Year 6's Go Jagger

Year 6 goes Jagger from Marcus Norrish on Vimeo.

Trip to the Art Gallery & Library

Our time at the Art Gallery & library was wicked. First we got to go in the library & Room 2 got to go to the Art Gallery. Then we swapped. On the GO Bus it was all quiet and then on the way back you would think it was quiter than normal but NO WAY it would be louder than usual but you could totally tell it was hotter than before because people were sweating like someone on fire. The library had this cold room filled with papers from the year 1900 till now.

By Mikayla

More FM visit Pahoia School

Today More FM visited us at school. They had a van full of rugby balls. We had to guess how many balls were in the van. I could tell you how many I guessed but if I'm right, you might beat me in the competition! Check out out photos of Room 1 with the Steamers mascot.

Tomorrow at Breakfast time on More FM there is going to be a guessing competition with Vinnie & Kirt. For your chance to win rugby balls for you and your school just call 5777 934 to guess how many rugby balls there are in the van and you're in the draw.

Joel

Jake's new view on school.

Discussion with Jake when you should have been getting on the bus!

The Golden Hill - by Simon

Once, there was a green hill that was a volcano. But there were some blue warriors that were mining on the hill and the volcano got angry and it erupted. Then Planet Blue started shaking. Later on, the volcano burst out lava and rock. There was only a small group of people that were still alive.

They were so angry with the volcano that they decided that they would stop it. As they huddled around the fire and discussed their plan a boy (Tim) stood up and said "when we arrive at the volcano we'll chuck my magic net over the top. That will stop him erupting". The next day they got their bags and set out. When they arrived in the late afternoon, the volcano saw them and tried to erupt, but Tim stepped forward and quickly threw the magic net over the top of the volcano. Suddenly there was an explosion of light and the people couldn't believe what they saw. The volcano had turned into a golden hill.

Today we know this as the Mighty Hill.

The Stone of Souls - By Julia

It’s 1871 in the Galaxy of Kaza.  A light lit up the dark dull night sky as it flew past bobbing boulders dogging them as they floated around like bubbles in the breeze. As it zoomed about the lights flickered on and off as if a ghost was standing at the light switch.  All of a sudden the power went out and the GPS faded away and everyone stood in shock.  Suddenly a geographic surge blasted through the the system and rebooted all programs but by the time the lights came on they where spiraling down to their death and gaining speed as they did.  Nothing would stop them now and they would be lucky if they survived the crash.  They ended up hitting a planet of some sort.  The impact was so strong that it killed some of the travelers instantly but left the rest to suffer.  As the remains of the ship caught alight the captain of the ship gained conciseness and looked about the deserted planet.  Suddenly his eyes rolled back in his head and he started to choke.  Within seconds he closed his eyes and Robin Jones was dead.

Its 1911 in the galaxy of Kaza.  A light lit up the night sky.  12 dazzling balls of light glistened in the distance. 

“We must be close men” said Alex Jones “we just passed through the ozone layer of the planet”.  All 13 men on the ship zipped up there safety suits and got ready to land.  As the ship touched land every one sighed with relief “brace yourselves men, this could be dangerous” said captain Alex Jones.  Men had made it to this planet before us but it was not very successful and unfortunately they didn't make it back.

Robin Jones was the brother of Alex and he was the captain of the other mission and that was one of the reasons that Alex wanted to come to this planet he was hoping that he would find his brother.  As the group of men walked out of the ship they looked around at the dark lifeless planet.  It seemed to be blue and sandy.  Suddenly they heard a scream so loud that it could deafen you if you got to close.  As they turned around, they saw a sea of blue creatures. They came closer and closer until they had surrounded the men that where all standing in shock. As they closed in on the men they bought out swords and spears and ended the lives of those 13 men.  The creatures carried them into a secret underground cave, lit up by grass torches that where lined upon the walls.  As they entered a rounded room, with a glowing pool in the center, the blue Warriors dropped the still bodies into the pool and sang a chant in a different language.  As the song was sung a gray stone with white lines that looked like they where carelessly wiped through the stone, rose from the pool and shone in the darkness of the little cave.  They bodies then soon disappeared and had been sent toward the sky.   The 13 men joined as stars in the sky along with the 12 that died in 187.  The souls of the Jones brothers where reunited after all those years apart.  To this day they sparkle in the night sky, and all the dead that die on the planet get sent to live with the stars.   

Volcano Giant by Jake G

Deep in the clouds, the giants' swords smashed against each other. Exovis (the giant who had never lost a battle) was just going easy and the other giant was still struggling to keep up! This went on for several years until a new giant arrived. His name was Alcov. Alcov laughed at Exovis and challenged him to a battle. Exovis refused but when Alcov said he was scared Exovis agreed. The concrete swords smashed and gave off ear-deafening bangs. Just then, Exovis' sword broke! No-one could believe it, Alcov had won! Exovis was so furious that he jumped from the sky and now sleeps in an underground tunnel in a hill made of rock. Today we call it a volcano. Every hundred years, the giant wakes from his sleep and releases his anger which makes fire come out the top which we know as an eruption.

