Response to Our Exhibition

Thanks to all who came along to our exhibition last Tuesday night. Here are some photos of the evening...



This was a nice way of showcasing some of the projects our Te Harakeke team have been working on across curriculum areas, for our community to have some fun learning about our coding club and for our Te Rito team to share their Matariki art gallery. The survey responses and feedback we received were very positive, so will certainly look to have more events of this kind in the future.

Korban from Room 14 wrote a brief summary:

Our mini exhibition next Tuesday

Parents and children all welcome!

School Cross Country

What a great time we had yesterday during our cross country.

All classes had been out training over the past two weeks and it was fantastic to have this event to look forward to on our calendar.

In Room 14 we had been collecting our training data and have been thinking about ways we could graph it to present visually and notice what it tells us.




A special thanks to Ms Baker and Mr Bates for organising the event and to all of the parents who came along to watch!

A small number of our children will soon be representing our school at the South-East Zones. We can't wait to see how they go.

Check out some of the pics from yesterday...

KiwiCan Party

Yesterday Room 14 had a special pizza and quiz event put on by Nicky and Sophie from KiwiCan. This was reward for our class earning to most points during the Wednesday and Thursday sessions they ran this term. The points were very close, so we were excited to come out on top.

Thanks to Nicky and Sophie. The quiz was so much fun! We can't wait until you come back next term.

Kiwi Can

Every week the students at Bromley School have a lesson with Sophie and Nicky from Kiwi Can.  This term we have been focussing on positive relationships.

What is a positive relationship?

As part of our learning about positive relationships learnt some slogans to help us remember the right thing to do.

Kiwi Can says "Playing fair, shows you care"

Kiwi Can says "Support the rest to do their best"

Kiwi Can says "Problems don't just go away, it all depends what we do and say"

Avonside Girls High School Sport - Year 4

Each Tuesday afternoon the Year 4s from Te Harakeke and some from Te Rito travel to Avonside Girls High School for coaching. This is a superbly run afternoon where a group of girls who are learning to coach and work with children teach some very lucky Bromley School Year 4s some new skills and games. The children are split into groups of 7 or 8 and have 3 or 4 Avonside Girls students take them for an hour long session each afternoon. The girls are very well planned and have a variety of different skills for the children to learn each week, plus some very fun games. The children have been having a great time each week and are looking forward to see what else they are going to learn this term.

Term One Interest Projects: What Makes A Hero?

What does make a hero? 

Over the next few weeks Team Te Harakeke will be exploring this question. We have begun interest projects for the term, which we were introduced to in a team assembly last week. The focus will be around heroes, where all children are choosing someone of interest to them who they believe to be a hero to find out more about. Some children will choose people they know, maybe in their families or in our school community, while others will be investigating people who are well-known around New Zealand and the world.

Every Thursday morning we will have an interest project (IP) workshop. This will be class time designated to be working on our projects. We hope to encourage collaboration, run inquiry and ICT workshops, and promote a community of independent inquiry where we can foster the development of some valuable learning skills and attitudes.

We have a 3-step format for our interest projects that all children will follow. (1) They need to create a plan for their project, (2) they need to document their progress each week, and (3) they must share their learning with us at the end.

We can't wait to see what everyone discovers and shares with us. With so many examples of people who we consider heroes, we hope to answer the big question together... "What makes a hero?"

IP introductions

Some of us have been meeting with our teachers to make our plans and get 

our wheels in motion.

Keep an eye out on our blog and Twitter accounts for updates.

School Triathlon

We had a fantastic time participating in our school triathlon yesterday.

Most of us competed in teams, with a different person doing the cycling, swimming and running legs, but there were a couple of courageous students who took on the challenge of doing all three parts on their own. All children managed themselves so well, especially at the changeover points, where they needed to transition to the next leg.

It was great to see so many parents coming down as spectators. Thanks to Ms Baker and the other teachers who were in charge of organising the event. The hard work our community put into building our bike track is really paying off. An awesome day on our calendar!