Schoolwide Science Afternoon (week 9)

The studio was buzzing with activity last week as we prepared for the Science afternoon. All the children had their own inquiry question related to the school's theme Power. They researched and found an experiment to show how they could generate some form of power. It was a huge success, the children were engaged, motivated and had heaps of fun! Thanks to all that were able to come along.

Arts and Crafts

The children have been working really hard during Power Hour to complete their 3D sculptures! Don't they look amazing? 

Rāwhiti School Assembly

On Friday Tāwhirimatea ran our whole school assembly. Well done to Emma, Bradley, Ciaran, Sarah, Josh and Ryan for speaking so well during the assembly. Also a huge congratulations to those children who received awards or performed during assembly.

Below is our slides from the assembly which are set up to link to the videos that we shared of our learning in Tāwhirimatea.

Rāwhiti Band

Today the Rāwhiti Rock Band *Liquefaction* played and they were amazing! We had four rad rockers from Tāwhirimātea performing. Those children were: Josh and Kieran playing the guitar, Sarah singing and Zoe on the keyboard. Well done you made us all very proud! Also a massive thanks to the music teachers for putting the time and effort in to support these children :).

Hydropower Experiment

As part of the School's Science Home Learning Challenges; Josh, Connor and Harley decided to do a hydropower experiment. You can see they had lots of fun at home learning together! They presented it to the class with enthusiasm and pride. Well done boys great team work :).

If you would like to try this experiment click here

Here's a video of Josh explaining the experiment....

Power Hour

Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon our studio has 'Power Hour'. At the beginning of the term we selected a topic of interest. We got to select from one of the following; Arts and Crafts with Mrs Smith, Upcycling with Miss S, Fooding with Mr Stewart, Coding with Elizabeth (our IT specialist), Dancing like the Stars (Sandy Gray and Kathy) and Scouts skills with Matt (Youth Worker). We love this as it gives us 'hands on' experiences in a topic that we are passionate about! Check out the powerpoint below!

We have created games in coding and it is hard work but heaps of fun!

We are learning to read our recipes very carefully! The food we bake is so yummy and it is always gone before 3pm :)

Kathy even dances with us, look ^...

We love learning to tie different knots! 

Making plastic bottle streamers.

Creating paper mache treasure boxes.

Inquiry Term 2 - From Switch to Source

During Term 2 we have been learning about the power of the sun and the importance of it within our everyday lives. Also, we are learning about energy sources, how they are created and how we can harness these to power our lives. Keep an eye on the blog for more updates soon!

Here are a couple of Pic Collages...

We are also going to learn what makes Rāwhiti a Schoolgen School. If you want to check it out follow this link...

You can also find out more about how much the school is running off the Grid as opposed to the power created by the school's solar panels! It's interesting stuff. Just click here