Cycle around Wattle Downs.

On Friday the 2nd December we had our Kereru team bike day. To prepare for this bike day we had constable Dave come to help us do our bike checks. That means we went through our entire bike to see if it is safe to ride on. If anything needed fixing we had to get it ready before we leave.

Constable Dave also helped to check that every bike helmet is safe and tight enough to protect us if we had a fall.

At 10:00 we left from school, we biked all the way to Kauri point reserve. There Mr Fourie set up a fun course to ride on and a time trial course for the more skilled cyclists. After about an hour we had a class room relay. Of course room 5 won again.

Then we packed up to complete our 10km bike ride around Wattle Downs.

Have a look at some of our pictures.

Finishing our raised gardens.

As part of our Inquiry in term 2 we designed and built raised gardens at school. We did research on the types of plants and soil we wanted to plant. So in term 3 we filled the boxes with soil and scoria to help with drainage.

With the help of the wonderful school support team we got the plants and got to plant them ourselves. Every student who wanted to could help to work the compost into the soil and help plant the new plants.

Please come and have a look at our beautiful garden.

Counties Athletics

On the 29th August we had the Counties Athletics field day. Fifteen Reremoana students went to represent Central Counties. Congratulations to Samantha, Cassandra, Josh and Jacob who qualified to represent our school at the Auckland Championships on the 7th December.

Remember the water slide!

Remember the water Slide!

Vertically opposite angles are equal!

Co-interior angles adds up to 180 degrees!

Angles in a triangle adds up to 180 degrees!

Angles around a point always adds up to 360 degrees!

Inspiration?? Never give up!

Long Jump! Have a look at these guys!

Samantha - describing Wattle Downs!

Term 4 Athletics!

This term we have athletics as part of our PE and team sports program. Students get taught the skills and techniques to be able to compete not only at school, but also the Central Counties athletics day at Jellicoe Park in Manurewa on the 16 November.

We had trials in all the events at school during fitness and PE time. That includes the following events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500, Long Jump, High Jump, Discus throw and Shot Put.

Hopefully our students will do well on the 16th November.

Good Luck everyone!

More Novel Study Photos!

We like reading!

Novel Study

We had to complete a novel study. This consisted of: Choosing a suitable novel, writing a journal at the end of every chapter (about the chapter). We had to write about connections we could make with the text, write a summery of the chapter, write a prediction of what would happen next and set questions (Think and search, author and me, right there and on my own).

We then presented a chart to use to report to the class about our novels. We wrote character descriptions, about the conflicts in the book, a plot summery and information about the author. 

To complete all of this we needed to spend most of the time reading and trying to stay up-to-date with their journal entries and not lag behind. Fortunately, everyone did complete this and everyone shared their charts to the class. Most people learnt to keep up-to-date and realised that reading is not in fact hard, it’s fun and easy! We also reflected that the mistakes we made this year will be improved on next year.   

By Damon and Siobhan 

Damon's description of the Auckland Museum.

Samantha's description of the eiffel tower.

Zac's description of Dunedin

Counties Cross Country!

On Tuesday the 6th September 10 students from Reremoana School represented Central Counties at the Counties Cross Country Tournament at Paparimu School in the Hunua Ranges. The year 7athletes ran a 3km race and the year 8 athletes ran even further. This was not a usual race you run at school. It was tough and hard. Luckily we trained every morning for 6 weeks with Mr Fourie. This helped us to as well as we did.  

The results: Kate 4th, Georgia 10th, Jess 13th, Jacob 11th, Sam 4th, Zac 8th. The top 10 from every race will go to Auckland Champs on the 15th September. 

To make it into Auckland Champs means the world to me. I’ve trained hard to achieve my goal and I did. I hope to do very well at the Auckland Championships.

         By Zac

Maori Language!

In Maori language this term we learnt to greet each other in Maori. We learnt to answer by saying what mood we are in.
We also learned the days of the week and can now say any day in Maori language. Example Friday is Ramere.
We also learned to count up to 10 and will now learn to count to 20 as well.

Central Counties Cross Country!

On Monday the 22nd of August A group of motived year 7/8’s from room 2,5 & 6 went to the central counties cross country day at Totara park. The year 7’s ran 3km’s and the year 8’s ran 3.5km’s.   

As we lined up at the starting line the butterflies in our stomachs were fluttering around crazily. Suddenly, “GO!” Yelled Mr Fourie. The other runners sped up the massive hill, but we paced ourselves and WOW! What a challenge. We ended up beating many schools and we feel proud that we achieved our goals and completed this challenging, 3.5km course.

We ran against a lot of very good athletes from 6 different schools, so to get any placing was a great achievement. Congratulations to the teams. The year 7 girls and year 8 boys came first and the 7 boys and 8 girls came second. Well done teams.

Results- 

Year 7 Girls:

Georgia Webster - 2nd

Cassandra Rowlandson - 5th

Krisana Raututi - 16th

Year 7 Boys:

Jacob Gordon - 4th

Year 8 Girls:

Samantha Maitland - 1st

Jade Gemmell - 16th

Louise Parker - 22nd

Year 8 Boys: 

Zachary Moulder - 2nd

Joshua Cooper - 4th

Brock Mills - 5th

Aidan Stainthorpe - 6th

Ryan Tamepo - 10th 

Damon Burdett - 19th

Brandon Walden - Participated 

By Damon and Louise.