Science Lesson with AUT students

We were very fortunate on Friday to have 5 students from Auckland University of Technology come in and teach us about Science. We learnt about dust mites, where they hide and what they look like. Don't forget to check out our short videos of what we learnt that session at the bottom.

AUT students introducung themselves 

Odin, Nina, Sisilina, Antonio, Richard and Kydejah having a look at the dust they had gathered from the carpet in the microscope

Malama, Guage, Bailee, Sarah, La'Quinda and Monty learning about mites

Mersaydyz, Jahnia, Lydia, Anilupe, Dante and Alistair about to see what you can really see with a microscope

Alistair about to check what they have found on our carpet

Vacuuming for dust mites

What they vacuumed 

Lydia having a look

Daisy, Jazelle, Hola, RubyLee and Tiani having a look through the microscope 

Where are the dust mites? 

Monty, Sarah, La'Quinda and Malama having a look through the microscope

Check out our rapping skills 

Our reinactment of our procedure 

Week 7

Wow what a busy week it has been!

We celebrated Matariki as a whole school on Tuesday, by working with another class and doing various activities. Rooms 8 & 9 made Matariki short bread biscuits and they tasted delicious!

Check out our Matariki display of what we have learnt and the paper bag stars we made.

Today, we finished the week with a showcase of our Science Fair Projects and what we had learnt.

We even got to go to Rooms 6, 7 and 10 and see what they had produced for their Science Fair Projects. The work was of a high calibre and Mrs Dawson even made a guess appearance to check out our awesome work. 

Lava lamps by Jahnia, Jazelle, Dante and Hola

How much sugar and yeast does it take to blow up a balloon?

By Alistair, Sisilina and Mersaydyz

Does all slime need borax?

By Lydia, Merani, Guage and Malama

How do you stop apples from turning brown?

By Bailee, Monty, Richard, Anilupe and La'Quinda

Which brand of balloon can go the furtherest?

By Kydejah, Odin, Pajtrion and RubyLee

Where are the most germs around our school?

By Sarah, Daisy, Antonio and Tiani

Samoan Independence Day

Samoan Independence Day was celebrated at Clendon Park School this morning with various performances from each syndicate with many of our community joining us to celebrate "Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa". We even had a special guests performance from Rowandale Pasifika Group. Room 8 will be completing a range of activities this week to enhance our own understanding of the Samoan Culture. 

On January 1 1962, Western Samoa achieved its independence from New Zealand. Nevertheless, this day is observed on June 1 and is still acknowledged by the Samoan society in New Zealand. These people deck themselves up for the event and take part in various cultural and musical programs.
Samoa was first discovered by the Dutch voyagers in the 18th century. Subsequently, it was explored by the French and British settlers. In 1847, a consular office was inaugurated in Apia. In 1853, the United States and in 1861, Germany/Prussia opened a consular office at the same place. On November 2, 1871, the Government of New Zealand advocated the takeover of the Samoa Islands by Britain. In August 1873, the Central Government in the country was inaugurated. On January 21, 1879, Germany was offered the marine base of Saluafuta. In 1884, the King and Vice-King of the country urged Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom to transform it into a British settlement. On July 14, 1889, the archipelago was converted into a trilateral British-German-U.S. territory. On June 10, 1899, a provisional administration was established comprising the consulates of the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. In 1900, the group of islands barring American Samoa was taken over by Germany. It was subsequently invaded by New Zealand. According to the League of Nations directive enforced by the Government of New Zealand on December 17, 1920, the name of the country was changed to Western Samoa. It was switched into a United Nations trust territory on January 25, 1947 and achieved its independence from New Zealand on January 1, 1962. In this way, the Independent State of Western Samoa was formed. 

A blast from the Past

This morning Year 5-8 students at Clendon Park School were very lucky to have an ex-Clendon Park School student Detective Sergent Rob Lemoto stop by to share a few words of wisdom. He talked about what inspired him to become a Police Officer and aspirations that kept him on track to now be living his dream. Many students in Room 8 had several questions to ask him as they want to become a Police Officer one day too.

Official Police Ten-7 Car 

Steve having a joke with Rob

Whaea Pat being a good sport and pretending to get her mug shot taken

Te Whanau Awhina thanking Rob for sharing his story

All in!

Manulua Teachers, more excited than the students.

Numeracy

Group 2 today spent their mornng working out the area and the perimeter of one of the Netball Courts.

They problem solved with only the 1m2 sheet they made last week, a pen, paper and the question sheet.

Can't wait to see what their results are.

Community Swimming Lessons

Room 8 have been very fortunate this term to recieve FREE swimming lessons once a week for half an hour from the Community Swim Programme at the Manurewa Pools. They have qualified and experienced instructors with them in the pool, so they are able to work with students better. Room 8 are looking forward to the new skills they will learn over the duration of eight weeks.

Group 2 getting ready for their swimming lessons with Stan.

Group 3 seeing how long they can swim for without stopping.

Group 1 practising how to float on their backs.

Thanks Kids Can!

Two very happy students to have recieved a pair of shoes and socks each for free from Kids Can. Kids Can is an initiative that supports 544 schools across New Zealand.
For more information visit https://www.kidscan.org.nz/