We have the pleasure of welcoming Bree and Asher to Nelson Campus in Term 3.  They have come to us from Maungaturoto Campus.  Please make them feel welcome.

Parents please remind students they are expected to wear the correct school uniform at all times.  Please find attached a copy of what is required.

Who knew our students were so argumentative!

Results:  Raiders 1st, Warriors 2nd and Troopers 3rd.

The junior school had great fun in planning and decorating cupcakes.  They produced a great variety of amazing creations on an animal theme.

Troopers House

Raiders House

The winning house was .... Raiders followed by Warriors 2nd and Troopers 3rd.

It was a crisp beautiful Nelson morning for the Chalk Art Competition on the last day of term.  The theme being Kiwiana.  

Some of the amazing works of art.

Congratulations goes to the winning house....

WARRIORS! 

Followed by Raiders then Troopers.

A lot of discussions and hammering was going on during this challenge.  Congratulations Warriors on your win.  Troopers came in 2nd and Raiders 3rd.

The finished bridges.

The activity day at Blenheim campus was thoroughly enjoyed by all.  The juniors put a huge amount of effort into their chalk art, some worked in pairs and others chose to work individually.  The colours and imagination was very impressive.  The seniors debating was a lot of fun with some students choosing to opt for sumo costumes while debating!  This generated a lot of laughter and banter. Overall a great last day of term enjoyed by students and staff.  

Blenheim Results:  Raiders 1st, Warriors 2nd and Troopers 3rd.  Well done all.

The Y7/8 students on the West Coast and Blenheim have done an endothermic science experiment to fit in with their Sun Inquiry. They had lots of fun and unanimously decided that if they could change one variable in the experiment it would be to use a higher percentage of peroxide.

Room 1 students in Blenheim have been playing with words.

They took any word and reversed it. Then they had to make a dictionary entry for their new word. Here are there examples

Drib (dr-ib)

Noun: A ten-legged animal

Sentence: A drib is an animal with ten small legs

Eert (ee-rt)

Adjective: silly

Noun: Story

Sentence: An eert is a silly story that makes everyone laugh.

Ecilop (ec-i-lop)

Verb: fast

Noun: runner

Sentence: An ecilop is a very fast runner at the Olympics who breaks world records.

Loohcs (Loo-hcs)

Noun: flower

Sentence: A loohcs is a flower that grows in a garden.

Noocar (noo-car)

Noun: spots on fruit

Sentence: Noocars are the tiny little spots on a mandarin.

Raey (ray)

Verb: a type of radar

Sentence: A raey is a type of radar only on your phone

Aedi (A-e-di)

Noun: a tiny bit of metal

Sentence: an aedi is a little tiny bit of metal that is used I an electric pen, and it makes the pen work.

Bmal (b-mal)

Noun: A digging animal

Sentence: A bmal digs holes in the clouds to find cloudapillars to eat.

Our Term 2 Inquiry theme was How might we investigate what the world cannot do without?

We began by exploring how might the world work without trees? and how might the world work without the Sun?

Then: We created a combined Upper South Science Inquiry of how might the world work without Bees?  We used a process of the Science 5E’s approach. Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate.

After this, we were equipped to investigate our own Science Inquiry Investigations.  We presented them to an audience face to face and on Zoom.

Here are our fantastic Science Inquiries!

We would to thank Mr Rogers (Science Teacher by trade) who came and judged. He said it wasn’t an easy decision!

3rd Overall

• How might the world work without Grass? Bambi and Sari
• How might the world work without Gravity? Blaize and Imogen

2nd Overall

• How might the world work without Chocolate? Oregon and Montana

1st Overall

• How might the world work without Dogs? Boston, Tamar and Crusoe
• How might the world work without Salt? Tauri, Yves and Orla

Other:

Best evaluations:

• How might the NZ work without Kiwis? Tara, Madison, Zaria and Mikayla
• How might the world work without Music? April, Brielle, Amber and Mataya

Best thought provoking question:

• How might the world work without Computers? Dakari, Mahlon and Dakota

Best visuals:

• How might the world work without Dogs? Tamar, Boston and Crusoe
• How might the NZ work without Kiwis? Tara, Madison, Zaria and Mikayla
• How might the world work without Grass? Bambi and Sari

Well done to all our Science Inquiries. We are proud of you!

What an amazing amount of talent we have in the Upper South!  Please read below the winners and placegetters from the Upper South.  Also click the link below the table to see all the winners.

https://www.flipsnack.com/OneSchoolAU/journey-through-talent-2020-winners-flipbook.html