What's up Wellington - Group A's TV broadcast

All Stars on Screen at Capital E - Group B's TV broadcast

Chris Day - helpful information for your ipads

Chris Day's ipad apps. information page
Visit this website to find out apps that you can use to help your learning through this link from Chris Day at Garin College

e-assTLe login page

Stewards of the Environment in Action

Planting Trees at Wakapuaka on PhotoPeach

Examples of explanation writing

English Exemplars

practice the semi-colon

maddy the multiplier

activity to practise division strategies (Squares/Octagons)

Features of a 'good yarn'

Science Fair Reflections

Set 2 - Nelson Census data

What's up with the animals

Rhyn's Reading site

maths statistics investigation

Link to Nelson data
http://www.censusatschool.org.nz/tmp/09-06-59202335.html

Group Reflections

http://goo.gl/eMXbb

Trip update from Ms Hood

HI EVERYONE

I am writing this from England where we arrived today from Venice, Italy.  I have posted a picture of the canals there.  It is an amazing place but apparently it is sinking!!  22 Million tourists visit Venice each year!  There are loads of shops but they all sell the same thing ie Italian Leather handbags and shoes!
We finished the Rallye with some sprint races last Saturday.  The race was a fantastic experience, tiring and hot but a really unique way to see the French countryside!  My crew finished 14th out of 30 which we were really pleased about because we had the goal of doing the best we could but not going flat out trying to win.  On one of the afternoons which was a non-timed stage we swapped around our crews and I ended up rowing with a Dutch crew.  They were giants!  They spoke excellent English and at the end of the race they were given all the NZ rowing vests.

Hope that you are all having a good time and working hard!  I can't believe that I am on the last leg of the trip. I am looking forward to seeing you all!  

Hello from France!

Hi Guys!
Hope you are all having a good time in my absence!
I'm posting some pictures from the Rallye du Canal du Midi. It is extremely hot here and the rowing is a lot of fun but very tiring. Our crew are doing well (currently in the top third). It is a beautiful canal with lovely quaint villages and fields of sunflowers all through the countryside. we have to get up at 5.30am to start racing at 8.00am and we're all in bed asleep by 9.30pm. The food is amazing and we're all practising our French with the locals who look at us blankly when we speak to them!
Missing you all... a little! Hope you're all behaving yourselves.

Love Ms Hood

Visitor'sbook - Student Led conferences

visitor's Book - Student Led Conferences

Link to term feedback on Google docs

http://goo.gl/Lkmaf

websites about Global Warming

global warming
What is global warming?

2011 CROSS COUNTRY on PhotoPeach


2011 CROSS COUNTRY on PhotoPeach

Emperor Penguin Stories

To read more of our Penguin stories click on Our Stories and read about the Emperor Penguin's journey to Wellington.

Scarlett's Penguin Story

The Emperor Penguin

"Oh no!" I am sitting on a big slab of ice floating. Why am I here, what just happened?
Sorry I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Bobby and I am a Emperor penguin. My habitat is Antarctica and I can only survive on ice. So why am I here? All I can remember is going to sleep last night as normal and this morning I am here. "HELP!' The sea is very rough right now and there is no sight of land. I can see a big chunk of wood floating past, I'll grab it. I will use this as a paddle then I will get to my unknown destination faster.
After a tough night and a few hours sleep I can finally see land. What shall I have for brekkie? I am super hungry as I nothing to eat yesterday. I don't want to risk losing  my iceberg if I dive down for a fish or two, I think I will wait until I get to shore. I really am getting much closer to land now I can't wait to lie down and relax.
I am waddling up what looks a beach. There is horrible grainy stuff crunching underneath my feet. Suddenly I realized where I was when a stranger came up and asked me "Are you okay? You look lost"
"Welcome To Wellington!"

Joseph's story starter

Carter Adams woke as a blinding light hit him in the face. "C'mon sleepy head you're gonna be late for school".

Carter loved his mum, but sometimes she came in just when he was nearly back to sleep after his alarm clock had woken him up. He emerged into the kitchen to see his mum eating breakfast. Carter sat down next to his mum and started eating sugar coated corn flakes.

On the way to school Carter's mum pulled into a gas station.

"Just going in for gas, won't be long". So Carter waited in the car. Minutes ticked by. By ten minutes Carter got quite annoyed. On twenty minutes Carter stormed into the shop.

"Mum we're late"!!! But the sight he was looking at brought Carter to his knees. Lying in the shop were several bodies surrounded by a pool of blood, one of which was Carter's mum.

