Snapshot of challenges

Here is a bit of a snapshot of some of the challenges we've done over the last term and a half. Some were easier than others. Lots were fun. Students had to communicate their ideas with others, have an idea and give it a go, trial what they had made, and make modification. Sometimes all groups succeed, other times only some of the groups succeed. But students learnt plenty even when theirs didn't work. 

Build a raft out of straws and string to float 'people' for 20 seconds.

Create a free standing marble run that makes the marble go at least 3 meters from start to finish and hits the bottle. 

Create a stretcher out of newspaper, string and 10 meters of tape. Carry a 'patient' through a obstacle course with one person blindfolded.

Follow the directions on this blog https://www.teachstarter.com/easy-fun-origami-box-kids/ to create a colourful origami box.

Year 5's seed challenge

When the Year 6s went to Tawa Intermediate for a visit the Year 5s all got together in the hall.

They had to work in groups with one person from each class. Their challenge was to use only limited resources and create the slowest way to get a seed to the ground.

Thanks Mrs Gordon for videoing them and thanks Jack and Sean for putting it all together.


Yr 5 Seed challenge from Ginny Gordon on Vimeo.

Last badminton session - videos

For our last badminton session we were allowed to play. Some groups played king of the square, some played real badminton and others enjoying rallying the shuttle.

These videos show how our skills have improved.

Drawings of pirates

In the last week of Term 3 the school had some fun for 'Talk Like A Pirate Day'.

Some students dressed up, the whole school did pirate activities in their house group for an hour and a half and many people enjoyed sausages and loot bags at lunch time.

We used inspiration of others drawings to create our own pirates. They look fantastic. All different and unique.

Tawa Goes To Town Music Festival

After a term and a half of learning the songs, walking to the College most weeks for practice and learning the moves it was finally here. Performance time. We were very excited to be at the Michael Fowler Center. We thought it sounded and looked great from our seats above the stage.

Here is the link to the rushed edited version. See how many times you can find people you know.