Our meeting with the Mayor

This afternoon Room Kowhai were thrilled to meet Gore's mayor Mr Tracey Hicks in person. Mr Hicks came in to discuss the qualities and attributes that makes a special leader. He outlined his roles and responsibilities within the Gore District Council and gave us some good advice to take with us in the future.

It was neat to be able to get a glimpse into the life of a mayor - he is an extremely busy man!! We were also given the opportunity to ask His Worship some questions about his role.

Thanks Mr Hicks for supporting our learning at East Gore (0:

11/11/11 @ 11:11AM

Here we are on the 11th day of the 11th month in 2011 - yes the time on the data projector is displaying 11:11am.

Very cool!!

Homework tasks

Check out these creative kids who have worked hard to present their town/city for homework. A special mention must go to Eve & Jordan who have a 3D model of their towns. They look cool ladies!

Britney's Smurf Town is fantastic. She has created her town for us to eat!! Chocolate, marshmellow, jelly and biscuits were used to make this funky town. Very cool - we love it!!

SCHOOL CONCERT

It was super cool to share our talents with our East Gore School community. Room Kowhai presented "Poi E" with singing and dancing. We also played the "London Bridge" on the xylophone. Our guitarist Michael Jones led us through this and he did a superb job. I must mention our school compere's Ebony & Britney who did a fantastic job of taking us through the concert. The senior boys entertained us with a spine-tingling rendition of the haka. A big Hi-5 to Matt who led his team with the pride of a fearsome warrior.

Well done everybody - you can be proud of your efforts!

LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES

This week we were lucky enough to have a variety of guest speakers in to discuss what activities they like to do in their leisure time. Thanks to Sarah (marching), Rachel (dancing), Nick (shooting), Breanna (music), Jo & Terry (martial arts), Kevin (scouts), Ken (poultry), Helen (ice skating), Robyn (vintage cars) & Regan & Sam (pipe band).

It was great to have you all in sharing your talents and passions with us. Thanks for giving up your time to talk to us (0:

Mobile Art Classroom

On Wednesday 21 September Room Kowhai ventured into the Real Art Roadshow to explore different forms of art work. This is a truck that travels around NZ showcasing the amazing art forms and works.

Beautifying East Gore

Check us out planting Hebe trees as part of a recycling partnership between EGSchool & the Gore Pakehe Lions Club. We currently recycle paper which is processed and turned back into paper. This project is overseen by the Gore Pakehe Lions Club. We are lucky to have one of their members on our staff - thanks Mr Ken Scott for overseeing this valuable project.

First Aid training

On Thursday 15 September EGSchool kids were treated to a session from Jo the First Aid development officer who taught us basic CPR skills. She also outlined emergency procedures and how to apply basic first aid skills to patients.

This was a very interesting and informative session - you just never know when we may need these skills.

Thanks Jo (0:

Harold visits us

This week we have been lucky to have Harold & Pip visit us with their Life Education Truck. Room Kowhai learnt about certain bodily functions and the purpose of them in our digestive system.
It was cool to catch up with Harold again. All children have a workbook which will be coming home next week.

MUSIC FESTIVAL

Ka pai to these super duper awesome kids who represented East Gore with pride at the music festival held on Tuesday evening. The singing was fantastic and the audience was thrilled with a rendition of the Uklele Song.

Arabella

Today the children of East Gore School were entertained by Arabella Storyteller. She is a magical story teller who we enjoyed listening to this morning. Thanks for weaving your magic at East Gore. We look forward to seeing you again (0:

BP Technology challenge

Here's a really cool extension programme for our tech/science-y kids. We have entered 2 teams for the BP Technology challenge being held at Waianiwa on 30 August. If you are keen to trial for a spot on the teams you have a challenge of making a two tower structure which can support a heavy weight.

3 requirements:
1) It must be self-supporting (stand alone)
2) It must be built here at school (friday 12 August)
3) You can ONLY use the following materials:
* newspaper, sellotape (1 mtre), string (2mtrs), 6 rubber bands.

Get your creative hats on and have a trial run at home!

Term 3

Welcome in to our creative Term 3. This term our learning will focus around the music side of the curriculum. We will explore listening and appreciation skills sessions alongside the opportunity to play a musical instrument. Some of our students have been selected to perform in the up coming Music Festival which is very exciting. Mr Sutherland has the songs on his blog so get learning!!

It is great to be back at school and back in to learning (0:

Constable Graham

We welcomed Constable Graham in to share her knowledge on bullying as part of our Kia Kaha Health unit. We explore ideas including who or what makes a bully, the different types of bullying and text bullying - all relevant topics for our learners as they make their way to intermediate next year.

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

As part of our Change topic we are looking at scienctific experiments. Check out our sherbert and ooblick recipes on the publishing page. Try & make some at home if you DARE!!! Mrs T let us do some taste-testing too........

Swimming for seniors

For the last 2 weeks we have been enjoying our swimming programme at the Gore Multisport Complex. It has been a wonderful experience for us all. We have been enjoying our snorkelling sessions with Mrs T, swimming techniques with Martin, survival skills with Mr Sutherland and exploring water confidence.

Check out our photos!