We've Arrived!

Well we've had our first day in New York - what an incredible amount of people. Times Square was our first place to visit and it was teeming. Then my camera ran out of battery! We had our first hotdogs - a bit disappointing, but hopefully they'll get better. It is not nearly as cold as we thought, although we are supposed to get some snow on Thursday. My camera is all charged up now and ready for a new day.

Merry Christmas, Happy New year , New York here we come!!

The big day has finally arrived and we are sitting at Auckland Airport waiting for our flight to Los Angeles. Christmas has been and gone (I hope you all had a wonderful day and thank you to everyone for all the fantastic presents, cards and kind thoughts Sue and I received on the last day.)
Our next big excitement will be arriving in New York and celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square.

Keep watching this space for further updates!

Meet the NEW Team!

Lots of fun today meeting our new team members from Launch. Aspire could hear the fun and laughter from the pool in their team.
Come and see our Pic Collage posters when we've finished them.

I am in england, from Ethan

I am having heaps of fun.
Hi Bronson and Reuden and Blake.

Wet and Wild Day

This Friday is wet and wild day.  Please bring a gold coin donation!

During lunchtime there is a massive water fight so please bring along your togs and towels as well as buckets, bottles, and waterguns to maximise your Wet and Wild day experience. (No water balloons please).

Random Act of Kindness

We have loved these beautiful flowers which just appeared on our table at the beginning of the week. So far no-one has admitted being the provider. If it was you, then thank you!

Camp

We are back from camp and what a fabulous time we had. 

We all tried new things and felt really good about ourselves when we got home.

That was a long walk but when we got to the beach at the other end we had lots of fun.

One of the highlights of camp was the waterslides. We even had to have a turn before we left on the cold Friday.

The Launch Shop

On Monday 25th November 2013, Launch's keen shopkeepers will have a treat for you. They are showing you what they have learnt all about how Maths in used in shopping. They have decided that they wish to raise some money for some new shovels for our sandpit. So they will be selling both cakes and bookmarks for $1 each at morning tea.

 Come along and see what you can buy!

Swimming!! So much fun!!

Bet there'll be a few more with togs today - lots of tog envy yesterday. It certainly pays to read the blog to find out what's happening.

$100 Grocery Voucher

Be in to win a $100 grocery voucher!  Click the link below and complete the Board of Trustees survey before Wednesday 27 November.

https://docs.google.com/a/clarkville.school.nz/forms/d/1wu1dH-qjhvrky8NLggiI0UUFMC8aEV-SCw_Q8Ztxo5M/viewform

Discover's Big Day Out

What a fabulous day we had in town. Lots of new things to see and old favourites to revisit. Hopefully there was lots of talk at home. Our focus is on "What makes a city, a city?"

Clarkville School Farmers Market

There are a heap of photos up on our School Facebook page.  Check them out HERE

Pet Show Friday 25th October 2013- Info

Map of the grounds

Pet Show

PET SHOW PROJECTS ARE DUE TOMORROW 

- Friday 18th October!

THERE ARE NO LATE PROJECTS are accepted 

- NO project = No pet on pet day!

So get busy tonight, and have your project to your KC teacher by tomorrow morning!

AGRICULTURAL PETS and GARDENS - 

Garden Projects are not due until MID NOVEMBER - Date TBA.

Animal Projects will be due EARLY NOVEMBER - Date TBA.

Inquiry Sharing Morning

No! to Noise

Today in Science, we created 'ear muffs' to see which materials were the best at blocking out sounds. We talked about how this is linked to noise pollution and things like sound-proofing. Here are some of the photos from our experimenting: 

Waiting

Playing games waiting for the call. By lachlan 

Discover Camp update (as at 15:30 Wednesday):

Discover Camp update (15:30 Wednesday)
Camp is now POSTPONED until Wednesday 20 November - Friday 22 November.  The camp is still without power and drinking water and they cannot tell us when it will be back.  Activities have also been closed and will be unable to run including the go kart track and the flying fox.

This means that the rest of this week is business as usual (including school uniforms!)  Thanks for the patience and please pass on this message to those who may not have access to the Internet due to power outages.  Thanks Lynley, Sue and Amy.

Discover fun

Discover having fun in he MPF but raining. The sun is nearly out. 

Drinking bottles

Due to some issues with our filtration system, our drinking taps are not currently working.  All children will need to bring their own water in a bottle from home until further notice.

Thanks
Pene Abbie

The experiments of the balloon and vinegar. We put baking soda into the vinegar and the balloon blew up. Ben Ryder.

Trip to Silverstream

Hi everyone,

We won't be going to Silverstream today but would like to try again on Monday afternoon. If any parents can help please let us know.
Thank you

Hutch

Lachlan and Mitch have been making a rabbit hutch for our class pet. We are going to have a rabbit. We are only having 1 rabbit. Job well done. By Noah.

Exciting Science

We have had more of Mrs Edwards amazingly crazy and fun science experiments. Our walls are overflowing with writing. Come and check it out. Here's a taste of what you will find.

 GLOOP

We poured the mixture on and then slowly poured the water in. Then it turned gloopy, slimy, cold, hard and hot. We all thought that it was spectacular. We also got to take some home.

  By Mitch

 THE MILK EXPERIMENT

    The milk was plain and boring in the bowl with nothing in it. But then we put some food colouring in and the orange and blue started to get close together.     

Then we got a cotton bud plain with nothing on it and put it in one spot and it was going out and out and it started to make a whole in the colours. After that we got another cotton bud and put dish washing liquid on it and put it and then we put it in and it spread away as fast as a rocket and if you swirled it the colors would make a pattern. I think it did it because I don’t think the food colouring didn’t like the dish washing liquid. BY LILY SMITH  

Spacecraft 3D

On Discovers iPads and iPods we have got a new app called spacecraft 3D. You need a special photo and the app, you tap on the one you want aim it at the photo and will come like this. By Noah. 

Gloop

We made some gloop out of water and cornflower. We did it inside, the teachers were not happy! By Noah.

Tie dyeing

We have done some tie dyeing, this one is almost done. By Noah.