So here I was watching t.v. and eating cereal. "Maximus King" said my mum. "You can't sit there all day, We've got lessons at three". With a big sigh, I got up from the couch, chucked my bowl in the sink and was heading to my room when mum called "Oh, Max look at this". As I came into the lounge I saw mum looking at the t.v. I turned my head to look at the tele. On the screen I saw a picture of a boy about my age ,12,  his face streaked with tears. "His mum and everyone else in the petrol shop where they were, were killed'' explained mum. "Nobody knows how or who''. I really felt sorry for him. As I walked into my room I remembered the address of the kids house. I'd seen it on the bottom of the screen. I decided I would walk over there, after all it was just down the road.

Being Road Safe!!!!!!

Guess the animal.

What it would feel like to be in an earthquake.

We were just playing, it was a normal day when suddenly the earth began to shake violently.   Mum I screamed dad earthquake.   I wanted to scream and run,  wanted to see my mum and dad but I had to stay with my little five year old sister she needed me more than my mum did right now .   so I scooped her up and jumped under the lounge room table and told her that everything would be alright.

The earthquake went for about 3min then it slowly came to an end.   I grabbed my sister and ran over to the office and right there under the desk was my mum she was shaking with fear but she was trying not to show it and she also had some blood smeared on her face that was leaking from a cut on her left cheek. She ran out and hugged us and i hugged with all my might.   I was so glad that she was OK.

then I realised "dad he's still at work" I screamed with terror in my voice. "mum will he be OK"  asked fearing the answer to the dreaded question "yes I hope so" replied my mum.   I could tell she was really scared even though she was trying to be brave so I suggested that we go to dad's work to see if he really was OK.    dad's work was just a few minutes away so we ran all the way there, but then mum let out a screech and began to cry. Dad's work building was practically smashed but the fire men were still looking for him.         

five hours past and I knew I was holding on to the last shred of hope that he was still alive then suddenly two firemen were dragging a slightly limp boddie out of the ruble "dad" I yelled "hes alive he's alive".

The firemen loaded him into the ambulance and we followed them dad had a lot of cuts and bruises and when we got to the hospital that was nearly recked as well they had to amputate his leg but I was so grateful that he was alive even though the earthquake destroyed our house it can be fixed but family members can not be.

by mary

Science in Hoiho and Whio

Bob and Fred

Bob went to the shop and banana shot Bob but Bob shot banana. He died.  His eyes came out of his head. And then Bob and Fred saved the earth but no he did not. He got shot and Bob died. Fred went to have a pie but the pie was evil. It had pie flavour. It ate Fred's nose but he was not dead. episode 1 BY RHYN

I'm a little Hoiho

I'm a little Hoiho
Black and white
Short and wobbly
A real cute sight.

I can't fly at all,
But I love to swim.
So I'll waddle to the water
And dive right in.

Music

On Tuesday we went to a music class with Mr Phillips. We did a music quiz. Firstly we got into three teams. The first question was for our team (we were team ONE.) Unfortunately we can't remember all of the questions and answers but here are some of them. 

Q: What year did Bohemiam Raphsody get released?

A: 1975

Q: Name a famous opera singer.

A: Hayley Westerna

Q: Name ten songs that Mr Phillips wrote.

A: Express Yourself, Drain Goblin, Dogs, Are We There Yet?, Mary, Breaking Of This Bread, Red Dot Special, Bad Hair Day, Bless The Lord and The Lost Property Box.

We really enjoyed the quiz and had lots of fun answering the questions! :)

Thanks Mr Phillips!

Poem - Weather

It gets colder
When the wind is harder
As the water falls from the sky
It turns into hail
As the moon rises from the mountain
Everything is covered in white


By Grace Reader

Hockey

                                                                        Hockey
On Tuesday the 17th of May year 4,5,6,7 and 8's went down to Saxton hockey fields.There was a water turf,sand turf and a grass turf.We all had a game on the grass turf because there was to many to play on the sand and water turf.There were 4 fields on the water and sand turf and on the grass there was 6.Our first game we lost 1-0,our second we won 3-1,our third game we tied 1-1 and our last game it was a tied at the end but we had to had a penalty shoot out but we lost that but the other Saint Paul's team won and then we went back to school.
By Sean & Jono

Science Experiment

On Wedensday our Class got into groups and each group did a different Science experiment. Our group did one called Saturation. We had to get 2 cups 3/4 filled with warm water and get 3/4 of a cup of salt and of sugar. We had to put the salt and sugar in the different cups a teaspoon at a time until the salt and sugar couldn't dissolve because the water had so much salt or sugar in it that it couldn't dissolve anymore .That means that the water is saturated.

Does it dissolve?

Yesterday our class had science. We all did different science experiments in different groups. Our group had to see if certain ingredients would dissolve in cold water.

we had:

• sand
  
• sugar
• chalk
• flour
• rice
• gravy granules
• coffee granules

None of these dissolved but the coffee and the flour did.


