Floating Eggs Investigation

Room 13 carried out an investigation into why things float better in salt water and sink in fresh water. Here are two short clips showing how we did this. Thanks to Sohel for filming it for us, using an iPad. If you've got some clear ideas about why this happens, please leave us a comment.

Antarctica by Ashley

Here is Ashley's writing about Antarctica. You can read and listen to it.

If you go to Antarctica you might figure some weird things but interesting facts about Antarctica, is twice as large as Australia. Antarctica is freezing cold and windy to  there is 70% freshwater there and 90% of Antarctica is covered in ice.

There is lots of wildlife like hump back whales,penguins,seals and orcas.Antarctica is the coldest,driest and windiest place on earth.

There is lots of ice bergs there so if you go there you better watch out for ice bergs.

listen to ‘Ashley Dictagloss’ on Audioboo

Introducing Owen

Owen is new to Pt England. Here is some information about himself.

My name is Owen and I’m nine years old

My culture is Samoan.

My old school was Glenbrae School

My old friends were Fusi,Moses,Mata,Sam,and Frazer

The bestest movie was when I watched Ghostbusters

My favourite song is Stan Walker Take it easy

My favourite sport is Basketball player

My brother’s name’s are Fano, Pou, and Hamish

And my sister’s name are Fia, sienna, Vienna and

Cholletter. My Mum’s name is April and my Dad’s

Name is Villie Taavili

My favourite food is McDonald’s

My favourite is yellow.

Penguin Walkers

 

The Marmite literacy group read an article called "Penguin Walkers" (School Journal Part 2 Number 3 1987). They created a presentation afterwards. Here is Kyan's work.

Rugby League

Over the next 5 weeks, every Tuesday morning Room 13 have lessons with coaches from Auckland Rugby League. Here are a few skills that we have learned and done so far.

Our warmup: Benji Says


Passing the ball back

Two on One

A Special Visitor by Joshua

Joshua is new to Point England School. Here is his writing about a very special visitor to our school. Well done Josh!

 After morning tea the whole school went to a special assembly. And there was a special visitor coming to our school and and his name was Will.i.am. And Mr Will.i.am talked about his family and his friends and Will.i.ams big dream was helping his mum then he gave maniaiakalani a cheque with $ 100.000.00. The whole school felt so proud that Will.i.am that he gave us the cheque with $100.000.00 I felt excited that Will.i.Am came to the school.

A Special Surprise

Owen is new to our school. Here is his writing about Will.I.Am coming to Pt England. This Morning we went to assembly and a very special person came to PT England school.He got here in 25 minutes after morning tea.He came to give a special Prize to PT England school and the Manaiakalani school. Will.i.am was talking to us about his mum and his friends To have a good friend’s.He talked about his family and a wonderful dream about helping his mum and helping his family. The school felt so enthusiastic and everyone was so happy That he gave $100.000.00. The money was for to help our School with technology. I felt so enthusiastic that WII.I.AM came to Pt England School to give $100.000.00 Dollars.

Will.I.Am comes to Pt England

We're so fortunate. Today a very special visitor Will.I.Am came to our school to make a large contribution to Manaiakalani. Here are two video clips of the special event that happened today. Thank you Will.I.Am.

Term 2 Has Begun!

Welcome back to school! This term our topic is called "PSI - Pt England School Investigates". It is all science based so watch this space to see what Room 13 and the school are going to learn.

Shelford's Omaru Creek Animation

Here is Shelford's Omaru Creek animation that he has created using Hyperstudio. Well done Shelford!

Lukis' Omaru Creek Animation

Here is Lukis' animation that he has created using Hyperstudio. Well done Lukis!

It's the Holidays!

It is now the end of Term One. We are all on holiday but that doesn't mean that our blogs are. Our school will return for Term Two on Monday 6th May. Stay tuned and watch this space for more awesome posts.

Sohel's Eel Narrative

Here is Sohel's narrative that he wrote about an Eel. Once upon a time there was an Eel named Jack who lived in the beautiful healthy Omaru River. Jack loved to swim and play with his family in the River. One day he noticed the crystal clear water of the river was starting to look dirty. Jack saw lots of people throwing rubbish into the river it was dirty and smelly it was uninhabitable for Jack and his family to live. Jack needed to find a way to clean up the river so he would be able to live in the crystal clear water. So Jack followed the creek looking for a way to clean Omaru River. Suddenly Jack realised that he was swimming into the sea and Jack hated saltwater, it made his eyes burn. He was so hungry that he could not take it anymore. He turned around to go back but it was too late and sadly, Jack died. After a while a man picked up Jack’s family. Luckily, his family were saved. He took them to his house and put them in a big clean pond, where they could live forever. In the meantime Jack turned into a ghost and followed his family to the mans house and they lived happily ever after.

Promise's Omaru Creek Animation

Here is an animation that Promise created using Hyperstudio. Watch and listen as he explains what he is doing. Well done Promise!

Aaron's Eel Narrative

Aaron (pronounced: Ah-roon) wrote a narrative about an eel that lived in Omaru Creek. Watch and listen as he shares with you his work. Aaron independently made this movie by himself using an iPad. Well done Aaron!

Jalen's Omaru Creek Animation

Here is Jalen's animation that he has created using Hyperstudio and iMovie. Well done Jalen!

Harlem's Omaru Animation

Here is Harlem's animation that he has created using Hyperstudio. Watch and listen as he shares with you his work. Well done Harlem!

Wacky Hair Day 2013

On Thursday 28th March, our school had Wacky Hair Day and mufti day. The objective was to have the most outrageous hair do in the school. Here are some photos from the day and Rowana from our class was the Year 5 winner for the girls.
Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.

A Very Special Frog by Aaron and Sohel

Here is a movie that Aaron and Sohel created using an iPad. They are showing their understanding of an article that they read, written by Lindy Kelly. Well done boys!

True Crew's Camp Item

Here is True Crew's camp item that they performed on our concert night.