coming up for Room 24. In writing we will be looking at persuasive writing and maths we will concentrate mostly on fractions, decimals and percentages.
I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful holiday and are ready for an exciting Term 3! (Maggi team - I hope you sneaked in a few practises over the holidays.)

Young leaders day.

All of the school council reps and myself went to the Regent theatre for the 2010 young leaders day. There were lots of speakers that talked about what makes a good leader. But my most inspiring speaker was Mark Ingles because he always had a dream which was to climb Mt Everest. But when he was 35 years old, whilst climbing Mt Cook he got frost bite on his legs so they got amputated off. But after 5 years he made his dream come true by being the first man to climb Mt Everest with artificial legs. But on his way down him and his 3 crew members got stuck in a ice cave for 13 days!!! After being rescued he recovered in hospital but when he wakes up he had no fingers due to frost bite. This man taught me that if you want to achieve your goals there is always a consequence and that only those that take risks will achieve their goals.

If you have any more comments about what makes a good leader post them


By Tom Hanson.