2014 School Athletics

We had a very successful day in our school athlectics. The children were able to participate in a variety of events, long jump, high jump, shot put, javelin, discuss, and sprints. The children have been practising over the past 5 weeks their movement techniques. They worked extremely hard, and all performed to the best of their abilities. 

2014 School Production

We have had a very exciting week with our presentation of our school production oh the places you'll go! We had a lot of fun at the theatre and we hoped you enjoyed the show. DVDs are ready now to purchase from the office. Get in quick! 

Thank you so very much to all those people, family and whanau who helped with organising and helping with our big night. Without you it wouldn't have been such a huge success, thank you! We appreciate everyone's efforts with organising the children and making it all possible. 

Kids 4 kids competition

The children have their kids 4kids competition and show on the 3rd November, 2014. Please have the children ready at school by 8.15am, as the bus leaves at 8.30am. The children have been practising for a few months now and are very excited to present with other schools around Hastings. 

Thank you for your support. 

Room 4's Maui Dolphin Dress up!

Today the children had a 15 minute challenge to construct a Maui Dolphin out of a variety of resources. 

- black rubbish bag

- black paper

- scissors

- and cello tape. 

The task was for children to be able to correctly show the body parts of a Maui Dolphin. Such as the body (black rubbish bag), a dorsal fin, two pectoral fins and a fluke (tail). The children also had to work as a team, one person being the model, and three children designing the outfit. 

Our runway model also hard to present this to the class, in character. 

The children worked very hard to accurately show the body parts. We had a good laugh with where some body parts ended up. 

Check out our photos! 

Ben is modelling a Maui Dolphin, his group have constructed two pectoral fins, and a tail but sadly they had forgotten about their dorsal fin. Some great acting from Ben- he found it very hard to be a dolphin on land. 

Jakob is modelling for his group, he also tried to swim like a dolphin but found it difficult. His group was able to show all body parts, pectoral fins, dorsal fin and a fluke- well done guys! 

Alex is modelling their group outfit. His group faced a few difficulties with the pectoral fins. We also thought the body looked a little bit like a shark- but his acting and modelling gave the children a great laugh- awesome work team! 

Linus presented his teams efforts, showing all body parts. He showed great enthusiasm and character of a Maui Dolphin. We thoroughly enjoyed his dance moves- who knew the dolphins were that talented. 

Jessie's group also correctly showed the correct body parts. Here she is diving into the sea using her pectoral fins to balance her. 

Ask the children to explain to you about the Maui Dolphin body parts. 

Delicious treats from our vegetable garden

The children have been enjoying our vegetable garden produce. We have had a few broccoli and lettuces ready. The children love the broccoli and dip. 

We also have a variety of herbs ready- please do help yourself, they are are there for all to enjoy! 

Ally has been hard at work!

A big thank you to both Ally and Sharlene who have been very busy creating our girls skirts for the room 4 production item. Ally spent most of her time in the holidays in front of the sewing machine. She is very talented! You wil be able to see these magnificent skirts on our 'big' night! Thank you once again Ally! We really do appreciate it! :) 

Our Homework Pancake Suprise

What an exciting end of term Suprise! All children worked hard to make their pancakes. Thank you so very much to the parents who helped make this day a huge success. With out your help this day would have not been possible. Thank you! 

Goodbye to Mr Mcleod

Sadly we are saying goodbye to Mr Mcleod. We are very thankful for his efforts. To show us all his appreciation of the school and students he spoilt us with a delicious piece of chocolate cake and a bouncy castle. We had a lot of fun! All children had a go. We will truly miss you Mr Mcleod! We had a great assembly to show how much we will miss you! Good luck at your next school! 

Our Special Guests

We have had some very exciting guests come to our school. Thank you to Tony and Brendon from the Hawkes Bay Magpies! We were very excited to see and hear their knowledge and understanding of the sport. The children were extremely excited to meet them, as many see them as role models, and idols. Well done on their performance this year, Twyford School is proud and in full support of the Magpies! 

E- Learning Technology Showcase

This Wednesday the 17th September we are having a showcase of our terms unit 'Communication', and the technology we are using within classroom. We are looking forward to sharing our experiences and our learning so far this term. 

It set's off in the hall at 3pm, and we will venture out into the classrooms. We are hoping to finish around 4. We hope to see you there! The children are looking forward to leading our sessions and showing and explaining their technology devices. 

Twyford School Production

Room 4 has started our dance rehearsals for production. We are all very excited and are eager to get the gears rolling. We are very lucky to have creative minds within room 4. This weeks homework children are to create costumes for our performance. They understand what is essential in our costumes- bright, weird and wacky. Discuss with the children what our item is about. 

They do have the option of looking through magazines and referring to other Dr Seuss characters, books and movies. 

If you would like to be involved and help with our production item. Please let me know. 

Science Experiements

2cups and a string:

For a science experiement we constructed a communication object from 2 cups and a string. The children tied string to the end of paper cups. The string had to be at least 20 metres long. The children had to stand apart from one another (a vast distance) and the string was not allowed to touch any objects. One child would whisper into the cup while the other would listen. 

The children were suprised to find there objects worked. We discussed ideas, how does this work? Why can sound be heard from a vast distance? 

Jakob was able to make the connections that the vibration of sound would travel along the string to the other cup. 

We then predicted would the sound be able to travel up. For example, the children wanted to find out 'what if someone was at the top of the playground the other on the ground, can the sound travel up?' (as gravity might stop this- this related to our unit in term 2). 

We were suprised to find that the sound sometimes would travel but it was hard to hear, or it would not work at all. We acquired a different result. 

Great inquiry learning room 4! 

The Faraday Centre

On Wednesday the 26th August Room 4 was able to visit the Faraday Centre in Napier. We were very lucky to be able to walk through the museum and see and use a variety of communication objects from the past and present. Children were able to use the public line of a telephone, construct a message through Morse Code, use the whisper dishes and catapult. Many more devices also able to be used. 

It was a great experience for the children, being able use a variety of communication technologies. 

Twyford School Cross Country

We had a fantastic day, and the weather turned out to be perfect running conditions- not too hot, not to cold. Well done to all the runners who were able to participate. Everyone worked hard to finish and meet their goal. 

Mr Thompson's Lego Fantasy

Thank you to Mr Thompson who brought in his collection of Lego. Outstanding set up, we were all wowed by the amazing detail and ideas that Lego have brought out.

For example a police station, fast food restaurants, boats, planes and trains and many more transport tools. 

Room 4 Boot Camp

We have been having a lot of fun at school increasing our fitness for our Cross Country. The children are split into groups of 3, and are rotated around the equipment on a 3 minute time trail. The children work as hard as they can in the time fame, then have a 1 minute rest and are back into it again. 

We have received some new equipment, we had a ball trailing it out. Check out our cool snaps!