A successful week of activities
The usual Core subjects were offered this week but with a more hands on focus.
In Science, students built rockets and then tested them in the Quad. See the YouTube of rocket launch below supplied by Kaleb Morris.
The Mathematics Department activity required removing the roof tiles in A3 to accommodate the freestanding tower competition.
Year 10 Digital Technology Camp researched, designed and produced a product to sell. Their creations are displayed below: enquiries are to be made to the Technology Department.
Students learnt about buying and selling property in the Commerce Department dealing with rentals, taxes, rewards and fines in Monopoly. There were rewards for finding mysterious properties for sale around the school.
In T7 students used micro:bit to get hands-on with coding and digital making.
The Technology Department was also used to create moulds for chocolate.
Students prepared rākau for training.
King's students had fun with the Southern Youth Development activities. This one was called Hands on the table!
Physical Education involved a series of games including Badminton.
Languages and Visual Arts used Scavenger hunts to test students who had to find examples and use their phones take photographs as proof.
Social Studies tested students history and world events.