Te Ngahere Newsletter #15 - Week 5 - Term 3 2024
Mike Crawford - August 18, 2024
Maths and Olympic Art During the Winter Tournament while the sports people were away competing, the rest of Te Ngahere worked on some Maths and Olympic Art. They had to use straight lines to create a range of shapes and complementary colours to make their print out of the Eiffel Tower stand out! The children worked really hard to complete these in a short time frame and we think they look fantastic up on the window in Te Ngahere Hub. During Thursday afternoons Hub two have been learning about the Olympics. We have learned some history of the Olympics and of course watched some of the athletes performing this year. As part of the unit, we researched in small groups about Paris and a country of our choosing to find some information about to record on our sheets.  |
Woodend School Shines in Times Table Rock Star Competition
Woodend School proudly participated in this year’s New Zealand Times Table Rock Star competition, placing an impressive 17th out of over 150 schools nationwide. Students were challenged to rapidly answer multiplication and division questions, with the overall score determined by the average number of correct answers per student.
The competition sparked a school-wide frenzy as students enthusiastically practised their times tables and division facts in class, at home, and even during morning tea and lunch. Their dedication and incredible energy helped Woodend School to the top of the North Canterbury School Cluster.
A big thank you to Mr Langlands for motivating our students schoolwide during this competition!
Awards
We extend our congratulations to Hub #2 for securing the top spot on Woodend School’s classroom leaderboard.
A special shoutout to Levi Sanderson, who not only claimed the top position in Te Ngahere but also achieved an outstanding 26th place nationally!
Top 10 Te Ngahere-Correct Answers
1st Levi -7,539
2nd Blake -4,796
3rd Kees 4,441
4th Luca R-4,232
5th Spencer F 3,866
6th Abi L 3,712
7th Aidan W 3,573
8th Mason R 3,272
9th Evette G 3,097
10th Oliver L2,965
Our Science Unit - Our Rivers, Our Drinking Water,
Guest speakers, Alicia and Emma from BECA came and talked to Te Ngahere about water before we started our new unit - ‘Our Rivers, Our Drinking Water'. The students were very engaged in this discussion and had some interesting questions about water for Alicia and Emma.
Winter Tournament
On Tuesday 6th August, some of our Te Ngahere students went to the North Canterbury Winter Sports Tournament. Sports on offer were hockey, netball, rugby, and football. Well done to the students who represented Te Ngahere/Woodend School - you made us all very proud. A special shout out to the Te Ngahere Football team who made it through to the Canterbury Winter Tournament.
Upcoming Dates
Week 5
Whare Manu Afternoon - Thursday, August 22nd
Suessical Musical -August 23rd in the afternoon
Week 6
Senior Assembly - Friday, August 30th
Home Learning
For families wishing to engage in Home Learning - A reminder, we provide access to the following meaningful and engaging apps.
Timestable Rockstar - Practice, memorization, and mastery of multiplication.
Matific - A variety of activities across all mathematics.
Stepsweb - Recognition and retention of spelling patterns
Email m.crawford@woodend.school.nz if your child has forgotten their username or password.
He wake eke noa,
Mike, Caitlin, Terence, Katrina, and Rachael.
Teacher's emails
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