Snow Camp

Last week some of our Year 6 students spent two days skiing at Whakapapa. We had a fantastic time, getting ski lessons and then exploring the mountain.

Snow on the mountains around Pahoia!

On Monday at Pahoia we could see fresh white snow on the hills. The snow was very easy to see from the school. We could feel the cold blasts of air coming down from the mountain and it was a wonderful sight. Lots of students where excited to see snow. We all can't wait for snow camp hopefully there will be snow for us then.  By Julia.

Respect

Production is Coming!

Get ready to audition for next terms production by learning this song.  The lyrics are on the sheet you have been given!  BREAK A LEG!

Pahoia School Cross Country

Friday was our School Cross Country. It was fantastic to see our Houses showing amazing team spirit, cheering their team mates on and being so positive! Well done to everyone who put in their best effort and to the winners on the day!

Buddy Class!

Today Room One had a fantastic afternoon sharing and learning with Room Eight.  Our Year 1 buddy class came to share their Autumn Leaves cinquain poetry.  They had also created colourful autumn leaves artwork.

Once they had shared, we shared a little about our new iPads.  In groups we used Puppet Pals to take the leaves from Room 8's art, photographed a background and recorded some of the poetry.

As seniors in our school our aim was not to show our buddies how to make the animation, but to help them learn and do it themselves.  At times we did it well, but there were parts we found difficult!

Check out the video created with all our animations.

The World is a Changing!

Term Two has arrived and this term we are exploring Change in Science.  There are so many things changing around us in the world.  Some things we expect to change, some things we aren't even aware of and others might scare us a little.

We are beginning our term by just exploring.....thinking about what we already know about and then looking into what things in the world are changing that we haven't thought too much about.

If you are reading this post, we would love your thoughts, ideas, wonderings and concerns about scientific things that are changing in the world.

At the Apple Store!

Hi everyone,

Well I have made it through four days of full on Apple Time and am now back in Sydney at the Apple Store. This is the mothership of Apple Technology....so much cool stuff!

I have learned heaps and am looking forward to coming back to class and sharing lots of things with you. Hope you guys have a great start to the week and enjoy Life Ed.

Don't forget our shared lunch on Thursday and the times tables competition.

April Poo's Day!

Libby, Jake, Aaron and Kullen tried our new iPad 2 and the app Puppet plays yesterday. Their task was to experiment with the app, create a play and share what they learned. As their teacher, they were able to share a number of new tips and trick with me. I think they did a fantastic job for a first go using Puppet Plays....what do you think?

First Aid Survival!

On Monday the 28th of March 2011 in Room 1 at Pahoia School, Keri from St John came into our class and gave us some advice that someday might help us to save someone`s life. We were told how to put a sling on somebody, how to put bandages on, how to use saline solution, how to act when somebody is injured, which is to stay calm and not crowd around the patient. Plus not to say to the patient you have a massive gash on your body because they would freak out!

Our Principal Mr Wadsworth just happened to injure himself on the building site outside. "One of the support poles fell on me" he said! He stumbled into our class and had massive gashes in his right arm, left thigh and on the right side of his forehead. We were able to help him with all the supplies we had.

By Aaron

Island Shelters

As an optional homework challenge, Room One was set the task of designing and building a shelter from materials that they would find on a remote island. There were allowed to use two items that may have washed up on the beach from plane wreckage. Here are some of our creations.

Survivor Reflections

Survivor Reflections from Marcus Norrish on Vimeo.

Survivor Pahoia was Fantastic!

Here we go - Survivor Pahoia!

I'm just grabbing breakfast and then heading out the door - see you there!!

Attention Camera Crew

Hi team,

I know that you will be looking here for the movie you created today. Unfortunately there were children in some of the photos you took that do not have permission to be on our blog, so at this stage I cannot publish it. I'm really sorry as I know you were looking forward to seeing it - you did a fantastic job. We'll see if we can sort it out next week!

Mr Norrish

Hall Report

Our video team spent the block writing and videoing this news report on the progress of our new hall.  We would love to hear how you think we went.  What could be do better next time?

Holiday Report

This term we are working on writing amazing News Reports.  To warm ourselves up we wrote reports on a holiday experince, but written in the 3rd person.  Here are a couple of examples.  How do you think we did?  What did we do well and what could we do to improve?  We would love your feedback!

A Stinging Surprise

by Julia

10 year old Julia Huinink from Pahoia Primary School was stung buy a blue bottle while playing touch with family and friends.

“It was an overcast day and it was raining. As I ran through the rain the wind caused it to charge towards us and when the rain hit it stung like a swarm of bees.” explained Julia

The Huinink’s had been going to Waikawau bay for about six years and had never seen blue bottles there before. As the teams started to score tries Julia moved over to were all the seaweed had been washed up onto the beach. But what Julia didn’t know was that there were two jelly fish hiding in a clump of it. Julia suddenly felt a painful sting that made her jump out of her skin. As she landed on the sloppy wet sand she felt the sting again. Julia looked down and saw a blue and white tentacle wrapped around two of her toes.

Julia Huinink kept on playing but it got itchy as her feet started to dig into the sand. Lost more tries where scored and it was down to the last try wins.