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Although it was a short week this week it sure seems as though we have rocketed through an avalanche of learning activities!

1. Thursday's Kereru Cardboard Arcade was a culmination of our 'Connection' unit of Inquiry studies for term 1.  Students will be reflecting upon and self-assessing their efforts in the coming days, as well as experiencing arcades from our other senior classes.
2. Camp Memoir #2 writing has been published by many on googledocs.  Ms Copping will be working alongside Kereru learners this coming Monday 4/4 at 12:00pm to set up students for class blogging and to give handy hints for how to share and arrange googledocs...
3. Could every student with a BYOD please bring it on Monday fully charged and ready to go for this session (A number of students are 'forgetting' devices some days and/or not bringing these in with sufficient battery - this can hamper our digital capability!)
4. Friday's Year 6 Leadership Day at Kaipaki Hall was a wonderful opportunity for that Goodwood co-operation and teamwork to be on show!  Thanks to SNR parent helpers for transport and assistance on the day
5. The Cycle Skills Challenge which was taking place on Wed 13th April has now been postponed until Term 2 due to lack of interest from other schools

Have a wonderful weekend - we hope to see photos on Monday from all of those away at the Beach Hop!

Regards,

Chris Garland

T1WK9: Memoir Writing #2

L.I. Writing sentences that are vary in structure, length and style, organised into paragraphs

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T1WK8 Stray thoughts...

• Brainstorming, quick writing, pair-sharing and editing camp memoirs
• Developing, finesing, finalising, advertising and teacher conferencing cardboard creations
• Mentally-preparing, looking forward to and in-the-zone for Thursday IS Swimming Sports, (that was ultimately postponed until T1WK10 Friday 8th April)
• Celebrating hard-working, thoughtful and focused: Jade and Saoirse on their cardboard designs, creation and all-round excellent teamwork!
• Unexpected, more-than-welcome, peculiar Friday morning when the power went out and we all had to go home early to start our 5 1/2 day-long Easter weekend!

T1WK7 Memoir Writing Prompts

Hi-five ruma Kereru!  You officially accomplished the mountain that is Senior Port Waikato camp!  There are so many things to write about, just a few of which we will quick-write, draft, rewrite and publish over the coming week/s.

Here a just a few prompts to get you started:

• First impressions arriving into Port Waikato
• The 'ice-cold' treat at the end of the Bald Spur hike
• Exploring camp for the first time
• Something a little 'fishy' is going on in the creekbed
• That first night in the dorms
• sand dunes - someone forgot to mention all that mud!
• waterfalls - so that's where all our water comes from
• 'The Great Water Crisis'
• writing home / tree mail
• food-food and more food!
• In-Camp rotation day:

1. scaling that wall and circumnavigating those ropes
2. "Bullseye!"
3. Volleyball world champs
4. BMXing through testing terrain
5. Nature sketching 'chillout space' with Mrs Alton
6. bugs, bugs everywhere

• Devlin's Dash hike:

1. one long line setting off
2. "Are we there yet?"
3. follow the leader
4. those pesky wasps :(
5. What a spectacular view of that coastline
6. race against the tide
7. My legs are about to fall off!  (but I will definitely play four-square when I get back :))

• Luke's very special (Minecraft) birthday
• getting my boogie-on at the disco
• "You mean we have to clean up this mess?" (pack-up day)
• dorm inspections
• almost home!
• Swim fun at Huntly Aquatics Centre

 

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T1WK7 Week in Review

• John Parson's L.I.  Protecting and valuing identity ...
• R for Rolbero Day...
• Camp booklet, rotations...

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Port Waikato Site Recon: Devlin's Dash walk