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Te Ngahere Newsletter #19

Mike Crawford - November 12, 2022

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The Scale of the Solar System

Upcoming Sleepover, the end of our Moon and Beyond Unit, and more!

The Te Ngahere Sleepover in Week 6

We still have 30 families yet to reply to the sleepover google form.  Please fill out the form here. Please see the separate dedicated email for info.

Please also fill out the Health form here.

Moon & Beyond

Te Ngahere saw the conclusion of our Science unit with recreation of the scale of the universe on the rec.

In Science, Te Ngahere was tasked with the challenge of creating a scale model of 3 planets from our Solar System. The class had to figure out what scale we would use and then planned her planet creation around this. It was determined that our Solar System would be shrunk to fit within 85 metres with each planet being increased 2000x to allow a drone to see each planet from above. 

Watch the video above!

Passion Projects

We're loving our students pursuits in their passion projects. We have students pursuing music, baking, sewing, and sport. We look forward to their presentations in Week 8.

Te Ngahere Term 4 - Passion Projects — Image by: Mike Crawford


Canterbury Athletics Zones 

Some of our students will find out this week that they have made it to Canterbury Athletics Zones. These are held on Wednesday 30th November at Ngā Puna Wai. We will need parent help support with this please. More information to come soon.

Miss H & Mr Field

We said goodbye to Miss H and Mr Field last week. These UC students spent the last four weeks with us. We wish them the best on their studies. 

Te Ngahere Term 4 - Mr Field and Miss H — Image by: Mike Crawford

Jump Jam Returns

Congratulations to the Woodend Moneymakers who performed in Tauranga over the weekend. The competition was fierce and the girls made us proud. Hopefully you got a wee bit of a lie in this morning. Big thanks to all the parents, community, and of course Miss Loose their coach!

He waka eke noa

Mike, Caitlin & Matt