By Brydie and Megan

Mary's Anzac day

Mum walked up the hallway yelling, “Get up!  Get up!  Get up!” It was ANZAC day and we had to get up early because the ceremony was before dawn. We got up and put on some warm clothes because it was a very chilly morning.  When we were ready we went and got into the car and began to drive of towards Trafalgar Square in Nelson.

When we arrived at Trafalgar Square we stood in the car park in the dark watching all the old soldiers lining up for the parade.  Their shining medals, both gold and silver, proudly worn on their chests.  Some were young because they were marching in honour of their ancestors who had fought in the War.

Soon after we arrived I heard a shouted command.  The soldiers came to attention and began to march down the road towards ANZAC Park.  We followed the soldiers, one of whom was my Grandad, to the park.  When we arrived we found a place close to the stage so we could see everything.

We listened closely to the veterans speak about their time when they were overseas fighting the enemy.  Some of them read poems and some told stories.  After they had finished speaking a young girl, a teenager, sang the National Anthem and we all joined in.

As the National Anthem came to an end I jumped out of my skin when a huge explosion happened behind where we were standing.  A field gun had been fired in honour of the soldiers who had died in the War.  The noise frightened all the birds out of the trees, as well as frightening all the people who were not expecting it.  It gave me some idea of how noisy a battle must, and how frightening.

Kevin's holiday

 The big sleep over        

In the holidays my friend Jacob came to my house for 4 nights and 5 days.  We rented Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison.  They were really funny .We also stayed up till 3am  most of the nights.  we listened to music and went bike riding around our house. We also cooked dinner one night.  We cooked chicken breast and noodles and sauce - it was yum.
On Queen’s birthday I’m going to his house in Golden Bay.

Taylor's Holiday

Holidays Recount


In the school break my family and I went to Australia for a holiday. The best part of it was going to dream-world with my aunty, uncle and two cousins. When we got there I went on some roller coasters with my uncle and dad (my mum and aunty were too scared!) They were real fast! Then I saw a tiger, which was on a leash being pulled around by someone, I got to pat it! It was awesome. After that it started raining so I went on a little kids ride with Hannah, which was actually quite scary! Dad and I then went on this cool ride that is a big round thing with about six seats. You go down a canal type thing and get soaked with water!
 We decided to then go and watch a 3-D movie. It was real funny! When we came out of the movie it was absolutely bucketing down! We ran for cover in a shop and looked around for a bit. When the worst of the rain was past I went on the best ride (in my opinion), The Wipeout! After a few more rides, we hit the road as to bypass the traffic that is terrible when dream-world closes! It was a great day and I had real good time!

The End.

By Taylor

Where in the World???

A very special lighthouse built as the result of a well known maritime disaster
This is the lighthouse at Waipapa, built after the tragedy of the SS Tararua in which 131 people list their lives

Apparently this one is just a baby!  What is it?
This fish is called an oarfish and this one at about 5metres is only about 1/3 adult size.  They are apparently quite rare.

Where could this tunnel lead to?
This is the entrance to the Cathedral Caves which are on a beach accesed from the Catlins Scenic highway about 40mins south of Owaka.

  A beautiful piece of New Zealand coastline but where in the world?
This bay is Porpoise By in the Catlins, almost as far south as you can go on mainland South Island New Zealand

This is the finest example of whatever this might be, in the world!  What is it and where?
This is an example of a petrified forest and can be found at Curio Bay in the Catlins.  It is the most extensive example of this type of fossilisation in the world.  Curio Bay also happens to be the nesting site for the Hoiho!











As you can see from these photos my family and I went on a little trip these holidays to explore another part of New Zealand.  We had fantastic weather although it was cold and we did lots of walking.  I hope you managed to have a good break and feel refreshed for the term to come!

My name is Grace and I took 
our class pet, Angus home.
 He is with my cat Milo 
who loves sleeping on beds.
My cat has just found a 
new yellow-eyed penguin friend.
Angus loved being at my house
because he made a nice new friend.

Posted by Grace Reader. 

Angus in the spa pool

Olivia Nichols took Angus home on Wednesday.  Angus had lots of fun.  Angus and his little friend hopped in the spa.  It was cold outside.  "When it was bedtime Olivia read a story to me." said Angus.
"I had lots of fun at Olivia's house because my new friend Lisa is very cool.  It was funny when we had to dress up in togs"

On Tuesday, the reading group that is reading the novel 'The Giver' discussed what 'free choice' meant. We then went and sat on the mat and put our ideas together.

Here they are.  We hope you enjoy looking at our gorgeous work!!! :]

Music class

Hi everyone!  On Tuesday this week we went to Takehe class for music with Mr Philips.
It was really fun.  We had to think about what sounds there would have been in the earthquake such as car alarms, dog, screams and lots more. Here is a picture of some of them.

We also did some work on our welcoming haka with Mr Philips.  It was lots of fun but we need to be more serious.

Juniors getting into ipads and computers on PhotoPeach

In the weekend Olivia took me home to her place.
We did all sorts of things.
First I met her budgie Skippy, he's now my new best friend. It took a while for him to get used to me as he had never met a Hoiho before. As soon as we met he came flying over and started nibbling my feet, it tickled! After that we went for a ride in the barbie car, it's very comfortable. We went for a drive around the house, making sure the cat didn't see us! Olivia said to me that it was good that I couldn't fly because she's always trying to get Skippy down from the top of the curtain, which he never wants to come down from and if I could fly I would probably be up there as well.
I really like Skippy because he can talk to me which I really like, because not many animals can.
I can't wait to see Skippy again, he might even be able to come into class and see everyone-very exciting!

Hi I'm Angus and I am a new member of Hoiho class.
I came to New Zealand to get away From the cold weather in Antarctica and travelled around the country.
I decided to come to sunny Nelson for two weeks and was found on the beach by Ms Hood. I am loving Nelson so much that I decided to stay here and be Hoiho's pet penguin. I get photos of me put on the blog doing something different each week. This week I went to Brydie's house for a nice relaxing time in her swimming pool.

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

PURPLE PASSION FASHION DAY!!!!!!

Hi this is Megan , Grace and Olivia N

On the 1st of March we had a purple fashion day to raise money for Christchurch and Haiti.

It was a great success. Altogether we raised a total of over $700 dollars. The children that won the 

competition will be going to the Trafalgar Centre for the WOW fashion show. 

Making patties at food tech! on PhotoPeach

Maori design and place mats on PhotoPeach

Hi Joseph,Jono and Rhyn here to tell you about what we have been doing this week in Hoiho. On Monday we went to tech at Garin and we made meat patties. Some of ours turned out okay and some (Judah) didn't.


On Tuesday we had our last swimming lesson. It was fun because it was our last lesson. Within the last two lessons most of us completed the swim for life 200 metre challenge. It was really hard and challenging.


On Wednesday the whole school went into Takahe to say a prayer for everyone in Christchurch because of the earthquake that happened on Wednesday the 23.


Christchurch Earthquake


On Wednesday in Christchurch there was a 6.3 earthquake and only 5km deep. It was heartbreaking for the families all over New Zealand. There is 113 confirmed dead so far and there are still over 200 people missing.

Abby working on an Ipad

Ms Hood teaching

John Key's Speech

Listen to the speech made by John Key yesterday. Write your thoughts using the comment option.

Our Amazing Week Three

Hello, we are Taylor, Georgie and Mary. We are students in Hoiho class and are all Year 8s.
We have had a very busy week, one of the things we have done is go to Mapua.  On Wednesday the 16th 2011 Hoiho class went on a science adventure to the Mapua aquarium.  we were met there by a bloke called Richard. We went to the discovery room. There, we talked about what it was like when the Maori first lived here in New Zealand, how they got there food and what else they did in order to survive.   Richard then showed us some Maori fishing techniques.  We went out into the aquarium   It was very interesting and we had a lot of fun!  We then went to McKee's reserve to look for creatures down at the beach. We mostly  found crabs.  It was a lot of fun!!
We have also been swimming this week at the ASB aquatic center, We have been practising for swimming sports! There are 5 groups in total. This is what some people liked: Olivia liked diving, Clare liked freestyle,Rachel had fun with her teacher and Judah liked backstroke. All in all we had lots of fun and we are prepared for the races! That was what we've been up to for week 3.

Hoiho class at Mckees reserve acting like crabs.

Hoiho Class Blog

Hi everyone

At the moment my reading group is reading a book called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.

The book is about the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain.
No one in the community wants for anything. Jonas the main characters life is simple, filled with routine and small pleasures. But everything changes on the day of the ceremony. From the moment Jonas is selected as the receiver of memory for the community, his life will never be the same.

But if you want to know more you have to read the story!

Made by Olivia 9/2/11

Welcome to Hoiho Class Blog

Hello everyone Philippa Hood here! 
This is the very first post on the Hoiho Class Blog!
I am looking forward to taking on the role as yr 7/8 teacher of Hoiho class this year and know that there will be many challenges for all of us this year!  I am particularly looking forward to Hoiho class members working together to build a stimulating and useful webpage that will be a way of linking school to the wider community.
Over the next few weeks we will design our blog and add useful links and information to it and each student will get the opportunity to be involved in this. 
We have a busy and exciting term ahead  - let's get into it!

Hello Hoiho
To see the reminder about homework go to the side bar and click onto the link marked homework.